441—93.118 (239B) Family planning. Referral for family planning is an optional service which shall be offered to each applicant or participant. It is not a component of PROMISE JOBS. LBP policies do not apply to participants who choose not to include family planning counseling in the FIA Steps to Self-Sufficiency or who do not carry out the steps of family planning counseling.
PROMISE JOBS staff shall discuss orally and in writing the financial implications of newly born children on the participant’s family during PROMISE JOBS assessment, using Form 470-0806, Self-Assessment, or other form approved by the department which includes analysis of changes in family expenses due to additions to the family. In addition, PROMISE JOBS staff shall review information about the basics of family planning and provide a listing of resources in the participant’s county of residence or the SDR.
The FIA shall record participant response to the option of referral for family planning counseling. It is not acceptable for the FIA to have family planning counseling as the only step of the FIA.
Participants referred to PROMISE JOBS before the effective date of this policy shall be given the opportunity to choose whether to include family planning counseling in the FIA. Those who desire to do so shall include family planning counseling in the FIA at the next PROMISE JOBS office visit required to review FIA progress or to renegotiate and amend the FIA for other reasons.