Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act of 2002

This bill, introduced in 2002, aimed to update and extend the federal welfare program known as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). It proposed stricter work requirements for recipients, increasing the standard to a 40-hour work week while providing states with more funding for childcare and programs to promote healthy marriages and fatherhood. For everyday citizens, the bill would have required those receiving public assistance to participate in more hours of work or job training while offering expanded support services, such as child support enforcement and transitional medical assistance, to help families move toward financial independence. Although the House of Representatives passed a similar version of this legislation (H.R. 4737), this specific bill did not become law.