HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-195RESOLUTION ADOPTING A
STANDARD OF AID FOR GENERAL ASSISTANCE
PURSUANT 'TO WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS
CODE SECTION 17000.5
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors for the County of Butte has adopted a standard of aid for
General Assistance pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code Section 17000.5; and
WHEREAS, Welfare and Institutions Code Section 17000.5 permits the Board of Supervisors to
annually adjust the standard of aid for General Assistance to reflect increases and decreases in the
maximum aid level in the County under the Ca1WORKs program, commencing with 62°l0 of the Federal.
Poverty Level effective 9/91;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE I'I' RESOLVED as follows:
That the County of Butte adopt as a standard of aid and care for General Assistance the amounts
as stated on attachment A to this resolution;
"That the amounts set forth in attachment A reflect the standard of aid and care permitted by
Welfare and Institutions Code Section 17000.5 as adjusted heretofore by increases and decreases
in the maximum aid level in the Ca1WORKs program from 1991 to present;
That the amounts set forth in attachment A reflect a further reduction in the General Assistance
standard of aid in the amount of forty ($40) dollars for all applicants or recipients receiving Medi-
cal or County Medical Services Program benefits as permitted by Welfare and Institutions Code
Section 17000.5;
Nothing contained in this resolution is intended to affect the right of the County of Butte to
implement in any manner permissible by law or subject to discretion of the Board of Supervisors
any change in law effective after the date of this resolution which permits counties to further
adjust or eliminate General Assistance aid levels.
PASSED ANll ADOPTED this 10th day of December 2002 by the following vote:
AYES• Supervisors Beeler, Dolan, Houx, Yamaguchi and Chair Josiassen
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
NOT VOTING: None
ATTEST:
Paul McIntosh, Chief Administrative Officer
and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
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Curt Josiassen, Chair
F3utte County Board of Supervisors
(Regulation Page 1 oft)
Option A
II. GENERAL ASSISTANCE GRANT LEVELS
A. The grant levels for various assistance units appear in the chart below.
GRANT LEVEL
Assistance
Unit size
Independent
grant Ieve1 --
Shared grant levels
With one With two With three
Other others others
1 277 235 221 207
2 X52
--
3 ----. ~,~7
4 502
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5 577
b b52
7 727
8 802
9 877
10 992 -......--
Extra
Person 75
MAXIMUM GRANT AMOUNT
Single adult applicants and recipients who live with one or more unrelated
persons or one or more person not legally responsible for the indiciual shall have
their grant as established by Artiele II, Section A, reduced by the percentages set
forth below:
Fifteen percent if the applicant or recipient shares housing with one other
person.
(Regulation Page 2 of 2}
b. Twenty percent if the applicant or recipient shares housing with two other
persons.
c. Twenty five percent if the applicant or recipient shares housing with three
or more other persons.
2. Items of need being provided by others shall not be allowed in the General
Assistance grant.
3. Persons having shelter, utilities, and food provided by others shall not be eligible
for General Assistance.
4. Boarding Home Care (non-medical facility) shall not exceed the following
allowance:
Grant Level $277.00
Care and Supervision $155.00
T(7TAL $432.00