1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Rewriting to Improve and Secure an Exit Out of Poverty Act or the RISE Out of Poverty Act . 2. Table of contents The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Table of contents. Sec. 3. References. Sec. 4. State plans required to address whether and how States will provide assistance to neediest geographic areas. Sec. 5. Funding of the TANF program. Sec. 6. Work requirements. Sec. 7. Work rules. Sec. 8. Prohibition on imposing limit of less than 60 months on duration of assistance. Sec. 9. Response of TANF program to economic recessions. Sec. 10. Requirement that States use merit-based system in administration of TANF programs. Sec. 11. Ban on using Federal TANF funds to replace State and local spending that does not meet the definition of qualified State expenditures. Sec. 12. TANF assistance to meet basic family economic needs. Sec. 13. State plans and reports on child poverty. Sec. 14. Requirement that States adopt standards and procedures to address domestic and sexual violence among TANF recipients. Sec. 15. Child care entitlement. Sec. 16. Child support enforcement. Sec. 17. State option to extend eligibility for assistance to children through age 21; prohibition on considering financial aid tied to education of child in determining eligibility for, or amount of assistance