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§ 3082. Declaration of policy

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 62 P.S. Poor Persons and Public Welfare

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 62 P.S. Poor Persons and Public Welfare (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 27. Project Independence Act (Refs & Annos)
62 P.S. § 3082
§ 3082. Declaration of policy
Currentness
The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) There is a critical need in this Commonwealth for investment in our human capital to ensure that employers are able to hire workers with suitable skills and to ensure that the most disadvantaged Pennsylvania workers have access to relevant job training.
(2) Many individuals dependent on public welfare would like to work, but have difficulty obtaining employment adequate to become self-sufficient due to barriers such as:
(i) Lack of education.
(ii) Lack of applicable occupational skills.
(iii) Lack of knowledge of the world of work.
(iv) Lack of adequate support services such as transportation and child care.
(3) Existing State and Federal job training programs do not meet the training needs for all workers in need of training, nor do they meet the needs for all businesses in this Commonwealth.
(4) The Department of Public Welfare,1 the Department of Labor and Industry and the Department of Education have special responsibilities and resources with which to develop programs to assist individuals with special needs to attain the skills needed for self-sufficiency.
(5) A discretionary grant program for innovative training projects is needed to develop successful training models to fill needs not met by other programs and to conduct research.

Credits

1987, July 13, P.L. 332, No. 62, § 2, effective July 1, 1987.

Footnotes

1
Now Department of Human Services; see 62 P.S. § 103.
62 P.S. § 3082, PA ST 62 P.S. § 3082
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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