Colorado Revised Statutes Title 26. Human Services Code § 26-2-1002. Legislative declaration

(a) The unrealized and lost human resource potential of low-income and working-poor individuals of this state results in an overall loss to the potential of the entire state;

(b) It is in the best interests of all Coloradans to structure incentives in a way that will result in a greater likelihood that low-income and working-poor individuals will attain self-sufficiency;

(c) It is in the best interests of all Coloradans to concentrate appropriate assets and investments on low-income and working-poor individuals and in low-income and working-poor neighborhoods and communities in order to allow low-income individuals, neighborhoods, and communities to benefit from the developments achieved through the growth in assets and investments;

(d) Achieving self-sufficiency and assessing economic opportunity for low-income and working-poor individuals can be addressed through public policy that invests in asset accumulation and is supported by private sector philanthropy;

(e) Providing a structured savings situation for low-income and working-poor individuals enhances such individuals' chances of fulfilling major life goals and opportunities and incorporates such individuals into the economic mainstream; and

(f) Such self-sufficiency may, in turn, result in fewer people needing to seek public assistance.