Sec. 4. If an individual who is determined to be eligible for township assistance and entitled to temporary relief is in a township in which the individual does not have legal residence and is homeless, the township trustee, as administrator of township assistance, may, if the trustee considers advisable:
(1) place the individual temporarily in the county home, if any, where the individual, if capable, is to be employed; or
(2) provide temporary township assistance under this article.