H.R. 2991 · 114th Congress
Preparing More Welfare Recipients for Work Act
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This bill amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act with respect to mandatory work requirements to:
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jul 9, 2015
Preparing More Welfare Recipients for Work Act
This bill amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act with respect to mandatory work requirements to:
- eliminate the requirement that recipients participate in certain core work activities not fewer than 20 hours per week, as well as separate requirements for two-parent families;
- allow states to receive partial credit for certain families participating for less than the minimum hours required for purposes of calculating the monthly participation rate;
- give states the option to apply an alternative work participation rate calculation;
- revise requirements for counting job search as work;
- modify the rule deeming an individual to meet work participation requirements by attending secondary school;
- require a state to meet individuals participating for three months in job readiness assistance and certify whether continued participation is necessary to prepare them for employment;
- replace with job readiness assistance as a separate work activity the currently recognized work activity of providing child care services to a participant in a community service program; and
- increase from 12 to 24 months the maximum period that vocational educational training counts as a work activity.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Preparing More Welfare Recipients for Work Act
Latest action (Nov 16, 2015): Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Policy area: Social Welfare · Origin: House · Introduced: Jul 9, 2015
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.