PUBLIC WEIL FARE FORCED
TO CUT ASSISTANCE
Paced with inadequate appropriations for
the operation of its programs under'.the
mounting costs'of living, the Board of
Public Welfare, meeting in Juneau the
past week, ordered a sharp curtailment in
its activities for the next two years,and
at the same time reappointed to a four
year term, Director Russell G* Maynard.
"This will-mean retrenchments in Old Age
Assistance, Genefal Relief, Aid to De
pendent Children, care for children com
mitted under the Juvenile laws, afe well
as'in administrative organization," said
-ir. Maynard's statement.
1413 persons receive'Old Age Assistance
at an average of $45.10 a month per per
son of which the Territory pays 52 percent
46 per cent coming from Federal grants.
"Under its appropriation of $750,000,the
Board found it would be unable to main
tain this level of payments for the next
two years and a fixed basic standard of
need was established effective May 1st to j
limit assistance payments to bare necess- i
ties of food, shelter, fuel and clothing."
Under the Aid to Dependent Children pro
gram, the Board found it had 590 children
receiving assistance at an average grant
of $19.00 per month per child. This re
presents nearly six times as many child
ren as when the program was established
by law in 1945. "with indications being
that an additional three hundred odd
children will likely become eligible in
the next two years, the Legislature pro
vided 25?J less funds to finance the pro
gram; and here too, payments will be '
based only on needs of food, clothing,
shelter and fuel. In addition percentage
discounts will have to be imposed and
waiting lists of eligible cases arranged
for," said the Board. "This will mean
that with an appropriation of only $75p00.
average monthly payments per child will
be cut down to approximately $13. rer
month," it was explained.
The Board further pointed cut that the
Alaska Native Service and the National
Congress were being urged to arrage in
creased federal l\inds for supplemental'
grants in the cases of hative families,
many of whom will be affected by the cut
back policies.
C-er.eral relief expenditures were necess
ary in order to stay within the $200,000
a ropriation. An approximate 70 $ re
duction in medical and hospitalization
cere, is a result of such requirements. A
.are necessity program will be inaugurated
and medical and hospital assistance given
only 'where it becomes a matter of life
and death.
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