Requires states to ignore any income a person earns during the first year of a registered apprenticeship when deciding if they qualify for help funded by TANF. This lets people start paid apprenticeships without immediately losing access to cash aid or other TANF‑funded assistance.

If a state does not follow this rule, the federal government will reduce the state’s next‑year TANF family assistance grant by 1%. The change starts on the first day of the first federal fiscal year after the law is enacted.