Bill Summaries: H553 EXPAND TANF ELIGIBILITY TO INCLUDE PREGNANCY.

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  • Summary date: Apr 3 2023 - View Summary

    Identical to S 468, filed 4/3/23.

    Amends the definitions provision of GS Chapter 108A (pertaining to social services), GS 108A-24 as follows. Includes a pregnant woman in the definition of family for the purposes of the Work First Program. Amends Work First Family Assistance to mean a program of time-limited periodic assistance to assist eligible families while the adult family members engage in activities to prepare for entering and to enter the workplace. (Currently, period time-limited payments are to assist in maintaining children of eligible families.)