Among the county projects approved by the department, priority shall be given to those which involve:
(a) Efforts to minimize as much as possible, within the limits of state and federal laws, the administrative differences between the several categories of assistance;
(b) Demonstrations in providing family service programs;
(c) Employment counseling, training, and placement programs for public assistance recipients;
(d) Extension of rehabilitation and self-care services for handicapped and incapacitated persons not accepted for services offered by the Department of Rehabilitation;
(e) Efforts designed to give particular attention to the family where dependency is associated with illegitimacy, parental behavior, delinquency, and other family relationship problems;
(f) Coordinated use of medical, psychiatric, and casework services with public assistance recipients;
(g) Development of caseload management and case classification programs;
(h) Homemaker services for families and adults;
(i) Protective services for both children and adults;
(j) Projects demonstrating use of preventive services related to dependency, family breakdown, or personal maladjustment; and
(k) Participation of county departments in community service programs, particularly in approaches to problems of the underprivileged presented by recipients from minority groups.
(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1949.)
Last modified: October 25, 2018