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| pg. 477 C.7. Community-based program intended to prevent, deter, or other correct behavior and avoid an emergency condition which would result in court-ordered placement in a juvenile diagnostic and evaluation center or youth rehabilitation and treatment center. Example: The CACs and the Nebraska Alliance provide training consistent with requirements set out by Nebraska Revised Statute 28-729 for the Child Abuse and Neglect Investigative and Treatment Teams. This includes training specifically around working with children and families to understand items such as characteristics of child development and family dynamics, the roles and responsibilities of team members involved in multidisciplinary approaches to providing services to children, etc. Section C: Kinds of services to meet the emergency situation: C.2. Parenting education and training, family support and development of services provided to alleviate the emergency situation. Examples: The CAC provides training or programming directly to children and families that have had a core CAC service and/or there was coordination on their case. The CAC provides parenting education and training to youth within the community. Title IV-A. Section 404(a)(2) of the Social Security Act allows States to use segregated Federal TANF funds only for the specific activities that had been previously authorized based on the State's approved title IV-A or IV-F plan in effect as of either September 30, 1995 or August 21, 1996. The services provided by the Nebraska CACs State Chapter meet the scope of emergency services in Nebraska's IV-A Plan (Emergency Assistance), effective July 1, 1995. Services will be provided to the same population authorized under prior law. The prior Nebraska law governing eligibility was found in regulations at 479 NAC 9-010.03. which stated: “At the time an applicant is considered to be without sufficient income immediately accessible to meet his/her needs if his/her gross monthly income does not exceed 800 percent of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) for the family size.” These Regulations allowed the client's statement of available income to be accepted without further verification unless a prudent person would question the information. Food Bank Services TANF funds are provided to food banks holding a certificate of exemption under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code that distributes food in ten or more counties in Nebraska and qualifies for The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) administered by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Food banks coordinate with pantries, schools, churches, emergency shelters, and other non-profit organizations to supply emergency and supplemental food to needy children and families. Expenditures will be only claimed for low-income families at or below 200% of the federal poverty level with children under 19 in their homes. The food banks will not conduct individual family income determinations. Instead, the food banks will use a reasonable estimation methodology to determine the portion of recipients who meet the income eligibility requirement by providing funds to food banks that qualify for TEFAP. Therefore, the IEVS requirement will not apply. Services will meet TANF Purpose One to provide assistance to needy families so that children may be cared for in their own homes or the homes of relatives. The funding method is federal dollars only.