Delaware Code § 31-1501

Statement of purpose
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It is the purpose of the Delaware Welfare Employment Program to:
(a) Create expanded opportunity for increased personal responsibility and advancement toward economic independence and self-
sufficiency by Delaware's welfare recipients through the acquisition of useful work skills and performance in productive employment
which will end their dependence on public assistance; and
(b) Enlist Delaware's private businesses in an expanded effort to provide job opportunities and reduce dependency, and to enhance
their work forces and increase their competitiveness; and
(c) Complement and strengthen other important state incentives designed to move welfare recipients into private sector jobs, including
child care, medical care, and job training and placement; and
(d) Authorize the creation of personal advancement accounts as an additional incentive for workers to achieve self-sufficiency and
increased skills; and
(e) Achieve the foregoing purposes in a cost-effective manner.

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