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Show Socfal Services Birociors gov tads; Cost Effective Citizens boards directing the operations of the Utah Department Depart-ment of Social Services' seven program areas insure that programs pro-grams meet the needs of Utahns and are most-effective, the Executive Exe-cutive Dirctor of the Social Service Department said. According to Dr. Anthony W. Mitchell, in June Governor Scott M. Matheson appointed board members, representing a diverse arrav of backgrounds and con cerns, to serve on policy ooarus as representatives of their fellow Utahns. The citizen boards oversee operations for the Diviscms of Mental Health, Aging, Family Services, Corrections, Indian Affairs, Af-fairs, Alcoholism and Drugs and Health. "Citeen input is crucial The Utah Legislature established these policy boards to insure fitizen involvement in govern ment. Uur hope is that other citizens will feel free to bring their concerns to us," Mitchell stressed. He said that each of the boards hold regular meetings open to the public. Citizens with special spe-cial concerns are welcome to attend the public meetings and voice their concerns. "The responsibility of the Department De-partment of Social Services is to administer programs to meet 1 1 a t s:rf- -t-.-- 5g4" "V-- ' r-. -- f ' V"' New Crop CZ-9AQTI!i9:P.r.l j JonauEDon Apples ,4 ib ) TOffiSltfGGS ..... Bushel t PggguOgs Bushd $6. SO PGuS'S . Bushel S.OO UGCVCl to $8 00 m G'iHGS ...... FresEa Sivoei Corn . . doz. 48 Housewives got reedy now to Oolib your pocches - pesrs etc. 1485 HO. STATE ST. PMO Truckers - Welcome a Casket - Ccrlssd or J Trcinlccd A Utai Whaf tasm. io you? 9 4.000.0 00 Tourism is Utah's second largest industry. In 1975. out-of-state visitors left behind $ 133-miIlion, money which generated about $24-miIlion in taxes alone. That's enough tax money to pay the salaries of principal Utah state officials at their current salaries for the next 25 years. It's a quarter century's salaries for the Governor, five Supreme Court Justices, the Attorney General, Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer. 24 District Court Judges and eight Juvenile Court Judges. And that's tax money you and I didn't have to come up with. This year, tell the visitors you meet about everything Utah has to offer. Invite them to stay an extra day. It'll pay! Sl1stctl Soufc IflMitula lof the Sludy ot Ouldoot R.crealion at'd Tou'.tm Utah State Uri've'SHy a (A public service message of this newspaper and the Utah Travel Council.) the citueiis' needs. We are" charged with monitoring programs pro-grams to insure they operate effective. But to be successful, we need the public's support," Mitchell said. In citing the need for citizen boards, Mitchell noted it is too easy for administrators to become be-come removed from the reality and impact of the programs and services they have developed. "That's why its crucial that in the management of social services Utah citizens be directly direct-ly involved. Social service programs pro-grams are designed to meet human needs. The people concerned, con-cerned, i.e. the laborer, mother, teenager, lawyer, farmer, are the best judges of the success or failure of social service programs," pro-grams," he said. Under the administration of Governor Matheson, Mitchell continued, the emphasis is on citizen involvement. "Government must be brought to everyone and everyone must be brought into government. That's why we are asking the citizens of Utah to be directly involved," he said. In addition to citizen policy board, Mitchell noted the Department De-partment also has several advisory ad-visory boards which regularly are involved in the decisionmaking decision-making process. However, we fall short in one area of Social Services, and that is public entitlements. en-titlements. While the Legislature Legisla-ture has established by law citi-. zen boards in program areas, it has not set up similar methods for citizen input in the area of public entitlements. Public entitlements includes food stamps, quality control, assistance payments which administers ad-ministers the Aid to Families With Dependent Children (AFCE) program, recovery services which collects child support payments pay-ments as well as fights welfare abuse, medical services and veterans ve-terans affairs. The combined budgets of these agencies accounts for more than 55 percent per-cent of the entire social service ser-vice budget. "Under the current system, citizen involvement is limited in these areas. Citizens need to be directly involved with these agencies," Mitchell stressed. Department of Social Service board meetings are held regularly regu-larly in the new Utah Social Services Administration Building, Build-ing, 150 W. North Temple in Room 310. The public is invited in-vited to attend any meeting. Regular board meeting dates are: Division of Family Services-first and thirdWednesdays at 1:00 p.m.; Division of Mental Health-second Thursday at 1:00 p.m.; Division of Health-third Monday at 3:00 p.m.; Division of aging-third Wednesday at 10:00 a.m.; Division of Indian Affairs-third Friday at noon.; Division of Alcohol and Drugs-fourth Drugs-fourth Thursday at 1:00 p.m.; Division of Corrections-time and date set at previous month's board meeting; Advisory meetings are set at: Mental Health Advisory Council-first Council-first Monday at 1:00 p.m.; Welfare Wel-fare rights-first Friday at 1:30 p.m.; Alcohol and Drugs Advisory Ad-visory Council-second Tuesday at 1:00 p.m.; Mental Health Children Child-ren and Youth Advisory Council-second Council-second Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.; Aging Advisory Council-last Tuesday at 1:30 p.m.; Work Incentive In-centive (WIN)- last Friday at , 1:30 p.m.; Committee on Alter- 1 natives for Troubled Youth (CATY)-every Thursday at 1:30 p.m. Board meetings are held at the new Department of Social Services Building, 150 W. North Temple except for the Board of Corrections that meets at the Utah State Prison, Draper. The Orem-Geneva Times CATY Committee meets in tlie Division of Family Services Board Room. Agendas for board meetings are finalized a week in advance. Individuals interested in agendas or information for any board - Thursday Sept. 8, 1977 meeting should call the Department Depart-ment of Social Services at 533-533L "'" Your one gift to the United Way goes to helping all 15 agencies in the United Way. MM titdi ni nrvr n , 845 NO. STATE, OREM PHONE 224-2121 p5 to X Thru Sept. 10, 1977 v 6 off -Continues Thru September ORTHO ilrT 25-3-7 Does two lawn jobs at once. Kills lawn weeds -dandelions, plantain, etc. Builds thick, green grass. 5000 Sq. Ft. 95 Reg.$tfr. Lj io.ooo sq. Ft. jn 095 now y U Weed sFeed -While Supply Lasts? KULTI-PURPOSE PLANT FOOD 16-16-16 Feeds new lawns, trees, shrubs. High analysis plant food. Multipurpose Multi-purpose Plant Food 23 lbs. 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