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STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA FFY 2024 STATE PLAN FOR TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES
iii. Counsel minors on how to resist coercive attempts to engage in sexual activities.
Training is provided to all program participants in the above requirements.
The Family Planning Program/Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Initiative (APPI) coordinates and facilitates training programs to include adolescent males in the shared responsibility in preventing teenage pregnancies and reducing dating violence, including statutory rape.
Title X requirements mandate that all staff at FPP service sites be trained to address circumstances that deal with abuse. Partnerships with the education system and connections with community partners provide opportunities for training and education regarding specific laws and information about mandated reporting.
APPI Specialists are required to attend professional development each year and the Family Planning program offers, through the Reproductive Health National Training Center, a multitude of educational opportunities for staff.
The training that APPI provides to teachers, counselors and community partners includes information about consent and coercion. APPI programming focuses on reaching teens with messages about healthy relationships, contraceptive options, and access to services. Additionally, when teaching parents, teachers, and community leaders the goal is to help them effectively communicate with teens about healthy sexual decisions and behaviors.
(B) SPECIAL PROVISIONS
(i) The document shall indicate whether the State intends to treat families moving into the State from another State differently than other families under the program, and if so, how the State intends to treat such families under the program.
Families moving into the State are treated in the same manner as families who are current residents of the State. These families are not eligible for WV WORKS benefits during any month in which they have received TANF funds from another state. Any months of TANF benefits received from other states are tracked and recorded in the eligibility system and WV WORKS case record.
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