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Work and Family Act of 2002

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Congressional Summary of S 2524

Work and Family Act of 2002 - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to: (1) work participation rates; (2) child care funding; (3) competitive grants for public-private partnerships to provide educational opportunities for TANF recipients; (4) transitional jobs programs; and (5) prohibition against displacement of public employees by TANF recipients.

Amends SSA title IV part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) with respect to: (1) optional State media campaigns promoting responsible fatherhood; (2) a national marriage and responsible fatherhood information clearinghouse; and (3) policy reviews and demonstration projects to coordinate services for low-income, noncustodial parents.

Amends SSA title IV part A with respect to: (1) a ban on stricter TANF eligibility criteria for two-parent families; and (2) court-supervised employment programs for noncustodial parents with a history of nonpayment of child support.

Provides for teen pregnancy prevention grants and a national teen pregnancy prevention resource center.

Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) to direct the Secretary to establish a national goal of reducing teen pregnancy by at least 25 percent by January 1, 2013.

Revises requirements for assignment of support rights to the State and child support distribution. Provides for demonstration projects involving establishment and enforcement of child support obligations by public non-SSA title IV part D child support enforcement agencies.

Provides for: (1) a decrease in the amount of child support arrearage triggering passport denial; (2) use of the tax refund intercept program to collect past-due child support on behalf of children who are not minors; and (3) garnishment of compensation paid to veterans for service-connected disabilities in order to enforce child support obligations.

Reauthorizes and extends State family assistance grants, supplemental grants for population increases, and grants for Indian tribes.

Amends SSA title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services) to restore funding for the social services block grant.

Provides for: (1) a one year extension and revision of the transitional medical assistance program under SSA title XIX (Medicaid); and (2) optional coverage of legal immigrants under the Medicaid program and SSA title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP).

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Current Status of Bill S 2524

Bill S 2524 is currently in the status of Bill Introduced since May 15, 2002. Bill S 2524 was introduced during Congress 107 and was introduced to the Senate on May 15, 2002.  Bill S 2524's most recent activity was Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. as of May 15, 2002

Bipartisan Support of Bill S 2524

Total Number of Sponsors
1
Democrat Sponsors
1
Republican Sponsors
0
Unaffiliated Sponsors
0
Total Number of Cosponsors
8
Democrat Cosponsors
8
Republican Cosponsors
0
Unaffiliated Cosponsors
0

Policy Area and Potential Impact of Bill S 2524

Primary Policy Focus

Social Welfare

Potential Impact Areas

- Administrative remedies
- Aid to dependent children
- Block grants
- Cash welfare block grants
- Child support
- Child support enforcement
- Child welfare
- Congress
- Congressional investigations
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Directories
- Economics and Public Finance
- Families
- Family services
- Fathers
- Federal aid to Indians
- Federal aid to child health services
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Grievance procedures
- Health
- Health insurance
- Hours of labor
- Immigrant health
- Immigrants
- Immigration
- Income tax
- Indian children
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Medicaid
- Minorities
- Nonprofit organizations
- Passports
- Personal income tax
- Poor children
- Public service advertising
- Recruiting of employees
- Social workers
- Supplemental security income program
- Tax refunds
- Taxation
- Teenage pregnancy
- Unemployment insurance
- Welfare eligibility
- Welfare work participation

Alternate Title(s) of Bill S 2524

Work and Family Act of 2002
A bill to amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to reauthorize the temporary assistance to needy families program, and for other purposes.
Work and Family Act of 2002
Welfare Reform bill
Temporary Aid to Needy Families bill

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