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TANF State Plan FFY 2026 Effective October 1, 2025 Page 17 of 24 AA. Out-of-Wedlock Pregnancy Prevention i. Marketing The Idaho Family Planning Program (IFPP) plans to run public service announcements (PSAs) on positive parent-child communication and to encourage young adults ages 18-24 to make a plans to avoid unintended pregnancy to protect their health and reach their goals. The IFPP will provide resources to parents/caregivers and young adults to reduce unintended pregnancy and STD/HIV infections. These resources will be provided digitally on the IFPP website. ii. Programming Resources Curriculum: Families Talking Together The IFPP will support parent-child communication by providing education using the Families Talking Together (FTT) curriculum. FTT is a parent engagement curriculum that provides parents with the tools and strategies to improve communication with their adolescent children, especially as it relates to sexual health. FTT is a parent-based intervention facilitated by trained health educators to prevent and/or reduce sexual risk behavior among adolescents. The program can be in the form of a one-on-one training to parents, or in small group settings. The primary component of the FTT intervention is a written program manual, distributed to parents, which is designed to promote effective communication skills, build parent-adolescent relationships, help parents develop successful monitoring strategies, and teach adolescents assertiveness and refusal skills. Participation in FTT sessions help parents gain the confidence they need to establish strong communication and to maintain open lines of communication with their adolescents as they progress toward adulthood.

BB. Domestic Violence For purposes of this paragraph the term “domestic violence” has the same meaning as the term “battered or subjected to extreme cruelty”, as defined in section 408(a)(7)(c)(iii) of the Act. The Department has established and is enforcing standards and procedures to screen and identify TANF participants with a history of domestic violence while protecting their privacy. Services include referral of such individuals to counseling and supportive services. The Department disregards, pursuant to good cause, certain program requirements, such as: • Time limits (for so long as necessary) for individuals receiving assistance. • Residency requirements. • Family cap provisions. • Where compliance with such requirements would make it more difficult for individuals receiving assistance to escape domestic violence or would unfairly penalize such individuals who are or have been victimized by such violence or are at risk of further domestic violence. The Department will identify and provide additional, targeted support to victims of domestic violence who may have particular difficulty successfully making the transition from welfare to work. Training is provided to Department staff to help them understand the issues surrounding domestic violence. Community resources, including agencies whose mission is working with domestic violence victims, have been identified. Activities required on the PRC are structured to accommodate the specific situation of a participant. Although the Department expects that participants immediately focus on employment, the PRC will be appropriate to the participant’s situation. Assessment of each situation is based on the