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RESOLUTION NO. 69- 30
The Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida,
resolves:
1. Every applicant for public assistance through expenditure of
funds within the control of the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River
County, Florida, must at the time of application be residing in Indian River
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County with intent to remain. A "resident" is any person who is living in the
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2. The administration of the expenditure of such funds to such a resi=
j' dent shall be under the direction of the Director of Welfare.
3. The Director of Welfare may authorize emergency medical assis
tante after the Director has determined that no other resources are available.
4. The Director of Welfare may authorize general assistance to a
destitute resident by authorizing one food voucher per week, not to exceed
four consecutive weeks, in amounts of $5.00 for one person or a family of
four, $7.50 for a family or six or seven, and $10.00 for a family of eight or
more.
5. The Director of Welfare may authorize hospitalization only for
acute or emergency cases, and then only when no other resources are avail-
able.
6. The Director of Welfare may authorize on an emergency basis
nursing home care when no other resources are available and when the person
is a resident who meets the qualifications for welfare assistance by the State
of Florida.
7. The Director of Welfare may authorize burial of a pauper at a cost
to the County not to exceed $87.00 for an adult or $35.00 for a child, and then
only when no other resources are available.
8. The Director of Welfare shall report to this Board at each of its
regular meetings all of her actions under this authority and the actual expendi-
ture of funds under the control of this Board is subject to the approval of this
Board.
9. The Director of Public Welfare shall maintain a record of all
expenditures from County funds authorized by this Resolution, including a
separate ledger entry showing each and all expenditures made for one person
or one family, a list of any assets of any recipient of such funds, the filing
of liens or claims for reimbursement of expenditure of such funds, and the
death of any recipient in order that this Board may take any and all action
authorized by law to recover from the recipient or his estate any such
expenditures of such funds.
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