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family reunification. This falls under TANF purpose #1 and may be considered assistance.

m. Services to Teen Parents in Foster Care - to provide an array of services to teen parents transitioning from foster care to independence, by assisting the teen parent to make successful transitions and prepare for employment or complete their educational/occupational training goals. These services will support the goal of reducing out-of-wedlock childbearing, good parenting skills and 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 - to provide small grants (typically less than $40,000) to community-based organizations that provide services to needy 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 - to 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 populations-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 - to 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 and barriers of customers and assist the customers in reconnecting with or fully engaging in work-related activities. Home visitors also make referrals to a