HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 01011969 - 69-210 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of Recommending
State Legislation Eliminating or ) RESOLUTION NUMBER 69/210
Increasing the Maximum Partici-
pating Base in the Program of
Aid to Families with Dependent }
Children. )
14HEREAS the maximum monthly grant of assistance in the
program of Aid to Families with Dependent Children in which there is
federal.-state financial participation has remained the same since
October 1, 1957 except for a very minor change resulting from increased
federal financial participation; and
WHEREAS during this same period there has been an increase in
cost of living of over 26 percent; and
WHEREAS these Maximum Participating Base figures contained in
state law do not provide for an automatic increase in keeping with
increases in the cast of living as is the case with the public assis-
tance programs for adults; and
WHEREAS the needs of families receiving Aid to Families with
Dependent Children, as determined by the Cost Schedules issued annually
by the State Department of Social Welfare and mandatary upon the
counties, have increased to the point where the needs of a large per-
centage of the AFDC families are higher than the Maximum Participating
Base figures within which there is federal and state financial partici-
pation; and
WHEREAS any payments made to families towards meeting their
needs over and above the Maximum Participating Base figures must be met
solely from county funds although 50 percent federal matching funds
would be automatically available if the Maximum Participating Base were
eliminated or increased; and
WHEREAS a failure to provide funds to meet the full needs of
families and children in the AFDC program results in depriving these
children of the funds essential for their adequate housing, clothing,
food and their general welfare; and
WHEREAS it is inappropriate and unnecessary, except for the
current provisions of state law, for the full cost of such additional
assistance to be met by local taxes on real property;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors,
County of Contra Costa, does hereby recommend the immediate enactment
of such state legislation as will be necessary to eliminate from state
law the present maximum figures for state and federal financial partici-
pation, or to raise the monetary ceilings for state and federal partici-
pation in the AFDC program to the point where it would permit meeting
the needs of children in AFDC families within the state standards and
would incorporate a cost-of--living increase feature which would keep
it in step with the cost-of-living .increases in future years; and
RESOLUTION NUMBER 69/210
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be sent
to the Governor of the State of California, the Administrator of the
State Department of Human Resources, the Director of the State Depart-
ment of Social welfare, Contra Costa' s delegation in the State Assembly
and Senate and to the county Boards of the 57 other California counties.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 25th day of March, 1969 by the
following vote of the Board:
AYES: Supervisors J. P. Kenny, A. M. Dias, T. J. Coll,
E. A. Linscheid, J. E. Moriarty.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
RESOLUTION NUMBER 69/210
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