Indiana Code Title 12. Human Services § 12-20-16-13

Sec. 13. (a) The township trustee, as administrator of township assistance, may process at the expense of the township materials provided by charitable or governmental agencies to provide any item of township assistance if the expense of the processing is less than the cost of the finished product.

(b) The township trustee, as administrator of township assistance, may buy materials and supplies of any item of relief and may process the materials for township assistance purposes.

(c) The township trustee, as administrator of township assistance, may buy garden seeds and plant and maintain gardens for township assistance purposes.