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, . f A $4 -million increase in wel-
benefits to Georgia’s 155,-
330 needy aged, blind or dis-
W«<l adults effective July 1
lias been announced by Jim Pa
rham, Deputy Commissioner of
the Georgia Department of Hu
man Resources.
“in a year when many states
were deliberately reducing gr
ants to the needy, Georgia's
General Assembly appropriated
million to be matched with
federal funds to help the aged,
blind and disabled make ends
meet on a limited welfare
check a next to impossible
task in the face of a constant
inflation in living costs,” Par
ham said.
Beginning with their July wel
fare check aged, blind and dis
abled persons receiving less
than the current maximum all
owance will receive increases
ranging from $1 to $6 per month.
This Increase helps to restore
partially the reductions suf
fered by some recipients when
required federal changes in re
gulations were put into effect
last year. The net effect of
the increase is to raise the
grant level from 87 percent to
>3 percent of the deficit be
tween the recipient’s needs and
tils income.
•‘The General Assembly de
cided to appropriate the in
crease because the Division of
family and Children Services
vas able to demonstrate a de
termined effort to establish
procedures and add programs
that would prevent Ineligible
persons from getting on the
rolls and at the same time
Ulow Georgians who were leg
ally eligible to receive welfare
assistance,” Parham stated.
The Deputy Commissioner
idded, “By following Governor
Jimmy Carter's welfare policy
)f helping the needy help them
* selves through a fiscally sound
welfare program administered
In a fair and equitable way, we
lave been able to substantially
slow welfare roll growth this
fear.” -
Parham reported that Geo
rgia welfare roll growth in Fi
scal 1972 dropped 40 percent
mder the growth in 1971. Growth
>f the Aid to Families with De
tendent Children roll dropped
02 percent. The aged, blind,
or disabled roll growth dropped
*■'39 percent. Both growth rates
-are continuing to show declines.
Dependent children and their
mothers or caretakers were ad
ded to the welfare rolls at an
average monthly net Increase of
3,041 eligible individuals during
Fiscal 1972. In 1971 they were
added at a net increase of
5,227 eligible individuals per
month. If the AFDC roll had
Increased as much in 1972 as in
1971, expenditures would have
been $5,498,000 greater.
Aged, blind and disabled ad
ults have been added to the
rolls during the fiscal year
now ending at a monthly net
Increase of 268 cases. During
Fiscal 1971 a net of 436 ca
ses a month were added. Had
the Aid to Aged, Blind, or Dis
abled rolls increased as much
in Fiscal Year 1972 as they
did in Fiscal Year 1971, expen
ditures would have been $1,211,-
000 greater.
The former welfare chief ad
ded that the slowdown and le
veling off of welfare roll gro
wth has had the fringe benefit
of reducing the number of peo
ple eligible for Medicaid since
Bickerstaff
On South
Dean’s List
Sewanee,' Tenn—Charles Al- I
Bickerstaff, Jr., son of I
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Bl- I
ckerstaff, Route 4, Cumming, I
appeared on the second-sem- I
ester Dean’s List at the Uni- I
verslty of the South, an honor I
that requires grades of B or I
better and a point average of at I
least 3.62.
The univeisity is owned by I
24 southern dioceses of the I
Episcopal Church. There are I
about 900 students in its coll- I
ege of arts and sciences, which I
released the list. Known as Se- I
wanee after the Tennessee to- I
wn where it is located, it has I
ranked among the best of the I
nation’s small colleges in a
number of Independent surveys.
The university also Includes a
school of theology and a prep
school, Sewanee Academy.
Georgians Now Getting $4 Million Increase In Welfare Benefits
only welfare recipients qualify
for Medicaid benefits. About sls
million less than anticipated
was needed to carry out the
Medicaid program during Fis
cal 1972, and State funds for
public assistance were reduced
$4,150,000. The increases nec
essary for Fiscal 1973 were the
lowest in the last five years.
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Parham listed welfare pro
gram changes contributing to
the decline of welfare roll gr
owth:
The Division has established
eligibility and verification pro
cedures to keep ineligible per
sons off the rolls and to keep
overpayments at a minimum.
The Quality Control Unit con
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CLEANER - 49*
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tinues to check on a statewide
basis a random sample of ca
ses to determine and uphold the
accuracy of eligibility de
cision. Training workshops
to nelp county caseworkers re
duce error rates were held in
every area of the State.
Full verification of Income is
now required of all AFDC ca-
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ses. Complicated regulations
on shelter expense allowances
have been simplified to save
time and reduce errors.
The Division has streng
thened family planning acti
vities, has expanded child care
resources, is exploring possi
bilities for foster home care
for the aged who do not need
FRYER QUARTERS
BREASTS LEGS I_39*
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PORK CHOPS 1_51.09
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specialized nursing home care,
and has Increased rehabilitation
and social services to help
many recipients become self
supporting.
The Division is now forming
a Child Support Recovery Sec
tion to collect support payments
from absent parents of depen
dent children receiving public
IrDUFFEY'S QUAIL BRANtfi
[ SAUSAGE
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THE WTTTH COUNTY NEWS-JULY 20.1972-
assistance. The Division estim
ates that the additional support
payments may reduce AFDC
grants several million dollars
per year when the program is
fully implemented. The pro
gram for improving the coll
ection and enforcement of ch
ild support payments is now
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being tested in Fulton County
and is expected to net $50,000
in the reduction of AFDC gr
ants in Fulton alone within the
next six months.
According to Parham, latest
figures show (hat 633,478 Geor
gians are receiving cash or food
assistance monthly or one
out of seven Georgians.
CALIF. RED
PLUMS
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