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HomeMy WebLinkAbout92-110~esolufion 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 ~o. 92-~io WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of Welfare and Institutions Code Section 17000, the County of Butte is obligated to relieve and support all incompetent, poor, indigent persons and those incapacitated by age, disease, or accident lawfully resident therein, when such persons are not supported and relieved by their relatives or friends, by their awn means, or by state hospitals or other state or private institutions; and, WHEREAS, the County of Butte has entered into a Consent Decree approved by the Butte County Superior Court whereby it is required to provide aid and care for those individuals eligible for General Assistance as set forth in that Consent Decree which said Decree, as to levels of aid of and care expires on or about August 31, 1992; and, WHEREAS, the State of California, through the passage of Welfare and Institutions Code Section 17000.5 effective June 30, 1991, has authorized the Board of Supervisors in any county to adopt a general assistance standard of aid that is sixty-two percent (52%) of a guideline that is equal to the 1991 Federal Official Poverty Line and to adjust that guideline in an amount equal to any adjustment provided under Chapter 2 {commencing with Section 11200} of part 3 of the Welfare and Institutions Code for establishing a maximum aid level in the county, which said level shall constitute a sufficient standard of aid pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code Section 17001, and further, WHEREAS, Welfare and Institutions Code Section 17000.5 also authorizes an adjustment of that guideline in an amount equal to any adjustment provided under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200} of Part 3 of the Welfare and Institutions Code for establishing a maximum aid level in the County and, in 1,991., the California State Legislature adjusted the amount provided under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) of Part 3 in the amount of four and four-tenths percent (4.4 percent), NOW, THEREFORE, it i.s hereby resolved as follows: 1. That the County of Buttes adopt as a standard of aid pursuant to Section 17000.5 a maximum grant level equal to sixty- two percent (62 p) of the 1991 Federal Official Poverty Line. 2. This amount shall be adjusted immediately by reducing the max~.mum grant level downward by four and four-tenths percent (4.4 percent) as authorized by Welfare and Institutions Code Section 17000.5. 3. This amount may be adjusted annually in an amount equal to any adjustment provided under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) of Part 3 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. 4. This resolution shall be effective as of September 1, 1992 and the General Assistance maximum aid levels shall be adjusted as of that date. 5. There shall be added to the General Assistance Manual utilized by the Butte County Welfare Department, Attachment A hereto setting forth the new general assistance rates and the -2- Welfare Department is directed to implement the rates contained therein effective September ~., 1.992. 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 the 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 ADDPTED on the 18th day of August, 1992 by the Butte County Board of Supervisors by the following vote: AYES• Supervisors McInturf, Houx, McLaughlin, Fulton and Chair Dolan NOES ; None ABSENT : NOne NOT VOTING: None Board of Supervisors ATTEST: JOHN S. BLACKLOCK, hief Administrative Officer and C erk of the oard of Supervisors BY = ~ U ac -3- . -' r_. ~~ B. THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED FOR STATED NEED ITEMS SHALL BE: Household Size 1 2 3 4 Housing and Utilities $193.00 $209.00 $238.00 $253.00 Essential Needs 134.00 230.00 S3i2.00 $.4.00..00 $327.00 $439.00 $550.00 $563.00 For each additional eligible household member $40.00 is to be added to the housing and utilities leve l and $39.00 to the essential. needs level. The maximum grant for any household is $987.00. C. BOARD AND ROOM may be paid to other than a responsible relative, to a maximum of $300.00 {shelter, food, utilities). A cash needs check ($27.00) shall be authorized as ~a direct payment. N rn Shelter and Utilities $193.00 Food ~ZO7.0D Total $300.00 D. BOARDING HOME CARE (non-medical facility) shall not exceed the following allowance: Shelter and Utilities $193.00 Faod $107.00 Care and Supervision 155.00 $455.00 10