Show Family Services Needs More Funds Evan E. Bountiful director of the Division of Family Services will ask Uie Legislature for million to operate the Division during fiscal 1972 and THE funds represent roughly million in state and million in federal Jones wants to use part of the million to raise the present welfare recipient grant to 75 percent of what is called the Utah Standard IN SHORT this means he wants to provide 75 percent of the funds required to meet daily human as established by the Bureau of Labor Statistic Study and the Bureau of Research and The Standard Budget was developed for Utah based on the cost of personal household and rent or home The monthly cost-of-living as calculated in for a family of four in Utah is A family of four may now receive three two and one person These figures are 70 percent of the Standard THE FUNDS requested by if approved by the will allow a family of four who qualifies for to receive per or 75 percent of the Standard A family of three would be eligible to receive two and one t This would represent a 51 percent increase from the present 70 percent of the Standard Budget paid by the Division of Family JONES feels that the funds requested are essential if the people of the State are to have a successful assistance program stating that only after a human being has his basic needs can he turn his full efforts to becoming a productive member of In addition to raising the assistance Jones will require more staff to handle the projected percent caseload Since 1967 the number of welfare recipients has increased in Utah from to or 51 the number of employees has increased from to or only 7 j JONES indicates that as the number of recipients j increase and the number of i staff remain the j ity of service diminishes as does the ability of the Department to accomplish its required Jones said in addition to the million needed to run the he will need an additional million to operate the Utah State Training School at American and million to run the Utah State Industrial School in yon hit the over that new regulation perhaps better reinforce the roof before reading this |