Subject to the approval of the department each county department is authorized to sponsor and conduct programs for the recruitment, training, and utilization of volunteers to assist county department employees in the performance of office duties and to aid in performing services in the counties including but not limited to the following:
(a) Friendly visiting of the indigent aged;
(b) Finding homes for foster children;
(c) Escorting and transporting recipients to clinics and other destinations;
(d) Aiding in location of improved housing;
(e) Teaching homemaking skills and aiding in budgeting and care of the household;
(f) Providing tutoring and other educational aid.
Volunteers shall not duplicate services performed by county department employees.
The county department shall maintain the confidentiality of records of recipients.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)