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An Act To Require a Work Search for Job-ready Applicants for Benefits under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  22 MRSA §3762, sub-§21  is enacted to read:
 
21.  Work search requirement.     The department may not grant TANF assistance to an applicant who is job-ready as determined by the department unless the applicant has applied in writing for 3 separate advertised jobs and submitted verifiable documentation of the applications to the department. To satisfy this work search requirement, the applicant may submit the job applications at any time from one week prior to the date of the application to the department for TANF assistance to 2 weeks following that date.
 
SUMMARY
This bill creates a work search requirement for job-ready applicants to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program.