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SECTION 5: PRO-FAMILY ACTIVITIES

In accordance with the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, Title I, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (Pub. Law 109-171) and Final Regulations at 263.2(a)(4), Florida identifies the following initiatives, programs, and activities as pro-family activities.

NOTE: Section 5 in this TANF State Plan describes only programs and activities funded directly with TANF segregated funds, TANF/MOE funds or both. In previous plan submissions, Florida had included additional programs funded from other sources to show that Florida has a public policy climate supportive of pro-family programs funded through a variety of federal, state, and local sources.

Under these plans, the LWDBs have developed, or are partners in, a variety of pro-family initiatives. With the exception of the TANF-funded or TANF-MOE funded programs, the majority of them receive other federal funds, the state’s general revenue appropriations, faith-based initiatives, and private and community sources. Programs: The following programs receive segregated TANF funding, MOE funding or both.

5.1 PREPAID TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS

The Welfare Transition Scholarship Program (MOE funded)

Purpose: Prepaid college tuition programs are administered by the Florida Prepaid College Foundation. The scholarships serve as incentives for at risk students from low- income families to graduate from high school.

Eligibility Criteria: This program is an MOE funded program. The students who receive these scholarships must be from needy families with a child living with a custodial parent or caretaker relative and meet the income test required for Department of Agriculture’s free and reduced lunch program (185 percent FPL). They must remain drug free, crime free and refrain from other risky behaviors in order to maintain their eligibility for the scholarships.

The Florida Prepaid Tuition Scholarship Program is established to provide economically disadvantaged youth with prepaid postsecondary tuition scholarships. The direct-support organization established pursuant to section 1009.983, F.S., shall administer the program with the assistance and cooperation of the Department of Education to: 1. Provide an incentive for economically disadvantaged youth to improve school attendance and academic performance in order to graduate and pursue a postsecondary education. 2. Obtain the commitment and involvement of private sector entities by virtue of funding matches with a ratio of 50 percent provided by the private sector and 50 percent provided by the state.