Seward Seaport Record
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Seward, Alaska
John M. Coleman
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By Mildred Kirkpatrick
The sum and total of the rec
ommendations to be forwarded
by the Whitehouse Conference
on Children and Youth in Sew
ard, seems to be answered in a
few sentences.
The first need in this, and any
other sizable community, is for
a competent, trained, lull time
child welfare worker. In order
to secure the services of such
a person, there must be a pro
vision for an adequate salary.
The Public Welfare Agent in
Seward lias been required to
give her time, supply her own
transportation, many hours of
clerical work and live under a
continual nerve strain, all out
of the goodness of her heart.
The only payment being $3.00
for a completed old-age case
and $1.25 for a case review.
In the past, when Seward
was small, this work has been
well done on that basis. Now,
the community lias outgrown
such practice and requires and
deserves a better plan. We have
been told emphatically that the
Department of Public Welfare
has never been given adequate
funds by the Legislature to
much more than begin service
to the district.
Miss Nan Blaha, Director of
Public Welfare in the Third
District, has been in town since
Friday night. She conferred with
the Whitehouse Committee on
local problems and their possi
ble solutions. Among the an
swers to several questions put
to her. were some that shocked
the committee. This seems a
good time to pass on information
about the laws, or lack of laws,
that hamper the work of welfare j
for children and adults alike. j
For instance: Did you know j
that any person can, by law,
adopt a child in Alaska upon
thirty days notice? There are
known cases in which a single
man has been allowed to adopt
a young girl.
There is no investigation made
upon the health or mental his
tory of either side in the adop
tion of children, unless the case
comes through or to the atten
tion of the Department of Wel
fare. Many children are given
away so many times that after
a w'hile they have no memory
of their real name or where
they came from. Just handed I
around from pillar to post like
little stray dogs.
By law, the recipient of public
welfare assistance is allowed
only S30 per month for subsis
tence. Do you know anybody
or any place in the Territory
where a man. woman,, or child
can live on S30 a month?
The Department of Health,
which has a larger appropria
tion, spends much effort in lo
cating contagious TB patients.
A minimum of $7.50 per day j
is paid for the hospitalization j
of that patient. His family of
from one to a dozen children |
immediately become Welfare
charges. After five or six years,
when the patient is discharged
from a sanatorium, he is told
that he must not do a full days
work for at least six months.
He is still required for his own
protection to rest a certain num
ber of hours. He has no job. He
is given $30 a month on which
to live. The result is that more
often than not, he returns to the
hospital at the rate of $7.50 per
day and his family is once again
a public charge. There is some
thing definitely lacking in the
co-ordination of public services
in the Territory.
The Aid to Dependent Chil
dren allotment is so small, that
many mothers are known to
have been forced into prostitu
tion in order to support their
children. This is not one of the
“nice” things to talk about. But
it must be known if it is to be
stopped. You can’t blame the
mothers, it’s the system.
There is no school in Alaska
where handicapped or mentally
deficient children can receive
special training. Many have
been committed to Morningside
who do not belong there, but
there is no place to keep them.
If they are out of public sight,
they are apparently also out of
mind.
Much of the so-called juvenile
delinquency could be prevented
by a good child welfare worker.
Some one who could help in
the adjustment of a child to his
home and community, and at
the same time bring his parents
to an understanding of their re
sponsibility to the child and the
community.
Anchorage, Fairbanks and
Ketchikan have entered into a
participation program on child
welfare. Federal matching funds
are available for such a pro
gram. Why should not Seward
begin to stand on its own feet?
Our children are a local respon
sibility, why continue to turn
it all over to the Territorial
Department of Public Welfare,,
which can in no way do a com
plete job of it because of lack
of Territorial provisions? Let's
set aside a fund from the next
budget to be matched by the
government and make Seward
a good place, a safe place, and
a clean place for our kids.
Since it first began issuing
them in 1910, the American Red
Cross has given out 22,843,100
certificates for completion of its
health, safety, or other training
courses.
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Tues. and Sat.—7 to 9 p.m.
Well Baby Conference
Thursdays — 2 to 4 p.m. in
City Council Chambers.
Tuesday. April 25
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JUNIOR WOMEN'S CLUB.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
CARD PARTY, Legion Auxil
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Saturday, April 29
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