MFIP services to teen parents include social services in some circumstances.

Counties and tribes must refer minor parents to county or tribal social services.

The social services staff must:

· Assess the minor parents and their children.

· Develop a social services plan.

Each county or tribe administering MFIP will determine which agency is responsible for managing the MFIP plan. That may or may not be the employment services agency.

In some counties MAXIS will also send a referral through Workforce One to employment services.

· If that happens and, even if the minor parent is working only with social services, the hours must be recorded on Workforce One to count those hours in the Work Participation Rate.

· Local counties will determine the procedures for who enters those hours.

If the referral is sent to Workforce One, employment services agencies must:

1. Accept the referral.

2. Enroll the minor parent.

3. Open Workforce One activities.

4. Record activity hours, including school, in Workforce One.

MFIP employment services and MFIP social services to a teen parent are part of the same welfare system and may share information about the participant.

If there is other information about the family or questions about what specific information can be shared, get direction from the local county or tribe.

Local sites refer some 18- and 19-year-old parents to social services and some to employment services.

Scenario	Who is designated to serve the participant
A minor parent already on MFIP turns 18 and still does not have a high school diploma.	Either: · The county or tribal social services agency. · An employment services agency. The decision is the participant’s choice.
A minor parent already receiving MFIP earns a high school diploma or GED certificate before turning 18.	An employment services agency.
An 18- or 19-year-old parent starts MFIP without a high school diploma and chooses the education option.	Either: · The county or tribal social services agency. · An employment services agency. The county or tribe administering MFIP decides.
An 18- or 19-year old chooses the work option, see 9.9 (Options for 18- & 19-Year Old Parents).	An employment services agency.