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CABARRUS COUNTY Departmentp. o.°f oxS°cial66s SerVices ._~. Concord, North Carolinn 28026-0668 Telephone: {704) 786-7141 James F. Cook, Jr. Director October 1, 1986 TO: Blair Bennett, County Finance Direr2 ~ ff/~_.,,.,,.~ FROH: Jim Cook, Social Services Director%J~ V SUBJECT: Attached Budget Amendment Request I would like to ask that the attached budget amendment request be considered by the Board of Commissioners prior to November 1. The attached request does not seek the appropriation of additional County funding. It does, however, affect revenue. The last session of the General Assembly enacted a new public assistance program, Aid to Families with Dependent Children - Emergency Assistance (AFDC-Emergency Assistance.) This program is required by State law to be implemented in evcry county November 1. This program is a component of the Federal AFDC Program-which States may, at their option, implement. Funding is 50X Federal, 25I State and 251 County. The program is designed to provide emergency financial assistance to low-income families with children which have experienced crisis situations which could lead to the destitution of the children. Operational policies for this program have not yet been approved by the State Social Services Commission. Me have, however, received a draft of the Hanual to be presented to the Commission. This material indicates that in order to qualify for assistance, a family must have a child or children under age 21 and have income below ll0l of the poverty level (41005 per month for a family of four.) The family also must have suffered an emergency or crisis situation over which it had no control. Examples given are: a catastrophic illness; loss of a parent who had been responsible for support and/or care of the children; substantial loss of shelter, food, clothing or household furnishings due to fire, flood or similar natural or mn-made disaster; crimes of violence; mass emergencies; and other emergency situations which have left he family homeless or in i~ediate danger of eviction or foreclosure.