Board reviews revised general-assistance policy to reflect state RSA changes

Jul 21, 2026

Town administrator presented a redlined general-assistance (welfare) policy that incorporates recent RSA language; board members reviewed bolded legal changes and agreed to finalize the policy for signatures at a subsequent meeting if there were no further comments.

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The town administrator presented a revised general-assistance policy, saying the new welfare director had notified the office of recent changes in state RSA definitions and guidelines and recommended those legal language updates be inserted into the town policy. The administrator said the draft had quotations directly from the RSA and that bolded text in the packet marked the changes.

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