[Ord. No. 19-1994]
Assistants, clerks, investigators and nurses, in such number
as may be necessary to properly administer public assistance, shall
be appointed in the same manner as other employees of the Borough.
No employee of the Welfare Department of the Borough whose compensation
is paid from funds received or appropriated for public assistance
or the administration thereof shall hold office in any political party.
A. Supervise by periodic investigation every person receiving public
assistance, such investigation to be made by visitation at least once
a month.
B. Reconsider from month to month the amount and nature of public assistance
given and alter, amend or suspend assistance when the circumstances
so require.
C. Devise ways and means for bringing persons unable to maintain themselves
to self-support or to the support of any other person or agency able
and willing to do so.
D. Keep full and complete records of investigations, supervision, assistance
and a rehabilitation of all certifications of persons for employment
or benefits and cancellations thereof.
E. Bring about appropriate action for commitment to any state or county
institution when the best interest of the needy persons would be so
served.
F. Render immediate public assistance to any needy person found in the
Borough, subject to determination and adjustment of responsibility
as provided by law.
G. Inquire into the facts, conditions and circumstances of a person
applying for public assistance, including legal residence, family
connections, living conditions, resources and income; the direct and
indirect causes or the person's need; and such other matters as may
be required by law, making a written record thereof.
H. By written order, render such aid and material assistance as he or
she deems necessary in his or her discretion and reasonable inquiry,
to the end that a person shall not suffer unnecessarily from cold,
hunger or sickness or be deprived of shelter pending further certification
of the case; and determine after completing his or her investigation
whether continued assistance is necessary, making such order as, in
his or her judgment, is warranted, having due regard to the circumstances
disclosed by the investigation.
I. Revoke any continued order for assistance whenever it appears that
the person receiving it is no longer needy and will otherwise be provided
for.
[Ord. No. 19-1994]
The Director of Welfare, under the guidance of the Local Assistance
Board, shall oversee the rendering of the cost of hospitalization
to sick indigent persons in accordance with N.J.S.A. 44:5-10, et seq.
and pursuant to appropriations made therefor by the Borough in its
annual budget.