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f) Community Mini Grants - Grantees are required to use the funds to assist families with children with gross incomes below 300% of the Federal Poverty Level.
g) Fatherhood Initiative - Gross income must be below 300% of the Federal Poverty Level. No Resource Limit.
h) Family Emergency Services - Gross income must be below 300% of the Federal Poverty Level. No Resource Limit.
i) Wraparound Family Services - Gross income must be below 300% of the Federal Poverty Level. No Resource Limit.
j) Children’s Services - Some of the programs funded will be for a purpose that falls within Section 401 (a)(3) or Section 401(a)(4) of the Social Security Act. In these cases, no income test is required. For programs funded by D.C. that do not fall within these purposes, the program must serve children, youth, or families with children whose incomes are below 300% of the Federal Poverty Level.
k) Preventing Repeat Pregnancies/Teen Pregnancy Prevention - These programs are not required to include a means test because they meet the third purpose of the TANF statute (“…prevent and reduce the incidence of out-of- wedlock pregnancies…”). However, programs are designed to serve low-income families; that is, those with incomes below 300% of the federal poverty level.
l) Individual Development Accounts - Gross incomes must be below 300% of the Federal Poverty Level. No Resource Limit.