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COUNTY OF
Q~' SUPEF'VI~~RS
BUTYE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
~csvlufion No. 04-059
RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF BUTTE
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 CaIWORKs program, commencing with 62°Io of the Federal
Poverty Level effective 9/91.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED as follows:
1. That the County of Butte adopt as a standard of aid and care for General Assistance the amounts
as stated on attachment B to this resolution;
2. That the amounts set forth in attachment B 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 CaIWORKs program from 1991 to present;
3. That the amounts set forth in attachment B 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;
4. 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 AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of Supervisors this 27"' day of April
2004 by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Dolan,
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
NOT VOTING: Hone
Houx, Josiassen, Yamaguchi and Chair Beeler
'~
R. J. BEELER, Chair
ATTEST:
PAUL MCINTOSH, Chief Administrative Officer
And Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By:
Deputy ,
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 level Shared grant levels
With one With two With three
Other others others
1 289 245 231 216
2 364
3 439
4 514
5 589
6 664
7 739
8 814
9 889
10 964
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 Article II, Section A, reduced by the percentages set
forth below:
a. Fifteen percent if the applicant or recipient shares housing with one other
person.
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Attachment B
b. Twenty percent if the applicant or recipient shares housing with two other
persons.
c. Twenty dive 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.
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 $289.00
Care and Supervision $155.00
TOTAL $444.00
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Attachment B
COUNTY OF BUTTE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
Prepared by Administrative Staff of the Butte County Department of Employment and
Social Services
Adopted by the Board of Supervisors:
Amended by the Board of Supervisors
August 1957
July 1959
July 1963
October 1968
July 1971
May 1972
July 1972
October 1972
September 1976
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August 1984
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August 1988
November 1988
June 1989
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February 1994
November 1994
November 1996
December 1997
December 2002
May 2004
Attachment B
Cover Sheet