FL S7052

Requires food assistance recipients ages 18-59 without children under 18 and without an exemption to participate in an employment and training program, and prohibits the Department of Children and Families from seeking federal work requirement waivers without legislative authorization

Allows temporary cash assistance participants without a high school diploma to satisfy work activity requirements by participating in adult general education or GED preparation for at least 20 hours per week, with the Department of Commerce authorized to suspend this provision if the state's TANF work participation rate falls within 10 percentage points of the federal minimum

Creates the School Readiness Plus Program within the Department of Education, providing child care subsidies on a first-come, first-served basis to families with incomes between 85% and 100% of the state median income who lose school readiness program eligibility, funded with a $23,076,259 nonrecurring General Revenue appropriation for fiscal year 2024-2025

Requires CareerSource Florida, Inc., to develop standardized intake and exit surveys for temporary cash assistance recipients to monitor program effectiveness, with anonymized data disseminated quarterly and an annual report submitted to the Legislature by January 1 each year including analysis of employment barriers and recommendations

Establishes voluntary transitional case management services through local workforce development boards for recipients leaving cash assistance, including career planning, job search assistance, financial planning, and benefit management using a tool demonstrating the financial impacts of changes in income and benefits over time