The specific goods and services that may be purchased under the a concrete services contract include the following:

 •  Assistance locating and obtaining housing;

 •  Transportation reimbursement for family visits, medical treatment, or employment;

 •  Personal care items, such as clothing, and personal hygiene products;

 •  Security deposits and rental assistance for housing;

 •  Utility deposits or emergency grants to avoid utilities from being cut off;

 •  Car repairs for family visits, treatment, or employment;

 •  Essential household items, furniture, and appliances, such as cribs, beds, stoves, tables, refrigerators, heaters, and sheets;

 •  Essential household supplies, such as brooms, mops, and cleaning supplies;

 •  Essential home repairs, such as plumbing, heating, and structural repairs;

 •  Parenting education; 

 •  Therapeutic family recreation;

 •  Special medical services or equipment not covered by Medicaid, health insurance, or charitable organizations;

 •  Special learning aids, such as books, computers, flash cards, and auxiliary aids like TTY or TTD;

 •  Respite care;

 •  Employment-related items, such as tools or equipment, uniforms, and footwear;

 •  Special educational services, such as tutoring, GED classes, ESL classes, and undergraduate standardized test preparation classes; and

 •  Other goods and services, when documentation on the service plan supports:

 •  how the family will benefit from the goods or services, and

 •  that the goods or services will directly contribute to the safety of the home, thereby allowing the child to remain in the home or expediting the child's return to the home.

Note: The maximum annual expenditure for each family may not exceed $200 without approval of the program administrator or designee.