Cache Valley Clarion | 1942-02-05 | Page 4 | Assistance Costs Four Million

Assistance Costs Four Million Idaho, the Federal Government, and local communities spent $-1.-02S.S12 during 1941 in carrying out the public assistance program, Albert Al-bert Lee, state commissioner, reported. re-ported. Of this amount the stale contributed $2,242,670.75. Lee pointed out that the amount represented an increase of $214,97bi over the 1940 figures. Aided were 14,107 households under the -old-age, dependent child, blind and direct assistance programs. pro-grams. Old-age assistance, which is aid to needy persons past the age of 65, accounted for $2,5G1,477 of the money spent, an increase in this department of $205,153 over the previous year. Aid to dependent children amounted to $1,103,7115; blind, $70,217; direct assistance, $2S7,462. According to Lee, eaoh case received re-ceived individual attention to determine de-termine whether the applicant came under the specifications of the social security act. Only those unemployables who were found- to be needy and who had no substantial substan-tial means of support were aided, o o