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6. Show how the State conducts a program, designed to reach State and local law enforcement officials, the education system, and relevant counseling services, that provides education and training on the problem of statutory rape so that teenage pregnancy prevention programs may be expanded in scope to include men (Section 402(A)(1)(A)(vi) of the Social Security Act).

Kansas Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence (KCSDV) provides training and technical assistance to professionals working in an array of disciplines across Kansas including local rape crisis centers and local law enforcement agencies. Training topics include the definition and implications of statutory rape in Kansas. KCSDV works to increase awareness of the personal and societal impacts of sexual and domestic violence. DCF awards TANF funded grants to domestic violence and sexual assault (DV/SA) agencies throughout the state. These agencies provide training such as Domestic Violence 101, Human Trafficking 101, Sexual Assault 101 and Stalking 101 to law enforcement and DCF staff. They also train on lethality assessments in counties following a lethality assessment protocol that involves contacting the local DV/SA agency when responding to domestic violence and sexual assault related calls. Agencies provide regular trainings to local law enforcement at police academies, and as requested, to counseling and educational systems. DV/SA agencies make available to educational systems interactive trainings such as Friendship Bill of Rights, Love Em or Leave Em, and In Their Shoes. These activities require educators to assume the role of students to better understand the pressures and secrets adolescents may keep when in abusive relationships. The trainings, Red Flags of Abusive Personalities and Domestic Violence 101 are appropriately adapted to address individuals with disabilities and are made available to special education departments within educational systems. Agencies also facilitate discussions with school- aged children and adults of all genders in group sessions on topics including consent and sexual disrespect, statutory rape, enthusiastic yes, threats, manipulation coercion, and birth control sabotage. Birth control sabotage is a pregnancy-promoting behavior of abusive male partners; it is a method of domestic violence and is associated with unwanted pregnancy, particularly in adolescents. Agencies provide relevant information to law enforcement, educational systems, and counseling services regarding Violence Against Women Act protections so that survivors can be made aware of their rights as victims of sexual harassment or survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking. One DV/SA agency facilitates discussions on these topics and more during Monday Meets and Community Conversations broadcasted via Facebook to allow stateside reach.

7. Outline how the state implements policies and procedures as necessary to prevent access to assistance provided under the State program funded under this part through any electronic fund transaction in an automated teller machine or point-of-sale device located in a place described in section 408(a)(12), including a plan to ensure that recipients of the assistance have adequate access to their cash assistance (Section 402(A)(1)(A)(vii) of the Social Security Act). Cash recipients will continue to have adequate access to benefits. The current Kansas Benefits Card contractor is required to ensure access within 25 miles to any recipient and provide at least one point of access in every county. No transactions will be allowed at Merchant Category Code sites identified as restricted. ATM and POS sites would be utilized to ensure benefit access in remote areas. There is no place in Kansas where there is not adequate access for use of an Kansas