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SUPPORT FOR THE ENACTMENT INTO LEGISLATION OF THE RECOMMENDED
CHANGES TO CHAPTER 49 OF THE WISCONSIN STATE STATUTES RELATED TO
GENERAL RELIEF AS PROPOSED BY THE WISCONSIN SOCIAL SERVICES
ASSOCIATION
WHEREAS, General Relief is a state mandated program which the
counties must fund and administer, and
WHEREAS, Wisconsin and its counties take seriously their
responsibilities to provide a basic level of benefits to its
vulnerable citizens through well - designed, effective, efficient,
and locally administered General Relief programs, and
WHEREAS, the current statutes regarding General Relief are vague
and contradictory resulting in numerous court decisions which have
removed from some counties, authority for setting benefit levels
and income and asset limits; authority for limiting the eligibility
of college or university students; and the authority for requiring
that recipients be residents of the county in which they receive
benefits, and
WHEREAS, comprehensive work programs including requirements for
alcohol and drug abuse assessments and treatment and psychiatric
testing and treatment are necessary to provide incentives,
training, and resources for recipients to return to self-
sufficiency, and
WHEREAS, stricter penalties are needed to ensure recipient
cooperation with program requirements and to protect counties from
recipients who refuse to cooperate with program requirements, and
WHEREAS, the Wisconsin Social Services Association General Relief
Committee, which consists of supervisors and case workers
administering county General Relief Programs, has with serious
effort produced major comprehensive changes to Chapter 49 of the
State Statutes in order to correct the current inadequacies, and
WHEREAS, the proposed changes will help reduce or stabilize State
and County costs by clarifying County authority and allowing the
counties the flexibility to design and administer effective and
efficient programs, and
WHEREAS, all seventy -two counties were informed of this effort and
given the opportunity to participate, and
WHEREAS, representatives from fifty counties, at the annual General
Relief Conference in September, 1991, did analyze, discuss, and
amend these recommendations, and
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WHEREAS, the Wisconsin Counties Human Services Director's
Association and the Wisconsin Social Services Association voted to
support these changes,
NOW, THEREFORE, LET IT BE RESOLVED that the St. Croix County Board
of Supervisors supports enactment into legislation of the
recommended changes to Chapter 49 of the Wisconsin State Statutes
as proposed by the Wisconsin Social Services Association on
November 5, 1991.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that copies of this resolution, along with
copies of the recommended changes, be sent to the Governor, State
Legislators, Secretary of Health and Social Services, and the
Wisconsin Counties Association.
Dated this a ) » day of ae , 1992.
Offered by: St. Croix County Board of Supervisors.
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