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and5\n\nProvide families living in poverty with the opportunity to obtain work experience through the Virginia Initiative for Education and Work (VIEW).\n\t\t\tNone of the provisions of this chapter shall be construed or interpreted to create any rights, causes of action, administrative claims or exemptions to the provisions of the Program, except as specifically provided in &#xA7;&#xA7; 63.2-609, 63.2-613, and 63.2-618.\n\t\t\tThe Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity and the Virginia Employment Commission shall assist the Department in the administration of the Program.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":261615,"text":"The goals of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program are to:","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1,"next_prefix":"1"},"1":{"id":261616,"text":"Offer Virginians living in poverty the opportunity to achieve economic independence by removing barriers and disincentives to work and providing positive incentives to work;","type":"section","prefixes":["1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"1","prefix_anchor":"1","level":1,"prior_prefix":"","next_prefix":"2"},"2":{"id":261617,"text":"Provide families living in poverty with the opportunities and work skills necessary for self-sufficiency;","type":"section","prefixes":["2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"2","prefix_anchor":"2","level":1,"prior_prefix":"1","next_prefix":"3"},"3":{"id":261618,"text":"Allow families living in poverty to contribute materially to their own self-sufficiency;","type":"section","prefixes":["3"],"prefix":"3","entire_prefix":"3","prefix_anchor":"3","level":1,"prior_prefix":"2","next_prefix":"4"},"4":{"id":261619,"text":"Set out the responsibilities of and expectations for recipients of public assistance and the government; 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0858\">858<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0951\">951<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 5 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1995, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0450\">450<\/a>; in 1996, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?961+ful+CHAP0589\">589<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?961+ful+CHAP0599\">599<\/a>; in 2002, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?021+ful+CHAP0747\">747<\/a>; in 2013, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0482\">482<\/a>; in 2019, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0210\">210<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":75109,"section_number":"63.2-609","catch_line":"VIEW exemptions","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-609\/"},{"id":63622,"section_number":"63.2-613","catch_line":"Hardship exceptions","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-613\/"},{"id":75777,"section_number":"63.2-618","catch_line":"Notice and appeal","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-618\/"}],"permalink":{"id":271193,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72687,"identifier":"63.2-601","token":"63.2\/II\/6\/63.2-601","url":"\/63.2-601\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-601\/","token":"63.2\/II\/6\/63.2-601","dublin_core":{"Title":"Virginia Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program; goals","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-601","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The goals of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Temporary Assistance for Needy Families<\/span> Program are to:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> Offer Virginians living in poverty the opportunity to achieve economic independence by removing barriers and disincentives to work and providing positive incentives to work; <a id=\"paragraph-261616\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/63.2-601\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> Provide families living in poverty with the opportunities and work skills necessary for self-sufficiency; <a id=\"paragraph-261617\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/63.2-601\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"3\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> Allow families living in poverty to contribute materially to their own self-sufficiency; <a id=\"paragraph-261618\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/63.2-601\/#3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"4\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">4.<\/span> Set out the responsibilities of and expectations for recipients of <span class=\"dictionary\">public assistance<\/span> and the government; and <a id=\"paragraph-261619\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/63.2-601\/#4\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"5\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">5.<\/span> Provide families living in poverty with the opportunity to obtain work experience through the Virginia Initiative for Education and Work (VIEW).\n\t\t\tNone of the provisions of this chapter shall be construed or interpreted to create any rights, causes of action, administrative claims or exemptions to the provisions of the Program, except as specifically provided in &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"VIEW exemptions\" href=\"\/63.2-609\/\">63.2-609<\/a>, <a class=\"law\" title=\"Hardship exceptions\" href=\"\/63.2-613\/\">63.2-613<\/a>, and <a class=\"law\" title=\"Notice and appeal\" href=\"\/63.2-618\/\">63.2-618<\/a>.\n\t\t\tThe <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> of Small Business and Supplier Diversity and the Virginia Employment Commission shall assist the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> in the administration of the Program. <a id=\"paragraph-261620\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/63.2-601\/#5\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVIRGINIA TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES PROGRAM; GOALS (\u00a7 63.2-601)\n\nThe goals of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program are to:\n\n1. Offer Virginians living in poverty the opportunity to achieve economic\nindependence by removing barriers and disincentives to work and providing\npositive incentives to work;\n\n2. Provide families living in poverty with the opportunities and work skills\nnecessary for self-sufficiency;\n\n3. Allow families living in poverty to contribute materially to their own\nself-sufficiency;\n\n4. Set out the responsibilities of and expectations for recipients of public\nassistance and the government; and\n\n5. Provide families living in poverty with the opportunity to obtain work\nexperience through the Virginia Initiative for Education and Work (VIEW).\n\t\t\tNone of the provisions of this chapter shall be construed or interpreted to\ncreate any rights, causes of action, administrative claims or exemptions to the\nprovisions of the Program, except as specifically provided in &#xA7;&#xA7;\n63.2-609, 63.2-613, and 63.2-618.\n\t\t\tThe Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity and the Virginia\nEmployment Commission shall assist the Department in the administration of the\nProgram.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, cc. 858, 951, \u00a7 63.1-133.41; 1995, c. 450; 1996, cc. 589, 599;\n2002, c. 747; 2013, c. 482; 2019, c. 210.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}