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Code of Federal Regulations Pertaining to ETA

Title 20  

Employees' Benefits

 

Chapter V  

Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor

 

 

Part 645  

Provisions Governing Welfare-to-Work Grants

 

 

 

Subpart A  

Scope and Purpose


20 CFR 645.110 - What are the purposes of the Welfare-to-Work Program?

  • Section Number: 645.110
  • Section Name: What are the purposes of the Welfare-to-Work Program?

    The purposes of the WtW program are:
    (a) To facilitate the placement of hard-to-employ welfare 
recipients and certain noncustodial parents into transitional 
employment opportunities which will lead to lasting unsubsidized 
employment and self-sufficiency;
    (b) To provide a variety of activities, grounded in TANF's ``work 
first'' philosophy, to prepare individuals for, and to place them in, 
lasting unsubsidized employment;
    (c) To provide for a variety of post-employment and job retention 
services which will assist the hard-to-employ welfare recipient and 
certain noncustodial parents to secure lasting unsubsidized employment;
    (d) To provide targeted WtW funds to high poverty areas with large 
numbers of hard-to-employ welfare recipients.
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