Senate Joint Resolution 73 (Appendix A), agreed to by the 1990 General Assembly, established a joint subcommittee to study the foster care system in the Commonwealth and the feasibility of implementing a program to train, employ, and pay public assistance recipients as foster parents and to work in occupations that provide needed services. As introduced, Senate Joint Resolution 73 established a joint subcommittee to study the feasibility of implementing a program to train, employ and pay public assistance recipients as foster parents and other types of caregivers. The provisions of Senate Joint Resolution 88, which established a joint subcommittee to conduct a comprehensive study of foster care in Virginia, were added to Senate Joint Resolution 73. Therefore, the joint subcommittee was charged with studying both of these issues. Senator Robert C. Scott introduced Senate Joint Resolution 73 because of his belief that the Commonwealth could save significant sums of money by recognizing that many public assistance recipients would rather work than collect welfare. The other aspect of the study called for a comprehensive review of Virginia's foster care system, including the delivery of foster care, early intervention to reduce the number of children in need of foster care, definitions of responsibilities of foster parents, coordination and funding of support systems, incentives to encourage training of foster parents, and alternatives to foster care. The resolution instructed the subcommittee to provide for the participation of foster parents and to seek the expertise of persons representing the judiciary and social services.