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2. Transportation that will enable employment or participation in activities included in the participant's FDP;

3. Career coaching, education, training, and job search assistance, consistent with the purposes of the Reach Up Program;

4. Vocational rehabilitation; 5. Medical and dental assistance; 6. Homelessness prevention and housing assistance; 7. Family planning education and counseling; 8. Assistance with obtaining documentation of an apparent or claimed physical, emotional, or mental condition that reasonably can be presumed to limit or eliminate the participant's capacity to engage in employment or other work activity; 9. Services for teen parents through the teen parent education program established in cooperation with the Department of Education; or 10. Any other services identified in the FDP and determined by the Department to be necessary and appropriate to achieve the purposes of the Reach Up Program.

2308 Criteria for Purchase of Support Services (08/01/2024, 23-30)

a. The Department may pay for support services, within the limits established in the support services matrix, subject to the following conditions:

1. Payment for support services not specified below requires the approval of the Department on a case‐by‐case basis. 2. Child care assistance is generally provided by CCFAP (rule 2309), but ESD may pay in the situations specified in rule 2309.3. 3. Reimbursement is provided for travel to and from any FDP activity. i. Such reimbursements are subject to a maximum amount per participant over an established time period.

ii. Reimbursement for mileage does not require documentation of its cost. 4. When a participant must use a personal vehicle belonging to the participant or a member of the Reach Up household to travel to both paid and unpaid FDP activities, the Department may authorize payment of the following expenses: i. A driver's license; ii. Required vehicle insurance; iii. Vehicle registration; and iv. Necessary repairs to make the vehicle operable and able to pass inspection. 5. Out‐of‐state travel shall be authorized only for approved program activities and/or out‐of‐state job interviews.