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teen parent make a successful transition and prepare for employment or complete their educational/occupational training goals. These services support the goal of reducing out-of-wedlock childbearing, good parenting skills and a pathway to the middle class among this group. This falls under TANF purposes #1 and #3 and is not considered assistance.

n. Community Mini-Grants provide small grants (typically less than $40,000) to community-based organizations that provide services to eligible families with children. The grantees may be organizations with overall budgets of less than $150,000. These grants are largely to meet TANF purposes #3 and #4 and are not considered assistance.

o. Children’s Services support unmet needs among D.C.’s children and youth and to provide grants to community entities to meet those needs. Grants utilize a variety of population and neighborhood-specific approaches designed to strengthen families and prevent and reduce out-of-wedlock births. This falls under TANF purposes #1, #3 and #4, and is not considered assistance.

p. Home Visiting Services conduct home visits with customers to encourage engagement for those who may be at risk of sanction, customers who have been sanctioned, and long-term TANF recipients who are not engaged. Home visitors conduct an in-depth assessment of the needs of customers and circumstances of their whole families. Home visitors assist the customers in reconnecting with or fully engaging in TEP services and also make referrals to a wide array of supportive services to address identified multi-generational issues. This falls under TANF purposes #1 and #2 and is not considered assistance.