Lets up to 5 states combine anti-poverty funds to help people find jobs and reduce 'benefit cliffs'.
This bill would create a pilot program. It would allow up to five states to combine money from various federal anti-poverty programs into a single grant for five years. The goal is to help people get jobs. It also aims to reduce situations where earning more money means losing all their benefits at once. States would get more flexibility in how they run these programs but would also have new requirements, including work requirements.
Today, federal anti-poverty programs have separate money and rules. If this bill passes, up to 5 states would combine money from programs like SNAP, TANF, child care, home energy, and housing assistance. They would put this into a single grant for 5 years. This would let states create new benefit plans. These plans would help people earn more without losing all their aid at once. States would also apply new work requirements.
S 3583 · 119th Congress · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 8/10
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