Show Services Director Asks For Change in in Food Stamp Act Members of Utah's congressional delegation delegation delegation del del- are being asked by the Director Utah Division of Family Services es to to support legislation that would overcome existing problems in the issuance of food stamps to low low Income income people Richard P. P Lindsay division director has hits sent letters to Utah's congressmen asking for their support of legislation now pending that woul would 1 provide many amendments to the Food Stamp Act The Act is administered administered administered ad ad- ministered by the Department of Agri Agri- culture THE PRESENT method o of of- requiring participants to buy food nips PS from the banks is particularly Iy inconvenient and expensive to the aged disable disable- and blind not to mention the bankers who provide this service at some expense and Inconvenience to themselves Today's procedure of recipients waiting waiting wait wait- ing for issuing dates obtaining sitters for children waiting in lines presenting I certificates of authorization and transportation transportation trans trans- expenses is wasteful of time energy and money for everyone involved Many of the eligible people want the Food Stamp Program but these are some of the reasons why only 33 per cent of them are participating in Utah MR LINDSAY says that the most promising solution seems to be to allow participants participants' to have their food stamp purchase requirements deducted from their monthly public assistance grants the majority of eligible participants are recipients of public assistance and have havethe havethe havethe the stamps mailed along with the balance balance balance bal bal- ance of their grants to their residence Such a procedure would enable the aged the blind and the disabled as well as families to much more easily participate in this program than they are now able to do Ward C. C Holbrook executive director Department nt of Social Services further emphasized the need for reform in recommendations recommendations re reo commendations made to the Secretary of Agriculture He lie noted If the a abundance abundance bun dance and quality of the diet of the poor is is' to be enhanced by any government system of distribution a method of qualifying for food stamps must be devised devised de de- that correlates with the welfare recipients recipient's process of eligibility determination deter and of delivering the stamps by mail mall or in connection with the monthly month ly check to recipient families |