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Subject: Families First Work and/or Educational Activity

Policy 23.13 Date of Last Review: 06/26/2024 Eﬀective Date: 07/01/2024 Date of Next Review: 06/26/2027 RDA: SW22 Page 8 of 9 Deﬁnitions/Acronyms Term Deﬁnition ADAAA Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 AU Assistance Unit DCS Tennessee Department of Children’s Services DRS Division of Rehabilitation Services, a division of DHS FFS Family Focused Solutions GED General Education Diploma IOP Individual Opportunity Plan Minor Parent Caretaker Biological parent who is under the age of eighteen (18) and is the head of his/her own AU. PRP Personal Responsibility Plan RCA Refugee Cash Assistance SSI Supplemental Security Income Subsidized Employment Employment in the public or private sector for which the employer receives a subsidy from Families First or other public funds to oﬀset some or all of the wages and costs of employing a Families First customer. TANF Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Unsubsidized Employment Employment in the public or private sector that is not subsidized by TANF or any other public program. VA Veteran’s Administration VR Vocational Rehabilitation Work Experience Unpaid work activity that allows an opportunity to acquire the general skills, training, knowledge, and/or experience necessary to obtain employment. Supersedes Policy 23.13 Families First Work and/or Educational Activity, eff. date 03/15/2024; Policy 23.20 Families First Medical Evaluation Unit Referrals, eff. date 07/01/2023 Authority 42 U.S.C. §607; 45 CFR §261; Tenn. Code Ann. §71-3-104; Tenn. Comp. R. and Regs. 1240-1-49.

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Subject: Families First Work and/or Educational Activity

Policy 23.13 Date of Last Review: 06/26/2024 Eﬀective Date: 07/01/2024 Date of Next Review: 06/26/2027 RDA: SW22 Page 8 of 9 Deﬁnitions/Acronyms Term Deﬁnition ADAAA Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 AU Assistance Unit DCS Tennessee Department of Children’s Services DRS Division of Rehabilitation Services, a division of DHS FFS Family Focused Solutions GED General Education Diploma IOP Individual Opportunity Plan Minor Parent Caretaker Biological parent who is under the age of eighteen (18) and is the head of his/her own AU. PRP Personal Responsibility Plan RCA Refugee Cash Assistance SSI Supplemental Security Income Subsidized Employment Employment in the public or private sector for which the employer receives a subsidy from Families First or other public funds to oﬀset some or all of the wages and costs of employing a Families First customer. TANF Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Unsubsidized Employment Employment in the public or private sector that is not subsidized by TANF or any other public program. VA Veteran’s Administration VR Vocational Rehabilitation Work Experience Unpaid work activity that allows an opportunity to acquire the general skills, training, knowledge, and/or experience necessary to obtain employment. Supersedes Policy 23.13 Families First Work and/or Educational Activity, eff. date 03/15/2024; Policy 23.20 Families First Medical Evaluation Unit Referrals, eff. date 07/01/2023 Authority 42 U.S.C. §607; 45 CFR §261; Tenn. Code Ann. §71-3-104; Tenn. Comp. R. and Regs. 1240-1-49.