Show I Assistance i Payments for August 1 Public assistance payments totaling for August 1945 was authorized by the Summit County Board of Public Welfare J. J T. T Cunningham Director ol ox 0 tho the County Department of or Public Welfare Welfare Wel Wet fare reported These payments benefited needy Individuals and fatuities families In inthe tho the county August payments represent sent a n decrease of or from July and the number of or cases decreased one Of the total Mr Cunningham said or percent was Issued cases under old-age old assistance 2012 or oz percent was as paid 26 28 families with dependent pendent d children or 15 percent was vas for tor four aid to the blind cases 05 0 o percent was for the care of ot 22 i cases Classified Cl as unemployable or ox was for seven dependent and negated n children and aunt 60 eO or 06 percent war wIs for the care of or three adults In In In- assistance payments totaling 73 oo were made to different households hOJ In Utah in August 1945 19 ac nc- according I cording to a report released today by r the Pubic Welfare Commission This I amount represented a decrease of 2100 I from the previous month and the case caseS caseload caseload load was wa 60 smaller Compared to pay pay- payments ments meats In itt August last year however the tiu total had Increased while the th caseload had decreased While Whilo payments of old-age old assistance foster care and aunt aid to transients In- In InCreased InCreased In Creased other public assistance costs were vere lower last month than they were a i year ago The rise In old-age old assistance alone alono resulting from Increases increase In Individual payments under a 1945 5 amendment to the old-age old assistance law las r was was higher than the net Increase for fo r rall all programs combined The number of 0 1 recipients of ot old-age old assistance how how- however however however ever declined over the year Foster Paste r care payments reached a a. new high or ot 0 rz z In August 2260 higher than that 11 such payments In the corresponding I month last year ear The number of benefiting through public aid in foster roster homes totaled 38 higher in 1945 19 Aid Ald to transients Increased Decreases In payments under other programs partially offset oset the rise In old old- age assistance foster care and aid to transients Payments of or aid to depend depend- dependent ent children decreased from last year and the number of families drop drop- dropped dropped ped 56 Aid to the tile blind was lower and the caseload c declined by five Aid Ald to was down and the number of cases dropped 61 Aid to decreased and cases 20 Payment of or boarding care for indigents In Institutions totaled lower but the number of ot cases increased 28 Both expenditures and cases under the sight conservation program decreased and cases respectively Likewise burials dec dad l eased both In cost co t and num mini number ber bet payments dropping and the number decreasing by five f |