111-13. Administration of assistance; objective standards for personnel; rules and regulations. The Department of Health and Human Services shall be charged with the supervision of the administration of assistance to the needy blind under this Article, and said Department shall establish objective standards for personnel to be qualified for employment in the administration of this […]
111-14. Application for benefits under Article; investigation and award by county commissioners. Any person claiming benefits under this Article shall file with the commissioners of the county in which he or she is residing an application in writing, in duplicate, upon forms prescribed by the Department of Health and Human Services. This application shall be […]
111-15. Eligibility for relief. Blind persons having the following qualifications shall be eligible for relief under the provisions of this Article: (1) Repealed by Session Laws 2000-121, s. 13. (2) Who are unable to provide for themselves the necessities of life and who have insufficient means for their own support and who have no relative […]
111-16. Application for aid; notice of award; review. Promptly after an application for aid is made to the board of county commissioners under this Article, the Department of Health and Human Services shall be notified of the application by mail by the county commissioners. One of the duplicate applications for aid made before the board […]
111-17. Amount and payment of assistance; source of funds. When the board of county commissioners is satisfied that the applicant is entitled to relief under the provisions of this Article, as provided in G.S. 111-14, they shall order necessary relief to be granted under the rules and regulations prescribed by the Commission for the Blind, […]
111-18. Payment of awards. After an award to a blind person has been made by the board of county commissioners, and approved by the Department of Health and Human Services the Department of Health and Human Services shall thereafter pay to such person to whom such award is made the amount of said award in […]
111-18.1. Award and assistance checks payable to decedents. (a) In the event of the death of a recipient of an award made pursuant to G.S. 111-18 during or after the first day of the month for which the award was authorized to be paid, any check or checks in payment of such award made payable […]
111-19. Intercounty transfer of recipients. Any recipient of aid to the blind under this Article who moves to another county of this State shall be entitled to receive aid to the blind in the county to which he has moved and the board of county commissioners of such county, or its authorized agent, is hereby […]
111-20. Awards subject to reopening upon change in condition. All awards to needy blind persons made under the provisions of this Article shall be made subject to reopening and reconsideration at any time when there has been any change in the circumstances of any needy blind person or for any other reason. The Department of […]
111-21. Disqualifications for relief. No aid to needy blind persons shall be given under the provisions of this Article to any individual for any period with respect to which he is receiving aid under the laws of North Carolina providing Work First Family Assistance and/or relief for the aged, and/or aid for the permanently and […]
111-22. Beneficiaries not deemed paupers. No blind person shall be deemed a pauper by reason of receiving relief under this Article. (1937, c. 124, s. 11.)
111-23. Misrepresentation or fraud in obtaining assistance. Any person who shall obtain, or attempt to obtain, by means of a willful, false statement, or representation, or impersonation, or other fraudulent devices, assistance to which he is not entitled shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. The superior court and the recorders’ courts shall have […]
111-24. Cooperation with federal departments or agencies; grants from federal government. The Department of Health and Human Services is hereby empowered, authorized and directed to cooperate with the appropriate federal department or agency charged with the administration of the Social Security Act in any reasonable manner as may be necessary to qualify for federal aid […]
111-25. Acceptance and use of federal aid. The Department of Health and Human Services may expend under the provisions of the Executive Budget Act, such grants as shall be made to it for paying the cost of administering this Chapter by the appropriate federal department or agency under the Social Security Act. (1937, c. 124, […]
111-26. Termination of federal aid. If for any reason there should be a termination of federal aid as anticipated in this Article, then and in that event this Article shall be ipso facto repealed and rendered null and void: Provided, however, such repeal shall not become effective or be in force unless and until the […]
111-27. Department of Health and Human Services to promote employment of blind persons; vending stands on public property. For the purpose of assisting blind persons to become self-supporting, the Department of Health and Human Services may carry on activities to promote the employment of blind persons, including the licensing and establishment of blind persons as […]
111-27.1. Department of Health and Human Services authorized to conduct certain business operations. For the purpose of assisting blind and visually impaired persons to become self-supporting the Department of Health and Human Services may carry on activities to promote the rehabilitation and employment of the blind and visually impaired, including employment in or the operation […]
111-27.2. Blind vending-stand operators; retirement benefits. The Department of Health and Human Services is authorized and empowered to continue and maintain, in its discretion, any existing retirement system providing retirement benefits for blind vending-stand operators and to expend funds to provide necessary contributions to any existing retirement system for blind vending-stand operators to the extent […]
111-28. Department of Health and Human Services authorized to receive grants for benefit of blind and visually impaired; use of information concerning blind persons. The Department of Health and Human Services may receive grants-in-aid from the federal government or any State or federal agency for the purpose of rendering other services to the blind, visually […]
111-28.1. Department of Health and Human Services authorized to cooperate with federal government in rehabilitation of blind and visually impaired. The Department of Health and Human Services may adopt the necessary rules to cooperate with the federal government in the furtherance of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Pub. L. No. 93-112, 87 Stat. 355, 29 […]
