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Show Welfare Low in Numbers, Average in Numbers Utah's public welfare load is low in both num-and num-and dollars per thousand thous-and inhabitants, compared com-pared to national and regional re-gional averages, but equal to or above the averages on a dollars-per-recipient basis, according ac-cording to Utah Foundation, Foun-dation, the private, nonprofit non-profit public service agency. ag-ency. The state's position varies with different public assistance programs, pro-grams, as would be expected. ex-pected. In Aid to Families Fam-ilies with dependent Children, largest single public assistance program pro-gram in Utah and in the nation, Utah ranks relatively rela-tively higher than in most other programs, and is slightly above the U.S. average and substantially substantial-ly above the Mountain States average in payments pay-ments per recipient. The information is con -tained in a Research Brief released by Utah Foundation this week and is based on figures for the month of June, 1972. "The figures do not represent a long-range study, and are intended only to be indicative," the Foundation points out. "However, it is believed be-lieved that the relative positions shown in the June figures would be reasonably applicable over a longer period of time." Under the Old Age Assistance As-sistance program, Utah has fewer than one-fourth one-fourth the national average aver-age and fewer than one-third one-third the Mountain States average in numbers of recipients per 1,000 population. pop-ulation. Dollars per one thousand population for OAA in Utah is also far below national and regional reg-ional averages, but in terms of dollars paid per individual recipient, Utah Ut-ah is close to averages for the nation and the region. re-gion. In Aid to Families With Dependent Children, the Foundation reports that Utah is below the national nat-ional but above the Mountain Moun-tain States average in both numbers and total dollars per 1,000 population, popu-lation, but slightly (3) above the national and substantially (21) above the Mountain States average av-erage in dollars per recipient. re-cipient. In the rapidly -growing Aid to the Disabled program, pro-gram, Utah is close to national and regional averages av-erages in most respects and a little (3) above the Mountain States average av-erage in dollars per recipient. re-cipient. Aid to the Blind is a small program in Utah in terms of numbers served and in total dollars dol-lars in relation to the over-all welfare budget, but Utah payments to individual recipients is almost exactly at the national average and 27 per cent above the average aver-age for the eight Mountain Moun-tain States. |