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Section 38-4-1 – Persons to Whom Public Assistance Payable.

Section 38-4-1 Persons to whom public assistance payable. (a) Generally. – Public assistance shall be payable under this chapter to or on behalf of any person who is a needy blind person within the requirements of this chapter, or is a needy person over the age of 65 years within the requirements of this chapter, […]

Section 38-4-11 – Confederate Widows Eligible for Old Age Assistance.

Section 38-4-11 Confederate widows eligible for old age assistance. Any widow of a Confederate veteran entitled to a pension under the provisions of the laws authorizing the payment of such pensions to Confederate widows, who may also be eligible for old age assistance under the terms of this chapter, shall be required to make application […]

Section 38-4-12.1 – Alabama Veterans’ Assistance Fund.

Section 38-4-12.1 Alabama Veterans’ Assistance Fund. (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund to be known as the Alabama Veterans’ Assistance Fund, into which shall be deposited receipts from the one mill ad valorem tax as authorized in Section 38-4-12. The expenditure of all monies deposited into the fund shall be […]

Section 38-4-13 – State Public Welfare Trust Fund.

Section 38-4-13 State public welfare trust fund. There is hereby created a state public welfare trust fund. All receipts of the State Department of Human Resources shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of this trust fund, including general fund appropriations, sales tax receipts, liquor profit receipts, the surplus of the Confederate […]

Section 38-4-14 – Limitations on Use of Public Assistance Benefits.

Section 38-4-14 Limitations on use of public assistance benefits. (a) For the purposes of this section, the term public assistance benefits means money or property provided directly or indirectly to eligible persons through programs of the federal government, the state, or any political subdivision thereof, and administered by the Alabama Department of Human Resources. (b)(1) […]

Section 38-4-2 – Application for Assistance; Investigation; Determination of Eligibility and Amount of Assistance; Notice to Applicant.

Section 38-4-2 Application for assistance; investigation; determination of eligibility and amount of assistance; notice to applicant. (a) Applications for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) cash assistance shall be made to the county department in the manner prescribed by the state department and shall contain such information as the state department may require; provided, that […]

Section 38-4-3 – Payments After Death.

Section 38-4-3 Payments after death. When a recipient dies before delivery or negotiation of his assistance check for the month in which his death occurs, endorsement of such check without recourse by the county director of human resources to the spouse or to a person, either relative or nonrelative, named by the recipient shall be […]

Section 38-4-4 – Reduction, Cancellation or Continuance of Assistance Grant When Recipient Becomes Possessed of Income or Resources.

Section 38-4-4 Reduction, cancellation or continuance of assistance grant when recipient becomes possessed of income or resources. (a) If at any time the recipient of public assistance, the husband or wife of such recipient, or the cohabiting partner of the recipient, as provided by rules promulgated by the Department of Human Resources, shall become possessed […]

Section 38-4-6 – Subpoena of Witnesses.

Section 38-4-6 Subpoena of witnesses. The state department and the county department shall have the power to issue subpoenas for witnesses and compel their attendance and the production of papers and writings and duly authorized employees of said departments may administer oaths and examine witnesses under oath. (Acts 1951, No. 703, p. 1211, §18.)