165:1 Who Entitled; Local Responsibility. – I. Whenever a person in any town is poor and unable to support himself, he shall be relieved and maintained by the overseers of public welfare of such town, whether or not he has residence there. For the purposes of this chapter the term "residence" shall have the […]
165:1-a Assisted Person Defined; Local Responsibility. – Any person in a town or city who is poor and unable to support himself shall be known as a town or city assisted person, and shall be relieved and maintained at the expense of the town or city of residence. Source. 1977, 336:1. 1985, 380:3, eff. […]
165:1-b Disqualification for Noncompliance With Guidelines. – I. Any person otherwise eligible for assistance under this chapter shall become ineligible to receive such assistance if he willfully fails to comply with written guidelines adopted by the governing body of the town or city relating to: (a) Disclosure of income, resources, or other material financial […]
165:1-c Nonresidents. – Any person, poor and unable to support himself, who is temporarily in a town or city which is not his residence, and who does not intend to make it his residence, shall be provided such temporary assistance as is reasonable and necessary by such town or city. Such town or city […]
165:1-d Disqualification for Voluntary Termination of Employment. – I. Any person eligible for assistance under this chapter, who voluntarily terminated employment within the 60-day period before filing an application for assistance, shall be ineligible to receive assistance for 90 days from the date of employment termination, provided the following conditions are met: (a) The […]
165:1-e Option to Treat a Qualified State Assistance Reduction as Deemed Income. – The local governing body of a town or city may permit the welfare administrator to deem as income all or any portion of any qualified state assistance reduction pursuant to RSA 167:82, VIII. The following criteria shall apply to any action […]
165:12 Repealed by 1985, 380:51, III, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. –
165:13 Repealed by 1985, 380:51, IV, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. –
165:14 Repealed by 1988, 180:5, eff. June 25, 1988. –
165:15 Repealed by 1985, 380:51, V, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. –
165:16 Burial Expenses. – Whenever any person, a resident in this state, who served in the armed forces of the United States in any of the wars or conflicts defined in RSA 165:17 for a total of 90 days, unless sooner released from such service by reason of disability incurred in service, and whose […]
165:17 Definition of Terms. – The following shall constitute wars or conflicts for purposes of RSA 165:16: I. Any war or armed conflict that occurred between July 3, 1921 and December 6, 1941 and in which the resident earned an armed forces expeditionary medal or theater of operations service medal. II. "World War II" […]
165:18 Repealed by 1988, 180:5, eff. June 25, 1988. –
165:19 Liability for Support. – The relation of any poor person in the line of father, mother, stepfather, stepmother, son, daughter, husband, or wife shall assist or maintain such person when in need of relief. Said relation shall be deemed able to assist such person if his weekly income is more than sufficient to […]
165:2 Administration of General Assistance. – The administrator of town or city welfare in each town or city shall administer general assistance to all persons who are eligible for such assistance as provided under RSA 165:1-a and RSA 165:1-c. Source. 1875, 7:3. GL 269:20. PS 84:7. PL 106:7. RL 124:2. RSA 165:2. 1985, 380:5. […]
165:2-a Expense of General Assistance. – The financial responsibility for general assistance for assisted persons shall be the responsibility of the town or city in which the person making application resides, except as otherwise provided in RSA 165:1-c. Source. 1985, 380:6. 1988, 180:1. 1993, 229:2, eff. July 1, 1993. 2021, 122:44, eff. July 9, […]
165:2-b Disqualification for Certain Property Transfers. – No person who is otherwise eligible for assistance under this chapter shall receive such assistance if he has made an assignment, transfer or conveyance of property for the purpose of rendering himself eligible for such assistance within 3 years immediately preceding his application for such assistance. Source. […]
165:2-c Withholding Names of Recipients of Aid. – Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no town, city or county official shall publish or disclose or allow to be published or disclosed in the annual report of the town, city or county, or in any other document or letter, except as is […]
165:20 Recovery of Expense. – If a town, city, or county acting as agent for a town under RSA 165:34 spends any sum for the support, return to his home, or burial of an assisted person having a residence in another town or city, or for an assisted person having relations able to support […]
165:20-a Settlement of Disputes. – I. In any case where a town, city, county or the state seeks to recover a sum spent on assistance to a person and there is a dispute between a town, city, county or the state as to the liability for such assistance, the voluntary arbitration system established by […]
