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workers, TANF personnel, and other agency staff. The aim is to prevent these issues and ensure that available assistance is effectively communicated and utilized. An online resource center has been created to provide accurate legal information on consensual sex laws, answers to common questions for mandatory reporters, resources for sexual assault victims, and digital downloads of related materials. The center also includes a brochure for teens, a brochure for mandatory reporters, a “WAIT! Is That Sex Legal?” poster, and other resources. The trainings and online resources aim to increase arrests and successful prosecutions for statutory rape, reduce teen pregnancy, improve victim support services, and raise awareness among community members, parents, and adolescents. For more information on these services, please visit the NPHF website at www.nevadapublichealthfoundation.org. Additionally, community-based agencies offer classes to support pregnant and parenting teens receiving TANF cash assistance, known as STARS (Supporting Teens Achieve Real-Life Success) participants. These classes, now expanded to include teens receiving other forms of assistance like SNAP and child welfare, focus on education, employment, workplace success, decision-making, money management, and health topics such as birth control and sexually transmitted diseases. Some programs also cover parenting skills and strategies for achieving future self-sufficiency. 11.4 Two-Parent Families Nevada provides TANF two-parent financial assistance and support services encouraging the formation and maintenance of two-parent families. Within the State of Nevada there are several agencies that provide healthy marriage and responsible parenting programs. These programs assist custodial and non-custodial parents by supporting two-parent involvement for the benefit of the children. Services may include counseling and education on responsible parenting, controlling aggressive behavior, and enhancing relationships, parenting and communication skills. 12. EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE TO NEEDY FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN (AT ADMINISTRATOR’S DISCRETION BASED ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS) As provided in Social Security Act Title IV Section 404(a)(2) and CFR Title 45 Subtitle B Chapter II Part 263 Subpart B 263.11(a)(2), Nevada uses federal TANF funds for expenditures for which Nevada was authorized under prior law, as in effect on September 30, 1995. The DWSS may contract with the Division of Child and Family Services, Washoe County Social Services and Clark County Department of Family Services to provide emergency assistance – primarily case management services and substitute care – to needy families and children. Emergency assistance is generally limited to the 180 days from child welfare agency involvement and prior to a determination that a child will remain in or return to the family home or requires permanent out-of-home placement. Family-based services are provided to alleviate the emergency situation to improve family functioning to prevent the permanent out- of-home placement of children.