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Family Caregiver Resource Center
The Teen Parent Services program provides comprehensive and intensive case management services to young pregnant or parenting teens who receive Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) or KidCare Assist, or participate in another qualifying program such as WIC.
Major objectives of the Teen Parent Services program include:
 | Keeping teen parents in school and monitoring their progress so they can achieve a high school diploma or GED certificate to become more self-sufficient. |
| The case manager and client developing an individualized Responsibility and Services Plan to assist the client in moving toward self-sufficiency in all aspects of their life. |
| Providing on-site or making referrals to family centered activities and services to meet the physical and social needs of the young parents and their child(ren). |
| Ensuring young parents receive education through workshops and counseling, related to parenting skills instruction, child growth and development, family planning (including abstinence education) and paternity establishment. |
| Referring young families to health care professionals for prenatal care, child immunizations, and general medical services. |
| Providing information and follow-up on the child support program thereby increasing the likelihood that paternity and support orders are established. |