The governing body of each county and city shall each year appropriate sums of money sufficient to provide for the payment of public assistance and to provide social services, including cost of administration, under the provisions of Subtitles II and III of this title, within such county or city. Such governing bodies may also appropriate sums of money sufficient to provide for the full range of public assistance and social services for children and adults as may be required by federal legislation for reimbursement thereunder. The respective governing bodies of the counties and cities shall also appropriate sums of money as shall be sufficient to provide for the foster care of children in the custody or under the supervision of the local boards.
Va. Code Ann. § 63.2-400
Local appropriation
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 50 Va. App. 72 - Burrell v. Commonwealth (2007)
Most recently applied in 37 F. Supp. 3d 802 - Lewis v. City of Richmond (August 2014)
Code 1950, § 63-105; 1956, c. 641; 1958, c. 388; 1968, cc. 578, 666, § 63.1-91; 2002, c. 747.
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