(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.
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