r ood Stamp Eligibility
Set For SSI Recipients
WASHINGTON, The L S t
Department of Agriculture t
iL'SDA) last week announced ι
changes In food stamp pro- I
gram regulations extending <
eligibility of-Supplerhe'ntal Se I
curity Income (SSli recipi
ents. and retaining procedures <
for exchanging old series I
stamps for the new series.
The changes bring USDA
regulations into line with re
cent amendments extending
the provisions of Public Law
93-233 through June 30, 1977.
Under this legislation, which
must be extended annually.
SSI recipients are not eligible
for food stamps if they live in a
fMattate t^uit "cashes out" their
LZiood amp benefits. Food
Otstamp benefits are "cashed
out" by increasing SSI pay
ments to include the food
stamp bonus the recipients
would otherwise receive. All
other SSI recipients are eligi
ble without regard to income
or household resources.
Massachusetts is the only
remaining state authorized by
the Department of Health,
Education, and Welfare
(DHEW) to "cash out" food
stamp benefits to SSI recipi
ents. However, federal legis
lation will be amended in th
near future to bring them into
line with DHEW's final deter
mination.
Previously, New York and
Nevada had also been eligible
to "cash out" food stamp
benefits,,but DHEW recently
determined that these states
were no longer qualified. This
means SSI recipients in these
states became eligible to re
ceive food stamps on July 1,
1976, when the DHEW decision
took effect.
To assist SSI recipients in
the states making the transi
tion to the Food Stamp Pro
gram, today's amendments
waive certain food stamp cer
tification procedures. State a
Hearing Set
For Proposed
Shopping Centers
The Charlotte City Count
and Charlotte-Mecklenbu
Planning Commission ha
scheduled a public hearing
proposed shopping centers
be located at the intersec
of Eastway Dr. and N<
Tryon St. and near the ir
section of Tyvola Rd. E>
sion and Interstate 77.
The hearing will be he!
Monday, August 30 at 10
in the Council Chamber a
Hall, 600 East Trade St.
Under new procedures
blished for Conditional
Permits, persons wishi
speak must REGISTE
WRITING with the Off
the City Clerk at City
prior to the opening ο
hearing. Such registr
shall state: a) The per
name and address, b>
name of any represent;
who will appear on the
son's behalf; c) the pet
on which the person desin
be heard; d> whether
person opposes or favors
petition; and e) if the pe·
has no representative, ν
ther the person desires
cross-examine adverse
nesses.
Persons with questi
about the new hearing pr
dures should contact the
fice of the City Attorne;
City Hall. 374-2254
encies will be given the op
lon to waive the interview
equirement tor certain
louseholds containing SSI rec
ipients. and use an abhrevia
ed application term
In addition to thy regulation
•hanges concernSSI eligi
)ility.toda> s amendments al
io extend indefinitely proce
iures for exchanging old se
■ies food stamps ι in 50-cent,
ί-dollar, and Λ-dollar denomi
îations) for new series il-dol
ar. 5-dollar and ln-dollar)
stamps.
When the new stamp series
was-introduced in March 1975,
L'SDA anticipated that all ex
changes could be completed
by June 3D. 1976. However,
since requests for exchanges
are still being received, the
June lit) deadline is being
removed and exchange proce
dures left in effect for as long
as they are needed
These amended regulations
are scheduled to appear as a
final rulemaking in the Fede
ral Register of August 17. 1976.
The amendments are being
issued in final form because of
the need for speedy implemen
tation of all provisions. How
ever. public comments will be
considered, and revisions in
the amendments made where
necessary and appropriate.
Written comments, sugges
tions or objections should be
submitted to Mrs. Nancy M.
Snyder, Director. Food Stamp
Division. Food and Nutrition
Service. U.S. Department of
Agriculture. Washington, D C.
20250, no later than September
16, 1976.
I
Mrs. Mary Reich, center, was honored on her
90th birthday. Wednesday, August 18. Her son
Willie Reich, left, of 520 Sparrow Street gave"
a party His uncle. Luther Stratford, right, of
Columbus, Ohio, celebrated this 83rd birthday
at the party. Guests attending the party
.
included the Rev. Paul Drumond, his child
ren. Mrs. Mary Kiser of Winston-Salem, a
lifelong 94-year-old friend of Mrs. Reich, alsi·
attended She was accompanied by two
neices.
USD A Amends Breakfast Program
WASHINGTON. Residential
child care institutions are now
eligible for participation in the
School Breakfast Program un
der regulations announced to
day by the U.S. Department of
Agriculture.
The eligible institutions are
public or licensed nonprofit
private residential child care
centers, such as homes for the
mentally retarded, orphan
ages, temporary sneiters lor
abused and runaway children,
juvenile detention centers,
and others. Previously, only
public or nonprofit private
schools were eligible.
The amendments announc
ed today also make it possible
for state agencies, other than
state educational agencies, to
administer the breakfast pro
gram in residential child care
institutions.
The changes were the result
of child nutrition legislation
passed last October (P L. 94
105). Proposed amendments
were published in the Federal
Register of February 17, and
the public was invited to com
ment. All comments received
were considered and several
regulations were changed in
light of these comments.
Happiness Through Health
Encephalitis Claims 25 Live8
By Otto McClarrin
State Health Department ot
ficials confirmed in July thai
the season's first two cases 01
deadly St. Louis encephalitis
were found in Mississippi and
an additional seven more sus
pected cases were under in
vestigation.
The disease, transmitted
from birds to humans t<s
mosquitoes, claimed 23 li\t>
during a summer-long epuli
mic in Mississippi last year
Last year's outbreak in \u
rious sections of the counti >
was the worst on record, and
the 95 deaths and thousands of
cases caused considerable pa
nic. The disease is particular
ly nasty because its victims
can go into convulsions or a
coma, and as many as in
percent of those who recover
suffer permanent disability,
ranging from brain damage to
paralysis.
ou. iuuay. Mississippi is
spraying the worst of its mos
quito breeding areas. Illinois
is trapping birds and testing
their blood. And health offi
cials in a number of states are
crawling through sewers or
wading into stagnant ponds to
capture female mosquitoes in
their breeding grounds.
1900 Cases Last Year .
All of this activity is some
thing new in the annals of
public health: For the first
time there is a concerted
effort to try to prèvent another
outbreak of the vicious mos
quito-transmitted disease. St.
Louis encephalitis always ar
rives without warning, leaves
a trail of misery, and then
disappears for a number ol
years.
Last year the Center for
Disease Control (CDC) recor
ded more than 1,900 «Ve* ,n
about 20 communities around
the country. Because the di
sease often mimics tbe syigp
toms of other
estimated that there may an
ually have been 200 or 3υ*>
times that number of cases
The deaths were concentrated
ία Uliptys, Mississippi. Indi
ana Ohio.
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