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Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 4 I. General Provisions .......................................................................................................... 6 A. Program Administration and Management ...................................................................... 6 B. Human Trafficking Survivor Support ............................................................................... 7 C. Civil Rights ...................................................................................................................... 8 D. Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 ............................................................. 8 E. Confidentiality ................................................................................................................. 9 F. Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 ..................................................... 9 G. Technology ................................................................................................................... 11 H. Work Requirements ...................................................................................................... 12 I. Work Participation and Activity Requirements .............................................................. 12 1. Work Activities .............................................................................................................. 12 2. Sanctions ..................................................................................................................... 16 J. Two-Parent Families ..................................................................................................... 17 K. Family Violence ............................................................................................................. 17 L. Hardship Waivers .......................................................................................................... 18 M. Reducing Out-of-Wedlock Pregnancies......................................................................... 19 1. Department of Public Health (DPH) Partnership ............................................................ 19 2. Services for Children and Youth — DFCS Out of School Services .............................. 20 N. Education and Training on The Problem of Statutory Rape .......................................... 21 O. Georgia Law Related to Statutory Rape ........................................................................ 22 II. Special Provisions ......................................................................................................... 23 A. Interstate Program Regulations .................................................................................... 23 B. Non-Citizen Provision ................................................................................................... 23 C. Objective Criteria .......................................................................................................... 24 1. Assistance .................................................................................................................... 24 a. Basic assistance .......................................................................................................... 24 Non-Financial Rules ........................................................................................................ 25 Financial Rules................................................................................................................ 27 b. Basic Assistance for Relative Care .............................................................................. 29 2. Authorized Solely Under Prior Law ................................................................................ 31 a. Foster Care Payments* ............................................................................................... 31 b. Room and Board Watchful Oversight ......................................................................... 33 3. Non-Assistance ............................................................................................................ 33 a. Work Supports ............................................................................................................ 34 b. Transitional Services for Employed ............................................................................ 35 III. Early Care and Education ........................................................................................... 35 A. Child Care ..................................................................................................................... 35 IV. Non-Recurrent Short-Term Benefits ............................................................................ 36