§ 12-20-16-5 — Food relief

(a) An applicant or a household that receives
food relief in any township having a population of more than ten
thousand (10,000) may request the township trustee, as administrator
of township assistance, to issue a food order upon any eligible market,
and the township trustee, as administrator of township assistance, shall
abide by that request.
(b) The amount of a food order for various sized households that are
determined by the trustee to be eligible for township assistance shall be
based upon uniform monthly amounts specified in the township's
township assistance standards. However, an additional amount of food
may be ordered for special health reasons as prescribed by a physician.
A supplemental food order may be issued because of the loss of the
recipient's food by:
(1) fire, flood, or other natural disaster;
(2) burglary or other criminal act; or
(3) the unpreventable spoilage of food.
(c) The trustee may issue a food order to an eligible applicant on
either a daily, weekly, or monthly basis.
[Pre-1992 Revision Citations: 12-2-1-10(d) part;
12-2-1-10(f).]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.51-1996, SEC.56; P.L.73-2005, SEC.72.