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Butte County, California · Benefits and family services

Ask your county about General Assistance or General Relief in Butte County

Find county GA/GR referral information. Each county establishes its own eligibility, benefits and application process.

1 provider · 2 official links · 3 reviewed requirements · sources checked October 26, 2026

In Butte County, 1 county department publishes 2 official links for this service. Reviewed requirements cover eligibility (2) and availability notices (1). 1 provider lists forms on its guide.

These are the Butte County providers with a reviewed service link for this task. Other offices may also help, and a provider may serve only part of the county: check each service area. Fees and forms stay on each office’s guide, where their sources are cited.
County government

Social Services

Ask Butte County about General Assistance / General Relief (opens in a new tab)Official instructions

Contact the already-identified county social-services agency about its county-funded GA/GR programme. This is an agency referral; local eligibility, fees, benefit amounts, waiting periods and the complete application have not been reviewed.

Service area: California statewide information or county-resource referral. Local providers decide eligibility, service availability and intake requirements.

Before you start · 1 requirement & conditions
Eligibility & access · Shared CDSS county-programme overview; complete local GA/GR workflow remains unreviewed.
State guidance identifies GA/GR as county-funded and county-specific. Ask this county agency for its own rules; this record does not establish your eligibility.
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California Department of Social Services · California family resources — general-assistance (opens in a new tab)

General Assistance — ga-state-scope

Each county's GA/GR program is established and funded (100 percent) by its own Board of Supervisors. As the state is not involved in this program, benefits, payment levels, and eligibility requirements will vary among each of California's 58 counties.

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California Department of Social Services · County welfare offices directory (opens in a new tab)

Butte County — social-services; official directory or office heading

Butte County Employment and Social Services

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Butte — Read local General Assistance / General Relief rules and intake information (opens in a new tab)Official instructions

Read the county programme’s reviewed local criteria, application channels and document or interview instructions below. The county decides individual eligibility and benefit amounts.

Service area: Butte County — local GA/GR programme context.

Availability · Butte — local GA/GR only; not CalFresh, CalWORKs, Medi-Cal or IHSS eligibility
Call the Butte County Customer Service Center at 877-410-8803.
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County of Butte · Butte — General Assistance (opens in a new tab)

General Assistance | Butte County, CA — ga-06007-041

Call the Butte County Customer Service Center at 877-410-8803.

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Before you start · 1 requirement & conditions
Eligibility & access · Butte — local GA/GR only; not CalFresh, CalWORKs, Medi-Cal or IHSS eligibility
General Assistance provides three months of cash assistance to eligible, employable adults and provides longer-term assistance to eligible adults who are temporarily disabled or who are awaiting Supplemental Security Income (SSI) approval. California Welfare and institutions Code Section 17000 states, "Every county and every city and county shall relieve and support all incompetent, poor, indigent persons and those incapacitated by age, disease, or accident, lawfully resident therein, when such persons are not supported and relieved by their relatives or friends, by their own means, or by state hospitals or other state or private institutions."
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County of Butte · Butte — General Assistance (opens in a new tab)

General Assistance | Butte County, CA — ga-06007-002

General Assistance provides three months of cash assistance to eligible, employable adults and provides longer-term assistance to eligible adults who are temporarily disabled or who are awaiting Supplemental Security Income (SSI) approval. California Welfare and institutions Code Section 17000 states, "Every county and every city and county shall relieve and support all incompetent, poor, indigent persons and those incapacitated by age, disease, or accident, lawfully resident therein, when such persons are not supported and relieved by their relatives or friends, by their own means, or by state hospitals or other state or private institutions."

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County of Butte · Butte — General Assistance (opens in a new tab)

General Assistance | Butte County, CA — ga-06007-002

General Assistance provides three months of cash assistance to eligible, employable adults and provides longer-term assistance to eligible adults who are temporarily disabled or who are awaiting Supplemental Security Income (SSI) approval. California Welfare and institutions Code Section 17000 states, "Every county and every city and county shall relieve and support all incompetent, poor, indigent persons and those incapacitated by age, disease, or accident, lawfully resident therein, when such persons are not supported and relieved by their relatives or friends, by their own means, or by state hospitals or other state or private institutions."

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