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Strategy 1: Connect qualifying families with Benefit Diversion, Emergency Assistance, and/or Work First Services for Low-Income Families below or at 200% of the Federal Poverty Level

Strategy 2: Provide Employment Services for Non-Custodial Parents and other supportive services, if applicable.

Strategy 3: Align resources and referral processes for unexpected emergencies (i.e. food, housing and other needs) with NCCARE360, the first statewide network that unites health care and human services organizations with a shared technology that enables a coordinated, community-oriented, person-centered approach for delivering care in North Carolina. Goal 2: Achieving Sustainable Employment Families receiving cash assistance and Work First Family Services will obtain sustaining employment. Strategy 1 Make work a mandatory program requirement with certain exceptions.

Strategy 2 Limit how long a family can receive Work First Cash Assistance. Once the participants move into the work components of the program, they can continue to receive benefits for up to 24 months. In most cases, families who have reached the 24-month limit cannot receive Work First Cash Assistance for three years. Federal law sets a 60- month cumulative lifetime limit for receiving these benefits.

Strategy 3 Require all adults who are included in the assistance payment to sign a Mutual Responsibility Agreement (MRA-B)/Outcome Plan. Goal 3: Retaining Stable Employment Families who exit Work First will remain self-sufficient.

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6 North Carolina

Strategy 1: Connect qualifying families with Benefit Diversion, Emergency Assistance, and/or Work First Services for Low-Income Families below or at 200% of the Federal Poverty Level

Strategy 2: Provide Employment Services for Non-Custodial Parents and other supportive services, if applicable.

Strategy 3: Align resources and referral processes for unexpected emergencies (i.e. food, housing and other needs) with NCCARE360, the first statewide network that unites health care and human services organizations with a shared technology that enables a coordinated, community-oriented, person-centered approach for delivering care in North Carolina. Goal 2: Achieving Sustainable Employment Families receiving cash assistance and Work First Family Services will obtain sustaining employment. Strategy 1 Make work a mandatory program requirement with certain exceptions.

Strategy 2 Limit how long a family can receive Work First Cash Assistance. Once the participants move into the work components of the program, they can continue to receive benefits for up to 24 months. In most cases, families who have reached the 24-month limit cannot receive Work First Cash Assistance for three years. Federal law sets a 60- month cumulative lifetime limit for receiving these benefits.

Strategy 3 Require all adults who are included in the assistance payment to sign a Mutual Responsibility Agreement (MRA-B)/Outcome Plan. Goal 3: Retaining Stable Employment Families who exit Work First will remain self-sufficient.