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| pg. 464 the vehicle being used. An unlicensed participant may receive a gas voucher if they are going to use it as a contribution to a carpool or to someone else who is providing them transportation for Employment First purposes. Fuel should not be authorized for participants engaged in AmeriCorps or Federal work study because stipends from these programs are intended to cover transportation expenses. e. Vehicle Registration. Up to $500 of the cost of registering a participant’s vehicle is allowed if the vehicle is required for participation. The cost of specialty license plates must not be authorized. There must be documentation that the participant has a valid driver’s license and insurance. f. Insurance. Payment of vehicle insurance is limited to a one-time three month premium for basic liability coverage. Full coverage is allowed if the vehicle has a lien on it and the lender requires full coverage. The participant must be the owner of the vehicle. g. Driver’s License. The cost of reinstating a driver’s license is allowed unless the loss was due to driving while intoxicated or under the influence of drugs. h. Exempt Public Transportation. Exempt Public Transportation must be utilized prior to all other Transportation if available and appropriate for the participant’s circumstances. Safety and in-home services DHHS will use TANF funds to support an array of services to assist needy families with children so that children can be cared for in their own homes by DHHS, Division of Children and Family Services (CFS) staff. The services provided meet the first and fourth statutory purposes of TANF (as specified at §260.20(a) and (d) of this chapter). The eligibility criteria will be needs-based as indicated by the family’s program eligibility status for Aid to Dependent Children (ADC), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), or Medicaid. Medicaid eligibility will be based on parent income and not state ward status of an identified child. The target population is identified through the assessment of maltreatment reports of abuse or neglect by CFS staff. The target population is families whose child or children (ages 0 through 18) are involved in a proceeding in the juvenile court system and placed in the custody of DHHS (court involved) or whose families are in need of support services to safely care for their children in their own home (non-court involved). Nebraska uses Structured Decision Making (SDM) for the assessment of reports of maltreatment. SDM is a set of evidence-based assessment tools utilized to provide structure for gathering information at critical case management decision points. SDM increases the consistency and validity of decisions related to child safety, targeting resources to families at high risk of future maltreatment, supporting decisions for using out-of-home care, and determining case closure. SDM also can be used to aggregate assessment and decision data to inform agency monitoring, planning, and budgeting. The goals of the model are to reduce subsequent harm to children, including re- referral, repeat maltreatment (in-home and out-of-home), and to reduce the time to permanency for children served by CFS. The array of services include: