TANF FISCAL INCENTIVES-PROGRAMS THAT END DEPENDENCE OF NEEDY PARENTS: Activities consistent with the second purpose of TANF are that end the dependence of needy parents on government benefits by promoting one of three objectives: 1) job preparation; 2) work; and 3) marriage. Activities would include time spent helping any needy parent, including a noncustodial parent or a working parent, by providing employment, job preparation, or training services. Potential services include job or career advancement activities, marriage counseling, refundable earned income tax credits, childcare services, and employment services designed to increase the noncustodial parent’s ability to pay child support. Activities that promote any one of the three objectives (i.e., job preparation, work, and marriage) would be consistent with this purpose. CODE 0921 TANF FISCAL INCENTIVES-PROGRAMS THAT END DEPENDENCE OF NEEDY PARENTS-NON-ADMIN This includes time spent providing program service information to clients, screening and assessments, case management, data collection and providing supportive services. CODE 0961 TANF FISCAL INCENTIVES-PROGRAMS THAT END DEPENDENCE OF NEEDY PARENTS-ADMIN Includes time spent performing general administrative activities including, but not limited to, coordination of the program, preparation of program plans, budgets and schedules, and program eligibility determinations. TANF FISCAL INCENTIVES PROGRAMS THAT PREVENT OR REDUCE – OUT-OF-WEDLOCK PREGNANCIES: Activities consistent with the purpose of TANF are those that prevent and reduce incidence of out-of-wedlock pregnancies, and establish annual numerical goals for preventing and reducing incidence of these pregnancies. Neither this purpose nor the following purpose is limited to needy families or individuals. Potential activities that are reasonably calculated to accomplish this purpose include abstinence programs, visiting nurse services, and programs and services for youth such as counseling, teen pregnancy prevention campaigns, and after-school programs that provide supervision when school is not in session. Counties may also fund a media campaign for the general population on abstinence or preventing out-of-wedlock childbearing.
TANF FISCAL INCENTIVES-PROGRAMS THAT END DEPENDENCE OF NEEDY PARENTS: Activities consistent with the second purpose of TANF are that end the dependence of needy parents on government benefits by promoting one of three objectives: 1) job preparation; 2) work; and 3) marriage. Activities would include time spent helping any needy parent, including a noncustodial parent or a working parent, by providing employment, job preparation, or training services. Potential services include job or career advancement activities, marriage counseling, refundable earned income tax credits, childcare services, and employment services designed to increase the noncustodial parent’s ability to pay child support. Activities that promote any one of the three objectives (i.e., job preparation, work, and marriage) would be consistent with this purpose. CODE 0921 TANF FISCAL INCENTIVES-PROGRAMS THAT END DEPENDENCE OF NEEDY PARENTS-NON-ADMIN This includes time spent providing program service information to clients, screening and assessments, case management, data collection and providing supportive services. CODE 0961 TANF FISCAL INCENTIVES-PROGRAMS THAT END DEPENDENCE OF NEEDY PARENTS-ADMIN Includes time spent performing general administrative activities including, but not limited to, coordination of the program, preparation of program plans, budgets and schedules, and program eligibility determinations. TANF FISCAL INCENTIVES – PROGRAMS THAT PREVENT OR REDUCE OUT-OF-WEDLOCK PREGNANCIES: Activities consistent with the purpose of TANF are those that prevent and reduce incidence of out-of-wedlock pregnancies, and establish annual numerical goals for preventing and reducing incidence of these pregnancies. Neither this purpose nor the following purpose is limited to needy families or individuals. Potential activities that are reasonably calculated to accomplish this purpose include abstinence programs, visiting nurse services, and programs and services for youth such as counseling, teen pregnancy prevention campaigns, and after-school programs that provide supervision when school is not in session. Counties may also fund a media campaign for the general population on abstinence or preventing out-of-wedlock childbearing.
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