SF460 Summary

• Modifies data privacy rules to allow disclosure of child support data on parents and relatives to agencies administering federal child welfare programs (titles IV-B and IV-E of Social Security Act)

• Expands child care assistance eligibility to allow in-home care when one parent in a two-parent family is in authorized activity and other parent cannot care for child and meets specific requirements

• Changes job search requirement from six weeks to three months before participants must accept any suitable employment or meet with counselor to revise employment plan

• Allows counties and tribes to accept signed personal statements from applicants instead of documentation when applicants exceed asset or income limits for various assistance programs

• Removes mandatory reporting requirement for health care and social service professionals regarding pregnant women's use of controlled substances or alcohol; allows voluntary reporting by any person and accepts anonymous reports to welfare agencies