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07/01/2024. TANF funded services are limited to families whose income is less than 200% of the Federal Poverty Level.

❖ Foster Adopt Connect, Inc. utilizes a Kinship Navigator Program to combat intergenerational poverty by supporting relatives and kin taking placement of children who would otherwise be placed with strangers in foster care. The goal of this program is to build safety for children by meeting immediate needs of the kinship family, providing the most permanent home for children by stabilizing the kinship family, and meeting the wellbeing needs of the children by increasing kinship family’s capacity This program is TANF funded and meets TANF purpose 1. TANF funding for this initiative is effective 07/01/2024. TANF funded services are limited to families whose income is less than 200% of the Federal Poverty Level.

❖ O’Connell Children’s Shelter’s One Complete Solution Generations program (OCS) in addition to the evidence-based Homebuilders programming model tackles the problem of intergenerational poverty through a family focused approach that includes services for both parents and children as well as resources that will help the family as a whole to move towards economic stability. With the possibility that child maltreatment cases may occur due to poverty or homelessness, OCS seeks to work with families to prevent a potential for out-of-home placement. This program is TANF funded and meets TANF purposes 1 and 2. TANF funding for this initiative is effective 07/01/2024. TANF funded services are limited to families whose income is less than 200% of the Federal Poverty Level.

❖ Connections to Success (CtS) programming consists of five strategies and services included in the Ascend/Aspen Institute’s 2 Generation approach by building social capital, provide post-secondary education/training and career pathways, provide housing assistance and other resources to meet emergencies and ongoing basic needs, strengthening early childhood development, provide support for benefits enrollment and referrals to health and mental service providers. This program is TANF funded and meets TANF purposes 2 and 4. TANF funding for this initiative is effective 07/01/2024. TANF funded services provided under TANF purpose 2 are limited to families whose income is less than 200% of the Federal Poverty Level.

❖ The Mirror provides programming and services to support the formation and maintenance of two-parent families in Kansas through healthy relationship skills training, parenting connections training, prosocial leisure, and educational activities as well as Personal and Professional Development (PPD) courses. PPD will assist unemployed and underemployed with employment, achieving financial independence and providing stable homes for their children. This program is TANF funded and meets TANF purpose 2 and 4. TANF funding for this initiative is effective 07/01/2024. TANF funded services provided under TANF purpose 2 are limited to families whose income is less than 200% of the Federal Poverty Level.

❖ Mental Health Association of South-Central Kansas Inc. uses the “Together We Can” program which focuses on familial case management, family mentoring, parental and familial education, and access to mental health/or substance use treatment. This program is TANF funded and meets TANF purpose 4. TANF funding for this initiative is effective 07/01/2024.