2014 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation
RS 23:1801 - Purposes
CHAPTER 11-A. WORK OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM
§1801. Purposes
It is the intent of the legislature to increase employment opportunities and incentives and to upgrade employment skills in order to open the way to permanent self-support for persons who have been or otherwise might become dependent on public aid. It is the desire of the legislature that the persons participating in the program established under this Chapter will acquire economic independence and a sense of dignity, self-worth, and confidence which will flow from being recognized as a wage earning member of society.
Added by Acts 1978, No. 512, §1, eff. July 12, 1978.
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