Statement of purpose.

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.