63.2-601 - Virginia Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program; goals. - Virginia Statutes

§ 63.2-601. Virginia Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program; goals.

The goals of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program are to:

1. Offer Virginians living in poverty the opportunity to achieve economicindependence by removing barriers and disincentives to work and providingpositive incentives to work;

2. Provide families living in poverty with the opportunities and work skillsnecessary for self-sufficiency;

3. Allow families living in poverty to contribute materially to their ownself-sufficiency;

4. Set out the responsibilities of and expectations for recipients of publicassistance and the government; and

5. Provide families living in poverty with the opportunity to obtain workexperience through the Virginia Initiative for Employment Not Welfare (VIEW).

None of the provisions of this chapter shall be construed or interpreted tocreate any rights, causes of action, administrative claims or exemptions tothe provisions of the Program, except as specifically provided in §§63.2-609, 63.2-613 and 63.2-618.

The Department of Business Assistance and the Virginia Employment Commissionshall assist the Department in the administration of the Program.

(1994, cc. 858, 951, § 63.1-133.41; 1995, c. 450; 1996, cc. 589, 599; 2002,c. 747.)