The amount of public assistance granted, including funds received from the Federal government, shall not exceed, in the case of any applicant, an amount in excess of that determined, upon investigation or by the decision of the Director, to be compatible with maintaining decency and health. In granting public assistance to a person the Director may take into account part or all of the needs of such person’s dependents, provided they also are eligible for public assistance. In the event that such grant has taken into consideration only part of the needs of such other

COL 8/23/2023

10 Guam Code Ann. HEALTH AND SAFETY
CH 2 DIVISION OF PUBLIC WELFARE

eligible persons, such grant shall be without prejudice to a separate grant of assistance to such persons or any of them, as may be proper upon consideration of their remaining needs and in compliance with the provisions of this Chapter. In determining the needs of a blind applicant, the Director shall not take into consideration the first Eighty-Five Dollars ($85.00) per month of earned income plus one-half (1/2) of earned income in excess thereof of such blind applicant so long as such exception is a requirement of the Social Security Act that must be complied with in order for Guam to receive Federal matching funds under the program of aid to the blind. In determining the need of an applicant for a recipient of aid to the blind, only such income and resources as are actually available to the individual for his support shall be taken into consideration in computing the amount of aid to which such individual is entitled, except that there shall be disregarded in making such determination all such amounts of net earnings or other income and resources as now are or hereafter may be permitted or required to be disregarded under Federal laws or regulations providing grants to Guam for aid to the blind.

SOURCE: GC § 9117.