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3. Any other requirements that General Assistance deems appropriate to meet the requirements of the program.
4. Acceptable reasons that persons are unavailable for employment and not required to register for work include:
1. Illness, either physical or mental, that prevents self-support.
2. Disabled due to old age, mental sub normality, or other factors rendering the person unemployable as defined by employment counselors.
3. Care of a dependent person whose needs are such that the person is needed in the home to care for the dependent. The dependent may include a child or disabled adult.
4. Persons determined to be unable to work must sign a Release of Information to be completed by their attending physician. The General Assistance Staff must be able to document that the applicant is unable to work, and the estimated length of the illness.

E. Income

All gross income in either cash or income received or readily available to the applicant or recipient in his/her family will be considered in determining the amount of General Assistance paid. In cases of self-employment, adjusted gross income from the latest Federal Income Tax Return would be used for verification. All income will be verified by the General Assistance staff.

The monthly eligibility for need determination will be 100% of the monthly Federal Poverty guidelines, updated annually on each July 1st based on the current guidelines from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Please refer to Appendix A for the current guidelines.

State and federal assistance programs, workmen's compensation, social security income, child support, alimony, retirement pensions, and all other sources of income, such as help from relatives, savings, 401k or other retirement account, interest, dividends, inheritance, tax return, property sales will be considered in entirety.

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