HomeMy WebLinkAbout80-175WHEREAS, several months ago this Board requested staff to
review the General Assis~ance standards, with particular reference
to food allowance; and
WHEREAS, staff has completed their review, and this Bbar.d
has also reviewed a number of the source materials on which the
study was conduc~ed; and
WHEREAS, these source materials included, but were not
limited ~o:
1. CFE(Adm.)326 entitled "The Thrifty Food P1an"
prepared by the Consurner and Food Economics
Instituts, Agri.cultural Research Service,
U.S. ~epartment of Agriculture, Hyattsville,
Maryland.%~
2. A~alk by Betty Peterkin at the 1975 National
Agricultural Out~ook Conference.~~
3. "Nationwide Food Consumption Survey--Implicatiores"
by D. Mark Hegsted, Administrator, Human Nutrition
Cen~er, SEA-USDA.
4. "Food For Thritty Families" prepared by the
U.S. Department of Agriculture.%~
5. Division of Agricultural Sciences, University
of California, leaflet on "Balance Food Values
and ¢¢~".
b. Nation~zide Food Consumption Survey 1977-78,
"Money Value Of Food Used By Households In
The United States, Spring 1977" prepared by
the U.S. Department of Agriculture in August
of 1979.*
7. "Changes in Nutrzent Levels And Food Used By
Households In The United States, Spzing ].965
And I977", a talk by Francis J. Cronin,
Consumer and Food Economi.cs InstituCe at the
1980 Agricultux-a1 Outlook Conference in
Washington, -.C.
8. "Nutrient Consumption Patterns Of Individuals
In 1977 and 1965", a talk by Eleanor M. Pao,
Consum.er and Food Economics Institute at the
1980 Agricultural Outlook Conference in
Washington, D.C.
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RESOLUTION RELATIVE TO THE FOOD ALLOTMENT
ALLOWANCE UNDER THE GENERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
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9. "Changes In Household Food Consumption In '~he
United States, Spring 1965 And 7.977", a talk
by Mary Y. Hama, Consumer and Food Econoznics
Institute at the 1980 Agri.cultuxal Ov.t~ook
Conference in Washington, D.C.
~~ (The publications referred to above followed by
an as~erik were used simply for background
material to assist in review and determination
o~ what is and what is not a n.u~ritious diet.
These publications were not used to determine
price of that nutritious diet because the age
of the publications would no~ assist in that
regard.)
and;
WHEREAS, this Board has reviewed the latest pricing infor-
tnation based upon "The Thrifty Food P1an" as extracted frorn the Family
Economics Review as being between $46.60 and $62.90 per mon.th; and
WHEREAS, the present food allotment under the General
Assistance program is $50.00 per month and the We1£are Director, with
good cause shown, is authorized by this Board to increase the genera~
grant under the General Assistance program i~, the amaunt of $50.00
per month; and
WHEREAS, this Board can, and has, on occasion, reviewed
cases where this amount was insufficient and has increased them
accordingly;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by this Board as follows:
1. That at the present time this Board finds that the
$50.00 food allowance should be continued.
2. That the Di.rector of ttce Butte County Department of
Welfare is directed to continue monitoring the various publication.s
and studies relative to the cost of a nutritious diet, and to report
to this Board on a periodic basis as to his findings and recorunenda-
tions, and shal]. report Co this Board at Ieast once annually a
complete revi~ew and study as to the adequacy of our Genezal Assistance
prograin.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by rhe Butte County Board of Supervisors
this I2th day of g~5t , 1980, by the following vote:
AYES: ~upervisors Dolen, Wb.eeler, Mosele~, Winston azZd Chai~nzan.
Z,emke "
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
NOT VOTING: ~o~~
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ROBERZ' E. LEMKE, Chairman of the
Butte County Board of Supervisors
ATTEST:
CLA,RK ,A.. NELSON, County Clerk and
ex-officio Clerk f the Board
BY
. itts, Deputy