HomeMy WebLinkAbout2657 Resolution RESOLUTION NO. 2657
A RESOLUTION REGARDING FEDERAL FOOD ASSISTANCE
WORK REQUIREMENTS.
WHEREAS, the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act of 1996 (the Act), provides federally-funded food assistance
benefits to able-bodied people who are 18-50 years of age without dependents;
and
WHEREAS, recipients are required to work 20 hours a week, participate
in a work program 20 hours a week, or volunteer 16 hours a month in order to
remain eligible for food assistance; and
WHEREAS, the Act allows states to ask for waivers for cities with an
unemployment rate of over 10 percent, or which do not have sufficient jobs for
recipients: and
WHEREAS, the City of Pasco is eligible to apply for a waiver but chooses
not to use the waiver from the federal Food Assistance Work Requirements;
NOW, THEREFORE;
BE IT RESOLVED that the Pasco City Council hereby chooses not to use
a waiver from the federal Food Assistance Work Requirements.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Pasco at a regular meeting this
6t" day of May, 2002.
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Michael L. G 'son, Mayor
ATTEST: APP RO AS TO FORM:
Webster U. Jackson, ity Clerk Leland B. Kerr, City Attorney