[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 20, Volume 3] [Revised as of April 1, 2003] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 20CFR645.110] [Page 386] TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS CHAPTER V--EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PART 645--PROVISIONS GOVERNING WELFARE-TO-WORK GRANTS--Table of Contents Subpart A--Scope and Purpose Sec. 645.110 What are the purposes of the Welfare-to-Work Program? The purposes of the WtW program are: (a) To facilitate the placement of hard-to-employ welfare recipients and certain noncustodial parents into transitional employment opportunities which will lead to lasting unsubsidized employment and self-sufficiency; (b) To provide a variety of activities, grounded in TANF's ``work first'' philosophy, to prepare individuals for, and to place them in, lasting unsubsidized employment; (c) To provide for a variety of post-employment and job retention services which will assist the hard-to-employ welfare recipient and certain noncustodial parents to secure lasting unsubsidized employment; (d) To provide targeted WtW funds to high poverty areas with large numbers of hard-to-employ welfare recipients.