44:4-44 - Use of all agencies for relief - New Jersey Statutes

44:4-44.  Use of all agencies for relief    All agencies for relief, such as widows' pensions, as provided by law, aid under the authority conferred upon the rehabilitation commission and public employment service, or other aids to relief, support or assistance, public or private, shall be made use of by the director of welfare and his subordinates and helpers, under the direction and supervision of the county welfare board to  the end that causes of dependency on the part of persons or their families and  the need for such public relief in whole or in part may be eliminated, and they  are authorized under direction of the county welfare board to take such legal  steps, either as prosecutors or petitioners in legal proceedings in aid of such  persons or their families, as may be necessary to such end.