HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 05161961 - RES-102 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of Expression
of Opposition to Further }
Liberalization of Social }
Welfare at the Federal ) REE$QL.UTION N0. 02
Level. }
WHEREAS, the present Social Security Law provides that
before any child can oualify for assistance under the Aid. to
Dependent Children pro=gram that child must have resided in the
state for one year immediately preceding the application for aid,
or that the parent or other relative with whom the child is re-
siding has lived in the state for one year preceding the birth
of such child; and
WHEREAS, the present law in the field of social wel-
fare imposes, in addition to the aforementioned residence re-
quirement covering the Aid. to Dependent Children program,
other residence requirements affecting additional welfare:
programs which must be adhered to before any aid is ,granted;
and
WHEREAS, there is a movement afoot necessary to
liberalize said residence requirements as well as other
areas of eligibility in the field of social welfare; and
WHEREAS, it was specifically recommended by the
President's Advisory Council on Public Assistance established
in 1959 by the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
that ,state residence requirements in the field of welfare
are "inconsistent with the high degree of national interest
reflected by the extent of federal participation in the
public assistance program and that this imposes a financial
hardship upon welfare recipients"; and
WHEREAS, this Board of Supervisors is interested in
extending aid to these in need, and it is the Board's opinion
that present eligibility requirements are adequate to take
care of the needs of those who are entitled to assistance; and
WHEREAS, further liberalization in the field of wel-
fare would result in economic havoc to the various states, and
WHEREAS, this Board is of the opinion that HR 4884
is the only liberalization of the social welfare program which
would benefit the welfare recipients and the public at large;
RESOLUTION NO. 0
Oi✓
NOW, THEREFCRE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of
Supervisors of the County of Contra Costa, State of California,
hereby expresses strong opposition to the further liberaliza-
tion of residence and other eligibility requirements in the
welfare field at the federal and/or state level with the ex-
ception of HR 4884; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Supervisors
urges its representatives in the United States Congress to do
everything vdthin their power to protect and support the wel-
fare of the people as a whole by opposing such liberal legis-
lation which would weaken the economic and moral structure of
our country; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution
be forwarded to the Honorable John F. Baldwin, Sixth District
Representative in Congress, and to other members of Congress
from California as well as to the Honorable Thomas Xuchel and
Clair Engle, United States Senators from California.
The foregoing resolution is passed by the following
vote of the Board:
AYES: Supervisors James P. Kenny, Niel F. Nielsen,
Thomas John Coll, Edmund A. Linscheid,
Joseph S. Silva.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
for" 10