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2021 Delaware Code
Title 31 - Welfare
Chapter 23. Aid to Persons Who Are Blind
§ 2303. Eligibility for assistance of persons who are blind.

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31 DE Code § 2303. (2021)
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§ 2303. Eligibility for assistance of persons who are blind.

Assistance shall be granted under this chapter to any person who is blind who:

(1) Is 18 years of age or older;

(2) Has not sufficient income or other resources to provide a reasonable subsistence compatible with decency and health;

(3) Is not an inmate of any public institution at the time of receiving assistance. An inmate of such an institution may, however, make application for such assistance but the assistance, if granted, shall not begin until after the inmate ceases to be an inmate;

(4) Has not made an assignment or transfer of property for the purpose of rendering the person eligible for assistance under this chapter at any time within 2 years immediately prior to the filing of application for assistance pursuant to this chapter; and

(5) Is not publicly soliciting alms in any part of this State.

45 Del. Laws, c. 83, § 3;  47 Del. Laws, c. 50;  31 Del. C. 1953, § 2303;  49 Del. Laws, c. 76, § 1;  54 Del. Laws, c. 20;  55 Del. Laws, c. 299, § 3;  57 Del. Laws, c. 163;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1;  78 Del. Laws, c. 179, §§ 353, 354; 
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