{"data":{"id":"us-de/31-del.-c.-1501","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"31 Del. C. § 1501","heading":"Statement of purpose.","body":"It is the purpose of the Delaware Welfare Employment Program to:\n(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\n(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\n(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\n(d) Authorize the creation of personal advancement accounts as an additional incentive for workers to achieve self-sufficiency and increased skills; and\n(e) Achieve the foregoing purposes in a cost-effective manner.","path":["Title 31. Welfare","In General","CHAPTER 15. Delaware Welfare Employment Program"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title31/c015/index.html#1501","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:36Z","sha256":"1207610e4c5ef827e0fb013198bad3efcf3315a46146db82f0689b81ff65aa6d","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/31-del.-c.-1304","next":"us-de/31-del.-c.-1502"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}