Rewrites and tightens federal rules for the federal family‑assistance block grant program. It makes poverty reduction an explicit program purpose, imposes new State plan, reporting, and data‑exchange standards, creates performance measures and penalties tied to employment and earnings outcomes, restricts some allowable spending (including a ban on using these grants to pay for child care and a household income cutoff), requires States to set individual work plans and regular reviews, and phases in the changes starting October 1, 2026.

The bill also requires stronger federal oversight: new definitions of allowable assistance, adoption of interoperable data standards and improper‑payment rules, a reservation for technical assistance funds, limits on grant obligation and liquidation timing, and an annual public dashboard of State outcomes (with FY2027 as the baseline). It couples new funding authorizations for multiple grant categories for FY2026–2030 with new compliance and reporting obligations for States and penalties for noncompliance.