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2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 6. FOOD STAMP PROGRAM › Subchapter II. Food Stamp Trafficking Control Act › § 612. Definitions.

§ 612. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Access device” means any card, plate, code, account number or other means of access that can be used, alone or in conjunction with another access device, to obtain payments, allotments, benefits, money, goods or other things of value, or that can be used to initiate a transfer of funds under the federal Food Stamp Act [7 U.S.C. § 2011 et seq.] or regulations issued pursuant to the Food Stamp Act.
(2) “Value” means the sum of the face value of all food stamp coupons, ATPs or access devices possessed, transferred or converted from 1 scheme or course of conduct, whether from 1 or several rightful possessors, at the same or different times and which may constitute a single criminal episode. The face values may be aggregated in determining the grade of offense.
68 Del. Laws, c. 386, §  2;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 6. FOOD STAMP PROGRAM › Subchapter II. Food Stamp Trafficking Control Act › § 613. Establishment of a State Law Enforcement Bureau (SLEB).

§ 613. Establishment of a State Law Enforcement Bureau (SLEB).
(a) The Department is designated as the State Law Enforcement Bureau (SLEB) for the purpose of coordinating food stamp trafficking interdiction activity in Delaware within the meaning of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition Service's (FNS) Regulations and Delaware's Food Stamp Trafficking Control Act.
(b) The Department shall delegate its responsibilities pursuant to subsection (a) of this section to the Department's Audit and Recovery Management Services (ARMS), and its successors.
(c) The Department's Audit and Recovery Management Services (ARMS), and its successors, are hereby declared a Criminal Justice Agency within the meaning of § 8602(10) of Title 11 for the sole purpose of accessing any and all criminal history records and files maintained by the State and any subdivision thereof.
69 Del. Laws, c. 363, §  1;  80 Del. Laws, c. 169, §  2;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 9. WORK ASSIGNMENTS FOR RECIPIENTS OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE › § 901. Purpose

§ 901. Purpose
The purpose of this chapter is to provide a time-limited opportunity for employable adults of families who receive Temporary Assistance for Needy Families to earn their public assistance during the time they are receiving such assistance, obtain job skills, develop strong work ethics, and establish work histories so as to better enable them to obtain private sector employment and become self-sufficient.
31 Del. C. 1953, §  901;  54 Del. Laws, c. 323, §  2;  70 Del. Laws, c. 65, §  24;  81 Del. Laws, c. 367, § 3;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 9. WORK ASSIGNMENTS FOR RECIPIENTS OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE › § 902. Work requirements as to employable recipients of public assistance.

§ 902. Work requirements as to employable recipients of public assistance.
Employable persons receiving assistance from the Department of Public Welfare in the categories of general assistance or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families shall be required in accordance with this chapter to perform such work as shall be assigned to them by the Department of Public Welfare and/or shall be required to attend and participate in any training project designed to improve employability to which they may be assigned by said Department.
31 Del. C. 1953, §  902;  54 Del. Laws, c. 323, §  2;  57 Del. Laws, c. 248;  81 Del. Laws, c. 367, § 3;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 9. WORK ASSIGNMENTS FOR RECIPIENTS OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE › § 903. Application for assignment of assistance recipients.

§ 903. Application for assignment of assistance recipients.
Whenever the governing body of a county, city or town within this State, or the board or executive officer of any state agency or other public agency or public institution or private nonprofit organization, has any work to be done with the county, city, town, agency, institution or organization, or as a function of such agency, institution or organization, which it appears may be properly performed by 1 or more employable adults of families who receive assistance, the appropriate authority shall make application to the Department of Health and Social Services or the Department of Labor, in the form prescribed by the respective Department, for the establishment of a work project.
31 Del. C. 1953, §  903;  54 Del. Laws, c. 323, §  2;  70 Del. Laws, c. 65, §  25;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 9. WORK ASSIGNMENTS FOR RECIPIENTS OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE › § 904. Assignment of assistance recipients.

§ 904. Assignment of assistance recipients.
(a) Upon application as provided for in § 903 of this title, the Department of Public Welfare shall thereupon assign to such work project the required number of employable recipients of assistance according to their availability, provided it is satisfied that all requirements of this chapter are observed.
(b) The Department of Public Welfare shall also assign suitable assistance recipients to training projects designed to improve employability as such projects are established.
31 Del. C. 1953, §  904;  54 Del. Laws, c. 323, §  2;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 9. WORK ASSIGNMENTS FOR RECIPIENTS OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE › § 905. Requirements for work projects.

§ 905. Requirements for work projects.
(a) Recipients shall be assigned to perform only such work under this chapter as they are able, in the judgment of the Department of Public Welfare, to perform. Such work must serve a useful public purpose.
(b) Recipients shall not perform work on projects which will result either in the displacement of regular workers or in the performance by such recipients of work that would otherwise be performed by employees of public or private agencies, institutions or organizations.
(c) Reasonable standards of health, safety and other conditions applicable to the performance of such work shall be established and maintained for all work projects.
(d) Recipients assigned to work projects shall be afforded reasonable opportunities to seek regular employment and to secure any appropriate training or retraining which may be available.
(e) Employable adults of families receiving assistance shall be assigned to work projects for a number of hours determined by the amount of the assistance grant to the family divided by the minimum wage provided in § 902 of Title 19. No employable adult shall be assigned for more hours than are necessary to work out the employable adult's grant as determined above.
(f) No assistance recipient shall be assigned to work for more than 8 hours in any 1 day or more than 40 hours in any 1 week.
31 Del. C. 1953, §  905;  54 Del. Laws, c. 323, §  2;  70 Del. Laws, c. 65, §  26;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 9. WORK ASSIGNMENTS FOR RECIPIENTS OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE › § 906. Department to establish rules and regulations.

§ 906. Department to establish rules and regulations.
The Department of Health and Social Services shall establish such rules and regulations as it deems necessary for the efficient administration of this title and the achievement of the legislative intent expressed in § 901 of this title and § 501 of this title.
31 Del. C. 1953, §  906;  54 Del. Laws, c. 323, §  2;  70 Del. Laws, c. 65, §  27;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 9. WORK ASSIGNMENTS FOR RECIPIENTS OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE › § 907. Workers' compensation protection.

§ 907. Workers' compensation protection.
All project workers will be covered under the State Workers' Compensation Law with adequate protection through private insurance which provides for complete coverage for all workers on all projects, including disability by injury or occupational disease, prompt and complete medical care in case of accident or injury and adequate benefits for temporary or permanent disability and for survivors in case of death.
31 Del. C. 1953, §  907;  54 Del. Laws, c. 323, §  2;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 9. WORK ASSIGNMENTS FOR RECIPIENTS OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE › § 908. Cooperative arrangements with Employment Security Commission of Delaware, State Board of Vocational Education and State Department of Education.

§ 908. Cooperative arrangements with Employment Security Commission of Delaware, State Board of Vocational Education and State Department of Education.
The Department of Public Welfare shall enter into cooperative arrangements with the Employment Security Commission of Delaware for the employment or occupational training of recipients performing work under this chapter, with the State Board of Vocational Education for the training or retraining of said recipients and assisting them in preparing for regular employment and with the State Department of Education for adult services in appropriate cases.
31 Del. C. 1953, §  908;  54 Del. Laws, c. 323, §  2;  73 Del. Laws, c. 65, §  45;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 9. WORK ASSIGNMENTS FOR RECIPIENTS OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE › § 909. Effect of refusal to work.

§ 909. Effect of refusal to work.
The Department, as part of its authority pursuant to §§ 503, 512(1), 509 and 518 of this title, may establish sanctions for any assistance recipient who refuses without good cause to report for or to perform that work to which the recipient has been assigned by the Department, or who refuses without good cause to report for and participate in any training project designed to improve employability to which the recipient has been referred.
31 Del. C. 1953, §  909;  53 Del. Laws, c. 323, §  2;  70 Del. Laws, c. 65, §  28;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 9. WORK ASSIGNMENTS FOR RECIPIENTS OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE › § 910. Adjustments or recovery.

§ 910. Adjustments or recovery.
Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, no adjustment or recovery shall be made by the State or any political subdivision thereof on account of any payments which are correctly made for work performed under the terms of this chapter.
31 Del. C. 1953, §  910;  54 Del. Laws, c. 323, §  2;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 9. WORK ASSIGNMENTS FOR RECIPIENTS OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE › § 911. Job training and placement by nonprofit corporations

§ 911. Job training and placement by nonprofit corporations
(a) The Department of Labor is authorized:
(1) To refer welfare recipients to nonprofit corporations for training designed to improve employability and for job placement or job referral; and (2) to pay the sum of $500 to nonprofit corporations, which have an approved proposal by August 1 of the current fiscal year, for each welfare recipient placed in an unsubsidized job.
(b) “Placed” or “placement” as used in this section shall mean placement of a referral in an unsubsidized substantially full-time job of not less than 100 hours per month for a minimum of 30 days.
59 Del. Laws, c. 523, §  11;  61 Del. Laws, c. 542, §§  1, 2;  81 Del. Laws, c. 367, § 3;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 10. FRAUDULENT ACTS › § 1001. Legislative intent.

§ 1001. Legislative intent.
The General Assembly finds and declares it to be in the public interest and for the protection of the health and welfare of the residents of the State that proper provisions be instituted to regulate abuses in the payment of funds under the State's public assistance programs.
65 Del. Laws, c. 345, §  2;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 10. FRAUDULENT ACTS › § 1002. Definitions.

§ 1002. Definitions.
When used in this chapter, the following words shall have the meaning herein defined. To the extent that the terms are not defined herein, the words are to have their commonly accepted meaning.
(1) “Department” shall mean the Department of Health and Social Services.
(2) “Facility” shall mean any facility required to be licensed under Chapters 10 and 11 of Title 16, including any such facility operated by or for the State.
(3) “Person” shall mean a human being and, where appropriate, a public or private corporation, an unincorporated association, a partnership, a government or a governmental instrumentality.
(4) “Provider” shall mean a person who is enrolled and who renders goods or services for which payment is made, in whole or in part, under a public assistance program.
(5) “Public assistance program” shall mean the medical assistance program of the State.
65 Del. Laws, c. 345, §  2;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 10. FRAUDULENT ACTS › § 1003. Obtaining benefit under false representation.

§ 1003. Obtaining benefit under false representation.
It shall be unlawful for any provider, by means of a false statement or representation, or by concealment of, or failure to disclose any material fact, or by any other fraudulent scheme or device on behalf of the provider or others to obtain or attempt to obtain payments or any other property, under any public assistance program established by the State to which the provider is not entitled, in whole or in part.
65 Del. Laws, c. 345, §  2;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 10. FRAUDULENT ACTS › § 1004. Reports, statements and documents.

§ 1004. Reports, statements and documents.
It shall be unlawful for any provider to:
(1) Falsify any report, statement or document required to be filed in connection with any public assistance program;
(2) Include in any cost report or reports for reimbursement any amount or item which the provider knew or should have known was not used in providing service to the recipient for which the amount is paid or to be paid;
(3) Make or cause to be made a statement or representation for use in qualifying as a provider of goods or service under any public assistance program, knowing that statement or representation to be false, in whole or in part by commission or omission; or
(4) Make or cause to be made a false statement or representation of a material fact with respect to the conditions or operation of a provider or facility in order that such provider or facility may qualify or remain qualified to provide assistance under any public assistance program.
65 Del. Laws, c. 345, §  2;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 10. FRAUDULENT ACTS › § 1005. Kickback schemes and solicitation.

§ 1005. Kickback schemes and solicitation.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to solicit or receive any remuneration (including kickback, bribe or rebate) directly or indirectly, overtly or covertly, in cash or in kind:
(1) In return for referring an individual to a provider for the furnishing or arranging for the furnishing of any medical care or medical assistance for which payment may be made in whole or in part under any public assistance program; or
(2) In return for purchasing, leasing, ordering or arranging for or recommending purchasing, leasing, or ordering any property, facility, service or item of medical care or medical assistance for which payment may be made in whole or in part under any public assistance program.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to offer or pay any remuneration (including any kickback, bribe or rebate) directly or indirectly, in cash or in kind to induce any other person:
(1) To refer an individual to a provider for the furnishing or arranging for the furnishing of any medical care or medical assistance for which payment may be made in whole or in part under any public assistance program; or
(2) To purchase, lease, order or arrange for or recommend purchasing, leasing or ordering any property, facility, service, or item of medical care or medical assistance for which payment may be made in whole or in part under any public assistance program.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any provider to:
(1) Charge, solicit, accept or receive for any service provided to a recipient, money or other consideration in addition to or at a rate in excess of the rates established by the State for such item or service; or
(2) Charge, solicit or receive, in addition to any amount otherwise required to be paid by the State, any gift, money, donation, or other consideration (other than a charitable, religious or philanthropic contribution from an organization or from a person unrelated to the patient) as a precondition to admitting a patient to a hospital, skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility, or as a requirement for the patient's continued stay in such a facility, when the cost of services provided therein to the patient is paid for, in whole or in part, by the State.
(d) Subsections (a), (b) and (c) of this section shall not apply to:
(1) A discount or other reduction to price obtained by a provider under this chapter if the reduction in price is properly disclosed and appropriately reflected in the costs claimed or charges made by the provider; or
(2) Wages paid by an employer to an employee as part of a bona fide employment relationship; or
(3) Contracts between the State and a public or private agency where part of the agency's responsibility is referral of a person to a provider;
(4) Dividends based exclusively on a legitimate ownership interest;
(5) Fees for services actually rendered, provided that the fees are not made to induce referrals to the provider.
65 Del. Laws, c. 345, §  2;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 10. FRAUDULENT ACTS › § 1006. Conversion of payment.

§ 1006. Conversion of payment.
It shall be unlawful for any provider to convert any benefit or payment received from any public assistance program for use other than the use and benefit for the person named in the application for assistance.
65 Del. Laws, c. 345, §  2;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 10. FRAUDULENT ACTS › § 1007. Penalties.

§ 1007. Penalties.
(a) Whoever knowingly violates §§ 1003, 1004(2) and 1006 of this title shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor; provided, that, where the value of assistance benefits, payments or other property is $500 or more, but less than $10,000, the violator shall be guilty of a class E felony; further provided, that, where the value of assistance, benefits, payments or other property is $10,000 or more, the violator shall be guilty of a class C felony.
(b) Whoever violates § 1004(1) of this title, shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
(c) Whoever violates §§ 1004(3) and (4) and 1005 of this title, shall be guilty of a class E felony.
(d) In addition to the penalties provided herein, every provider convicted under this chapter shall make full restitution of the money, goods or services or the value of those goods or services unlawfully received, plus interest on that amount at the rate of 1.5% per month, for the period from the date upon which payment was made to the date upon which repayment is made to the State.
(e) Upon conviction under this chapter, such provider shall not be eligible for any further participation in the Delaware Public Assistance Program; provided, however, that where the community interest would be adversely affected, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services, or the Secretary's designee, shall, upon petition of the provider, conduct a hearing on the record, to determine the need for a comparable provider to render the needed services to the community, and whether this provider's continued participation in the program is in the best interest of the State. Where this is established, the provider may continue in the program under such conditions as the Secretary may impose.
65 Del. Laws, c. 345, §  2;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 10. FRAUDULENT ACTS › § 1008. Civil assessments.

§ 1008. Civil assessments.
(a) Any provider who violates this chapter, in addition to any other penalties provided by law, shall be liable for the following civil penalties:
(1) Payment of an amount equal to 3 times the amount of excess payments; and
(2) Payment of a civil penalty of up to the sum of $2,000 for each deceptive claim or falsification; and
(3) All reasonable expenses which the court determines may have been incurred by the State in the enforcement of this section.
(b) No criminal action or indictment need be brought against any provider as a condition for establishing civil liability hereunder.
(c) Any provider, who, without intent to violate this chapter, obtains benefits or payments in excess of the amount to which the provider is entitled, shall be liable for the payment of a civil assessment as provided in subsection (a) of this section which may be sought and recovered in an administrative proceeding by the Department to which the claim was submitted, or by the Attorney General.
65 Del. Laws, c. 345, §  2;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  74 Del. Laws, c. 358, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 11. WELFARE AGENCIES AND RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE › § 1101. Confidential character of public assistance records; penalties for violations.

§ 1101. Confidential character of public assistance records; penalties for violations.
(a) The several departments, bureaus, commissions and agencies of the State may establish and enforce reasonable rules and regulations governing the custody, use and preservation of the records, papers, files and communications of such departments, bureaus, commissions and agencies. Wherever, under provisions of law, names and addresses of recipients of public assistance are furnished to or held by any other agency or department of government, such agency or department of government shall be required to adopt regulations necessary to prevent the publication of lists thereof or their use for purposes not directly connected with the administration of public assistance.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to solicit, receive or make use of, disclose, or authorize, knowingly permit, or participate in the use of any information relating to any person who has applied for or who receives Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, general assistance, food stamps, aid to the blind or medical assistance where such information is derived directly or indirectly from the communications or records of the agency administering such aid or assistance or is acquired in the course of the performance of official duties; provided, however, that such conduct shall not be unlawful:
(1) When engaged in for purposes directly connected with the administration of such aid and assistance;
(2) When engaged in for purposes directly connected with the administration of public social services;
(3) Where the person who has applied for or who receives such aid or assistance, or a person authorized to act for such person, consents to such conduct; or
(4) Where a court of competent jurisdiction orders such conduct after a finding that the need for such conduct outweighs any injury that such conduct may cause the applicant or recipient.
(c) Whoever violates subsection (b) of this section shall be fined not more than $500, or imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both.
(d) The provisions of this section shall be operative only to the extent permitted by federal law.
43 Del. Laws, c. 83, §§  1, 2;  31 Del. C. 1953, §  1101;  67 Del. Laws, c. 186, §§  1, 2;  81 Del. Laws, c. 367, § 4;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 11. WELFARE AGENCIES AND RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE › § 1102. Prohibition against expenditure of moneys or contracting indebtedness above appropriations.

§ 1102. Prohibition against expenditure of moneys or contracting indebtedness above appropriations.
No state welfare agency shall expend any state moneys except such moneys as have been appropriated by the General Assembly, nor shall such agencies contract any indebtedness beyond the moneys so appropriated pledging the credit of the State.
46 Del. Laws, c. 227;  31 Del. C. 1953, §  1102;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 11. WELFARE AGENCIES AND RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE › § 1103. Penalties for disposal of goods received from relief units for cash or barter.

§ 1103. Penalties for disposal of goods received from relief units for cash or barter.
No person who has received any clothing, food, goods or other merchandise from any welfare agency in this State shall dispose of the same for cash or barter or for any other consideration.
Whoever violates this section shall be fined not less than $25 nor more than $300, or imprisoned not less than 30 days nor more than 6 months, or both.
44 Del. Laws, c. 180, §§  1, 2;  31 Del. C. 1953, §  1103;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 11. WELFARE AGENCIES AND RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE › § 1104. Relief or assistance not to be charged against real estate.

§ 1104. Relief or assistance not to be charged against real estate.
No agency in this State furnishing relief or assistance to any ill or needy persons in this State shall charge the real estate of such persons with the cost of such relief or assistance so furnished.
48 Del. Laws, c. 282;  31 Del. C. 1953, §  1104;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 15. DELAWARE WELFARE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM › § 1501. Statement of purpose.

§ 1501. Statement of purpose.
It is the purpose of the Delaware Welfare Employment Program to:
(a) Create expanded opportunity for increased personal responsibility and advancement toward economic independence and self-sufficiency by Delaware's welfare recipients through the acquisition of useful work skills and performance in productive employment which will end their dependence on public assistance; and
(b) Enlist Delaware's private businesses in an expanded effort to provide job opportunities and reduce dependency, and to enhance their work forces and increase their competitiveness; and
(c) Complement and strengthen other important state incentives designed to move welfare recipients into private sector jobs, including child care, medical care, and job training and placement; and
(d) Authorize the creation of personal advancement accounts as an additional incentive for workers to achieve self-sufficiency and increased skills; and
(e) Achieve the foregoing purposes in a cost-effective manner.
70 Del. Laws, c. 66, §  2;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 15. DELAWARE WELFARE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM › § 1502. Establishment of program.

§ 1502. Establishment of program.
(a) The Delaware Welfare Employment Program (the “Program”) is created within the Department of Health and Social Services (the “Department”) as a critical component of the State's welfare-to-work strategy; provided, however, that the Program shall, as with the State's other welfare-to-work strategies, be administered by the Department in cooperation with the Department of Labor (“DOL”), and the Delaware Workforce Development Board (“WDB”). To the extent necessary to enable the Department to make use of the Program for appropriate cases, the Department shall amend the state plans for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (“TANF”) program and shall seek federal approval for plan amendments and any waivers from federal law. The Department shall implement the Program with maximum federal financial participation.
(b) In lieu of receiving cash payments from the TANF program during a placement, participants in the Program shall be provided with productive jobs and paid in a way that promotes self-sufficiency and the opportunity for advancement in the workforce.
(c) Job placement services shall be used by the State to the maximum extent possible to assist participants to take unsubsidized private sector jobs. Only if no suitable unsubsidized job or more cost-effective job can be found within a reasonable time may participants be assigned to jobs under the Program.
70 Del. Laws, c. 66, §  2;  81 Del. Laws, c. 49, § 20;  81 Del. Laws, c. 367, § 5;  81 Del. Laws, c. 374, § 55;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 15. DELAWARE WELFARE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM › § 1503. Individual participation in the program.

§ 1503. Individual participation in the program.
(a) Unless otherwise exempted, the following persons may be required by the Department to participate in the program:
(1) Adult and caretaker relatives of children who are receiving TANF program benefits; and
(2) Unemployed non-caretaker parents of children who are receiving TANF program benefits.
(b) The following recipients of public assistance may not be required by the Department to participate but may elect, to the extent resources are available, to participate in the Program:
(1) Any person who is receiving Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”) benefits or other continuing State or federal maintenance benefits based on age or disability;
(2) A parent who is the sole caretaker of a child who is incapacitated as determined by receipt of social security disability benefits or benefits under the SSI Program;
(3) Any individual, including caretakers, under 16 years of age;
(4) Any individual unable to participate because of a temporary medical condition preventing employment and training, as certified by a written statement from a physician, such exemption to be reevaluated every 60 days; and
(5) Any individual 62 years of age or older.
(c) Parents under the age of 20 who are enrolled full-time in a secondary school shall be exempt from participation in the Program.
(d) Any person enrolled full-time in an accredited post-secondary degree program who demonstrates adequate progress toward completion of such program shall be exempt from participation in the Program for a period not to exceed 2 years and may be permitted an extension to continue person's studies for an additional 2 years; provided, that such person works sufficient hours to earn such person's TANF program grant during such period.
(e) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, any TANF recipient working full time in a job not subsidized under the Program shall be exempt from participation in the Program.
70 Del. Laws, c. 66, §  2;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  81 Del. Laws, c. 367, § 5;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 15. DELAWARE WELFARE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM › § 1504. Financing

§ 1504. Financing
Within the limit of its appropriations, the Department may expend such portion of the moneys appropriated to it for expenditure by or apportioned to the State for operation of TANF as the Department deems necessary to make maximum advantage of the Program. The Department may also expend such moneys as are received from grants and contributions from individuals, corporations, trusts, foundations and the federal government for growth of the Program.
Not less than once a year, the Department shall review the cost-effectiveness of the Program and shall take necessary action to modify or suspend the Program to ensure the Program is a cost-effective use of the appropriations available to it for the TANF program.
70 Del. Laws, c. 66, §  2;  81 Del. Laws, c. 367, § 5;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 15. DELAWARE WELFARE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM › § 1506. Participant compensation and benefits.

§ 1506. Participant compensation and benefits.
(a) Participants shall receive the following benefits so long as they satisfactorily participate in the Program:
(1) Compensation for their work effort substantially equal to the wage paid for similar jobs in the local economy, with appropriate adjustments for experience, training and productive effort;
(2) The EITC, with any advanced portions paid as a part of the wage payment;
(3) Continuation of federal and state medical assistance benefits for which the participants was eligible at the time of entering the Program;
(4) Child care benefits as may be necessary to permit participation in the Program;
(5) Job training and job search counseling as otherwise available under the TANF program;
(6) Such portion of the child support payments collected by the Department as the Department determines, in addition to, and not in lieu of, the payments for work provided in the Program;
(7) Accumulation of an earned Personal Advancement Account as provided for in § 1507 of this title.
(b) TANF benefits shall be suspended for the duration of the placement at the end of the first calendar month in which an employer makes the first wage payment to a participant who is a custodial parent in a family that receives TANF program benefits.
(c) The Department shall also make supplemental payments to families for which the participant's wages, together with the EITC, represent less spendable income than the value of the TANF program benefits that the family would otherwise receive. The supplemental payments shall be in amounts which when added to the amount of participant wages together with the EITC will be equal to the value of the TANF program benefits that the family would otherwise receive. The Department shall determine and pay in advance supplemental payments to participants on a monthly basis as necessary to ensure equivalent net program wages. Such supplemental payments shall not be subject to federal income taxes and social security contributions.
(d) The Department may provide life skills classes and opportunities for participants to achieve high school graduation equivalency diplomas in conjunction with participation in the Program.
70 Del. Laws, c. 66, §  2;  81 Del. Laws, c. 367, § 5;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 15. DELAWARE WELFARE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM › § 1507. Personal Advancement Account.

§ 1507. Personal Advancement Account.
(a) In accordance with rules adopted by the Department, each participant in the Program shall create a Personal Advancement Account in the participant's name. The account may be held by the employer, by a bank, savings and loan association, or credit union, or by another suitable organization approved by the Secretary. The account may be designed to take advantage of any relevant federal or state tax exemption or tax deferral privileges. The account shall be the property of the participant but shall not be subject attachment for judgments arising from causes antedating the establishment of the account, other than obligations for child support.
(b) Beginning with the thirtieth day of each participant's employment with an employer and ending 6 months thereafter, in addition to the participant's wage as defined in § 1506 of this title and at the same time that such wages are paid, the employer shall pay into the participant's Personal Advancement Account, $1.00 for each participant hour worked, less any required deductions for income tax withholding, FICA, and the Federal Unemployment Tax Act [26 U.S.C. § 3301 et seq.].
(c) During the period specified in subsection (b) of this section, the participant may make withdrawals from the Account, in accordance with rules adopted by the Department, for the following purposes:
(1) Tuition and charges for qualified education and training programs;
(2) Participation in a contributory benefit program offered by the employer, including but not limited to a medical savings account;
(3) The purchase of tools, vehicles or equipment necessary to start the participant's business;
(4) The payment of medical expenses of the participant's family, not covered by insurance;
(5) Other approved expenditures made in response to emergencies or severe hardships.
(d) At the end of period specified in subsection (b) of this section, any balance in the Account shall inure to the participant's benefit.
70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 66, §  2;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 15. DELAWARE WELFARE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM › § 1508. Sanctions for refusal to participate.

§ 1508. Sanctions for refusal to participate.
Pursuant to its authority under §§ 512 and 518 of this title, the Department shall establish sanctions for participants who fail to comply with the requirements of the Program.
70 Del. Laws, c. 66, §  2;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 15. DELAWARE WELFARE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM › § 1509. Committee on Employment and Social Services

§ 1509. Committee on Employment and Social Services
(a) Duties and responsibilities. —
(1) The Committee on Employment and Social Services (the “Committee”) is established to assist the Department, DOL, and the WDB to place TANF recipients in unsubsidized private sector jobs, and to advise them on the policy, direction and implementation of all of Delaware's welfare-to-work efforts, including the Program. The Committee shall operate in close cooperation with the Delaware Workforce Development Board and shall provide the Board with its advice with respect to the allocation of job training and placement funds for implementation of the State's welfare-to-work efforts.
(2) The Committee shall serve in an advisory capacity and consider matters related to child support and social services as referred by the Governor, Secretaries of the Department and DOL. The Committee may study and research matters effecting employment and program service delivery efforts of the Divisions' of Child Support and Social Services as deemed appropriate.
(b) Appointments, term, vacancy, and removal. —
(1) The Committee shall consist of 9 members appointed by the Governor which shall include no less than 3 employers and reflect diversity.
(2) Members shall be appointed for a term of up to 3 years in order to continue on a staggered basis so that no more than 3 members' terms expire in a year.
(3) A Chair and Vice Chair will be elected annually by the Committee.
(4) Members who fail to attend 3 consecutive meetings may be assumed to have resigned and the Governor may accept their resignation.
(5) The Division Directors of the Division of Social Services and Division of Child Support Services or their designees will attend the meetings and staffing will be provided by the Division of Social Services.
(6) The Committee must recruit employers for the purpose of assisting the State in the hiring and placement of TANF recipients in private sector jobs. The Committee may hold public meetings to explore ways to remove barriers that would prevent TANF recipients from finding sustainable employment opportunities.
81 Del. Laws, c. 367, § 5;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 15. DELAWARE WELFARE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM › § 1510. Annual report

§ 1510. Annual report
The Committee shall complete an annual report outlining activities, status and implementation of the State's efforts to place TANF recipients in private sector jobs, including the Committee's recommendations for improvements in such efforts. The annual report will also include recommended areas to improve the efficiencies of service delivery efforts and suggest ways to reduce fraud and waste at the Divisions of Child Support and Social Services.
70 Del. Laws, c. 66, §  2;  81 Del. Laws, c. 367, § 5;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 21. Division for the Visually Impaired › § 2101. Definitions.

§ 2101. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) “Department” means the Department of Health and Social Services.
(2) “Division” means the Division for the Visually Impaired under § 7929 of Title 29, a division of the Department of Health and Social Services.
(3) “Person with blindness” means an individual with total blindness or visual acuity of not more than 20/200 in the better-seeing eye with best conventional correction or whose vision is limited in field so that the widest diameter subtends an angle no greater than 20 degrees.
(4) “Person with visual impairment” means an individual who has a visual acuity of not more than 20/70 to 20/200 in the better-seeing eye with the best conventional correction.
Code 1935, §  3050A;  46 Del. Laws, c. 88;  31 Del. C. 1953, §  2101;  57 Del. Laws, c. 591, §  37;  78 Del. Laws, c. 179, §  326;  83 Del. Laws, c. 455, § 6;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 21. Division for the Visually Impaired › § 2102. Supervision of training.

§ 2102. Supervision of training.
The Division, through the Department, has supervision of the training of a person with blindness or a person with visual impairment.
31 Del. C. 1953, §  2102;  57 Del. Laws, c. 591, §  38;  78 Del. Laws, c. 179, §§  327, 328;  83 Del. Laws, c. 455, § 7;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 21. Division for the Visually Impaired › § 2103. Division authority; instructors of persons with blindness or visual impairment.

§ 2103. Division authority; instructors of persons with blindness or visual impairment.
The Division has sole authority over the selection, appointment, employment terms, and performance of an instructor of persons with blindness or persons with visual impairment.
25 Del. Laws, c. 73, §  3;  Code 1915, §  2576;  Code 1935, §  3049;  31 Del. C. 1953, §  2104;  78 Del. Laws, c. 179, §§  329-331;  83 Del. Laws, c. 455, § 8;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 21. Division for the Visually Impaired › § 2104. Acquisition and disposal of property; exemption of property from taxation.

§ 2104. Acquisition and disposal of property; exemption of property from taxation.
(a) The Division may do all of the following:
(1) Solicit, purchase, or otherwise acquire, hold, own, mortgage, sell, or assign real or personal property.
(2) Solicit, accept, or receive a private fund, bequest, legacy, or gift of property real or personal to be used for the education and training of persons with blindness or persons with visual impairment.
(3) In accordance with the directions of a party who devises or donates property under this section, the Division may do all of the following:
a. Hold, manage, or invest the property or collect and disburse the income or principal of the property.
b. Hold, own, sell, or dispose of the property and reinvest the proceeds from the sale of the property or collect or disburse the income and principal from the property.
(b) If a party who devises or donates property under this section does not leave direction for the Division to follow under paragraph (a)(3) of this section, the Division shall accept, hold, manage, or dispose of the property or disburse the income of the property in a manner in which the Division deems best to promote the training of a person with blindness or a person with visual impairment.
(c) The property of the Division is exempt from taxation.
25 Del. Laws, c. 73, §  8;  27 Del. Laws, c. 101;  Code 1915, §  2580;  Code 1935, §  3053;  31 Del. C. 1953, §  2105;  75 Del. Laws, c. 385, §  2;  78 Del. Laws, c. 179, §  332;  83 Del. Laws, c. 455, § 9;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 21. Division for the Visually Impaired › § 2105. Division expenditures.

§ 2105. Division expenditures.
The Division may expend the sums of money it deems proper and necessary for effectuating the objects of this chapter. The sums of money may not in the aggregate in any 1 year exceed the sum of money appropriated to the Division for these purposes.
25 Del. Laws, c. 73, §  3;  Code 1915, §  2576;  Code 1935, §  3049;  31 Del. C. 1953, §  2106;  83 Del. Laws, c. 455, § 10;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 21. Division for the Visually Impaired › § 2106. Payment of Division expenses.

§ 2106. Payment of Division expenses.
The State Treasurer shall pay out of funds appropriated by the General Assembly the Division's expenses for salaries and wages, office expenses, operation, working capital, materials, repairs and replacements, travel, or other expenses in connection with carrying out the Division's duties, on vouchers that the appropriate Division officer issues.
32 Del. Laws, c. 26, §  16;  37 Del. Laws, c. 81;  Code 1935, §§  3050, 3054;  31 Del. C. 1953, §  2107;  83 Del. Laws, c. 455, § 11;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 21. Division for the Visually Impaired › § 2107. Eligibility and applications for services.

§ 2107. Eligibility and applications for services.
An adult who is either a person with blindness or a person with visual impairment may make application to the Division to receive services from the instructors provided under § 2103 of this title. The Division may grant or refuse an application based on eligibility and availability of funds.
25 Del. Laws, c. 73, §  4;  Code 1915, §  2577;  Code 1935, §  3050;  45 Del. Laws, c. 217, §  1;  31 Del. C. 1953, §  2108;  78 Del. Laws, c. 179, §  333;  83 Del. Laws, c. 455, § 12;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 21. Division for the Visually Impaired › § 2108. Duty of agencies, physicians, and nurses to report persons with blindness and persons with visual impairment.

§ 2108. Duty of agencies, physicians, and nurses to report persons with blindness and persons with visual impairment.
Each health or social agency, attending or consulting physician, or attending or consulting nurse shall report, in writing, to the Division the name, age, and residence of each person with blindness or person with visual impairment to whom the agency, physician, or nurse provides service, and furnish additional information that the Division requests for the registration or prevention of blindness or visual impairment.
Code 1935, §  3050A;  46 Del. Laws, c. 88;  31 Del. C. 1953, §  2109;  78 Del. Laws, c. 179, §  334;  83 Del. Laws, c. 455, § 13;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 21. Division for the Visually Impaired › § 2111. Payments for vocational rehabilitation.

§ 2111. Payments for vocational rehabilitation.
(a) The Division is the authorized agency for vocational rehabilitation of a person with blindness or a person with visual impairment. The Division may pay for training, maintenance, or physical restoration of a person with blindness or a person with visual impairment, and whom the Division finds is eligible for vocational rehabilitation.
(b) On receiving an appropriate voucher, the State Treasurer shall make a payment authorized under this section.
27 Del. Laws, c. 102, §§  1-3;  Code 1915, §  2584;  Code 1935, §  3057;  45 Del. Laws, c. 217, §  1;  31 Del. C. 1953, §  2112;  49 Del. Laws, c. 189, §  4;  78 Del. Laws, c. 179, §§  340, 341;  83 Del. Laws, c. 455, § 16;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 21. Division for the Visually Impaired › § 2113. Limitations on applicability of chapter.

§ 2113. Limitations on applicability of chapter.
This chapter does not apply to a child who is either a person with blindness or a person with visual impairment and who is being otherwise instructed and educated in a manner that the Division determines is satisfactory.
25 Del. Laws, c. 73, §  7;  Code 1915, §  2582;  Code 1935, §  3055;  31 Del. C. 1953, §  2114;  78 Del. Laws, c. 179, §  343;  83 Del. Laws, c. 455, § 18;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 21. Division for the Visually Impaired › § 2116. Contracts for library services.

§ 2116. Contracts for library services.
The Division may contract with a public library for that library to render library service throughout this State to a person with blindness or a person with visual impairment. The Division may reasonably compensate the public library for the cost of the service it renders under the contract.
31 Del. C. 1953, §  2117;  53 Del. Laws, c. 367;  78 Del. Laws, c. 179, §  345;  83 Del. Laws, c. 455, § 20;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 25. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION; DUTIES IN REGARD TO PERSONS WHO ARE BLIND › § 2501. Jurisdiction of State Board of Education.

§ 2501. Jurisdiction of State Board of Education.
The State Board of Education may provide for the suitable care, maintenance and instruction of babies who are blind of the State and children who are blind and too young or otherwise unable to enter schools for persons who are blind.
41 Del. Laws, c. 30, §  1;  31 Del. C. 1953, §  2501;  78 Del. Laws, c. 179, §§  360, 361;