Your local government: a guide to Fort Wayne-Allen County government

              HOSPITAL COMMITMENT PROGRAM. This program requires
payment by County Departments for hospital care needed by persons
who may be otherwise self-supporting, but are unable to meet the cost
of the required care.
ASSISTANCE TO FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN
(AF DC). Assistance is granted to eligible persons upon approval of
their application by the County Board of Public Welfare. Assistance is
awarded if there is not sufficient income or support to meet minimum
living requirements of the eligible dependent child or children and par­ent
or other eligible needy relati ve with whom the child is living. It
provides a maximum cash grant of $150 per month for one eligible child
and needy relative, $50 for each additional child, and $50 for the in­capacitated
parent living in the home. An eligible child living with a
non-eligible relative may be granted a maximum of$75 per month and
each additional eligible child in the home a maximum of $50.
CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES. The purpose of the Indiana Child
Support and Parent Locator Services programs are to assure that each
child born out-of-wedlock for whom an AFDC grant is approved will
have an opportunity to have his paternity established by law; assure
that a proper court order for child support will be established or en­forced
for each child for whom an AFDC grant is made whose depen­dency
upon public funds is due to birth out-of-wedlock, or the separa­tion,
divorce, desertion, or abandonment of his parents, and assure that
court-ordered child support is promptly paid, including arrearages
which have accrued to the mother on behalf of the child.
WORK INCENTIVE PROGRAM. (WIN). This program provides for
placement of certnin AFDC recipients in employment, job training, or
Public Service Employment. WIN registration and participation are
AFDC eligibility requirements for all applicants and recipients except
for the following exempted groups whose exempt status can be verified:
children under 16, children 16-18 who are enrolled, or have been ac­cepted
for enrollment as full-time students, persons with illness or in­jury,
persons with incapacity caused by physical or mental impair­ment,
persons of advanced age, persons who live too far away from a
WIN project, a mother or other eligible female relative who is the
caretaker of a child who is under 6, a person who must be in the home to
care for another person whose health condition does not permit self­care.
FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION
The Indiana State Constitution places the financial control of the
county in the County Council. The Council is charged with the responsibil­ity
of appropriating all funds for use by the county and all of its officers, and
with establishing the county tax levy subject to the approval of the County
Tax Adjustment Board and the State Board of Tax Commissioners.
By law the County Commissioners audit the books of the Treasurer and
the Auditor and examine all warrants redeemed by the Treasurer and
turned over to the Auditor. In addition, the State Board of Accounts audits
and examines the accounts and records of all departments.
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