Show Utah Public As Assistance f t Payments Payment nt Lower ow r Than Neighbor States A study by t the o Division of Family Services compares om Utah V with wit seven mountain states state in iq current I sc schedules eles of public tefle reflecting ung ac III tion by 1969 state l legislatures Compared e ed 1 to surrounding states Utah Utah V consistently consistently ranks last ast or next nellt to ast last in hi the amount of grant pal paid Pad 1 to recipients of public Assistance The file exception I Ifor is for the two two person Aid AI tc til the Blind ease case THE FI FIGURES UI i glyen are rl are the moun- moun e l i for ol the the number hum num ber bel of people typically receiving assistance assistance assis assis- tance in each category The rhe range ange from low to high appears appeaR next finally filially Utah's grant and rank af are ae listed Isted According to number numbs of persons persons' pe per typical ease case JUS 78 Utah 90 Idaho Utah Grant 90 Ith 2 persons 2 Utah 44 Idaho O Aid AI 1 to Families with Dependent Children Children Child hUd hUdren ren 4 persona 4 persons 2628 2 Arizona lI Hi Idaho Aid to the Blind person 1 Wyoming Utah-Wyoming Idaho 2 persons 2 78 Colorado l l Idaho 2nd Aid to the Disabled 1 1 person person 64 Utah 90 Idaho 90 2 persons 2 persons Arizona Idaho General Assistance person 1 Utah 86 New Mexico 86 2 persons 2 persons 90 Arizona Montana Montana Montana Mon Mon- tana NEVADA was excluded in the comparisons comparisons comparisons com com- because there here are no maximum payment limitations for or orAB AB programs and Nevada does not have lave lavean an AD program as such Only five states In the General Assistance category Utah therefore ranks lowest in this grant fora for a single person an and 1 next to lowest lowes fo for fora fOfa a person two two person case The figures given for Arizona can be higher inasmuch as special needs may be added |