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State of New Hampshire

TANF State Plan

16 New Hampshire State Plan Effective October 2023 engage with families prenatally, prior to hospital discharge, or within one month of birth. Families that enroll in Newborn Navigation receive a one-time home visit and a resource bag including items such as diapers, clothing, hygiene products, and educational materials. During the home visit, the Newborn Navigator supports the family in identifying needs and accessing resources through assessments such as maternal depression screenings and developmental screenings.

Newborn Navigation intended outcomes include: • Increasing connections to community resources. • Increasing connections to primary care and access to family planning resources to prevent out of wedlock pregnancies. • Improving the safety of the home environment to maintain children in their own home. • Increasing positive parenting behaviors o to maintain children in their own home. o to support the formation and maintenance of 2 parent households In SFY 2024, 1,078 families received CFSS services. Among these, 1,028 (95%) were below 250% of the federal poverty level. Additionally, 373 (35%) of families were two-parent households. Newborn Navigation is projected to engage an additional 1,000 families in SFY 2025.

Section 402(a)(1)(A)(vi) of the Act: Conduct 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.

The New Hampshire Family Planning Program (NH FPP), funded through a Title X grant from the Office of Public Affairs (OPA), State General Funds, and additional TANF funds, provides education and information to increase awareness related to sexual assault, violence, and coercion as well as healthy relationships and consent. The audiences include, law enforcement, fire departments, schools, medical providers, and community agencies as well individuals from the community regardless of gender or sex. The State of New Hampshire laws do not use the term “statutory rape” but instead use “sexual assault”.

Section 402(a)(1)(A)(vii) of the Act: Implement 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. AND; Section 402(a)(1)(A)(viii) of the Act: Ensure that recipients of assistance provided under the State program funded under this part have access to using or withdrawing assistance with minimal fees or charges, including an opportunity to access assistance with no fee or charges, and are provided information on applicable fees and surcharges that apply to electronic fund transactions involving the assistance, and that such information is made publicly available.

New Hampshire (NH) has implemented policies and practices to comply with the mandates of Section 4004 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (P.L. 112-96), and prevent assistance funded