44:4-82 - Inquiry into case by director - New Jersey Statutes

44:4-82.  Inquiry into case by director
    When a person shall apply for relief for himself or another to a county welfare board, the director of welfare, under the direction of the board, shall  inquire into the facts, conditions and circumstances of the case, and also into  the matter of such person's settlement if it shall appear that such person is  unable to earn a livelihood by his own labor and is a poor person and requires  temporary or permanent relief.

    The director shall also ascertain the direct or indirect causes of poverty,  and whether or not a person requiring permanent relief is without adequate home  or without children, grandchildren, parents, grandparents or husband, who are  by law required and able to maintain him and other persons who are willing to  do so.