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Per TANF-ACF-PI-2022-02, South Dakota has established and is enforcing standards and procedures to ensure that applicants and potential applicants for TANF are notified of assistance made available by the state to victims of sexual harassment and survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking. The assessment, upon which the Personal Responsibility Plan is developed, will be the initial occasion to identify persons who are victims of domestic violence or others who are likely to have difficulty to successfully make the transition from welfare to work. Staff will be trained in the nature and dynamics of sexual harassment and domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking; state standards and procedures relating to the prevention of, and assistance for, individuals who are victims of sexual harassment or survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking; and methods of ascertaining and ensuring the confidentiality of personal information and documentation related to applicants for assistance and their children who have provided notice about their experiences of sexual harassment, domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking.

Per TANF-ACF-PI-2011-06, South Dakota will assist individuals to train for, seek, and maintain employment in the area of elder care. This will be done through the assessment process. The TANF program helps and assists individuals to receive training such as Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA), if the assessment, along with the customer's interest, indicate a desire to be trained and employed in the eldercare workforce. Upon successful completion of the training and eventual employment in the eldercare workforce, TANF may assist these individuals with supportive services or follow along services as appropriate.

When the Department implements a subsidized private or public sector employment component, employers are not allowed to receive TANF money if they: e Have employees who are laid-off from the same or equivalent jobs; or e Terminated a regular employee in order the fill the resulting vacancy with a subsidized worker.

The Department receives help from various community organizations in order to provide work or training for applicants/recipients. This assistance includes: e Educational institutions providing short term skill training projects and GED instruction. e Public and private sector employers offering on-the-job training, subsidized employment, or community service sites (i.e., Head Start programs). e Tribal, Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian Health Services programs. e Childcare resource and referral networks will help parents identify childcare providers; and e South Dakota childcare providers associations will help to improve the quality and quantity of available childcare.

The Department delivers TANF services in all political subdivisions of South Dakota except for areas covered by an approved tribal TANF program. Parents who are covered by the State's

program have access to job preparation, work, and support services to enable them to leave the program and become self-sufficient. The program is delivered primarily by state agencies

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