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789 Chapter 4:Working with families • Section 3: Case plan development (07/2026) OHDS receives federal Medicaid funds when Targeted Case Management (TCM) service(s) are provided to TANF participants. To be considered a TCM service, a family coach must be providing the service(s) to TANF participants age 14 or older and the service(s) must be a qualifying service. Qualifying TCM Services: • Activities to identify barriers that are affecting a participant’s ability to achieve their goals and become self- sufficient. This may include activities to identify supports or provide resources for the identified barriers
Examples: A&D and mental health and learning disability screenings; Problem-solving with clients to address client barriers. • Screenings and assessments
Examples: Completing the family assessment collection tool (FACT) • Developing Personal Development Plans (PDP) • Referrals to service providers
Examples: Identifying needed resources and making referrals to those resources • Monitoring participant engagement with their PDP
Examples: Making sure clients are attending the JOBS activities on their case plan; and updating case plans. Family coaches will need to change the case management flag in TRACS to “yes”, if not done automatically by the system, when they take a qualifying TCM action, for that TCM action to be counted towards funding. Additionally, the Random Moment Sample System (RMSS) impacts federal TCM funding. When a family coach receives an RMSS survey and is performing a TCM qualifying activity, it is important the family coach reflects the TCM work they performed in the RMSS survey accurately. State and Federally prohibited activities The Oregon TANF program, including JOBS support services, is funded using federal block grant. Federal funding cannot be used to support activities that are deemed illegal under federal law. When an individual gains employment or is seeking employment in a prohibited activity they are not eligible for the below benefits. • Jobs Participation Incentive (JPI) • Reduced Co-pay (RCP) • Employment Payments (EPCA) • Support Services An example of a prohibited activity is working in the Marijuana industry. TANF participants engaged in the JOBS program are also not allowed to have an active TRACS step to record their engagement in these activities as these hours are not countable. When individuals gain employment in a prohibited activity, the placement is not allowed to be captured in TRACS.