Facts About The
Welfare Department
(Thii b I hi fourth in series
of article! on public welfare in
Hoke County. The wound and
third articles explained two of
the three monthly financial aid
programs administered by the
Hoke County Department of
Public Welfare - Aid to the
Aged and Aid to the Disabled.
Today's article will present
the facts about the third
monthly financial aid program
- Aid to Families with
Dependent Children.)
The financial Aid to
Families with Dependent
Children program is a program
designed by Congress to assist
needy children. However, it
would be of little service to
help the children and let the
parent be without subsistence.
Therefore, in these cases one
adult family membei normally
is included in the monthly
grant.
It is a program to help only
needy children who have been
deprived of parentul care and
support because of death,
physical or mental incapacity,
or continued absence from the
home of one or both parents
either natural or adoptive.
There is no program of
financial assistance in North
Carolina for families where
there are two able bodied
parents. Some states do have
an optional program to allow
assistance where both the
father and mother are in the
home but unemployed. This
State has not chosen to
implement this program. The
vast majority of these cases
involve a mother and her
children. In some cases a
grandmother or other relative
has assumed the responsibility
for providing parental care and
support for the children and
would be eligible under these
circumstances.
This program like the two
other financial aid programs is
a Federal program which is
financed with approximately
70 percent Federal funds. The
remainder is appropriated from
State and county funds.
There are eligibility
requirements other than the
need for support due to being
deprived of parental care by
one or both parents. The child
must be under 1 8 years of age
or between 18 and 21 years
and attending school. If the
child is between 16 and 18
years of age, he must be
.enrolled and regularly
attending school. If he is not in
school and is mentally and
physically able to work, he
must be employed if a job is
available.
The parent must be
registered for employment and
accept a bona fide job oiler
unless she is mentally or
physically unable to work,
needed in the home for
continuous care of the
children, or there is no gainful
employment available. In cases
where a parent abandoned the
children, the applicant must
agree to institute criminal
non-sui f,on action against the
deserting parent or parents.
When families apply for this
assistance at the Hoke County
Welfare Department, a welfare
worker will help prepare a
budget for them using the
standard budget allowances
established by the State Board
of Public Welfare. Local
welfare departments cannot
allow amounts above these
maximum allowances. The
budget allowances for basic
necessities ol living arc on a
scale that reduces the amount
allowed per person as the
number in the family increases.
The maximum monthly
allowance for one person is
$35.50 for necessities which
include food, clothing,
medicine chest supplies,
household supplies, household
equipment, and personal
expenses. For a family of four
the, total allowance for these
items would be $90.00 and for
a family of seven $123.50. The
food allowance included in this
amount for a family of four
averages 19 cents per meal per
person.
The actual cost of rent or
home ownership and all
utilities is allowed up to a
maximum of $60.00 per
month. An amount up to
$10.00 per month for
incidental medical expense is
allowed. Certain school
allowances are allowed such as
$3.50 a month for each child
attending public school and the
actual cost of special school
fees.
This means the approximate
maximum allowance a mother
and three children could
receive per month would be
$170.50. If they have any
other income, most of it is
deducted from this amount
and if their income is more
than this amount, they would
be ineligible.
These budget allowances
have increased very little since
1952. The State Board of
Public Welfare, realizing that
they are inadequate, has
requested funds to raise the
basic necessities 20 percent and
the shelter and utilities from
$60.00 lo $65.00 per month.
Each person receiving Aid to
Families with Dependent
Children is also provided with
medical care. The family is
given an identification card and
this entitles them to inpatient
and outpatient hospital care,
physicians fees, and
prescription drugs. They must
pay the first $1.00 cost of each
prescription drug.
Periodic reviews by the local
welfare staff are conducted to
determine if recipients of this
service arc still eligible. They
have I he responsibility of
reporting any change on a
sample of cases by staff of the
Stale Welfare Department. Last
year less than one percent of
these cases were found
ineligible.
At present there are 425
people, or 84 families,
receiving monthly Aid to
Families with Dependent
Children in Hoke County. The
average monthly payment per
person is $22.50. There were
106,727 persons in the State
receiving this assistance the
past fiscal year.
The extent to which AFDC
is a program caring for
illegitimate children is
commonly exaggerated. The
great majority of illegitimate
children born in North
Carolina do not receive this
kind of assistance. Over the
past 18 years, 183,248
illegitimate children have been
born in this State; of this
number, only 15 ,400
(approximately 8.4 percent)
are currently receiving AFDC.
Another common
misconception is that once a
woman becomes a recipient of
AFDC, she continues to have
children in order to get
additional welfare benefits.
Stale statistics indicate that
only 3.4 percent of the
children currently receiving
AFDC were born after the
mother became eligible for
assistance. Moreover, a mother
with two or three small
children who has another child
receives only pennies a day
because of the additional child.
Any applicant or recipient
who feels that the local welfare
department has acted
improperly in regard to a
decision made on his case may
appeal lo the Slate Board of
Allotments and Appeal. If he is
not satisfied with this board's
decision, he may take his case
lo Superior court for judicial
review.
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SENIOR CITIZENS' Golden Age Club of Cameron Heights. Some of the members are shown here at a meeting last Tuesday
morning where The Beauty of Flowers provided both the topic and the decor of the get- together. Group coordinator Kale Blue
Covington, at the far left, served refreshments. The club meets once every month for singing, socializing, and the discussion of
inspiruoonui topics.
On May 28th the Racford
Jaycees were hosts for the
Jaycee Area Leadership
.workshop. Those clubs
participating in this workshop
were: Fayctteville, Cape Fear,
Raeford, Red Springs.
Stedman, St. Pauls, and
Jaycees Hold Workshop Here
Piesidcnl, fmm Siedman.
THE NEWS-JOURNAL RAEFORD, NORTH CAROLINA
THURSDAY. JUNE 5, 1969 PAGE 3
Post-Korean GI
Bill Anniversary
The thiid anniversary of I lie
Post-Korean G. I. Bill
Education and Training
program will be June I.
"During the pjst llirec years
more than I.I4N.OO0 veterans
and 8 .1,000 servicemen
nationwide entered training
under this program." W. R.
Phillips, Manager ol I he
Winst on-Salcm Veterans
Administration Regional
Office, jid.
In North Carolina, more
than 1 4,685 veterans and
I ,8tiO servicemen entered
training during the past three
years.
To be eligible for
Post -Km cjii GI Bill education
and training assistance from
the VA. a veteran must have
had at least IX I das of
service, part of which was after
January 31. 1955, and not
have received a dishonorable
discharge. Phillips said.
lie urged all veterans
interested in Post-Korean GI
Bill education and training to
contact the Winston-Salem VA
Regional Office. He reminded
Post-Korean and Viet Nam era
veterans in North Carolina that
they must complete their
training by May 31, 1974, or
eight years after separation
from service, whichever is later.
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Eliza bethtown.
The guest speaker was Jim
Ollis, slale president, from
Laurinburg. Other guests were
Mac Ausbon, National
Director, from Southern Pines,
and Charles Gaincv. Slate Vice
The president said, "It is the
opinion of all concerned that
with the leadership of the
North Carolina Jaycees and our
particular area we can hardly
help having the best Jaycee
year in history."
In President Jim's closing
remarks he admonished the
leaders from Aiea B not be
satisfied with anything less
than success, and lo strive in
every way lo be a winner.
IRS district audit divisions
closed 372.414 claims for
refund in 9(X, resulting in the
taxpayers receiving more than
$225 million repayment of
overpaid ledeial taxes.
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