Show Welfare Higher Costs Get Lower By WOODROW J. J TAYLOR Director Davis County Welfare According to recent information information tion obtained from the Utah S State te Department of of Public Welfare Davis County has the lowest number of recipients per thousand population than any other county in the state On the other hand considering consider consider- ing the number of applicants per month which are processed by the local Davis County Wel Wel- fare department with offices in Farmington welfare activity is among the highest in the state SHORT SnORT DURATION This means that although many more people on the thc average average aver aver- ag age make mak application for welfare welfare welfare wel wel- fare help in Davis County in inthe inthe inthe the various categories categories aid aid to dependent children old age assistance blind assistance BA aid to the disabled disabled disabled dis dis- dis- dis AD j unemployment and employable general assistance assist assist- ance the ance-the the length of time they receive help from the welfare department is of short duration For example for January 1957 Davis County had a total of 54 applications But because of the large number of closures being made continuously by bythe bythe the department there has been no appreciable gain in the numbers num numbers numbers bers on the programs nor in inthe inthe inthe the cost of assistance granted This is shown by comparison of the amount spent in January 1957 against the that thai was spent by the department in J January nuary 1956 56 which shows a decrease of THIRD HIGHEST Also in a recen survey on the aid to dependent children program just dust been released from the statistical l department of the Utah State Department of Public Welfare shows that during the fiscal year ending June 30 1956 Davis County I was t third ird highest in the state in the number of applications taken per thousand child lation But the number of aico aid to o dependent children cases that hat remained active in the county during that period were second to lowest In the state This would indicate that Davis Davis Davis Da Da- Da- Da vis County with its high percentage percentage per per- of applications ha has been successful in keeping costs down through the efforts of its workers in helping these thes persons to the extent that they need eed only short hort time welfare help Davis also is situated in n a very favorable geographic area which is rapidly becoming I and is close to industrial industrial industrial in in- centers which are expanding expanding ex- ex anding their economy rapidly rapid- rapid ly y many persons to secure work in order to maintain maintain main main- tain themselves |