{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-4-404.01","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 4-404.01","heading":"Supplemental payments by the Mayor.","body":"(a)\nThe Mayor is hereby authorized to supplement the cost of child care services with District funds when appropriated and available for the following:\n(1)\nChildren of families who are receiving assistance under the TANF program and whose families are attempting through work activities to transition off the TANF program;\n(2)\nChildren of families who are at-risk of becoming dependent on the TANF program;\n(3)\nChildren of families who are low-income but working, as defined by the TANF program;\n(4)\nChildren receiving protective care services;\n(5)\nChildren in foster care placement; and\n(6)\nChildren of a teen parent under 21 years of age who is either in foster care or a ward of the District and is either working or enrolled in a verified job training or education program.\n(7)\nRepealed.\n(8)\nRepealed.\n\n(b)\nAny child care funds available under title IV-E of the Social Security Act, approved June 17, 1980 (94 Stat. 501; 42 U.S.C. § 670 et seq.), shall be the first source for reimbursement to the District for the cost of child care for children in foster care.\n\n(c)\nThe supplemental payment authorized by this section shall be paid, in accordance with a daily rate and sliding fee scale, directly to the child development center, child development home, relative, or in-home care giver actually providing services.","path":["Title 4. Public Care Systems.","Chapter 4. Day Care."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/4-404.01","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"191a4a8ac354a0130a4d529ae3836f006e89b4ad8ac8d893eb4582fe75cac82c","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-4-404","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-4-405"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}