HomeMy WebLinkAbout70-158RES4LUTION TN OPPOSITION TO THE EARNED
INCOME EXEMPTION EMPLOYED ~N TEiE ADMINTSTRATION
OF AFDC PUBLIC ASSIST.A~IC~
WHEREAS, tl~is Board has previously expressed its opposition
to the "earned income" exemption presently contained in federal and
Sta~e AFDC regulations; and
WHEREAS, ~he Board of 5upervisors of tkze County of Ventura,
on ,Tvne 16th, 1970, adopted a reso~ution opposing the continuance o~
the said "earned income" exemption; and
WHEREAS, the said "earned in,come" exemption was intended
by the United States Congress to provide a work incentive to
employable AFDC recipients in order to encourage said recipients
to ~ecome self-sufficient and free from dependency on public
assistance; and
WHEREAS, the said "earr~ed income" exemp~.ion has failed
to encourage such self-sufficiency and has, in fact, resulted in
raising the income levels of many .A.FDC recipients above that of many
similarly situated persons not eligible for pub~ic assistas~ce; and
WHEREAS, the sa3d "earned income" exemption has also
produced "rich" and "poor" classes of AF'DC recipients as a result
of the technical, axtificial, arbitrary and cumbersome concepts of
"need" contained ~hereino
NOW, THERF.FORE, BE IT RESOLVEA that this Board. rea~firm
its prior objection to the use of any "earned income" exemption in
the administration ot AFDC assistance.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Board concurs in and
supports the position of the Board of Supervisors of the Cour~ty
of Ventura as e~ressed ~n its resolution of Jus~e 16, 1970, on this
sub j ect o
BE IT FUI2THER RESOLVED that the C1erk of the Board is
hereby directed to distribute copies o~ this resolution to the
Uni:ted States Department o~ Health, Education and Welfare, Senator
Geo.rge Murphy, Senator Alan Cranston, Congressman Harold Johnson,
the State of Californxa Hvman Relations Agency, Governor Reagan,
Assemblyman Ray Johnson, Senator Fred Marler, the Board ot Super-
visors of the several counties of California, and the County
Supervisors Association of California,
PASS~D AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors of the
County of T3utte this 25th day of August , 1970,
by ;the follo~ring vote:
AYES: Supervisors Howsden, hiaxon, McKa.llop, Reynolds and
Chai~rman Aunaway
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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C~UNTY OF YEN7URA -
RESOLUTION OF THE EOARD OF SUPERVISORS
WHEftEAS, the 1967 ar~endmenfs to ~Yhe Federal Social Security Act,
Public Law'°0-243, provided certain e~rncd inc.ome exenptions intended as
. a~rork incen~iva for Aid to Families vrith Dependent Children reciplents, and
4,'HEREAS, tFe State Department of Soc9al ~~Jelfare regu!ates ~he
earned inco,~;a ex~m~tions for -hhe S~ate of California according ta.~he 4Jelfare
a~d Ins~iiutions Code IIOOo(a) and Federa{ regulations; and '
1rlFiE~EAS, the Venfiura County Depar'lment of Soci a l 4~e ~ f ~re i s requ i red ~
by ! aw to adm i n i s~ er ~ he earned . i r,corne exempfi i on as . regu I a~-ed by ttie Sta ~~e
pepar1r'~enfi , or Soci a l V,'e I fare and t he Federa i HE~V; a nd
WHERCAS, the earned income exe~p~ion regulations in the AFGC
•program are resultirg in continuing_eligibility for AFQC of large numbers
of full ~ime emal~yed persons; and . - . .
kJHEREAS, the con-Finuing eligibili±y, by reason of addi~ion of
large numbers n; ^ew high income cases and `nahility of ~he local agency y~-
discori~inue #ul 1•ime employed cases is cau~sing dramatic increases ir. ~~3e
~ case~cads and c~s~s o~ Rr"DC_, both in Ventura County and throughout Cali;or:~ia;
and .
I~~FEER. Af.. , the earned i ncome exemot i o i i s resu 1 t i ng i n i ncen-Y i ves ~o
!arge n~~~r~hers or full time emoloyed pe~sons t~ remain on R~DC rather 1-han ~~ove
. away f rom sucf: a.d as was in-Yended by -~he ori3inai legislation; and
• WHEREr':`~; the i nequ i t i es between AF;~C rec i p i ents~ w i th earned i n ~c,;r:e
and rec i p i ents r~ thout earned i ncome a r~ rE s~ I t i rg i n-~he d i i emma of ccn ~_ ~.~-
'tively "affluen~~" ArGC rec3pients i~ the s~,~n~ arogram wi~~'h ofh~r Tami ~ ies .
which are forcad ;o live on gcants.rar beloW jheir essential needs, fiher~L,v
cTea~ing an unTer,~ble situation of "haves" an~ "have RoTS".in i-his program
of ~ublic assis~~,ace; and
~ ~ -YHEREAS, AFDC i s not s~tructured as a prograrn fio supp l ement f u 1 I
time wages, but is a public assistaRCe program designed ~o meet the basie
needs of ~oor families, this situa-hion is shocking citizens and taxpayzrs
as fihey lear~ of c~,s~s =i_:~..4rt i,~~:: i-here is a{u! I time wag~ earner and in
wh i ch totat gross i r~ccme i s i r, th2 upper mi dd l e. i ncom,e brackets and s't-i ! I
receiving AFG~, .
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Eoard that,.the earned ineeme
exemation in the Ai~ -~o Famili~s r;i~h Dependent Cnildre~ Public Assis~a~,ce
Progr2~: t.a r~vie~:ti~d and r~vised by the S~ate Departme~t of Social 1ti'~Ifare,
~the FederaE HE'r,, 2nd ±he ~ederal Congress to reduce ~he earned inca~e
exemptio~s in ArDC ~to pro~ortions which wil) actually operate to provide
incen~ive to recipien~s to obfain emp{oyment and remove fihemselves fr`om
aid, ra~ther than ~ontinue a policy.whict~ is c{early providing disincentives
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-~o do so. Th~ Clerk ot -hhe PAard, i s hereby d i reci'ed to d i str i bu~-e
cop i es of th i s reso I ut i on to ths~'~ec!era I De~partmen~ of Nea I-Yh, Educat i on,
. and 4;elfare, 1he Califarnia Delegd~tio^ in Congress; Governor Reagan, The
'' Catif ornia Human P.elations Agency, tne Sta-~e D~parTmen~ of Social Welfare,
the ~en~ura Courty Delega~ion in fihe S~a~~e Rssembly and Senate, and the
8oards of Supervisors of'the s~veral couni~ies of California, and the County
5upervisors rlssociation of Calitornia -
~ PASSED AND RDOPTED this 16~h day of June, 1970. ~
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