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NORTH COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT BOOK CIO ui,E 699 The Board of County Commissioners recessed at 10:50 o'clock A.M. in order that the District Board of the North County Fire District might convene. Those Minutes are being prepared separately. The Board reconvened at 11:18 o'clock A.M. with the same members present. INTERIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM The Board reviewed the following memo dated 4/12/85: TO: Honorable Board of DATE: April 12, 1985 FILE: County Commissioners THRU: Michaelfight, Administ or SUBJECT: Interim Assistance n THRU: Jeff Barto Program Director OMB . FROM. Joann Mixon REFERENCES: Welfa Department Director The State of Florida, Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS) entered into an Interim Assistance Agreement with the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) on.November 3, 1975. Under this agreement, the State serves only as a "contrac- tual intermediary" between HHS and participating counties. In other words, each participating county has a direct working relationship with the Social Security Administration. Frequently, while awaiting disposition of an application for Supplemental Security Income (SSI), individuals turn to the County for temporary assistance because Florida does not have a General Assistance Program. The IAP Agreement allows the Social Security Administration to reimburse a participating county for interim assistance paid to individuals pending adjudication of their SSI applications. The Social Security Administration will send the initial SSI payment including any retroactive payments, to the County Welfare Office instead of to the individual. The County may be reimbursed from the initial SSI check for General Assistance provided soley from local funds. In view of this information, I am attaching a tentative proposal for your consideration. This proposal is expanding our present guidelines, for this program only, to include rent/mortgage and utility payments. 44