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Plan: Colorado PYs 2024-2027
Combined Plan C

Section: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program

Narrative: f.

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  • Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)

    States that include TANF in the Combined State Plan must outline how the State will meet the requirements of section 402 of the Social Security Act including how it will:

    (OMB Control Number: 0970-0145)

f. Conduct a program designed to reach State and local law enforcement officials, the education system, and relevant counseling services, that provides education and training on the problem of statutory rape so that teenage pregnancy prevention programs may be expanded to include men (section 402(a)(1)(A)(vi) of the Social Security Act)

View corresponding narrative from PYs 2022-2023 (Mod)

Current Narrative:

Colorado’s programs and services to prevent and reduce the incidence of out-of-wedlock pregnancies includes coordination and training for and with local law enforcement personnel, including School Resource Officers (SROs), representatives of counseling services in the counties, youth probation and parole officers, staff within the Division of Youth Services, and other juvenile justice professionals, as well as and the Colorado Department of Education. Program staff provide training and education regarding affirmative consent, and Colorado’s sexting and age of consent laws. This education includes information around the ages at which sexual contact constitutes statutory rape, and is inclusive of all young people, regardless of sexuality or gender identity. Efforts are made to ensure law enforcement personnel and judicial personnel are aware of the need to enforce the statutory rape laws, and to educate young people on the specific age ranges and details of the age of consent laws in Colorado. Emphasis is also placed on affirmative consent and the components of affirmative consent. Affirmative consent is defined as being freely given (without coercion), reversible, informed, enthusiastic, and specific.