Show I I Assistance Given By Public Welfare I Cases Canes Cn receiving public assistance In su Suri t county in June 1945 1915 number- number numbered j led ed receiving according to Director J J. J. J T T. T Cunningham of ot the County 1 Department of Public Welfare This was an an Increase of over May May almost almost I entirely In tho the old age assistance pro pro- The number of cases advanced 2 z compared with May Of Ot tho the issued recipients of assistance In Summit county In une unc Mr Cunningham said 65 per ct nt was for tor old-age old assistance 22 per percent percent cent aid ald to dependent dependent- children 2 per percent percent aid to the blind 9 per pr r cent aid to 2 per cent foster fo ter care for tor children and the remainder was for tor Indigents in institutions and sight conservation i 1 I age uld-age assistance payments In June 1 First month to reflect the lull salt ei- ei ellec ices lect of at a a. amendment to utan utan's uron's s oia- oia age assistance jaw law totaled an i nn an increase or 8 over April io ia-io last las or ot operation o me sue old oia law me ju 4 amendment raised the amount amounts s as minimum need 01 of i an aged person peron from sou pao U to 1 40 per me rue increase a was shown in to a report released r ased today by the Public I I Cs soles fast file average recipient of et age ace assistance e in m titan Hah in dune oune was wasp p rf Jd highest In m history of ot public assistance In m the state j I It was recalled that based on April 19 payments ana anu caseload the De LIe- Department J. J e- e 01 of vt huu bau predicted pro pre t an increase of per year in m total otal payments to the ace under I too revised provisions of ot the law The amendment went taco Into as taw law May 8 1945 resulted in upward in approximately KJ or ot orman's I mans man's nearly nearl old-age old assistance I cases as of or that Chat date Since Ince then ae- ae aeI cane cUne in caseload has bas continued and In InJune InJune June dune the number cl ct 1 recipients had drop drop- dropped dropped ped tenths four-tenths ot of one per cent The paid as old-age old assist assist- assistance assistance ance in June dune la-ib la represented o-J o per percent peren fens cent en 01 or a total 01 y III 2 2 lI au issued 11 recipients ent during me tae month monin under au an po- po grains The number of persons perl ons lor for whom age old assistance grants grams were made J. J i e e. e recipients and ana their depend depend- dependent ent ens comprised onlY omy Oo per cent cen vi or the total tot l number ol at persons on the public l rolls s ol or sin ala to dependent children ch totaled 19 67 67 19 19 per pet cent 01 of an au payments covering M its per cent 01 of the total persons y- y received B 8 6 per cent of all payments covering 7 per cent of or the total number or of persons The remaining t s per cent of payments was lor tor aid std to w totne tao aid Md to roster loster care indigents In m institutions aid to transi transi- transients ens sight conservation and Payments for the month of June 1945 exceeded by 19 13 the expenditures For lor similar purposes in June last test year year year-an an increase or 2 28 8 per cent even cent even though too number of or cases receiving SUCh pay pay- payment ment went decreased 0 06 6 per cent or Of o 95 cases Decreases in caseload were recorded lor For age ota assistance assistance aid ald to depend- depend I 29 29 9 aid ald to the bind bind 2 2 aid 10 to 49 49 and aid ald to 20 O. O Increases in caseload among the other programs ranged from in indigents In institutions to 2 m JD burials Assistance payments under each pro pro- program program program gram in June 1945 with June 1944 payments in parenthesis were as fol fol- follows fol- fol follows lows Old-age Old assistance aid to dependent children children- aid to the bind bind bind- 49 10 aid to aid to 1042 2455 transient aid aid ald sight conservation 2918 conservation 2918 2416 2 2416 2416 and burials burials 1595 1200 |