SB 6062-S3.E - DIGEST

(AS OF SENATE 2ND READING 1/22/96)

     Declares a public policy to require able-bodied citizens to engage in paid or unpaid employment or engage in short-term training for employment, to require accountability of all parents, and to discourage teen pregnancy.

     Designates requirements for job-ready, job preparation, and teen parent target groups.

     Makes provisions for welfare-to-work programs, including tax incentives programs.

     Provides for teen parent programs, including the establishment of teen group homes.

     Implements a pilot program to be known as the Washington full employment act.

     Establishes procedures for suspension of various licenses for a failure to provide child support.

     Revises provisions for AFDC-related group home zoning.

     Provides for studies of welfare-to-work effectiveness.

     Establishes a class C felony offense for the crime of predatory nonsupport.

     Limits benefits for the birth of subsequent additional children.

     Repeals RCW 74.08.120, 74.08.125, 74.12.420, and 74.12.425.