Section 690.2 - Findings and purposes(a) The General Assembly finds that there are persons who lack the academic and vocational education and training necessary to obtain and hold employment in the present-day economy, and that there is a need to: (1) Utilize fully the potentials of many individuals who are currently unemployed, underemployed, or employed in jobs or industries which are being rendered technologically obsolete;(2) Erase the impediments to the full utilization of manpower fostered by discrimination against non-white minority groups in education, training and job placement;(3) Cooperate with private enterprise to provide vocational and related education and training to strengthen the economy of the Commonwealth; and(4) Eliminate the conditions which doom persons and families to life-long unemployment, underemployment, and dependency upon the aid, care and support of welfare agencies.(b) Pursuant to these findings, the General Assembly states that the purposes of this act are to:(1) Authorize the establishment or support of programs to utilize all available manpower services;(2) Provide the necessary services, programs, incentives, and opportunities to create full employment in the regular economy; and(3) Develop useful skills through training, on-the-job supervision, and special work projects in order to create for individuals and their families financial independence, useful rules in the community, dignity and self-esteem.1968, July 31, P.L. 736, No. 232, § 2.