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Delaware’s TANF State Plan 10-1-2017 to 9-30-2020
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To assist families in obtaining and maintaining employment, the State will engage the efforts of the Departments of Health and Social Services, Labor, and Economic Development and Delaware's private sector to provide job readiness and placement opportunities, health care, child care, and family services. In turn, TANF recipients who have the capacity to work will be required to accept work, to keep their children in school, to cooperate with child support, to bear the costs of additional children they conceive while on welfare, and to leave the welfare rolls after a defined time period.
State Agencies Involved
Delaware Departments of Health and Social Services, Labor, and Economic Development have a unique partnership. All three agencies are responsible for moving welfare clients to work. These three agencies have collaborated in developing and implementing Delaware's TANF program, and continue to collaborate in managing the initiative.
The Delaware Transit Corporation (DTC) in the Department of Transportation has joined the TANF collaborative team, and has assisted to develop a statewide transportation system plan for TANF, using vans and other vehicle sources.
Involvement of Community, Education, Business, Religious, Local Government, and Non-Profit Organizations to Provide Work
As noted in the Introduction section, each sector has been actively involved in the development of Delaware's TANF program and continues to be involved.
A TANF Employer Committee, consisting of representatives of both the public and private sector, assists in placing welfare recipients in unsubsidized jobs and provides advice on direction, policy, and implementation of welfare-to-work efforts. This committee was established through HB 251.
To further promote employer interest in hiring TANF recipients, the Departments of Labor and Economic Development meet with members of the business community at regularly scheduled events such as monthly Chamber of Commerce meetings and at special events.