To expand the educational and work opportunities of welfare recipients under the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families.
Postsecondary Adult Vocational Education Act - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to: (1) provide that 24 months of higher education and participation in a Federal work-study program are permissible work activities under TANF; and (2) repeal the limitation on the number of teen heads of household whose vocational educational training may count as work. Limits the number of persons whose higher education may count as work.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2304)
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
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