The Wisconsin Department of Children and Families.
Department of Children and Families (DCF)
The Wisconsin Department that oversees the W-2, RCA and RMA programs.
Dependent 18-year-old
A person who resides with a parent and who is 18, a full-time student at a secondary school or a vocational or technical equivalent, and who is reasonably expected to complete the program before attaining the age of 19.
Dependent Child
A person who resides with a parent and who is under the age of 18 or, if the person is a full-time student at a secondary school or a vocational or technical equivalent and is reasonably expected to complete the program before attaining the age of 19, is under the age of 19
Derivative Citizenship
Citizenship conveyed to children through the naturalization of parents or, under certain circumstances, to foreign-born children adopted by U.S. citizen parents, provided certain conditions are met.
Disabled Adult
An adult parent who: 1.Is receiving or determined in writing by the granting disability organization as eligible to receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), Veterans or Black Lung Disability Benefits, Railroad Disability Benefits, Public or Private Employers Disability Benefits (e.g. workers compensation), or 2.Has been determined in writing by a medical, mental health, or other qualified assessment agency/professional to have a disability or incapacitation which prevents the person from temporarily or permanently working full-time in unsubsidized employment. When there is a temporary disability or incapacitation, the W-2 disabled adult definition is applicable only for the documented period of disability or incapacitation provided by a qualified assessment agency/professional.
Disregard
do not count, exempt, or exclude
Dropout
A student who has 20 consecutive full days of unexcused absence, has not graduated from high school or received a high equivalency diploma, and does not have an acceptable excuse under s. 118.15 (1) (b) to (d) or (3), Stats.