§ 7.50.010. Purpose of general assistance.

A.

The purpose of this chapter is to adopt those standards as set forth in the Welfare and Institutions Code Part 5, commencing with Section 17000. General assistance is to provide indigent legal residents of Mono County whose needs are not met by personal or other resources, and who are not employed or eligible for other public assistance with subsistence.

B.

General Assistance benefits are considered to be a loan and must be repaid to the county. As a condition for granting general assistance, each applicant shall be required to sign an agreement to reimburse the county of Mono for such assistance if and when the recipient obtains the financial means for making such reimbursement.

(Ord. No. 15-08, § 1(Att. A), 11-10-2015)