Show improved administration in county welfare by JOS A GEDDES president utah state conference ot of social work the first great nf aped ed of county welfare work bork in utah at the present time la 13 improved don salt lake and carbon counties count tee are the only two counties tit in the state in which the county commis boners toners lc ners have any trained help to assist them in handling a job that not only involves large outlays of money but Is intricate and corn coln alck commissioners have many diverse dierse problems to work out in this field where a i lo io fusion Is in process of emerging expert guidance 3 s necessary it if practices ao n not t fall fail far behind the level of other parts of the country welfare aock aw outgrown the old ail whinery machinery A recent survey of a mn moderate derato iced county showed shoed that the reduced of various tapes reached a total of 70 DOO last 3 ear unrecorded giving would probably bring this figure figare up to MHO ry re mor of this sum the county gave without qualified help to in vest igat to administer or to follow up ana check fifteen en other egon cles of various arious kinds dabbled with relief among those were mere rotary kananis lions elks B P W Amer american lerin legion a literary club etc at this rato in the course of ten years this relatively poor county would spend nearly a million dollars through machini ery that Rs as it w arks out Is unfair Is an aduca ala in pauperism and Is unduly wasteful aste ful this g statement re quires proof prof let us have hane it aai ness inherent in old machinery cn can a 1 county commission with hind hundreds reds of other matters to at tand t nd to successfully v nd the te fermis demanding poor in ill favor of the more needy but retiring quiet und idad or turn i deaf car to local leaders who ho are on the job looking after the poor rf their par to towns tons ns tte tle study above ala e referred arf erred to showed ked that eliat 0 towns in the county received no county aid whatever hat eier ahle one tor town ha had d 28 fanales fan farri Ules per 1000 of pot population alti n on en the county roll or abbat one in 11 7 of tie te po pilAt n the average for the county was oro or in seventeen towns v lt ei e i well e c the he mer averi nineteen were below and 8 keched no lell 1 can quite ot obviously unfairness in the d tion of tl arf peoples mcaley in tho the welfare fild I 1 I 1 in this his does rio not mean necessarily that the county commissioners ire are unfair it menns means talat th fire are the victims ol 01 a system mt borks the trost impo tant tan points at which mch the system ss sum works unfairly are 1 acceptance of application appl catlon for bd ald 3 2 the length of time a recent remains ins on tle the roll and fa 3 in the pilot ot or taxes toa tha sy system stam now used in fhe alie counties promoted promo teb pauperism tho the rel lathell poor quality of administration pi ii the system tends to leave lease tte the client in tile the economic slough into which he ha fallen it la is the usual tiling for those who once vt gt on n the county roll to remain there for life jeanv hile children are often growing up in the aided family getting jed to the idea of receiving help and learning to play the role which brings it independence is an american trait the nation was as nurtured bred and born in it with us its it Is more than an all ideal it Is an accomplished trait of character in its nurture and preservation atlan lies les the hope of the nations nation s future the extent to which tell we axe aj e slipping is evident eident on all sides our cur economic decline L more than parrellee parrel led by our spiritual loews fam fa m relief soldier bonus bonts pensions free wheat relief en cn a large scale poor administration have hae combined to multiply the number who are aill ii n s g even anxious to play the part of the p auar this trend mu duct abe be stooped the first requisite is the development elop ment of adequate administrative manhin machinery ery the present methods are in the far off future it is 13 coi cic vable to look for or en econom economic ilc social s system stern in which relief will ill be at a minimum it may possibly be eliminated entirely before such a happy day comes there will ill not only be great revl siona of the economic system but a practical eugenics v vill have eliminated the unfit atho N ho so frely reproduce them elep el vp today but the generation must work oi wider under the ed existing sting order it must face the maladjustments of a rapidly charging arsing ch age to in gret great forces are which our s system iteal la is unable to artly control today ue age earl can PIS is are un unemployed maloyed the farm population of BO DOO is undergoing an unprecedented strain Is considered cons dered no longer jn in terra of thousands of dollars or enen it requires billiL is 19 As resources lime have d citney ertith emphasis hia bs shifted from private resources to public and from local to state ara aej t f dera today a 2 2000 00 31 GOO COO federal relief measure la 13 in prospect are vae e spending spend ng wo too arach yevone brij one informed ot of can knous knos that v acre e cre lint pending rg too much hut but ho does docs krov kro v that much of it 13 being pent N aste fully Eil evidence derce ot of wa ab it Is a common practice in utah co artles to co nt n 7 aid dial dairing ang boc d times imes und cut cub severely during hero Is an exa Aiple aid given 1020 PUN pe ois acar car 1 9 ca 1921 1991 depression 3 bear ear AM aid gile edien n 1320 prope ous year 1332 depre depression Falon yep year r expected ampro 1 vix pation tion n if the tha people tn athla cw coad ret along during the hard ars r ot 1321 24 with an average op of 1 e i av eed ed an a ra rf of 29 r 37 31 dul ing tr truie ce good cars aars or 0 iq 1 5 29 9 it if these eased latan epe jd ild on rt and prevention no waste need develop but i the counties have no machinery to co clo th s und lind ot of ot k ethcie e h N evidence ot of loth waste and pauper here 2 A i e of 28 4 fa miles on the county roll per IDOO 1000 of population in one town u L about I 1 in 7 Is inexcusable in a rural ia tanning another agency ishell is helping about I 1 family in 5 in n this same town it is high time to lay emphasis on some seme other things than on mere beliel when con conditions bittow reath reach this stage 3 eight towns in one county with no county aid probably means wastage of another klinl waste age in fu ure physical health vocational efficiency normal cultural ell for the oncoming generation 4 fifteen aj dabbling with relief in a county seat scat with ith no agency maintaining ft 9 quality of service which entitles it to membership in the family association oc ocia tion of america and with only one agency which maintains ft a volunteer service waste of no email the tha generous hearted people alo who want to do something collect collectively hely and insist that the organization to which they belong do it are probably now a ware that such service Is likely to do as in much uch harm probably more than good 8 5 the th combination plan I 1 sone times followed followed in the counties of utah by which the county furnishes funds and distributes them through the L D 8 bishops falls to out vell ell for the reason that these bishops are centrally gen trally not trained ln in welfare work some are very active in getting county rift tor for their m ward ard mem membership arsh land and re ammend Tend applicants app cants freely ito to the county commissioners others make few recommendations the result Is gross inequality 8 6 utah counties like counties in other states are not immite to the and demands of politic wastes and favoritism dc develop elop 7 waste arises out of leaving names ot on the charity roll too tm long some never should be on iterative ly lv few should remain on for life tiie the county commissioners are in much the same position in this matter na az the state board of pardons used to be before it obtained ome trained help to make ree rec they were vere simply swamped having no effective administrative service the county have no way ay of de tei mining ning when a name should be dropped the loudest speaker tends to stay on and many people how to speak thus a rising tide of difficulties beats upon the counties as increasing need and larger funds are handled through an inadequate administrative service today a prime tand of e eh h country is a well trained soc aiji worker irstead of giving the many lubs clubs in the count counties les would do more effect he service if they would get together agether og ether and assist the county con com miss loners to organize efficient administrative machinery one good case asa worker would earn her salary nany many times over and would save sae to 0 those most in need much that low lov goes elsewhere she w mould also save sae to hundreds of families the vital spark of af se on which the strength of a people rests |