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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: SUPERVISOR JEFF SMITH _ Contra
Costa
DATE: December 6, 1994 County
SUBJECT: PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING OF GENERAL ASSISTANCE RECIPIENTS
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
DIRECT the Social Services Department to report back to the Board of Supervisors in two weeks with a report
documenting their findings for implementing the referenced testing requirements for General Assistance recipients.
BACKGROUND
The Social Services Department may be requiring general assistance recipients to take psychological examinations
prior to receiving their general assistance checks. Further, it was reported that a recipients failure to participate
in such tests could result in the forfeiture of general assistance funds for six months. Thus, the Supervisor would
like a full accounting of the new policy and the genesis for its implementation.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE O i
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR LF/RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE _OTHER
SIGNATURE(S): c� �
ACTION OF BOARD ON Oft'r� 13 191L APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED _� OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
/ I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
ATTESTED DEC 13 W4
PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
BY J . DEPUTY
Contact Person:
CC: Supervisor Jeff Smith
Administration: Phil Batchelor