11. San Diego County, for example, currently pays about $ 12 million a year in general assistance . 12. LePage is opposed to the distribution of General Assistance welfare funds to illegal immigrants by municipalities. 13. Financial analysts expected the Japanese government to cover much of the bill through general assistance packages. 14. Recipients of General Assistance or SSI are ineligible. 15. The plan would end general assistance benefits for roughly 12, 000 adults who are considered employable. 16. The problem is, general assistance doesn't come close to matching the Supplemental Security Income benefit level. 17. People on General Assistance who are not in a welfare work program receive $ 287 per month. 18. Some 3, 000 of the 15, 000 people on the General Assistance rolls identify themselves as homeless. 19. That assistance follows dlrs 6.8 million in general assistance to state coffee growers this year, Coutino said. 20. "Vouchers, another controlling insult for the poor, " said Shore, who is not on General Assistance himself.