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performing satisfactorily may be referred for tutoring. The caretaker relative must make every effort to see that all school-aged children attend regularly and make progress in school.
CAUTION: BG members under age 18 who do not meet satisfactory school attendance requirements will have their needs removed from the BG. The case should remain open if other eligible members are included in the BG.
12.7 Young Parents (YP) Program DSS will provide services to TANF Teen Parent/Adults (TA) under age 20, in order to ensure they delay subsequent pregnancies and receive a high school diploma, GED, or Certificate of Completion.
YP CHIP Coding A teen parent acting in the adult role should be coded with the appropriate TANF Program EMPR code. Teen parent/adults (affiliation code of TA) will be pulled into the PATS system as a TANF category (based on the EMPR code). The CHIP code YP will only be used on the EMPR screen to identify a dependent child that is a parent.