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Show . A k . Buchanan, accounting clerk for the State nion of Family Services Assistance Payments 'ion has been m -'h:rjio of the Moab extension ?iJnt office for approximately a year and one half. Family Services Office Processes Aid in Moab The State Division of :milv Services Assist-.'.e Assist-.'.e 'pavments Oft ice -dies "aid to unwed ' -7hers. aid to families independent children, iW the blind, general fiance, old age askance as-kance and aid to disced dis-ced persons in Grand : Vnty. : 'Christy Buchanan, ac-: ac-: anting clerk of thatdi- ;"ion. is responsible to : irector Roger Sparks J price who is Region S : ireotor of the State As-' As-' i:;-jnce Payments Ad-: Ad-: lustration. She has forked at the office for -' proximately one and ' -'half years. According to Mrs. Bu-- Bu-- hm. there are ap-: ap-: rorimately 100 to 150 ;: iiilies in Grand County a accept assistance nents. Most accept I -j assistance for three : j six months. "" nil. -L J. -L . Mrs. Buchanan makes no decisions on the long term assistance of families fami-lies or persons who come to her for aid. Director Roger Sparks makes these decisions, while Mrs. Buchanan is auth -orized to give short term aid to indigents passing through the area. Approximately 353 persons, per-sons, or 5.2 per cent of the population of Grand County are now receiving receiv-ing assistance payments at the office, located in Suixe 3 of the Arches Building. The major service ser-vice provided by the department de-partment is the issuance of food stamps. Families with approximately approx-imately $14,000 in real or personal property do not qualify for the assistance. |