Show 35 CASES REVIEW PUBLIC A assistance A total of 35 cases received public r assistance amounting to 1517 in rich county in july 1941 1944 mrs mary H rex director of the rich county department of public welfare reported today both the number of cases and amount paid represented decreases from the previous month cases dropped 28 percent and payments decreased 17 47 percent of the 1517 issued recipients in rich county in july mrs rex said percent was for or old age assistance percent for dependent children 57 percent for ables on general relief and 40 percent for indigents indi gents in institutions meanwhile for the fourth consecutive month this year public assistance payments in all counties combined showed a net decrease from the previous month according to a report released today by T david hettig director of research and statistics for the state department of public welfare payments to recipients under all categories of assistance in july totaled and amount or 21 percent lower than the years high of paid in march july payments benefited cases a slight increase from the previous month but a decrease of nearly cases from july last year compared to the peak caseload case load month of september 1939 the number receiving public asso assistance istance in july this year showed a net reduction of casesa cases a decrease of nearly one third the coming of war industries to utah caused sharp changes in the character of public assistance in the state mr air hettig pointed out in the report the changes are manifest hanife dt not alone in the substantially reduced caseload case load but quite as significantly in the composition of the assistance load in 1939 1999 27 percent of the caseload case load consisted of people in families classed as employable peaola who were well able to earn their ow ri reliving living nl iving if they only had jobs there were upwards of such people dependent on public assistance today bat adt one half of one percent of the case casc lad iad i ad is made up of amplo kes ables and their families during the five year period of war industrial expansion expanse n the e employable caseload case load in utah hot ha decreased reas sed 39 09 percent from to 45 fan alies employment Employ merit opportunities which developed during the past five years under wartime war time conditions removed from the public assistance caseload case load not only 99 percent of the so called employ ables but also a substantial numbs of recipients ordinarily considered unemployable between september ep 1939 and july 1944 the old age assistance caseload case load declined over 00 aid to dependent chil continued Con tinned on last page 35 CASES REVIEW PUBLIC assistance continued arom from page one dren 1100 1400 aid to the mind blind 80 ubern plo on general relief 1600 the number of cases receiving pub assistance and total payments to these cases under the various programs are given below comparable figures tor for july a year ago are shown in par thesis old age assistance recipients recipients aid to children 1859 families 1974 1971 far families nilles aid to the blind recipients recipients ables 1405 cases 1621 cases ein cm ploy ables 45 cases 1709 71 cases 2450 foster care 41 6 children slid 55 children indigents indi gents in institutions persons per sons 2608 transients 15 cases 24 cases case 9 sight co conservation pier persons sons persons 1944 and burials bu rials 16 1584 13 |