(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that:
Passage of the federal "Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity ReconciliationAct of 1996", Pub.L. 104-193, and the federal "Deficit Reduction Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 2005", Pub.L. 109-171, gives the state a unique opportunity to develop and maintain a public assistance program that emphasizes placing recipients in work and supporting them in sustained employment with food stamps, child care assistance, and medicaid;
The federal "Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of1996", Pub.L. 104-193, and the federal "Deficit Reduction Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 2005", Pub.L. 109-171, require increased local input in developing the state plan for public assistance under these laws and allow increased local control over the implementation of such state plan;
The federal "Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of1996", Pub.L. 104-193, and the federal "Deficit Reduction Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 2005", Pub.L. 109-171, require additional training for local employees in the area of case management to assist in making recipients self-sufficient.
(2) Therefore, the general assembly finds and declares that it is in the state's best interests to adopt the Colorado works program set forth in this part 7.
Source: L. 97: Entire part added, p. 1194, § 1, effective June 3. L. 2008: (1) amended, p. 1949, § 1, effective January 1, 2009.