Marin County relaxes poverty relief rules

Marin County relaxes poverty relief rules

Marin County has adjusted requirements for receiving financial assistance in an effort to ease access to help. State law mandates that counties provide general relief or general assistance to indigent people and childless couples who are unable to support themselves and ineligible for other state or federal aid. Although that section of the law doesn’t specify the monetary value of the relief, courts have interpreted it as creating a mandate for…