General Assistance Manual 2000 Online
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Download Manual Files:
Chapters 1-12 (190 pages) [Searchable .PDF format]
Preface and Table of Contents [Search here to identify which sections to open]
General Assistance, Legislative History [in .HTML] - [or in .PDF]
Individual Chapters: (PDF - printable version)
1. Introduction
3. Eligibility - Other Conditions
4. Dependents
5. Verification
7. Basic Necessities - Maximum Levels of Assistance
11. General Assistance Question & Answer
12. Fair Hearing Authority Reference Manual / Fair Hearings Packet
13. The Municipal General Assistance Law [State Statute Links]
14. Municipal GA Ordinance
[Current Ordinance& Mamimums on this page.]
- Maximums Memo
- Ordinance Maximums
- Appendix A,
- Appendix B,
- Appendix C,
- Summary Sheets.
- Adoption of Ordinance Appendixes A - C
15. Department of Health and Human Services G.A. Policy Manual [Word doc]
16. Appendices [Linked below to either .PDF or HTML documents, MMA's site resources, or Internet resources.]
1. Notice of Public Hearing to Adopt or Amend the General Assistance Ordinance
The format is suggested for the notice required in 22 M.R.S.A. § 4305(1) [PDF] [Interactive]2. GA Program Notice [PDF] [Interactive]
3. Confidential Memo re GA Client Now Residing in Your Municipality [PDF] [Interactive]
4. Sample Use-of-Income Guidelines:
- MMA [PDF]
- City of Augusta [PDF]
- Town of Wells [PDF]
5. MDOL Summary of Misconduct Under Employment Security Law [PDF]
6. Workfare (Maine Townsman – Article, 1/91)
7. Sample Workfare Agreement
(Contract between Municipalities & Nonprofit Organizations to establish a workfare site) [PDF] [Interactive]8. GA Lien Forms:
a. Mortgage
- 1. Notification of Lien Filing (Notice of mortgage lien filing to be sent to recipient, record owner if other than recipient and mortgage holder) [PDF] [Interactive]
- 2. Notice of Lien to Secure Payment of Mortgage [PDF] [Interactive]
- 3. Notification of Increase in Amount Secured by a Municipal Lien (Mortgage Payments) [PDF] [Interactive]
- 4. Notification of Increase in Amount Secured by a Municipal Lien (Interest) Document deleted (2004) from Manual due to the form not being necessary, given the current laws
b. Capital Improvement
- 1. Notification of Lien Filing (Capital Improvement)
(To be sent to record owner, mortgage holder and recipient, if other than the record owner) [PDF] [Interactive]- 2. Notice of Lien to Secure Recovery of Improvement Payment (Capital Improvement) [PDF] [Interactive]
- 3. Notification of Increase in Amount Secured by a Lien (Capital Improvement Payments) [PDF] [Interactive]
- 4. Notification of Increase in Amount Secured by a Municipal Lien (Capital Improvement) [PDF] [Interactive]
- Discharge of Lien Created by Title 22 M.R.S.A § 4320 [PDF] [Interactive]
c. Workers Compensation
Maine Department of the Secretary of State, UCC Filing
Form UCC-1 [PDF], Maine Department of the Secretary of State
9. Poverty Abatements (MMA Legal Services Information Packet)
10. MMA GA Internet Resources
11. Summary of Other Available Resources - Benefit Programs, CAP Agencies, etc. [PDF]
12. Description of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program in Maine
Social Security form 05-10003 Update 2007
Social Security form 05-11001 - no longer available on the Internet -
Please seek information on SSI Eligibility at the Social Security Administration, SocialSecurity.gov; see also SSA Publication 05-10029 [PDF] on Disability Benefits, updated 200613. Sample Workers’ Compensation "Lump Sum" Lien Notice [PDF] [Interactive]
14. The Rights of Tenants in Maine, by Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc.
15. "Self-Help" Library by Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc.
16. Purchase Order Procedure (City of Rockland model) [PDF]
17. MMA forms [scroll to bottom]
18. DHHS Information and Sample Forms
- On-site Review of GA Program, Procedures used for [PDF]
- Instructions, Monthly GA Reimbursement Report, rev. 2002 [PDF]
- Monthly GA Reimbursement Report, rev. 2004 [PDF]
- Mailing of TANF Checks, Schedule for July 2000 - June 2001 [7/03 - 6/05] [PDF]
- SSI Reimbursement, Common Questions regarding [PDF]
Interim Assistance Program:
- Authorization for Reimbursement of Interim Assistance (Initial Payment or Initial Posteligibility Payment), rev. 2004 [PDF]
- New Vendor/Vendor Update form [PDF] [to State of Maine web site], and Instructions [PDF]
- Interim Assistance Reporting Form [PDF] [rev. 2004]
- Misspent Money Calculation form [PDF]
- DHHS Regional Office Locations in Maine [PDF] [rev. 2004], DHHS Office of Integrated Access and Support (state web site's listing of the office locations)
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