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North Carolina 71 understand how this may affect their child support payments. Activities must be started within 90 days of application date. 15. All Family First participant’s whose employment results in termination of their Family First benefits or who are receiving Job Bonus will be referred to our Financial Social Work Services to develop a Financial Education and Savings Plan. 16. All Family First cases will adhere to an eligibility review at least once every 12 months. Families are still expected to report changes or when information is received by other sources the eligibility worker may request a review more often if needed. 17. All Child Only Kinship Care cases that have a prior involvement with CPS, Prevention, Juvenile Justice or Foster Care within the last 6 months will be required to comply with the Kinship Care Family Assessment. For families/children determined “at risk” of abuse, neglect, dependency or disruption of placement will be recommended for services. Services include on-going case management, strengths and needs assessment, referral services, advocacy, counseling, monitoring, etc. 18. All Child Only Family First Family Assistance cases with children age 6-17 who are not attending school regularly OR whose grades are not on grade level will be required to comply with the Kinship Care Family Assessment. The goal is to help identify possible educational interventions to avoid children falling below grade levels and ultimately dropping out of school. Resources and services will be provided based on outcomes of the assessment and participation of both the child and caretaker. Caretakers who do not comply with the school requirements, and participate in the Kinship Care Family Assessment and who are determined to not have good cause will be sanctioned and may not be eligible to receive Family First payment (Family First Manual Sect 103). 19. Eliminate resource limit for families applying for Family First and money deposited into a bank account to which the household has access (ie. lump sums such as taxes and child support). APPENDIX D. SUMMARY OF PUBLIC COMMENTS RECEIVED In compliance with federal and state statutes, the North Carolina Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) State Plan for FFY 2023-2025 was initially posted on the DHHS website for public comment October 20, 2022 – December 4, 2022, for the required 45- day period.