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Show Page eighteen The National Enterprise, August 31, 1977 Utahs WEAT program encouraging recipients of public welfare to work for what they may prove to be a get landmark in the development of U.S. public assistance policy and procedure, according to Utah Foundation, the pri- vate, ATTENTION: MINING CLAIM OWNERS! included in its general appropriations act a statement of d legislative intent that and otherwise qualified adult welfare recipients should be required to work for the assistance they receive. For a time, the Utah program was not approved by federal authorities, and the state carried the full financial load, but the program has since been approved and the federal government is participating. Many participants in the WEAT program find permanent private employment, some being hired by the sponsors for whom they on the and training experience In addition, many program. mothers have been working able to supplement their income to the point of reducing their welfare grants. A Utah able-bodie- research non-prof- it a winner agency. Utah's Work Experience and Training (WEAT) program, which the state funded for 18 months without federal assistance, has not only received official approval (and financial support) from the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, but is also attracting increasing attention across the nation, the Foundation notes in a research brief released this week. First reports of the new welfare proposals of the Carter Administration make them appear to be in harmony with the philosophy of the Utah program. s i'V urn TODAY'S SUCCESSFUL MINERAL HAS TO GEO- provide the most determining drill sites for Uranium, Oi other minerals. 1 , and Let us help you increase the value of your property and also receive credit for assessment work that keeps the environmentalists happy. d employable, and finds work opportunities for them with government agencies or with private institutions. The state program takes the registrants of the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program because AFDC has its own Work Incentive (WIN) program to give work to welfare clients, and the state docs not interfere with the operation of the WIN program. Sponsors (employers) in the states WEAT program are outside the bound of private industry so that welfare workers will not compete in the job market. Adults eligible for the WEAT program arc required to participate, or to forfeit their public assistance grants. Assistance to children in the families would continue to be Those provided, however. considered qualified to participate in the program arc d adults not responsible for caring for children. Help from the feds The WEAT program is an outgrowth both of Utah's historic philosophy of having people work for what they get, and a decision of the U.S. Supreme Court (Ncwr York State vs. Dublino) holding d that states may require welfare recipients to work for their grants. On the basis of the Dublino decision, the Utah Legislature in 1974 non-prof- it ed able-bodie- able-bodie- pj LIKE A COMPUTER m 5450 UNIVERSAL ROCKWELL, INC. gc SO. GREEN ST. (475 W) SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH 84107 (801)268-990- 0 m Willi 'lip fiWfllitelft lHHIMlUilWi' demine dimsareBin until todi IHB HteS" '!? (tflltw ItUfilfUitb -- WfeniJlnilSKilicUalfc dllidfo pwi smni9 aura ouiimu iSitiltasltP SWiHisH' UI! il!lli '.isH'liaHUdllb iruEnumnp gutim y pre-school-a- AIRBORN economical methods of THINK Aid to Families less-qualifi- I COMPUTERIZED PROSPECTOR with Dependent Children program who are classified as lcast-readil- ! PHYSICS Widespread interest Utah's WEAT program was featured in a recent article in U.S. News ami World Report, and Utah public assistance officials have received direct inquiries concerning the program from more than a score of states and from such organizations as the Council of State Government and the National Conference of State Legislatures. The WEAT program takes adults on the federally-assisted i I iMriDHition IDE& |