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children. Services provided include promoting healthy prenatal outcomes for pregnant women; aiding in-school readiness by enhancing children’s physical, non-medical mental and oral health, nutrition, early childhood education; financial literacy, strengthening family engagement; healthy relationship training; job skills training. These services are provided through home visits with home-based providers. KEHS grantees are required to ensure their program is supportive and nurturing of families and responds to their needs. Care given must meet the needs of the individual child and be sensitive to the cultural, linguistic, and familial needs. The KEHS program provides direct services to families with incomes below 100% of the Federal Poverty Level. Ten percent of the enrollment is reserved for children with special needs. Services to special-needs children are not limited to families with incomes below 100% of poverty. This program is TANF funded and meets TANF purpose 1 and 3.

▪ The overarching focus of Kansas Preschool Pilot (KPP) is to use research-based and intentional practices to improve the quality of the early learning experiences provided to children participating in the Kansas Early Learning program resulting in increased readiness for success as students enter kindergarten and the elementary school years. The model has four components, each of which is based upon research and evidence, and has been shown to support quality in early learning and promote later success in school.

• Community Collaboration • Family Engagement • High Quality Early Learning Experiences • Successful Children

This program is TANF funded and meets TANF purpose 3.

▪ KVC Behavioral Healthcare provides services in twenty-eight counties within Kansas. Services focus on engaging at-risk families and improving social and health outcomes associated with poverty including social determinants of health, financial literacy, and social support networks. Case management and crisis stabilization services are offered to participating families to increase opportunities for families to experience positive outcomes. Their 2Generation project intends to target five known risk factors (Knowledge of Parenting, Parental Resilience, Concrete Support in Times of Need, Social Connections, and Social and Emotional Competence of Children) for children and families living in poverty and will assess and address each area that is determined to be an area of need. This program is TANF funded and meets TANF purposes 1 and 2. TANF funded services are limited to families whose income is less than 200% of the Federal Poverty Level.

▪ 2Generation Initiatives, effective 07/01/2024, include providers such as Connections to Success, Children’s 1st, Foster Adopt Connection, Inc., The Mirror, The Mental Health Association of South-Central Kansas (MHASCKS), and O’Connell Children’s Shelter provide programming and services to at risk youth and families across Kansas.

❖ Children’s 1st 2Gen model impacts both parents and children who are living in poverty by means of a three-generational approach and a combination of services that are evidence-based or evidence-informed and other supports. Senior citizens serve in a “grandparent role” and will mentor, encourage, and follow families through their journey of poverty. Priority is given to families experiencing or in danger of experiencing a housing crisis and families experiencing poverty. This program is TANF funded and meets TANF purpose 1. TANF funding for this initiative is effective