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Continuing Home Journal Report
Houston County Welfare;
Eligibility Is Question
By; (MRS.) JANE LOFTUS
AFDC Caseworker I
Houston County Depart
ment of Family and
Children Services
There are three main cate
gories of eligible recipients:
those who are over the age of
65 and have an insufficient
income to meet their basic
needs; those who are per-
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manently and totally disabl
ed to work and therefore
cannot support themselves;
and families with dependent
children (usually mother and
children) whose income is
too low to allow them to
function normally without
some type of assistance.
This article is one of a
continuing series of artcles
aimed at informing the in
terested public of the work
ings of the Department of
Family and Children Serv
ices and will deal with the
latter of the three types of
assistance, Aid to Families
with Dependent Children,
In order to receive assist
ance (welfare), an applicant
must be determined eligible
by a caseworker using basic
points of eligibility.
Rather than enumerating
these points of eligibility,
let’s take an example to ill
ustrate them. Let’s say that
Mrs. Smith, mother with
three children, aged three,
six and ten years has made
an application for assistance.
First of all, her children
must be under the age of
eighteen to be considered
dependent and be in school,
if they are old enough to be
of school age. These child
ren must be living with their
mother, deprived of parental
support and be in need. The
caseworker makes a home
visit to see that the children
are living in the home and
then works a budget to de
termine if there is a finan
“cial need.
Mrs. Smith’s husband left
her over a year ago and she
has not heard from him
since. She is working for
three days a week at six
dollars a day making her
total monthly income only
seventy-two dollars. Contra
ry to popular belief of those
not familiar with welfare, a
mother whose youngest child
is three years of age or older
must be working in order
to be eligible if child care
is available. As a matter of
fact, a mother could be work
ing full time and making
much more and still be eli
gible. Because of state and
federal rules encouraging
the AFDC mother to work,
caseworkers arc allowed to
exempt a large amount of
her earned income. Every
case is treated individually,
but at the same time is gov
erned by the same rules.
Mrs. Smith’s rent is thirty
dollars a month so that
leaves her $42 to buy food
and clothing for her family,
pay utility and medical bills
and pay someone to keep her
pre-school child while she is
working. Impossible, you
say? Well, breathe easy. Mrs.
Smith will probably be ap
proved for a welfare check,
but welfare is not a “profit
able business” as many peo
ple seem to think. The max
imum check that Mrs. Smith
can receive is only one hun
dred and thirty-three dol
lars per month with the add
ed benefit of Medicaid cov
erage!
After approval, the Smith
family will be visited every
three months by a casework
er to whom the case has
been assigned. On these reg
ular visits it is the case
worker’s responsibility to re
check the recipient’s eligibi
lity and offer any services
that the community offers
to help this family function
easier such as low-cost hous
ing, foodstamps, job training
classes and placement pro
grams to enable the recip
ient to become more self
sufficient eventually, Voca
tional Rehabilitation, which
pays for medical or psychia
tric treatments if needed, to
enable a temporarily unem
ployed recipient to go back
to work and many other ser
vices.
In conclusion, the Aid to
Families with Dependent
Children portion of the wel
fare system is a very vital
and needed part in that it
is concerned with bettering
the environment and easing
the way for dependent chil
dren to grow in physique
and intellect to be among
the best of tomorrow’s citi
zens rather than tomorrow’s
dropouts.
Next week this series of
articles will explore another
portion of the Department
of Family and Children Ser
vices. Be sure and witch for
it.
Humane
Society
News
The American Humane
Association ia a national feder
ation of more than 900 U. S.
humane organizations, one of
which is the Humane Society
of Warner Robins and Houston
County, Inc. The anti-cruelty
movement dates from 1822,
when the first legislation for
the protection of animals was
passed by the British Parlia
ment. Societies are now
established throughout the
United States, Canada, Europe,
South Africa and Australia.
The societies are non-profit
organizations receiving their
support from contributions. In
addition to the monetary sup
port, volunteer work and dona
tions in the form of equipment
and facilities are required for
the societies to function.
The Humane Society of
Warner Robins and Houston
County wants to thunk everyone
for their support up to this time.
The Society has now acquired
property from the City of
Warner Robins on which to
build a shelter. Your continued
support will be greatly appreci
ated.
You may contact the society
by writing to P.O. Box 239 in
Warner Robins or by calling Mrs.
Edith Ward on weekdays during
the hours of 10 to 11:30 a.m.
and 2 to 4 p.m., at her home at
102 Barbara Drive.
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