HomeMy WebLinkAbout94-130RESOLUTION ADOPTING REVISIONS
TO THE BUTTE COUNTY
GENERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM MANUAL
WHEREAS, Butte County is required to relieve and support all
incompetent, poor, indigent persons and those incapacitated by age,
disease or accident who are lawful residents of the County and who
are not supported or relieved by their relatives or friends, by
their awn means, or by State hospitals or other state and private
institutions; and
WHEREAS, the County of Butte has adopted a standard of aid and
care for persons eligible thereto pursuant to Welfare and
Institutions Code Section 17000.5; and
WHEREAS, at the present time the County is not paying a full
cash grant to persons who cannot substantiate expenses for housing
costs but, rather, pays only sa much as can be established as a
housing cost up to $143.00; and
WHEREAS, the Court, in the case of Bell v. Alameda County, has
determined that each county must pay at least the full cash grant
specified in Section 17000.5 for recipients of General Assistance
as set forth in Section 17000; and
WHEREAS, other changes in the manner in which General
Assistance can be administered have been spelled out by the courts
of the State since this matter was last reviewed by the Board of
Supervisors;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the General Assistance
Program Manual, as revised and attached hereto as Exhibit A, shall
be adapted as the General Assistance Program Manual for the county
of Butte.
Be it further resolved that the County shall transfer to the
Welfare Department sufficient funds from its reserve far
contingencies to pay for the increased cost of General Assistance
payments in an amount not less than $113,650.00 far fiscal year
1994-95.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors of the County
of Butte, State of California, this 8th day of November 1994, by
the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Dolan, Houx, Thomas and Chair McLaughlin
NOES : Meyer
ABSENT: None
NOT VOTING: bone
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ED McLAUGHLIN Chair
Board of Supervisors
ATTEST:
JOHN S. BLACKLOCK, Chief Administrative Officer
and Clerk of the oard of Supervisors
by
deputy
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