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<section article="ghu" article_name="Human Services" number="5-405" title_number="5" title_name="Public Assistance" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="State Public Assistance Programs">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The local department shall determine an amount of assistance that is sufficient, when added to all other income and support available to a recipient, to provide the recipient with a reasonable subsistence compatible with decency and health.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In determining the amount of assistance, the local department shall consider the recipient’s available resources and necessary expenditures and the conditions existing for the recipient.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>In determining the amount of assistance, the local department shall consider support from children as a potential resource and evaluate the amount of the support and its availability to the recipient, in accordance with regulations that the Administration adopts.</text>
  </level>
</section>
