                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

VIRGINIA TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES PROGRAM; GOALS (§ 63.2-601)

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

1. Offer Virginians living in poverty the opportunity to achieve economic
independence by removing barriers and disincentives to work and providing
positive incentives to work;

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

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

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

5. Provide families living in poverty with the opportunity to obtain work
experience through the Virginia Initiative for Education and Work (VIEW).
			None 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.
			The Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity and the Virginia
Employment Commission shall assist the Department in the administration of the
Program.

HISTORY: 1994, cc. 858, 951, § 63.1-133.41; 1995, c. 450; 1996, cc. 589, 599;
2002, c. 747; 2013, c. 482; 2019, c. 210.