HomeMy WebLinkAbout14-014RESOLUTION 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.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED as follows:
1. That the County of Butte adopt as a standard of aid and care for General Assistance, effective March 1,
2014, the amounts as stated on Attachment A to, this resolution;
2. 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 CalWORKs program from 1991 to present;
3. 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 on the 11 th day of February 2014 by the Butte County Board of Supervisors by the
following votes:
AYES: Supervisors Connelly, Wahl, Kirk, Lambert, and Chair Teeter
NAYS: None
ABSENT: None
NOT VOTING: None
Doug Teeter, Chair
Butte County Board of Supervisors
ATTEST:
Paul Hahn, Chief A
and Clerk of -the WO
ninistrative Offic
•d of Supervisor