HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-79-0241RESOLUTION NO. 79-241
A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING EXTREME DISSATISFACTION
ON THE PART OF THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA, WITH RECENTLY REVISED STANDARDS
OF ELIGIBILITY FOR DETERMINING THE AMOUNT OF
FOOD STAMPS TO BE AWARDED PERSONS IN NEED, AND
DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO FORWARD A COPY OF
THE HEREIN RESOLUTION TO THE PROPER FEDERAL
OFFICIALS CHARGED WITH ADMINISTERING THE
PROVISIONS OF THE FEDERAL FOOD STAMP PROGRAM.
WHEREAS, severely restrictive regulations were recently
issued from Washington, D. C. concerning the Food Stamp Program; and
WHEREAS, past guidelines and rules for determining
the level of income needed for eligibility to participate in the
Program were sufficiently flexible to permit participation by those
persons who have unusually high medical expenses and drug bills,
and who are typically in the older age group; and
WHEREAS, the new regulations which only have a
"standard" inflexible deduction have eliminated the possibility
of adjusting the required minimum income level to accommodate
persons hard hit by various misfortunes, particularly the ill and
aged; and
WHEREAS, disallowance of medical expenses as a separate
deduction from income level when determining food stamp eligibility
has resulted in many older persons depriving themselves of needed
medication and thereby seriously adversely affecting their health;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. Extreme dissatisfaction with the recent
imposition of severely restrictive regulations concerning standards
of eligibility for determining the amount of food stamps to be
awarded persons in need is hereby expressed.
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CITY COMMISSION
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Section 2. The City Clerk is hereby directed to
forward a copy of the herein Resolution to the Honorable Robert
Bergland, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Washington,
D. C.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 22 day of March, 1979.
Maurice A. Ferre
MAURICE A. FERRE
MAY 0 R
ATTEST:
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G.
GIE, CITY CLERK
PREPARED AND APPROVED BY:
ROBERT F. CLARK
ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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Rep. Dante Fascell
2160 Rayburn House Office Bldg
Washington, D. C. 20515
Rep. Claude Pepper
2239, ayburn House Office Building
Washington, D. C. 20515
Sen. Richard Stone
358 Old Senate Office Bldg
Washington, D. C. 20510
Sen. Lawton Chiles
2107 Dirksen Senate Office Bldg
Washington, D. C. 20510
President Jimmy Carter (The President)
The White House
Washington, D. C.
Mr. Ron Burnstein
518 N.E. 79th Street
Miami, Florida 33138
ALSO:
The Honorable Robert Bergland
Secretary of the Dept. of Agriculture
Washington, D. C.
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