The Legislative Assembly finds:

(1) That the provision of public assistance to children in very low income families would help keep families together and reduce hardship in times of high unemployment;

(2) That the lack of public assistance to two-parent unemployed families does not produce significant financial savings for the State of Oregon since family break-up increases the number of single-parent families receiving public assistance;

(3) That children in two-parent unemployed families have needs as urgent as those of children in single-parent unemployed families;

(4) That the provision of public assistance to two-parent unemployed families may provide access to medical care for these families, health being one of the prerequisites to seeking and maintaining employment;

(5) That because federal law requires active participation in employment and other alternatives to be eligible for federal funds for public assistance, the availability of federal funds helps those families who are trying hardest to help themselves be self-supporting; and

(6) That additional funds need to be made available in the temporary assistance for needy families program to effectuate this policy. [Formerly 418.180; 2015 c.765 § 21]

[Amended by 1955 c.444 § 3; repealed by 1961 c.633 § 14]

[Repealed by 1953 c.550 § 12]

[Amended by 1959 c.409 § 1; 1969 c.69 § 4; repealed by 2005 c.381 § 30]

[Amended by 1959 c.409 § 2; 1965 c.556 § 20; 1969 c.69 § 5; 1969 c.468 § 3; 1973 c.651 § 5; repealed by 2005 c.381 § 30]

[Amended by 1963 c.71 § 1; 1965 c.42 § 1; 1971 c.779 § 35; 1973 c.651 § 6; 2005 c.22 § 281; repealed by 2005 c.381 § 30]

[Amended by 1959 c.409 § 3; 1965 c.93 § 1; repealed by 2005 c.381 § 30]

[Amended by 1959 c.409 § 4; repealed by 2001 c.900 § 261]

[Amended by 1959 c.409 § 5; repealed by 2005 c.381 § 30]

[Amended by 1955 c.364 § 6; 1969 c.68 § 6; 1971 c.779 § 36; repealed by 2005 c.381 § 30]

[Amended by 1969 c.597 § 248; 1971 c.734 § 43; 2001 c.900 § 99; repealed by 2005 c.381 § 30]

[Amended by 1953 c.500 § 12; 1959 c.409 § 6; 1971 c.779 § 37; repealed by 2005 c.381 § 30]

[Amended by 1971 c.335 § 1; 1975 c.386 § 2; 1985 c.522 § 2; 1993 c.249 § 3; 1995 c.664 § 92; 2001 c.900 § 221; 2005 c.22 § 282; 2005 c.381 § 12; renumbered 411.708 in 2005]

[Amended by 1999 c.745 § 5; repealed by 2005 c.381 § 30]

[Repealed by 2005 c.381 § 30]

[1967 c.217 § 5; repealed by 2005 c.381 § 30]

[Amended by 1957 c.56 § 2; repealed by 2005 c.381 § 30]

[1989 c.922 1,2,3,4; 1991 c.412 § 1; renumbered 410.730 in 2005]

[1989 c.922 § 5; 1991 c.412 § 2; 2003 c.14 § 183; renumbered 410.732 in 2005]

[Repealed by 1953 c.500 § 12]

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