Official report for the fiscal year July 1, 1938 to June 30, 1939

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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
Georgia Department
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Public Welfare
OFFICIAL REPORT For The
Fiscal Year July i 1938 to June 30 1939

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STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE OF GEORGIA
DIRECTOR
Braswell Deen
STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Arthur Lucas Atlanta Chairman J Hallman Bell Richland Dr Lloyd Lott Hoschton
A T Minchew Pearson Frank W Spencer Savannah Dr J R Wilson Thomson Braswell Deen Director
Succeeded Dr J S Golden
Jasper Aug 14 1939
DIVISION DIRECTORS
Miss Lucille Wilson Public Assistance Division Dr Martin T Myers Crippled Children Division Henry B Mays Jr
Child Welfare Division Frank C Shirley Commodity Distribution Division Dr C J Wellborn Division of Institutions Charles A Doolittle Division of Accounts and Finance M Hardin Mitchell Division of Research and Statistics
TABLE OF CONTENTS
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
PART I Public Assistance Division
PART Hi Division of Research and Statistics
PART III Crippled Children Division
PART IV Surplus Commodity Distribution Division
PART V Child Welfare Division
PART VI Division of Institutions Section I State Eleemosynary Institutions Section II Adult Services
PART VII
Division of Accounts and Finance
ANNUAL REPORT
To His Excellency Honorable E D Rivers Governor of State of Georgia Sir
In compliance with provisions of the Reorganization Act of 1937 Section 5 I have the honor to herewith transmit to you the annual report of the operations and administration of the State Department of Public Welfare for the fiscal year July 1 1938 to Tune 30 1939 J
PUBLIC WELFARE ADMINISTRATION
Six legislative acts signed by Governor Rivers on January 25 1937 created the present Department of Public Welfare and properly equipped it with power to carry out its functions
The first of these acts was the Welfare Reorganization measure abolishing the old Board of Control and transferring its powers and duties to the new Department Two others were the necessary constitutional amendment proposals to permit the State and its counties to levy taxes for support of the Social Security system Separate acts were passed for the administration of Old Age Assistance Aid to Dependent Children and Aid to the Blind
A seventh actthat permitting the State Department to administer services for crippled children in conjunction with the Federal programwas passed later at the same session of the General Assembly
With the signing of the Welfare Reorganization Act the old Board of Control of EJeemosynary Institutions was abolished and all of its duties and powers transferred to the new Department of Public Welfare however many of the powers of the old Board were increased by the Act This was especially true of those relating to the regulations and supervision of private institutions for the care of children supervision of child placing supervision of probation and parole system and other special services which had been operated through the old Department of Public Welfare as a branch of the Board of Control
To these old duties transferred from the other agencies were added many new ones for the Department Primarily it was charged with setting up a statewide organization which would make possible in the State the operation of Social Security benefits under the Federal law and of carrying into every county all types of special assistance welfare work and social service
The organization of the new Department was based to a large extent on requirements which had to be met by the State in order to receive the Federal Social Security funds for aid to the aged to the blind to dependent children and to other special groups
It was essential that a State agency be created with sufficient authority to deal for the entire State with Federal agencies having funds available since the Federal agencies were prohibited from dealing directly with the counties It was essential too under Federal rules and regulations that the services offered to any part of the State should be available equally in every county
For this reason the Welfare Reorganization Act made it mandatory that each county organize and operate a County Welfare Department The Department for each county was to consist of a board of five members a director and such other personnel as was necessary to the functioning of the Department
The appointment of the county boards was vested in each countys constituted fiscal or financial agent thus placing the power with the county commissions in those counties operating under the commission system and with ordinaries in those counties operating under the system whereby the ordinary is ex officio the county commissioner
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The selection of county welfare directors was vested in these County Welfare Boards the selections being subject to review of the State Department for the purpose of enforcing minimum requirements as to training and experience of the county directors Additional personnel selected by the County Boards was also made subject to this same review by the State Department
The County Director serves as the executive and administrative officer of the County Welfare Department being directly responsible to the County Board The Board is charged with passing upon all recommendations of the Director for distribution of Social Security funds and must approve each award made for Old Age Assistance Aid to the Blind and Aid to Dependent Children The Board also governs the financial affairs of the Department receiving its funds and appropriations from the county and refunds by the State Department
Under the plan of organization and operation the County Departments occupy positions of control over recipients of virtually all forms of special general and emergency relief carrying out their functions under the general policies and regulations established by the State Department
The State Department was so organized as to function primarily through the Director appointed by the Governor with Senate confirmation for a period of two years In addition a State Public Welfare Board of six members was created to serve as an advisory and policy forming board advising with the Director regarding the adoption of all policies rules and regulations for the Department
The Board was also empowered in consultation with the Director to fix minimum standards of service and personnel and to formulate salary schedules for the classified service based upon training experience and general ability of persons selected for positions in the State Department and County Departments of Public Welfare
The Welfare Act designated the Director as the executive and administrative officer of the Department and all functions of the Department are dependent upon him under a system of centralized control of operations and in order to carry out its functions the Department was organized with two principal problems in mind setting up the most efficient possible organization to procure the best results from operations and compliance with Federal requirements incident to the receipt of special funds for assistance to the aged to the blind and to dependent children and special funds for child welfare crippled children and other services
The Department is now operating with seven divisions each of the divisions being in charge of a director responsible directly to the State Director in all matters The Divisions are Public Assistance Child Welfare Crippled Children Surplus Commodity Distribution State Institutions Research and Statistics and Accounts and Finance
Due to the fact that the Department was instructed under the law to supervise all County Departments it was found necessary to establish district offices throughout the State for close contapt and rapid communication between the County Departments and a representative of the State Department The district officers who function under divisions of the State Department serve as the liason between the State and County Departments and likewise assist the County Departments in all matters of relief and welfare administration in the interest of efficient operation
The modernization of welfare administration was thorough and complete and answered the States crying need for more attention to general social problems and to the specific problem of individuals who had met distress The extended welfare service reached every community and the availability of these services to any county was no longer dependent alone upon the ability of that county to provide all its funds
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RELIEF PROGRAMS TOTAL BENEFITS
The State Department of Public Welfare supervises all forms of relief both emergency and Peranent The Department supervises and controls the public assistance program of Aid to the Needy Aged Aid to the Blind and Aid to Dependent Children and a Crippled Children s program It also directs certification of applicants for Works Progress Admin
La i v frAeinroIlmentin the Civilian Conservation Corps for assistance under the National Youth Administration for general relief and for surplus commodities
Th0SStepartment f Public WeIfare administered directly and indirectly more June 308193900 1D t0 Georgians durinS the fiscal year July 1 1938 to
dstributed in direct services 345440200 in Old Age Assistance 151451 50 in Aid to the Blind and 110969650 in Aid to Dependent Childrenthree forms of Social Security also disbursed 16266325 under its medical program for Aid to Crippled Children
Txr6 mdlrect service was in statewide supervision of certification of applicants
for Works Progress Administration assignment under the Federal works relief program which brought 2484503600 into the State in wage payments alone
Payments to the families of young men enrolled in the Civilian Conservation Corps on certification of the County Departments under the general direction of the State Department amounted to 206787900 likewise National Youth Administration expenditures giving assistance to students and other young people amounted to 90642608 and surplus commodities distributed on similar certifications were valued at 508882654
expenditure of generaI relief funds provided entirely by the counties was supervised by the Department and added 50869216 to the funds over which the Department has indirect control
In June 1939 the various forms of assistance reached families and individuals as follows
Old Age 22245 individuals
Aid to Dependent Children10163 individuals
Aid to the Blind 988 individuaIs
Surplus Commodities 83007 families
WPA 52420 family heads
7043 families
A 4177 individuals
General Relief 5939 famiiies
SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS
The three types of Social Security benefits started in Georgia July 1 1937Aid to the Needy Aged to the Needy Blind and to Dependent Children for which the State the Federal Government and the counties share the financial responsibility
From first social security payments in July 1937 to 6370 beneficiaries the State Department of Public Welfare increased the rolls to include 50361 persons in April 1939 representing the peak load prior to reduction due to lack of State funds In June 1939 the rolls included 33396 persons at an average allowance of 800 per person
The first month of operation of the programs of Aid to the Needy Aged to the Needy Blind and to Dependent Children saw an expenditure of 6624012 in benefits while the
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payments in April 1939 totalled 42485100 In June 1939 total payments amounted to 26689200
Although it was necessary to make a drastic cut in the rolls effective with the month of May 1939 due to lack of state funds the total expenditures for the past fiscal year to the Needy Aged Needy Blind and Dependent Children amounted to 471555000 as against total expenditures for the fiscal year ended June 30 1938 of 324057772 The amount contributed for the fiscal year 193839 by each participating agency toward total benefits paid was as follows
State Funds 207165523
Federal Funds 217233977
County Funds 47155500
The appropriation for Social Security purposes to the Department by the General Assembly was 315000000 for the year but only 56 of this amount was made available to the Department due to state revenues not attaining the anticipated amount for payment of all appropriations
At the beginning of the past fiscal year an estimate was made of available State funds for the year including surplus funds on June 30 1938 and an increased monthly allotment for benefits was made effective beginning with the month of July 1938 however in the second quarter of the fiscal year the amount available from the current year appropriation was reduced to a 55 basis and by April 1939 all surplus funds accrued through certain counties not using the maximum monthly allotment for benefits each month were exhausted thereby necessitating a reduction in benefit rolls of approximately 38
The total number of suspensions was 15831 cases affecting 17487 persons in the total amount of 13653750 In addition to the suspensions 9268 cases were reduced in the total amount of 2245000 making a total reduction in the benefit rolls of 15898750
In establishing a maximum roll for benefits it is necessary that consideration be given at all times to the maximum State funds that will be available from the State appropriation also that a benefit roll is a recurring liability and once established sufficient funds must be forthcoming to liquidate the liability each and every month and this liquidation must be figured on the basis of monthly liabilities for a year in order to avoid periodic reductions in the rolls
The present benefit rolls plus 10 for county administrative expenses and Crippled Children benefits will require State funds equal to 60 of the State appropriation and liquidation of these obligations will exhaust all State funds estimated to be available for the fiscal year 193940 unless State revenues are increased
Continuation of benefit rolls and county administrative expenses based upon allotments to counties prior to the cut in May 1939 would have required total state funds for the year of 285124000 which is equal to 90 of the annual appropriation of 315000000 therefore reinstatement of the suspended cases without consideration of pending applications would practically exhaust the present appropriation even if paid 100
The impossibility of the appropriation meeting the applications for assistance is shown by the fact that 131759 persons have applied for one of the three types of Social Security payments since the inception of the program that 52040 of these have been approved that only 26966 cases were being paid in June 1939 that 15212 cases were in suspension at June 30 and that 55550 applications were pending at the end of the year
Indications are that the permanent Social Security rolls eventually will have to reach between 80000 and 85000 cases Of the total applications of 131759 filed during the
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two years 76209 were disposed of either by approval or rejection The rejected cases were 24169 or 31 of the total disposed of
Should the same percentage continue to be maintained during the disposition of the 55550 pending applications the rolls would be increased to include 80508 cases including reinstatement of the 15212 suspended cases to place Social Security payments in the State on a permanent or regular basis
Benefits of the Social Security system in Georgia went to the greatest extent into the
rural sections of the state during the two years of operations for all types of assistance
Aid to the Aged to the Blind and to Dependent Children74 of the beneficiaries were rural residents and 26 urban dwellers
The results of the program to date support the contention put forward in the movement leading to its beginning that the rural areas of the State were those being neglected most in attention to the economic needs of individuals It likewise supports efforts for a rehabilitation and improvement of agricultural practices of the State in order to assure to each farmer a better and more adequate income and to assure to others of rural areas a sounder basis for business and commercial practices
It helps to support the contention that there is a too onesided division in the State between agricultural and industrial activity and that the greatest amount of poverty in the State exists in those rural areas where agriculture is practically the sole support of the areas economic existence
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
From first Old Age Assistance payments in June 1937 to 5144 beneficiaries the State Department of Public Welfare increased the rolls to include 36651 persons in April 1939 representing the peak load prior to reduction due to lack of State funds In June 1939 the rolls included 22245 persons at an average allowance of 812 per person
The first month of operation of the program for Old Age Assistance saw an expenditure of 5736819 as against payments in April 1939 totalling 31338500 Payments in June 1939 amounted to 18056250 Total expenditures for Old Age Assistance for the past fiscal year amounted to 345440200 requiring State funds of 138192840 county funds of 34544020 and Federal funds of 172704340 Although it was necessary to reduce the rolls in May 1939 the total expenditures for the past fiscal year were greatly in excess of expenditures of 242792323 for the fiscal year ended June 30 1938
The ratio of participation in Old Age Assistance is State 40 Federal 50 and County 10 The maximum monthly grant is 3000
More than fourfifths of the 131759 applications for Social Security assistance since the inception of the program or 110047 were for Old Age Assistance Of these 44729 were approved 19778 were denied as ineligible or disposed of for other reasons and 45540 were awaiting consideration at the end of the fiscal year June 30 1939 In addition to those awaiting consideration on June 30 1939 14007 approved cases were receiving no assistance due to lack of State funds
AID TO THE BLIND
From first Aid to the Blind payments in July 1937 to 21 beneficiaries the State Department of Public Welfare increased the rolls to include 1258 persons in April 1939 representing the peak load prior to reduction due to lack of state funds In June 1939 the rolls included 988 persons at an average allowance of 1000 per person
The first month of operation of the program for Aid to the Blind saw an expenditure of 29072 as against payments in April 1939 totalling 1348900 Payments in June 1939
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amounted to 987800 Total expenditures for Aid to the Blind for the past fiscal year amounted to 15145150 requiring State funds of 6083135 County funds of 1514515 and Federal funds of 7547500 The total expenditure for the past fiscal year exceeded expenditures of 9844322 for the fiscal year ended June 30 1938 notwithstanding the fact that it was necessary to reduce the rolls in May 1939
The ratio of participation in Aid to the Blind is State 40 Federal 50 and County 10 The maximum monthly grant is 3000
Of the 131759 applications for Social Security assistance since the inception of the program 3257 were for Aid to the Blind Of these 1429 were approved 738 were denied as ineligible or disposed of for other reasons and 1090 were awaiting consideration at the end of the fiscal year June 30 1939 In addition to those awaiting consideration on June 30 1939 267 approved cases were receiving no assistance due to lack of State funds
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
From first Aid to Dependent Children payments in July 1937 serving 1205 children represented by 403 cases the State Department of Public Welfare increased the rolls to serve 12452 children or 4710 cases in April 1939 representing the peak load prior to reduction due to lack of State funds In June 1939 the rolls were serving 10163 children represented by 3733 cases at an average allowance of 752 per child or 2048 per case
The first month of operation of the program for Aid to Dependent Children saw an expenditure of 858121 as against payments in April 1939 totalling 9797700 Payments in June 1939 amounted to 7645150 Total expenditures for Aid to Dependent Children for the past fiscal year amounted to 110969650 requiring State funds of 62889548 county funds of 11096965 and Federal funds of 36983137 The total expenditures for the past fiscal year exceeded expenditures of 71421127 for the fiscal year ended June 30 1938 although it was necessary to reduce the rolls in May 1939
The ratio of participation in Aid to Dependent Children is State 56 Federal 33 and County 10 The maximum monthly grant is 1800 for the first child and 1200 per month for each additional child
Of the 131759 applications for Social Security assistance since the inception of the program 18455 were for Aid to Dependent Children Of these 5882 were approved 3653 were denied as ineligible or disposed of for other reasons and 8920 were awaiting consideration at the end of the fiscal year June 30 1939 The 8920 pending applications represent 21411 children In addition to those awaiting consideration on June 30 1939 938 approved cases 2139 children were receiving no assistance due to lack of State funds
CRIPPLED CHILDREN BENEFITS
The service is not one of financial aid to crippled children and has as its sole purpose the treatment of their ailments in order to restore them to normal or nearnormal conditions Benefits consist of funds disbursed in behalf of crippled children for diagnosis medical and surgical treatment care in hospitals and convalescent homes and appliances Funds are not expended for assistance payments
A given number of children are hospitalized each month in various hospitals throughout the State to be treated under qualified orthopedic surgeons Hospitalization is in recognized hospitals in cities wherein the surgeons are located After treatment in the hospital the child may be either permitted to return home or transported to a convalescent home for further treatments and convalescent care at the request of the surgeon The furnishing of appliances such as braces artificial limbs etc is included as a part of the service
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State funds are provided from the 315000000 appropriation for benefits The ratio of participation is State funds 50 and Federal funds 50
The total number of cases treated new and readmissions was 701 during the fiscal year ended June 30 1939 Of this total 562 were new cases The total number of hospital days for all cases was 14642 total number of days in convalescent homes 10712 and total number of appliances furnished to children 571 Cases were treated from 158 counties of the State
The total expenditures for benefits under this service for the past fiscal year amounted to 16266325 as against 2229201 expended for the fiscal year ended June 30 1938
During the past fiscal year 13 clinics were held throughout the State at which approximately 500 children were examined At the present time there were 1864 crippled children listed on the register and as children are examined 7at clinics or are referred by licensed physicians their cases are considered for registration and future treatment These clinics are held periodically throughout the State so that all sections of the State may have equal opportunity of examination by competent orthopedic surgeons to determine whether or not children can be benefited by treatment
A field nursing corps is maintained whose duties it is to visit each treated child that has either been hospitalized and returned home after the completion of its treatment or sent home for a period of rest prior to further hospitalization and treatment and during the year these nurses made 3618 visits to crippled children
No reduction is planned in crippled childrens services for the fiscal year 193940 and the plan is to treat between 500 and 600 new cases throughout the year There are more than 7000 crippled children in the State by actual record
OTHER FEDERAL BENEFITS WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION
The Works Progress Administration brought into Georgia during the past fiscal year 2882874600 in the largest of the programs providing emergency relief to the unemployed of the State Of the amount expended by the organization 2484503600 went out directly in relief wages while the balance was made up of administrative costs and purchase of materials for the carrying out of various construction projects
The State Department of Public Welfare is responsible for determining the eligibility of persons seeking employment on WPA in accordance with standards of eligibility established by the Works Progress Administration and for referring all such eligible persons to WPA The assignment of workers to projects determination of the type of labor for which they are fitted and other problems of a similar nature are left with the WPA The Works Progress Administration assists the county staffs in handling certifications and during the past fiscal year expended 14469282 for this purpose
Employment on WPA projects showed a steady increase from July through November reaching a peak load of 71372 persons and for the reminder of the fiscal year a gradual decrease until in June the number of persons was 52420
Administration of the WPA program has two major differences from administration of Public Assistance benefits under the Social Security system While the Social Security funds are distributed to the counties of the State on the basis of population the allocation of WPA funds is made on the basis of need to meet employment with the ability of local governmental agencies to support work projects necessarily being taken into consideration The other difference is the determination of the assistance given each applicant With the Social Security system the basis of determination is need of the applicant The WPA on the other hand pays standard security wages
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CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS
The State Department of Public Welfare and the various County Departments cooperate in the selection and enrollment of young men in the Civilian Conservation Corps the welfare organization being the sole agency for establishing the economic needs of the applicants and certifying them as qualified for enrollment
The young men recruited in the Corps are drawn from families of substandard income and the major portion of the 3000 per month remuneration is returned to their families Each CCC member is required to send back to his family at least 2200 per month the payments being made directly to the families
During the year ended June 30 1939 the payments of CCC enrollees to Georgia families amounted to 206787900 with the heaviest monthly payment being 19890400 for 9038 members of the Corps In June 1939 there were 7043 young men in camp
The CCC occupies an important place in the relief plan of the State Efforts are maintained to keep this program coordinated with all others in order to avoid duplications of service and duplications of payments to families It often occurs for instance that in a family in which the head is not physically able to perform WPA work a son will be accepted for CCC service and thus prevents the family from having to depend on general relief which would be more inadequate for the familys needs Providing as it does maintenance for between 7000 and 9000 families in the State the CCCs place in the general welfare program is of great significance
NATIONAL YOUTH ADMINISTRATION
The National Youth Administration gives assistance to students and other young people in another avenue of aid for the needy The State Department of Public Welfare has the responsibility of certifying applicants for NYA aid through the facilities of the County Departments During the past fiscal year payments to young people under this program on certification of the County Departments amounted to 90642608
SURPLUS COMMODITIES
The program of distributing surplus commodities is one of a twofold purpose to aid the farmers by purchase of products they cannot sell in regular channels at profitable prices and to aid the needy by furnishing to them food they cannot purchase with their own means
Certification of recipients for surplus commodities is the responsibility of the various County Departments Distribution of the commodities is the responsibilty of the State Department and the cost is borne by the State Government Federal Government and the Counties
The Works Progress Administration pays for all labor other than supervision including County Commodity Supervisors truck drivers stenographers bookkeepers packers laborers and all clerical and manual workers except supervisory personnel supplied by the State There is a total of approximately 445 WPA workers employed
The counties furnish money for other than labor cost such as truck fuel truck repairs tires meals and lodging for truck drivers cards envelopes repacking supplies such as twine gummed tape bags etc In addition counties are required to furnish their own warehouses
The State Department supplies supervisory personnel supervisory travel and all transportation equipment for intrastate hauling of commodities from carload destinations to counties
The Federal Government furnishes all commodities delivered at carload destination
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points at no cost to the State or local governments and the total value of surplus commodities distributed in Georgia for the year ended June 30 1939 was 508882654 representing the greatest tonnage in surplus commodities of any single year since the inception of the program in September 1933
Statetvide case loads certified by the County Welfare Departments increased sharply during the year reaching a high of 70 larger than the case load at the beginning of the year In July 1938 the certified case load was 55913 reaching a peak in May 1939 of 85584 and in June 1939 the closing month of the past fiscal year the certified case load was 83007 The monthly average number of eligible cases was 73713 and the monthly average number of cases served was 66461 representing a monthly average percent of case load served of 902
GENERAL RELIEF BENEFITS
General relief in Georgia is designed to care for those persons eligible neither for Social Security benefits nor for Federal emergency relieffor those persons between the ages of 16 and 65 who are afflicted diseased or for other physical reasons are unable to take advantage of special types of relief available for normal persons General relief also has served as a backstop for the emergency needs of persons awaiting transfer to other forms of relief
Financial responsibility for general relief rests entirely with local governmental agencies and neither the State nor the Federal governments contribute to the cost either of administration or of benefits Appropriations by County Commissioners and by municipal governments in the larger centers support all general relief activities The State Department exercises no direct control over general relief expenditures and acts only in an advisory capacity
General relief expenditures for the 148 counties contributing to this type of relief for the fiscal year ended June 30 1939 were 50869216 Over half of this amount 27707858 was spent by the Fulton County Welfare Department in the States largest industrial and commercial area
While the accumulative total of all case grants for the 12 months period was 82222 the monthly average number of cases for the period was 6923 Average monthly payment per case was 617 and average monthly payment per person was 241
CONFEDERATE PENSIONS
The Confederate Pension system is supported entirely by income from the State cigar and cigarette tax the revenue from this levy being allocated for this purpose Funds not used for Confederate purposes are transferred to the general treasury of the State for payment of other legislative appropriations Payments to pension recipients are made through ordinaries of the various counties and not through the County Welfare Departments as would have been the case had pensioners been transferred to Social Security rolls
Administration of Confederate pensions was transferred by Legislative Act on April 1 1939 to the new Department of Confederate Pensions and Records
This Department was responsible for administration of the Confederate pension system from July 1 1938 to March 31 1939 and during this period 77477100 was paid to pension recipients representing pension payments for ten months
CHILD WELFARE SERVICES
The Department is charged by law with administering or supervising child welfare services as provided in the child welfare services section of the Social Security Act licensing and supervising private and local public child caring agencies and institutions
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the care of dependent neglected and delinquent children in foster family homes or in institutions the protection of children for adoption or those of illegitimate birth the operation of State institutions for children and coopertion in the supervision of juvenile probation
In order to perform the above duties the work of the Child Welfare Division is divided into the following sections 1 Child Welfare Services 2 Foster Home Care 3 Childrens Institutions and Juvenile Delinquency
The entire State is covered through case work service performed by district consultants and special county child welfare workers and where actual case work is not personally handled by the consultants or county child welfare workers they advise with and interpret methods of care to the county directors of public welfare
During the past fiscal year 3051 children applied for Child Welfare services 2249 of these cases being accepted for service the others being referred to other agencies advisory service given etc These cases on which service was given included such problems as cruelty conduct problems all forms of physical handicaps removal from almshouses and jails need for foster home care illegitimacy poverty and general health problems Poverty and bad home conditions were responsible for 365 of the cases accepted for service
All of the fortyone institutions for dependent and delinquent children are regularly inspected each year and the best possible advisory service is being given them when needed On June 30 1939 approximately 2600 children were under care in the institutions for dependent and delinquent children
The greatest need of the Child Welfare Division at present is for clarification of the adoption and child placing laws so that the best interest of dependent children needing foster care may be safeguarded
INSTITUTIONS AND CORRECTIONS
These services include inspection of county and city jails inspection of county almshouses and county homes for the aged making of home investigations of prisoners for the Board of Penal Corrections and cooperation in developing adult probation
It is encouraging to note the many physical improvements made in county and city jails through the aid of PWA and WPA funds During the past two years 15 counties completed new jails and 14 other counties completely renovated their jails
During the past fiscal year there were 61901 commitments to the county jails of Georgia as compared with 64566 commitments during the previous fiscal year The number of insane persons committed to county jails decreased from 1388 in fiscal year 193738 to 1333 in the past fiscal year With the completion of the long needed building program at the Milledgeville State Hospital both the number of insane persons placed in jails and the length of stay in jails of these unfortunate persons should be greatly reduced All thirty county almshouses were inspected during the past fiscal year Three almshouses were closed during the year and the Department is continuing its plan of encouraging the smaller and inefficient county homes to close in the interest of economy and better conditions of care for aged persons On December 31 1938 there were 740 persons in the remaining thirty county homes and on this date there were only seven children in almshouses compared with twentyfour the previous year
Services for investigating home conditions of prisoners under State Penal System have continued to be given to the Board of Penal Corrections In many instances county welfare directors and child welfare workers have made splendid provisions for these prisoners prior to their release
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STATE ELEEMOSYNARY INSTITUTIONS INSTITUTIONS BUILDING PROGRAM
Through the Acts of the Georgia Legislature of 1937 101088894 W and A rental discount funds and 31382578 Chain Store tax funds or a total of 132471472 has been received by the State Department of Public Welfare for the eleemosynary institutions building program The state funds so appropriated have been used to match PWA and WPA federal funds in carrying out the building program To date the number of projects started at the various state institutions involve a cost of 200011900 State and Federal funds
In addition to the above the department has approved 61538100 in construction and repairs at the institutions and this additional work is in various states of progress Attention is called to the fact that all funds that have been used on the building program have been appropriated by the General Assembly of the State and the Department has not diverted any money from the Public Assistance fund to carry forward construction
The work which has been undertaken contemplates relieving congested situations at each of the institutions Many of the buildings at the eleemosynary institutions were in a terrible state of repair at the time the present administration took over their operation and every effort has been made to place these buildings in a good state of repair in order that the life of the building may be lengthened and that the inmates be given comfortable quarters
At the Milledgeville State Hospital a total of 84322800 has been approved by the Department for buildings and repairs Of this amount 29000000 is being spent on an addition to the Jones Building for the housing of patients A Cold Storage Plant and a warehouse have been constructed at the State Hospital These will be needed when the large housing program undertaken by the State Hospital Authority is completed
The 400000000 building program at the State Hospital being carried forward by the State Hospital Authority was created by the General Assembly of 1939 and is being financed totally by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation under the Public Works Administration No funds from the State Department of Public Welfare nor any appropriation from the State Legislature has gone into the construction of these buildings
The male receiving building is being completely renovated and new water works repairs and additions and electrical lines are being installed
At the School for the Deaf the sum of 40200000 of new construction is under way This includes the primary building girls dormitory the ternclassroom school building and the negro building In addition to the new construction at the School for the Deaf the sum of 19919200 has been approved by the Department for the remodeling of the administration building boiler plant and steam distribution system the boys dormitory the schoolroom building kitchen and dining room and the construction of water and sanitary sewers and electrical work to care for the new building
At the Training School for Girls 15879100 has been approved for construction and repairs and this work is virtually completed This included a new receiving building and repairs to the Felton Sage and Harriett Hawkes Building and installation and extension of water and sewer lines
At the Training School for Boys a total of 77864300 has been approved for new construction and repairs This includes construction of new dormitories school and auditorium dining hall receiving cottage boiler plant and negro building the remodeling of the administration building th negro building and utilities
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At the Academy for the Blind at Macon Georgia 10595600 has been approved for repairs at the white and colored unit and repairs to the negro unit have been completed
At the Training School for Mental Defectives Gracewood Georgia 12769000 has been approved for construction of a fifty bed hospital building and improvements to the waterworks system
STATE ELEEMOSYNARY INSTITUTIONS GENERAL OPERATIONS
In addition to a lack of adequate buildings at the institutions the Department has been faced with another major problem and that is insufficient financial support
The appropriation by the General Assembly of 1937 for support of the seven institutions under this Department was 200000000 for the year but subject to deductions governed by revenue receipts The appropriation did not provide sufficient funds for operations due to state revenues not attaining the anticipated amount for payment of all appropriations and in March 1939 the General Assembly granted a deficiency appropriation of 48399108 Without these additional funds the institutions would have been unable to continue operations except on a limited scale and would have ended the fiscal year with a large deficit
Information concerning the population movement and per capita maintenance cost at each institution is given below
MILLEDGEVILLE STATE HOSPITAL
There were 7243 patients in the institution at the beginning of the past fiscal year July 1 1938 and 989 were out on furlough 1176 patients were admitted during the year and of these 907 were first admissions and 269 were radmissions to this hospital or from some other mental hospital 825 patients were discharged during the year and 431 died At the close of the fiscal year on June 30 1939 there were 6933 patients in the institution and 1219 were out on furlough The average daily population was 7188 and the population during the year was reduced by 310 patients
The cost of operating the Hospital during the past fiscal year was 140041482 and based on the average daily population of 7188 the per capita cost was 53 cents per day
SCHOOL FOR MENTAL DEFECTIVES
The total population of the Institution on June 30 1939 was 301 a decrease of 35 inmates from the total enrollment at the beginning of the past fiscal year 16 cases were received during the year two of which were radmissions and 51 cases were discharged The average daily population for the year was 319
The cost of operating the institution during the past fiscal year was 5990998 and based on the average daily population of 319 the per capita cost was 51 cents per day
TRAINING SCHOOL FOR BOYS
There were 148 boys in the institution on July 1 1938 114 boys were admitted during the past fiscal year and 16 were returned for violation of parole 153 were discharged and 3 escaped At the close of the past fiscal year on June 30 1939 there were 122 boys in the institution The average daily population was 146
The cost of operating the institution during the past fiscal year was 3603211 and based on the average daily population of 146 the per fcapita cost was 67 cents per day
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TRAINING SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
There were 154 girls in the institution on July 1 1938 62 girls were admitted during the past fiscal year and 4 were returned from parole 67 were paroled and released and 2 returned to committing court At the close of the past fiscal year on June 30 1939 there were 151 girls in the institution The average daily population was 153
The cost of operating the institution during the past fiscal year was 3269550 and based on the average daily population of 153 the per capita cost was 59 cents per day
ACADEMY FOR THE BLIND
During the past fiscal year the enrollment at the White School was 48 males and 34 females making a total of 82 and at the Colored School 18 males and 22 females making a total of 40 The total enrollment for both schools was 122
Both schools opened on September 14 1938 The White School continued throughout the year closing on June 3 1939 The Colored School was closed on December 17 for Christmas vacation and the students could not return on account of the condition of the building which was being remodeled and repaired
The cost of operating the school during the past fiscal year was 3893423 reflecting a cost for the year per student of 31913 based upon the total enrollment of 122
SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
During the past fiscal year the enrollment at the White School was 207 and at the Colored School 54 making a total enrollment of 261
Due to lack of adequate finances students were sent home after a term of only six and threequarters months and this length term was only made possible by the General Assembly providing supplementary funds under a deficiency appropriation When we realize that the handicap of deafness makes it necessary for the deaf child to spend about two years learning what can be reasonably expected of the normal child in one we see that this shortened term amounts to a great loss in their education
The cost of operating the school during the past fiscal year was 8351001 reflecting a cost for the year per student of 31996 based upon the total enrollment of 261
CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS HOME
The total population of the institution varied from 12 to 7 during the past fiscal year There were 12 Veterans in the Institution on July 1 1938 with no new admissions during the year 4 were furloughed during the year but are scheduled to return on or before October 1 1939 and 1 died leaving 7 in the Home on June 30 1939
The cost of operating the Home during the past fiscal year was 1456964 reflecting a per capita cost of 363 per day This amount appears to be high for the cost of maintaining persons in a State Institution but consideration must be given to the fact that the ages of the Veterans range from 90 to 105 years and they are given a great amount of individual attention and those requiring constant care and guidance due to their conditions are provided with the necessary attention Since the Home is operated solely for the convenience and comfort of the Veterans and since the number of residents has been reduced to such an extent practically every wish of the Veteran is fulfilled
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ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATIONS
USonV Tnie Or adinisrative p during the past fiscal year amounted to 2079708 and represents the States proportionate share of administrative penses of the County Departments of Public Welfare
The Welfare Reorganization Act defines administrative cost in which the State Department participates as salary and travel expense of the Director and other employees of the staff of the County Department engaged in the performance of welfare duties for which the State makes contribution Therefore participation by the State Department is
1 ra anCS aDd aVel expenses and ony t0 that portion of such expenses applicable to the Social Security programs
State funds for County Departments administrative expenses are provided for under the appropriation for benefits however the appropriation measure limits the contribution by the State to 10 of total benefits paid
The appropriation for administrative operations to the Department by the General
ssembly was 38250000 for the year but subject to reductions governed by revenue receipts
The total cost of administrative operations of the State Department of Public Welfare during the past fiscal year amounted to 46003780 However in arriving at net cost to the State Government for administrative operations of the State Department deduction must be made for participation in administrative cost by other agencies The Federal Government contributed for administrative expense the sum of 20990131 and the counties contributed 1978475 for surplus commodity distribution expense making total contribuagendeS f 22968606 hereby leaving a net cost to the State Government
or 23035174
During the past fiscal year 8893 of the total expenditures of the State Department were for Social Security benefits Confederate Pensions and the State Eleemosynary Institutions totaling 787634217 and constituting total expenditures for benefits as distinguished from expenditures for administrative purposes 475 of the total expenditures represented grants to the counties for the States participation in the County Departments administrative expenses and 113 represents advances and transfers to other State Governmental units leaving 519 for administrative operations of the State Department However this 519 represents payments for administrative purposes from State County
fDdS and 3 deduction of the participation by these agencies leaves 23035174 as the net cost to the State for administrative operations or as expressed in percentages 260 of total expenditures
jjj is cost he State of 260 represents expenses of the State Department in administering all activities of the State and County Departments of Public Welfare It includes cost to the State Department for statewide supervision of certifications for strictly Federal programs administered by the Surplus Commodity Corporation Works Progress Administration Civilian Conservation Corps and National Youth Administration and also the States share of expenses for statewide distribution of surplus commodities whereas the total expenditures used in establishing this administrative cost ratio do not include benefits paid directly by the Federal Government under the strictly Federal programs
Benefits paid directly by the Federal Government during the past fiscal year under these strictly Federal programs in which the State and County Departments act as certifying agencies amounted to 3290816762 as follows
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Surplus Commodities Value Distributed 508882654
W P A Benefits 2484503600
C C C Benefits 206787900
N Y A Benefits 90642608
Total3290816762
During the past fiscal year administrative expenses mounting to 72815425 of which 42079708 was reimbursed by the State Department were incurred by the 159 County Departments including administrative cost to the counties of certifications for benefits paid directly by Federal Government
In order to obtain a true picture of the cost to the State and the 159 counties for benefits provided through the facilities of the State and County Departments consideration must necessarily be given not only to benefits made available directly by the State Department 787634217 but also to those benefits made available by cooperation with the Federal agencies 3290816762 making total benefits made available of 4078450979
Against total benefits of 4078450979 the cost to the State and the 159 Counties for administrative operations of the State Department and the County Departments was 97829074 or 24 of total benefits made available
These figures are exclusive of administrative expenses incurred by the Federal agencies and administrative contributions by the Federal Government but represent the actual cost to the State Government and the County Governments for administrative operations and a percentage comparison with total benefits made available through the facilities of the Department of Public Welfare
RECOMMENDATIONS
For the past six months a committee from the Department has been working with representatives from the Social Security Board in the preparation of rules regulations and job classifications in order to set up a merit or Civil Service system and since Congress has recently amended the Social Security Act whereby states receiving Federal funds for Social Security purposes will be required to institute a merit system such a system will be installed in the Department within a few months
Although the Economy Committees report stated that the budget for the present fiscal year can be balanced by pegging allocated funds to the respective departments to which funds are allocated at the 1938 level and impound all increases in allocated funds for the general fund the Committee did not make any recommendations for the procuring of additional funds with which to pay benefits to the aged dependent children and needy blind who are eligible but who are not now recipients
There are 55550 applications awaiting consideration on June 30 1939 and it is estimated that 69 of these applications or approximately 38500 are eligible for benefits In addition to those awaiting consideration on June 30 1939 15212 approved cases were receiving no assistance due to lack of State funds thereby making a total of approximately 53712 needy aged needy blind and dependent children families who are eligible but who are not now recipients
It is therefore my recommendation that in fairness to the people of the State and particularly to the recipients that 500000000 of State funds should be provided by the Legislature in order to pay benefits to all eligible persons in the State The Social Security Board has the feeling that the State has had ample time during its probationary period in initiating the program to provide funds for all eligible beneficiaries The Board also has
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the feeling that it will be charged by Congress of discriminating against persons in the state by paying Federal funds to one group and denying them to another group who are equally needy and worthy
Inasmuch as Section 5 of the State Reorganization Act of 1937 requires the Director of the State Department of Public Welfare to make such recommendations and suggestions to the Governor as in his judgment are advisable and proper I hope you will not think I am assuming a legislative function if I point out that in visiting 144 counties in the State where I have spoken to groups of citizens in the courthouses I have found a strong feeling that although your administration has gone a long way toward accomplishing many of its fine objectives there is one additional step which should be taken with reference to tax revision Payment of taxes on gasoline together with funds received from the sale of automobile tags and drivers licenses brought to the State for the fiscal year 193839 2247260684 This amount was 52 of the total gross State budget for the year 193839
For the purpose of illustration let us assume that owners of automobiles in the State of Georgia should be required by a change of our State laws to pay the tax on gasoline at the end of the calendar year just as the owners of real estate pay their ad valorem tax at the end of the year It is my feeling and conviction that a substantial percentage of the owners of automobiles would lose their cars under tax sale should the postponement of the payment of the tax be initiated as a part of our tax procedure In other words there is an increasing conviction among property owners that it will be an accommodation rather than a burden to all of our citizens if they were permitted to pay all their taxes at the time purchases are made This of course would not include income tax which could not be computed and would not be payable until the close of the year
Figures secured from Washington disclosed the facts that in 1930 1931 and 1932 41 of all the farms in the United States were sold at the Courthouse door under foreclosure and that 80 of the foreclosures were for nonpayment of accumulated taxes on the real estate the other 20 being foreclosures by Federal Land Bank and other Loan Companies
By the same process of reasoning it seems clear to me that had the owners of these farms been permitted to pay their taxes in the nature of a sales tax at the time purchases were made provided of course the ad valorem tax system had been modified that a great majority if not all of the farmers losing their farms under foreclosures for nonpayment of the ad valorem tax would have saved their farms I therefore believe that a revision of our tax system modifying the ad valorem tax system and substituting therefor a general sales tax would be a great accommodation to all our citizens rather than a burden as is usually pointed out
A general sales tax plus an income tax law taxing on a graduated scale large net incomes and perhaps lowering the brackets on small net incomes would equalize the tax burden on our people
Since 40 of our population is colored and subsequent to the adoption of a constitutional amendment exempting homes and personal property up to 230000 an estimate has been made to me by conservative statisticians and experts in tax matters that 67 of the adult population of the state is paying in round numbers only 3 of the taxes in the State This means of course that 33 of our adult population is carrying the entire load The general sales tax would of course enable the State to receive a substantial revenue from thousands of salaried persons and other persons receiving weekly and monthly incomes who are now making little or no contributions to the cost of the government state county or municipal
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I fully understand that this is a legislative function and that it is not within my prerogatives to promote or further a tax program except to point out these facts for the purpose of adequate administration of the interests of the State Department of Public Welfare and in compliance with the requirements under Section 5 of the Welfare Reorganization Act
There is another point on which I shall not elaborate but merely state that unless counties can be reimbursed for their losses under homestead and personal exemptions the County Commissioners in order to recoup a part of their losses will perhaps find it necessary to increase the levy and the appraised valuation of real estate thereby inflicting an unfair burden on property owners who own property in excess of 230000 exemptions In illustration the County Commissioners of Bulloch County Statesboro Georgia have just completed the levy for 1939 and they increased the ad valorem tax 25 in that County This means that a property owner of a cotton gin saw mill brick stores farms andor additional property is carrying an excessive tax burden in order that his neighbor might enjoy a 230000 exemption free school books and seven months school term
It is my thought that if the State ad valorem tax was abolished or modified and the ad valorem tax for counties reduced to a minimum and a 3 general sales tax without exemptions substituted therefor with 1 allocated to the schools 1 to the State Department of Public Welfare and 1 to the counties that it would be a step in the right direction resulting in a more equitable distribution of the burden of taxation and at the same time produce adequate revenue for the humanitarian program which you have initiated and so arduously worked for during the past few years
Schedules and comments in detail covering the activities of each Division of the Department are submitted as a part of this report
Trusting the report of the affairs of the State Department of Public Welfare which I have the honor to herewith transmit to you will be of assistance to you I am
Respectfully yours
Braswell Deen Director
State Department of Public Welfare
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PUBLIC ASSISTANCE DIVISION DIVISION FUNCTONS
The State Department of Public Welfare through its Public Assistance Division administered directly and indirectly more than 3800000000 in direct relief to Georgians during the fiscal year July 1 1938June 30 1939
The Department distributed in direct services 345440200 in Old Age Assistance 15145150 in Aid to the Blind and 110969650 in Aid to Dependent Childrenthe three forms of Social Security during the fiscal year ending June 30 1939
The largest indirect service was in statewide supervision of certification of applicants for Works Progress Administration assignment under the Federal Works relief program which brought over 2484503600 into the State in wage payments alone
Payments to the families of young men enrolled in the Civilian Conservation Corps on certification of County Departments under general direction of the State Department amounted to 206787900 and surplus commodities distributed on similar certifications were valued at 508882654 likewise National Youth Administration expenditures giving assistance to students and other young people amounted to 90642608
The Public Assistance program also resulted in grants by the State of 42079708 to counties to help defray costs of administration and to maintain a county welfare office in each county
The Public Assistance Division further certified applicants for aid to crippled children resulting in the expenditure of 16266325 under the medical program started in April 1938
The expenditure of general relief funds provided entirely by counties was supervised by the division adding 50869216 to the funds over which the division had indirect control
In June 1939 the various forms of assistance reached families and individuals as follows
Old Age Assistance22245 Individuals
Aid to Dependent Children 10163 Individuals
Aid to the Blind 988 Individuals
Surplus Commodities 83007 Families
w p A52420 Family Heads
C C C 7043 Families
General Relief 5939 Families
N Y A 4177 Individuals
At the close of the fiscal year preparations were being made for carrying an increased load More applications were pending for old age assistance than were being paid demands upon the WPA for employment were increasing many young men were to be enrolled in the CCC Rural Resettlement cases generally inactive in the summer were slated to return to surplus commodity subsistence in the fall and arrangements were being made to handle several thousand surplus commodity cases by winter
Most inelastic of the various forms of relief were the Social Security program and the program of General Relief The Social Security program depends for its extensiveness on appropriations by the State Legislature See section on Social Security for further details on this phase of the program
General relief expenditures depend entirely upon local governmental appropriations and during the past year showed a steady decrease as cases formerly on general relief were shifted to some other form of assistance
Special arrangements for the rapid certification of WPA applicants have been made with the WPA planning to contribute largely to the cost which during the past year was
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supposed to have been borne by the counties The WPA furnished to the State Department of Public Welfare and to the District Offices personnel to assist with the certification service amounting to 14469282 during the fiscal year See section on WPA Certifications
All forms of direct relief come under the supervision of the Public Assistance Division the entire administrative system being in accordance with a plan of operations approved by the Federal Social Security Board
The duties fall into three classes administration of special relief supervision of general relief and administration of emergency relief
The special relief includes the three types of Social Security Benefits started in Georgia on July 1 1937aid to the needy aged to the needy blind and to dependent children for which the State the Federal Government and the Counties share the financial responsibility
Emergency relief work of the division is confined to certification of applicants for federal assistance either through the WPA the CCC the NYA or the receipt of Surplus Commodities
General relief covers all types of recipients not included in either other class The States program of aid to children applies only to children under sixteen years of age the blind assistance program applies to needy blind persons 21 years of age and over and the old age assistance program applies to those 65 years of age or over The various federal programs are designed to care for those not included in any of these groups Thus the handicapped between 16 and 65 the unemployables and those unable to procure other types of relief from any cause are included in the general relief category Neither the State nor the Federal Government assumes any financial responsibility for general relief cases the entire fund for this purpose being dependent in any county upon appropriations by county commissions or municipal authorities
In some few counties of the State general relief funds are appropriated to Family Welfare or other agencies and are not under the supervision of the State Department However most counties employ the County Welfare Departments organized under the 1937 Welfare Act and thus make the general administration of their funds subject to rules and regulations of the State Department
The Public Assistance Division has numerous other functions in addition to the supervision of direct relief By arrangement with the State Department of Public Health the economic eligibility of applicants for aid under the State Cancer Control Program is established Persons seeking admission to public institutions have to be certified by the County Welfare Department under State direction
Another important function is the direction of a program of training for State and County Welfare Department staffs Special courses in social work were arranged at the University of Georgia and through extension services courses were offered at various cities over the State throughout the year Plans are being made to continue this training service in an effort to have better qualified workers The special courses have become a regular part of the University of Georgia summer school curriculum
The Public Assistance Division also serves as a clearing house for information sought by the welfare departments of other states on specific cases in which Georgia citizens become involved either by relation to residents of other states or by removal to other states 32741 letters were answered by the department for the fiscal year ending June 1939
The division is also charged with conducting hearings and reviewing the evidence of all appeals from county departments by persons dissatisfied with disposition of applications for social security assistance See section on Appeals
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To the division has been delegated the duty of interpreting the necessary statistical records on state and county operations to comply with requirements of the Federal Government and the State Law While the statistical division has operated formerly as a part of the Public Assistance Division it became a separate division on May IS 1939 due to the fact that its functions embrace several other administrative divisions of the State Department
Through 9 district offices the division maintains close contact with county boards and county directors rendering a supervisory service to maintain efficiency of operation Highly qualified field supervisors are in charge of these offices
SOCIAL SECURITY
The State Department of Public Welfare in twentyfour months from July 1937 to July 1939 has increased the rolls from 6370 beneficiaries to 33396 The peak of the year was April 1939 when the rolls reached the maximum number of 50361 persons
Due to the failure of the General Assembly to pass additional revenue measures at the regular 1939 session and due to lack of State funds this department in May 1939 found it necessary to make a drastic cut in benefit rolls
At the beginning of the fiscal year 193839 an estimate of available State funds for the year was made including surplus funds on June 30 1938 and an increased monthly allotment for benefits was made effective beginning with the month of July 1938 However in the second quarter of the fiscal year 193839 the amount available from the current year appropriation was reduced to a 55 basis and by April 1939 all surplus funds accrued through certain counties not using the maximum monthly allotment for
benefits each month were exhausted thereby necessitating the reduction in benefit rolls of 38
On March 27 1939 a release was sent to all County Welfare Departments from the State Director advising that the new county allotment for benefits effective May 1939 would show a reduction in monthly allotment of approximately 38
County Directors were advised that this reduction would necessitate discontinuance of a large number of awards and that all reductions and suspensions would have to be approved by the county welfare board Payments of awards were suspended rather than spreading the reduction in county allotment over all awards for the reason that no individual award of less than 75 of the budget deficit could be made as Federal participation would not be allowed in any award which was for less than 75 of the deficit in the budget Cases were suspended rather than closed so that these cases might automatically be reinstated without making a complete set of new forms when money becomes available to replace these persons on the rolls An official action sheet signed by the County Director and countersigned by the Chairman of the County Welfare Board accompanied all of the certificates of award to the State Office
Due to the drastic reductions in the county allotments because of lack of State revenue county departments were advised to give careful consideration to the most equitable manner in which the reductions might be done with the least hardship to all persons affected
The State Department left to the County Department the decision of the persons to be removed from the rolls with these suggestions for their guidance
1 Reduce all awards in excess of 75 of the budget deficit if this had not already been done
2 Suspend awards after careful checking
a Suspend the cases of persons who resided in the homes of others where food and shelter would be provided
b Suspend cases where there was some income in the group
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County Departments were further advised that no individual award of less than 75 of the budget deficit might be made as Federal participation would not be received if this were done They were told that if general relief funds were available in the county it should be offered in cases of acute suffering and that care should be exercised to be sure that surplus commodities were available to suspended cases who needed same Departments were also advised to give consideration to any members of the group who were eligible for WPA CCC or NYA as to their certification for such benefits at as early a date as was possible
Individuals whose grants were suspended in May were notified at the time their April check was mailed that it would be the last check they would receive until State revenue was available and very carefully written letters expressing regret that the suspensions were necessary were written to the clients
County administrative expenses were drastically reduced making it necessary to release personnel and to reduce salaries of employees so that the administrative expenses would be within the limitations set up in the Appropriation Act Personnel and salary adjustments were also made in district and state offices
The State Department has a Plan of Operations which is mutually agreed upon with the Federal Social Security Board and which forms a contract for use of the money The Georgia State Law sets forth that grants to individuals shall be sufficient for the maintenance of health and decency The provision that grants should not be less than 75 of the budget deficit is a part of the agreement with the Federal Government and is the provision of our plan to carry out the Georgia Law as stated above
On May 5 a release was sent by the State Director to all County Directors which read as follows
Several County Welfare Departments have requested information as to the approval of new awards during the period of shortage of funds
The reason it is impossible for the State Department to approve new grants is that the persons suspended were only suspended for lack of money It would be unfair to advise them that they would be paid when money is available and then give it to a new case
If a person who is eligible in his own right is included in the grant of a spouse and the person receiving the grant dies a new case may be sent in for the person who was already sharing but letter giving full explanation should accompany the forms
In the case of change of payee in Aid to Dependent Children cases this is permissible provided a statement is attached to the forms sent in to the preaudit division explaining same
As quickly as possible all cases still receiving assistance should be reviewed and as money becomes available suspended cases should be reviewed and reinstated if still eligible and cancelled if not eligible
The total number of suspensions as of May amounted to 38 of the Case Load They were as follows
Old Age Assistance Aid to the Blind Number 14576 281 Individuals Amount 11709250 293050
Aid to Dependent Children 974 2630 1651450
Total 15831 2630 13653750
The progress by months showing a total expenditure in benefits of 471555000 for
the year is shown by the following table
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PUBLIC ASSISTANCE TABLE I MONTHLY SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS FOR THE STATE JULY l 1938 TO JUNE 30 1939
Old Age Aid to
Total Assistance Dependent Children Aid to the Blind
Indi Indi Chil Indi
Month Amount viduals Amount viduals Amount dren Amount viduals
July 39888700 45472 29538250
August 40835250 46754 30263200
September 41539700 47869 30778250
October 41881500 48470 31060150
November 42137150 48889 31257750
December 42313150 49246 31355950
January 42409800 49472 31357700
February 42352650 49930 31233000
March 42450450 50140 31285650
April 42485100 50361 31338500
May 26572350 33219 17915550
June 26689200 33396 18056250
12 mos 471555000 345440200
32786 9109350 11579 1241100 1107
33802 9308300 11819 1263750 1133
34677 9463800 12021 1297650 1171
35152 9515450 12130 1305900 1188
35524 9551100 12154 1328300 1211
35775 9618750 12246 1338450 1225
35906 9704550 12334 1347550 1232
36230 9763900 12452 1355750 1248
36415 9808000 12469 1356800 1256
36651 9797700 12452 1348900 1258
22033 7683600 10209 973200 977
22245 7645150 10163 987800 988
1 10969650 15145150
The disposition of applications for old age assistance aid to the blind and aid to dependent children received from the time of inauguration of the Social Security Program July 1 1937 to June 30 1939 and other statistical information concerning approved cases is shown by tables in the Statistical Section of this report
A person receiving Old Age Assistance Aid to the Blind or Aid to Dependent Children has the right of a transfer of his or her award to another county
Sections 16 and 19 Old Age Assistance and Aid to the Blind of the Welfare Act of 1937 outlines the procedure as follows
Any recipient who moves to another County in this State shall be entitled with the approval of the State Department to receive assistance in the County to which he has moved and the County Department of the County from which he has moved shall transfer all necessary records relating to the recipient to the County Department of the county to which he has moved The county from which the recipient moves shall pay the assistance for a period of two months
Section 11 Aid to Dependent Children of the Welfare Act of 1937 outlines the procedure as follows
Any child qualified for and receiving assistance pursuant to the provisions of this Act in any county in this State who moves or is taken to another county in this State shall be entitled with the approval of the State Department to receive assistance in the county to which he has moved or is taken and the county department of the county from which he has moved shall transfer all necessary records relating to the child to the county department of the county to which he has moved The County from which the child moved shall pay the assistance for a period of two months
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The total number of transfer cases completed during the fiscal year July 1 1938 through June 30 1939 was 9 Aid to the Blind 36 Aid to Dependent Children and 441 Old Age Assistance or a total of 486 cases The large number of transfers to another county may be explained by the fact that Georgia is a rural State and a large number of the recipients are living in the homes with children who are sharecroppers renters wage hands etc Many of these children make different living arrangements each year which necessitates a move and often to another county
At the inception of the Social Security Program there was a concerted effort on the part of many counties to transfer from general relief rolls to social security rolls many persons to whose support the county had been the sole contributor for many years At the same time the State Department requested that the counties attempt to remove persons from almshouses as rapidly as possible in order to stop as near as possible dependence upon institutional relief At the present time there are 30 almshouses in the State
Except in the heavily populated counties where the rush of applications was so great that facilities would not permit it the counties generally followed the policy of bringing social security benefits first to those persons in the greatest need Those applicants still awaiting approval in most instances benefit by general relief or by surplus commodities pending the time when funds will be sufficient for transferring all of them to the social security rolls In other instances relatives are caring for those awaiting final action on their applications
Two misunderstandings of the methods of administering the social security program have caused confusion throughout the State on the part of the applicants especially for old age assistance
One of these concerns the control vested in county welfare departments and the other the determination of the amount of the benefit paid to any recipient
Under the Welfare Act the County Welfare Departments determine both the eligibility and the amount of assistance for any recipient in accordance with the Law and with regulations of the State Department
Applications for social security assistance are filed with county directors and the county directors make the necessary investigations to determine eligibility and fix the amount of the award The recommendations of the director have to be passed upon bj the county board before being sent to the State Department for payment Before payment the State Department reviews the records to determine if all regulations have been complied with but cannot change the amount of the award In any case where errors are found the records have to be returned to the county for correction
The State Department cannot on its own initiative make any award for payment of any type of benefit Not until the County Department approves the award and requisitions the payment can it be made
The only instance under which the State Department can take a direct hand in the determination of eligibility or the fixing of the amount of award is through a formal appeal to it from action of the County Department This right of appeal applies only to applicants for old age assistance aid to the needy blind and aid to dependent children and not to any other type of relief
Section 12 of the Welfare Act of 1937 outlines the procedure as follows
If an application is not acted upon by the County Department within a reasonable time after the filing of the application or is denied in whole or in part or if any award of assistance is modified or cancelled under any provision of this Act the applicant or recipient or any Tax Payer who may allege himself as
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such to be interested may appeal to the State Department in the manner and form prescribed by the State Department The State Department shall upon receipt of such an appeal give the applicant or recipient or appellant reasonable notice and opportunity for a fair hearing
The State Department may also upon its own motion review any decision of a County Department and may consider any application upon which a decision has not been made by the County Department within a reasonable time The State Department may make such additional investigation as it may deem necessary and shall make such decision as to the granting of assistance and the amount of assistance to be granted the applicant as in its opinion is justified and in conformity with the provisions of this Act Applicants or recipients affected by such decisions of the State Department shall upon request be given reasonable notice and opportunity for a fair hearing by the State Department
All decisions of the State Department shall be final and shall be binding upon the County the applicant or appellant involved and shall be complied with by the County Department
During the fiscal year of operation there was a total of 401 appeals 167 of these were the result of grants being temporarily suspended because of lack of funds 120 because of applications rejected after investigation due to adequate resources or income to meet present needs of the applicants 49 because applications were not acted on by the County Departments for a period of 60 days or longer after initial filing of application and 65 because of inadequacy of the grant All except 38 of the total number of appeals were from applicants or recipients of old age assistance only 10 appeals were from applicants or recipients for aid in behalf of dependent children
The law provides that an appellant shall upon request be given reasonable notice and opportunity for a fair hearing by the State Department and the State policy regarding action on appeal is as follows
When an appeal by a client from the action of the County Department either on application or following grant of assistance has been received by the State Department it shall immediately request full information in connection with the case from the County Department
Arrangements will be made within two weeks for a hearing at which the client may be present with a representative of the County Department and a representative of the State Department This hearing must be arranged at a point accessible to a client who presumably has no resource for transportation The State Department will give the client who is appealing notice of the time and place of this meeting long enough in advance of the meeting to assure him of an opportunity for arranging to be there The client may bring such witness as he desires
Out of the total number of appeals there have been only 42 formal hearings 17 decisions of the County Departments were reversed by the State Department and in 7 instances the County Departments reversed their decisions as a result of the hearings In 18 instances the County decision was sustained by the State Department
There have been 345 decisions made on appeal cases without a formal hearing 20 of these were reversed by the County Department as a result of further investigation in 5 instances the applicants or recipients withdrew their appeals 1 applicant died before decision was made in 2 instances the State Department reversed the decision of the County Department without a formal hearing This was brought about by the fact that when applications were submitted to the State Office for payment they were rejected as
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applications proved ineligibility Appeals were made to the State Department and decisions were rendered without a formal hearing The total number of decisions made without a hearing were a result of further interpretation of eligibility by the County and State Department to the appellant
At the beginning of the fiscal year July 1 1939 there were fourteen appeal cases pending decision by the State Department Of the 159 counties in the State there were ninetyfive counties in which there were no appeals Fulton County had the largest number 222 due to the large number of applicants and their accessibility to the State Office Of the total number of appeals in Fulton County 50 were made on the basis of an inadequate grant and 164 on the basis of their grant being temporarily suspended These two large numbers may be explained by the fact that 1 In December 1938 the County Departments were notified by release that due to lack of funds it was necessary to reduce all awards to 75 of the budget deficit and 2 in March 1939 a release to the County Departments advising that due to the failure of the General Assembly to pass additional revenue measures at the regular session which closed in March 1939 and the lack of State funds it was necessary to reduce the monthly allotments approximately 38 which necessitated temporarily suspending a certain per cent of their special assistance awards thus the large number of appeals in these two categories An accompanying table shows the sources and disposition of appeals by counties
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PUBLIC ASSISTANCE TABLE II
ANALYSIS OF APPEALS TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE AS THE RESULT OF THE DECISION MADE ON APPLICATIONS IN THE COUNTY DEPARTMENTS FOR OLD AGE ASSISTANCE AID TO THE BLIND AND AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN DURING THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 1 1938 THROUGH JUNE 30 1939
95 Counties not having appeals omitted
COUNTY BASIS OF APPEAL TYPE OF D7 AfTFR ASSISTANCE Hearings Number Without Hearings No Pending Total
Suspension Rejection Delay Inadequate Old Age Blind Dep Child No of Hearings Sustained Reversed
1 Barrow 1 1 0 1 1
2 Ben Hill 1 1 0 1 1
3 Berrien 1 1 0 1 1
4 Bibb 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 4
5 Brantley 1 1 0 1 1
6 Brooks 1 1 2 0 2 2
7 Bulloch 1 1 0 1 1
8 Burke 2 2 1 1 1 2
9 Camden 2 2 1 1 1 2
10 Candler 1 1 0 1 1
11 Carroll 2 1 3 0 3 3
12 Charlton 1 1 1 1 0 J
13 Chatham 7 4 11 1 1 8 2 11
14 Chattahoochee 1 1 0 1 1
15 Chattooga 2 9 1 11 1 1 1 11 12
16 Cherokee 1 1 2 1 1 1 2
17 Clarke 4 4 1 1 3 4
18 Clay 1 1 0 1 1
19 Clayton 1 1 0 1 j
20 Coweta 1 1 0 1 1
21 Crisp 1 1 0 1 1
22 Decatur 1 1 0 1
23 DeKalb 3 1 4 0 2 2 4
24 Dooly 2 1 3 0 2 1 3
25 Dougherty 1 1 1 1 1
26 Effingham 1 1 0 1 J
27 Elbert 6 4 10 1 1 9 10
28 Evans 3 3 0 3
29 Fayette 3 4 1 1 4
30 Fulton 164 7 1 50 194 7 21 20 3 17 202 0 222
31 Glynn 1 1 0 1 1
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PUBLIC ASSISTANCE TABLE II Continued
Disposition
BASIS OF TYPE OF Arran
APPEAL ASSISTANCE Hearing
COUNTY a M jf
es ci rs co rt 0 ri
Suspension Rejection Delay Inadquat Old Age Blind Dep Chil No of Hearings Sustained Reversed Number V Hearings o a V Oh o Z Total
32 Gordon 1 1 0 1 1
33 Grady 1 1 0 1 1
34 Gwinnett 2 2 0 2 2
35 Habersham 1 1 0 1 1
36 Haralson 4 4 0 4 4
37 Heard 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
38 Irwin 2 2 0 2 2
39 Jenkins 1 1 0 1 1
40 Johnson 1 1 0 1 1
41 Liberty 1 1 0 1 1
42 Long 1 1 1 1 1
43 Meriwether 9 1 10 0 9 1 10
44 Mitchell 2 2 0 2 2
45 Muscogee 1 1 0 1 1
46 Newton 1 1 0 1 1
47 Oconee 1 1 0 1 1
48 Pike 3 3 0 3 3
49 Polk 6 17 22 1 0 23 23
50 Pulaski 1 1 0 1 1
51 Randolph 2 2 0 2 2
52 Richmond 2 1 3 0 3 3
53 Rockdale 2 2 2 2 2
54 Stewart 5 5 3 3 2 5
55 Talbot 1 1 0 1 1
56 Taylor 3 3 0 3 3
57 Telfair 3 2 1 0 2 1 3
58 Terrell 1 1 0 1 1
59 Troup 3 3 6 2 2 4 6
60 Walton 5 4 1 1 1 4 5
61 Ware 1 1 0 1 1
62 Wheeler 1 1 0 1 1
63 Whitfield 1 1 2 1 1 1 2
64 Worth 3 3 0 3 3
TOTALS 167 120 49 65 363 10 28 42 18 24 345 14 401
Included in Annual Report for fiscal year 19371938 Appeal made and decision upheld without hearing before June 30 1938 July 1938 applicants requested hearing Hearing held and decision sustained
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The other point of confusionthe method of determining the amount of each award on the basis of needarose from the fact that many persons gained the opinion maximum awards had been set as standard awards
Under the old age assistance program the maximum monthly grant is 30 under the aid to the blind program the maximum is the same and under the program of aid to dependent children the maximum is 18 per month for the first child and 12 per month for each additional child in any family
In making all awards it is first necessary that the County Department determine the need of the family group or the individual old age and blind awards being made on the basis of the need of the person applying and dependent children awards on the basis of the need of the children in the family eligible for assistance
The case need in all instances is figured on a monthly basis for standard costs of living such as food shelter fuel lights clothing insurance household needs medical care water and incidentals Special allowances are made for food when the circumstances warrant such as pregnancy of a mother necessity for school lunches for children presence of a sufferer from rickets pellagra or tuberculosis in the family or other conditions calling for special diets
Payments for rent are limited to 20 per cent of the total expense budget of the person
All needs are established on a minimum cost basis and from the total budget of needs is subtracted the income of the applicant from all sources whether wages rentals on property owned pensions from any source aid from relatives assistance from churches or lodges the sale of any produce or any other source This amount represents the budgetary deficiency of the applicant and the award made to him must under Federal regulations cover at least 75 per cent of this deficiency except when it would exceed maximum limits
The Federal regulations will not countenance the award of an amount in excess of the deficiency and will not approve expenditure of Federal funds in any case for which the budget has been inaccurately or inadequately calculated
In order to give a uniform basis for the calculation of budgets the State Department furnishes each county with a manual explaining the methods of budgeting and besides giving in detail minimum requirements for the two most important factsfood and clothing These food and clothing budgets were prepared after an exhaustive study of retail market prices throughout the State by a home economist on the staff of the department Tables showing food and clothing budgets by individuals and family groups accompany this report The budget figures furnished the county directors for their purposes carry the detail of the kinds and types of food or clothing for which estimates have been made in local marketing conditions or as general price changes demand revisions
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PUBLIC ASSISTANCE TABLE III MONTHLY FOOD BUDGETS AT MINIMUM COST
Group I Group II Group III Group IV Group V Counties Counties Counties Counties Counties
Elderly Man or Woman
Moderately Active Man
Moderately Active Woman
Very Active Man
Very Active Woman
Child Under Four Yrs
Boy 46 Yrs or Girl 47 Yrs
Boy 78 Yrs or Girl 810 Yrs
Boy 910 Yrs or Girl 1113 Yrs Boy 1112 Yrs or Girl Over 13 Yrs
Active Boy 1315 Yrs
Active Boy Over 15 Yrs
Family of 2 Adults Elderly People Family of 3 Adults Elderly People
Family of 1 Adult and 1 Child
710 Years of Age
Family of 1 Adult and 2 Children
1 Under 4 710 Yrs
Family of 1 Adult and 3 Children
1 Under 4 710 1013 Yrs
Family of 1 Adult and 4 Children Family of 1 Adult and 5 Children Family of 1 Adult and 6 Children Family of 1 Adult and 7 Children Family of 1 Adult and 8 Children
544 531 546 539 517
837 811 838 841 810
712 666 669 683 666
1036 1018 1038 1057 1007
812 791 830 829 790
620 629 642 570 615
635 633 652 592 618
755 756 770 719 745
818 822 839 800 826
869 862 886 842 866
977 952 991 948 918
1047 1000 1045 1017 987
1134 1095 1122 1111 1069
1661 1630 1659 1640 1597
1454 1453 1483 1423 1445
2097 2088 2131 2004 2066
2903 2911 2962 2808 2897
3529 3599 3629 3405 3549
4272 4299 4398 4119 4260
4831 4826 4981 4861 4700
5747 5736 5934 5558 5363
6332 6309 6461 6144 5910
1 Group I counties are those with a city of 40000 population or more Group II with a city over 15000 and under 40000 Group III those with cities over 5000 and under 15000 Group IV rural North Georgia counties with no city over 5000 and Group V rural South Georgia counties with no city over 5000
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PUBLIC ASSISTANCE TABLE IV
CLOTHING BUDGET AT MINIMUM COST FOR FAMILY GROUPS
MONTHLY COST IN DIFFERENT SECTIONS
FAMILY Group I II III Group IV Group V
Counties Counties Counties
1 Parent and Infant to I year 474 458
1 Parent and 1 PreSchool Child 448 439
1 Parent and 1 Girl 610 years 540 521
1 Parent and 1 Boy 610 years 547 539
1 Parent and 1 Girl 1014 years 587 600
1 Parent and 1 Boy 1014 years 570 563
1 Parent and 1 Girl 1418 years 663 688
1 Parent and 1 Boy 1418 years 639 651
1 Parent and 2 Infants to 1 year 634 610
1 Parent and 2 PreSchool Children 582 572
1 Parent and 2 Children under 10 773 754
1 Parent and 2 Children under 14 843 857
1 Parent and 2 Children under 18 988 1033
1 Parent and3 Children under 10 834 806
1 Patent and 3 Children under 13 957 1046 1048
1 Parent and 4 Children 1280 1181
1 Parent and 5 Children 1340 1337
1 Parent and 6 Children 1596 1594
1 Parent and 7 Children 1945 1976
1 Parent and 8 Children 2270 2321
2 Parents and 1 Infant to 1 year 762 846 839
2 Parents and 1 PreSchool Child 820 820
2 Parents and 1 Girl 610 years 912 902
2 Parents and 1 Boy 610 years 919 920
2 Parents and 1 Girl 1014 years 894 959 981
2 Parents and 1 Boy 1014 years 942 944
2 Parents and 1 Girl 1418 years 1035 1069
2 Parents and 1 Boy 1418 years 1011 1032
2 Parents and 2 Infants to 1 year 1006 999
2 Parents and 2 PreSchool Children 892 954 953
2 Parents and 2 Children under 10 years 1054 1145 1135
2 Parents and 2 Children under 14 years 1103 1215 1238
2 Parents and 2 Children under 18 years 1342 1360 1414
2 Parents and 3 Children under 10 years 1099 1206 1187
2 Parents and 3 Children under 3 years 1306 1418 1429
2 Parents and 4 Children 1052 1562
2 Parents and 5 Children 1712 1718
2 Parents and 6 Children 1968 1975
2 Parents and 7 Children 2317 2357
2 Parents and 8 Children 2642 2702
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GENERAL RELIEF
General relief in Georgia is designed to care for those persons eligible neither for social security benefits nor for Federal emergency relieffor those persons between the ages of 16 and 65 who are afflicted diseased or for other physical reasons unable to take advantage of special types of relief available for normal persons During the period covered by this report general relief also has served another important function that of a backstop for the emergency needs of persons awaiting transfer to other forms of relief in the transition which necessarily followed the reorganization of welfare functions and activities
Financial responsibility for general relief rests entirely with local governmental agencies and neither the State nor the Federal governments contribute to the cost of administration or of benefits Appropriations by County Commissions and by municipal governments in the larger centers support all general relief activities
In those counties in which the appropriations are made to the County Welfare Departments organized under the Welfare Act of 1937 the State Department is charged with supervising general activities and the County Departments follow rules and regulations of the State Department in determining eligibility and making allotments The State Department exercises no direct control over general relief expenditures and acts only in a supervisory capacity In those counties which elect to make their appropriations to Family Welfare Societies or other agencies operating independently of the County Welfare Department the State Department assumes no responsibility at all over functions of these organizations
Prior to institution of the Social Security Program in Georgia in July 1937 the entire load of relief other than Federal emergency programs fell in the category of general relief and was the sole responsibility of the local governmental agencies The ability of the local agencies to meet the need is discussed in detail in Part 1 of this report
The very inadequacy of the old system without Social Security benefits for the needy aged for dependent children and for the needy blind was one of the main factors contributing to the insistent demand for changes which would permit these benefits to begin operation in Georgia
One of the main points advanced in favor of the Social Security program was the fact that it not only would bring a greater amount of relief to a larger number of persons but that it would relieve local governmental agencies of much of their financial responsibility and would help stop a drain on their funds Both of these contentions have been borne out by developments during the two years of Social Security operations but the program of general relief has not reached a permanent basis of operation It should require another full year of operation before counties can determine the approximate extent to which they will have to go in meeting needs of persons not embraced in the other types of welfare services
General relief expenditures for the 148 counties contributing to this type of service for the fiscal year starting July 1938 were 50869216 Over 54 of this amount 27707858 was spent by the Fulton County Welfare Department in the States largest industrial and commercial area In the other largest counties of the State the general relief costs were
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Chatham 3637794
Richmond 1785615
Muscogee 1 2317022
Bibb 1878764
Floyd 649270
DeKalb 701705
Clarke 1240141
Dodge 480500
Spalding 294166
Bartow 475966
Lowndes 113429
Ware 343358
Glynn 435244
The total expenditures for the State for the fiscal year represented 82222 case grants
See general tables in Statistical Section
WPA CERTIFICATION
During the fiscal year ending June 30 1939 the Works Progress Administration in its program of providing emergency relief to the unemployed of the State expended from Federal funds 24845036 for labor Other Federal expenditures including administration were 398371000 Sponsors expenditures during this period amounted to 818692700 This total of approximately 37015673 represents the largest of the programs providing emergency relief to the unemployed of the State
The State Department of Public Welfare is responsible for determining the eligibility of persons seeking employment on WPA in accordance with standards of eligibility which are established by the WPA and for referring all such eligible persons to WPA The responsibility for determining the type of labor for which these persons are fitted for providing suitable projects upon which they may work and for assigning them to these projects is that of the WPA
While in no way responsible for contributing to the certification program of the State Department of Public Welfare the WPA has continued throughout this year the assistance to the County staffs which was begun in 1938 During the twelve month period a total of 14469282 was expended for this purpose and a maximum number of 210 persons was employed at any one time The peak of intake employment came during the certification of agricultural workers for seasonal employment in the fall of 1938
Employment on WPA projects showed a steady increase from July through November and from then a gradual decrease but throughout the year the number employed was considerably greater than the number employed the previous year The following table shows the average number of persons employed for each month in the past fiscal year
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AVERAGE NUMBER PERSONS EMPLOYED ON WPA STATE PROGRAM PROJECTSJULY 1938JUNE 1939
Not
Month Total Per Cent Certified Per Cent Certified Per Cent
1938
July 49493 10000 49131 993 362 07
August 54598 10000 54185 992 413 08
September 57839 10000 57287 990 552 10
October 63988 10000 63310 989 678 fir
November 71372 10000 70548 988 824 12
December 63650 10000 62775 986 875 14
1939
January 61656 10000 60743 985 913 15
February 62632 10000 61669 985 963 15
March 63424 10000 62424 984 1000 16
April 57064 10000 56040 982 1024 18
May 53699 10000 52645 980 1054 20
June 52420 10000 51335 979 1085 21
Includes Supply Fund Project
The wage scale during this period ranged from 2680 for unskilled persons in rural areas to 7906 for professional and technical workers in the Atlanta area
Below is a table showing the division of workers between the various types of wage classes
EMPLOYMENT ON WPA STATE PROGRAM PROJECTS BY WAGE CLASS BY MONTHS
July 1938 June 1939
Date Total Unskilled Intermediate Skilled Professional and T echnical Non Security
1938 July 30 51131 40380 5308 3898 597 948
August 31 56681 45079 5713 4190 576 1123
September 24 58046 45849 5951 4483 598 1165
October 29 70965 57766 6349 4819 637 1394
November 26 70707 56725 6879 4940 612 1551
December 31 60431 46873 6641 4672 593 1652
1939
January 28 61525 47501 6904 4834 643 1643
February 25 63494 49288 6950 4946 632 1678
March 25 62386 47803 7455 4792 606 1730
April 29 56635 42303 7426 4609 566 1731
May 27 52473 38362 7325 4452 575 1759
June 24 52392 38164 7345 4566 582 1735
Includes Supply Fund Project
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CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS
The year 19381939 found many improvements made in the Civilian Conservation Corps Greater stress was made on the educational and vocational phase of the program Greater stress was made on the improvement of selection of boys for CCC Both of the above activities not only demonstrated the need for stressing the above phases of the work but also the results obtained were most gratifying as far as the work of the camps personnel was concerned and the enrollee
The State Department of Public Welfare through the various county directors and welfare departments cooperated in the selection and enrollment of 7280 boys in the CCC during the year The State Welfare Department is charged with the duty of selecting young men between the ages of 1723 inclusive who are unemployed and in need of employment and need the educational and other opportunities offered by the CCC and whose families due to financial limitations are not in a position to secure or provide a comparable experience
On May IS 1939 by order of the President of the United States the Division of Selection of CCC was changed from the United States Department of Labor to the Office of the Director CCC therefore all agencies now participating in selection activities are under the jurisdiction of the CCC
Each enrollee is paid 3000 per month for his services in a camp 2200 of which amount is either sent home to the family or deposited with the Chief of Finance of the War Department which is turned over to the enrollee when he is discharged During the year families of enrollees from Georgia received a total amount of 206787900
After the applications have been received and reviewed in the State Office contacts are made with the Army officials who have charge of enrolling the boys at the various CCC Camps throughout Georgia Quotas are given to each of the counties throughout Georgia on the basis of percentage of population as well as the number of boys available from the various counties who wish to enroll in CCC
The State Department is required by the CCC to keep certain records and other files on each boy ever enrolled in CCC from Georgia as well as all boys who were former members of the CCC The Department is also required to make numerous contacts with camp officials as to the work being done and mainly to verify the numerous requests received from camp officials regarding individual cases of enrollees who want their allotments changed or their allottees changed or they want to come home from camp etc
Following are two tables one which shows the monthly number of Georgia boys in CCC Camps throughout the U S as well as the amount of payments sent home to their families for that particular month The other table shows the number of boys enrolled from each county in Georgia during the month of June 1939 and the amount sent home to the families in the respective counties
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CCC TABLE I
MONTHLY ENROLLMENT AND HOME ALLOTMENTS OF GEORGIA CCC ENROLLEESJULY 1 1938 TO JUNE 30 1939
Number of Boys Payments to
Month Year in Camp Families
July 1938 9038 19890400
August 1938 8021 18047250
September v 1938 7501 16877250
October 1938 8384 18864000
November 1938 8077 18173250
December 1938 7679 17277750
January 1939 8176 17987200
February 1939 7848 17402000
March 1939 5530 12166000
April 1939 7993 17582400
May I 1939 7739 17025800
June 1939 7043 15494600
TOTAL 206787900
CCC TABLE II
ENROLLMENT AND HOME ALLOTMENTS OF GEORGIA CCC ENROLLEES FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 1939 BY COUNTY
Number of Boys Payments to
County in Camp Families
Appling 29 63800
Atkinson 10 22000
Bacon 13 28600
Baker 14 30800
Baldwin 48 105600
Banks 22 48400
Barrow 38 83600
Bartow 64 140800
Ben Hill 35 77000
Berrien 38 83600
Bibb 101 222200
Bleckley 29 63800
Brantley 26 57200
Brooks 36 79200
Bryan 25 55000
Bulloch 42 92400
Burke 50 110000
Butts 35 77000
Calhoun 19 41800
Camden 7 15400
Candler 20 44000
Carroll 78 171600
Catoosa 27 59400
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CCC TABLE II Continued
Number of Boys Payments to
County in Camp Families
Charlton 25 55000
Chatham 74 162800
Chattahoochee 7 15400
Chattooga 37 81400
Cherokee 65 143000
Clarke 62 136400
Clay 11 24200
Clayton 20 44000
Clinch 34 74800
Cobb 118 259600
Coffee 34 74800
Colquitt 54 118800
Columbia 35 77000
Cook 25 55000
Coweta 51 112200
Crawford 23 50600
Crisp 38 83600
Dade 28 61600
Dawson 32 70400
Decatur 62 136400
DeKalb 146 321200
Dodge 61 134200
Dooly 47 103400
Dougherty 36 79200
Douglas 32 70400
Early 39 85800
Echols 13 28600
Effingham 24 52800
Elbert 65 143000
Emanuel 66 145200
Evans 24 52800
Fannin 47 103400
Fayette 30 66000
Floyd 119 261800
Forsyth 62 136400
Franklin 24 52800
Fulton 1 513 1128600
Gilmer 54 118800
Glascock 24 52800
Glynn 44 96800
Gordon 1 40 88000
Grady 45 99000
Greene 51 112200
Gwinnett 88 193600
Habersham 54 118800
Hall 92 202400
Hancock 48 105600
Haralson 66 145200
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CCC TABLE II Continued
Number of Boys Payments to
County in Camp Families
Harris 37 81400
Hart 37 81400
Heard 16 3S200
Henry 66 145200
Houston 24 52800
Irwin 28 61600
Jackson 85 187000
Jasper 27 59400
Jeff Davis 29 63800
Jefferson 50 110000
Jenkins 31 68200
Johnson 1 66 145200
Jones 21 46200
Lamar 32 70400
Lanier I 20 44000
Laurens 89 195800
Lee 12 26400
Liberty 1 18 39600
Lincoln 27 59400
Long 10 22000
Lowndes 60 132000
Lumpkin 32 70400
Macon 22 48400
Madison 58 127600
Marion 19 41800
McDuffie 39 85800
McIntosh 16 35200
Meriwether 71 156200
Miller 23 50600
Mitchell 46 101200
Monroe 13 28600
Montgomery 69 151800
Morgan 39 85800
Murray 36 79200
Muscogee 73 160600
Newton 57 125400
Oconee 31 68200
Oglethorpe 54 118800
Paulding 30 66000
Peach 14 30800
Pickens 50 110000
Pierce 31 68200
Pike 35 77000
Polk 81 178200
Pulaski 13 28600
Putnam 26 57200
Quitman 8 17600
Rabun 45 99000
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County Randolph Richmond Rockdale Schley Screven Seminole Spalding Stephens Stewart Sumter Talbot Taliaferro Tattnall Taylor Telfair Terrell Thomas
Tift
Toombs Towns Treutlen Troup Turner Twiggs
Union
Upson Walker Walton
Ware
Warren Washington Wayne Webster Wheeler White Whitfield Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth
CCC TABLE II Continued
Number of Boys Payments to
in Camp Families
90200
55000
48400
77000
15 33000
22 48400
60 132000
42 92400
41 90200
31 68200
11 24200
33 72600
49 107800
42 92400
83 182600
14 30800
17 37400
24 52800
52 114400
60 132000
21 46200
58 127600
34 74800
43 94600
66 145200
33 72600
56 123200
64 140800
66 145200
30 66000
70 154000
45 99000
19 41800
27 59400
41 90200
57 125400
39 85800
67 147400
41 90200
36 79200
Total 7043 15494600
NATIONAL YOUTH ADMINISTRATION CERTIFICATIONS
The National Youth Administration gives assistance to students and other young people in another avenue of aid for the needy The State Department of Public Welfare has the responsibility of certifying applicants for NYA aid through the facilities of county departments NYA expenditures amount to approximately 900000 annually in Georgia
DIVISION OF RESEARCH AND STATISTICS
M Hardin Mitchell Acting Director
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
DIVISION OF RESEARCH AND STATISTICS TABLE OF CONTENTS
Table 1 Dispositions of Applications for Old Age Assistance Aid to the
Blind and Aid to Dependent Children Received from the Time of the Inauguration of the Social Security Program July 1 1937 through June 30 1939 inclusive
Chart Development of the Public Assistance Program in First Two Years
of Operation by Expenditures
Narrative Old Age Assistance
Tables 116 Social Data on Cases Accepted During Fiscal Year 193839
Table 17 Individuals Accepted During Fiscal Year 193839 by Race Sex
and Location with Respect to Occupation
Narrative Aid to the Blind
Tables 117 Social Data on Cases Accepted During Fiscal Year 193839
Narrative Aid to Dependent Children
Tables 118 Social Data on Cases Accepted During Fiscal Year 193839
Narrative General Relief
Table 1 Tabulation of General Relief Cases from July 1 1938 to June 30
1939 by Months Cases Persons Amount of Obligations Average per Case and Average per Person
Table 2 Tabulation of General Relief Cases During Fiscal Year 193839
by Cases Persons Amount of Obligations Average for Twelve Months Period Average per Case and Average per Person by Counties
Child Welfare Social Data on Child Welfare Services Received and Tabulated by
the Division of Research and Statistics During Fiscal Year 193839
Narrative Crippled Children
Table Numerical Analysis of the Applications and Cases Approved for
Registration and Treatment During Fiscal Year 193839 by the Crippled Children Division
Chart Percentage Analysis of the Applications and Cases Approved for
Registration and Treatment During Fiscal Year 193839 by the Crippled Children Division
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STATISTICAL TABLE 1 SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS
DISPOSITIONS OF APPLICATIONS FOR OLD AGE ASSISTANCE AID TO THE BLIND AND AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN RECEIVED FROM THE TIME OF THE INAUGURATION OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAM JULY 1 1937 THROUGH JUNE 30 1939 INCLUSIVE
July 11937 Through June 30 1938 Percentage of Total from 737 to 739 July 11938 Through June 30 1939 Percentage of Total from 738 to 739 Total
Applications Received Old Age Assistance 89738 82 20309 18 110047
Aid to the Blind 2644 81 613 19 3257
Aid to Dependent Children Families 13724 74 4731 26 18455
Children 34966 75 11611 25 46577
Applications Approved Old Age Assistance 37074 83 7655 17 44729
Aid to the Blind 1197 84 232 16 1429
Aid to Dependent Children Families 4854 83 1028 17 5882
Children 13496 83 2680 17 16176
Applications Denied as Ineligible Old Age Assistance 7061 71 2870 29 9931
Aid to the Blind 185 65 101 35 286
Aid to Dependent Children Families 1215 59 833 41 2048
Children 3071 61 1958 39 5029
Applications Disposed of for Old Age Assistance Other Reasons 5808 55 4837 45 10645
Aid to the Blind 239 62 146 38 385
Aid to Dependent Children Families 876 51 826 49 1702
Children 2079 51 2029 49 4108
Applications Pending Old Age Assistance Aid to the Blind Aid to Dependent Children Families Children June 30 1938 39795 1023 6779 16320 June 301939 45540 1090 8920 21411
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
STATE OF GEORGIA
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OLDAGE ASSISTANCE
OldAge Assistance includes a majority of the cases and entails the expenditure of a major part of the money for Special Assistance For this reason it may be termed the most important part of the program and necessitates detailed study for a thorough understanding of the social data involved
This information is obtained from social data cards which are submitted to the State Office from the county where the individual is approved for assistance All information contained on the card is necessarily the status of the case at the time of the original investigation and not as of the present date No attempt is made to change data on the card to keep pace with the changing social data because this would be a clerical impossibility
The following tables constitute a detailed study of every individual approved for OldAge Assistance during the fiscal year 19381939 and of every individual recipient closed for OldAge Assistance during the fiscal year 19381939 who was initially approved during the fiscal years 19371938 and 19381939 These tables are in themselves self explanatory and there is no need for detailed explanation
During this fiscal year there were 7468 individuals approved for OldAge Assistance 51 of these were male and 49 female Table No 1 shows that 13 of these were living alone at the time of investigation 47 living without spouse and 40 living with spouse
Table 2 gives the number of individuals of specified race by amount of first award accepted for OldAge Assistance 59 of all approved cases are white and 41 are negro The average opening award for these cases was between 700 and 800 34 of these approved cases do not have any other source of income to be received simultaneously with the grant for OldAge Assistance as can be seen in Table 3 Only 18 of the cases had any type of public or private assistance received in the household simultaneously with OldAge Assistance As can be determined from Table 4 85 of these individuals depended on no other assistance
Table 7 gives a detailed breakdown of the medical care and physical condition of these persons Only 3 were bedridden at the time of original investigation but 20 required considerable care from others Of the 237 individuals who were bedridden 78 received some type of medical care Of the 1509 individuals who required considerable care from others 41 received some type of medical care Of the 5722 individuals who were able to care for self 32 received some type of medical care Table 8 shows number of individuals of specified race and sex according to age on June 30 1939 The average age for the total number of cases was between 72 and 73 years of age For white individuals this age was between 71 and 72 years and for negroes between 73 and 74 years of age Table 9 shows that there were only 16 foreign born individuals approved during this fiscal year and all of this 16 were white Table 10 is a study of marital status living arrangement and sex 4 of the total pumber had never been married 40 were married at the time of this investigation 51 had married and were widowed the remainder having been divorced or separated Tables 11 and 12 show a study of these individuals who were married at the time of this investigation Of the 7468 persons under consideration 25 live in urban territories and 75 in rural sections
During this fiscal year 5057 cases which were opened during the fiscal years 19371938 and 19381939 were closed for OldAge Assistance This is shown in Table 14 The number of months aid was received can be obtained from Table 15 3696 individuals of this 5057 whose cases were closed or 73 were closed on account of death This information is available on Table 16
STATISTICAL TABLE 1 PART 1 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
LIVING ARRANGEMENT TO BE EFFECTIVE WHEN FIRST PAYMENT IS RECEIVED SEX AND MONTHLY PAYMENT
Number of Individuals By Sex Accepted for OldAge Assistance with Specified Living Arrangement Effective When First Payment Is Received
MONTHLY
PAYMENT
Total
TOTAL7468
100 200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000 1100 1200
1300
1400
1500
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000 2100 2200
2300
2400
2500
2600
2700
2800
2900
3000
199 1
299 55
399 188
499 579
599 1473
699 1196
799 1141
899 904
999 482
1099 569
1199 183
1299 218
1399 108
1499 61
1599 81
1699 53
1799 40
1899 26
1999 20
2099 27
2199 13
2299 12
2399 9
2499 4
2599 6
2699 5
2799 1
2899
2999 2
3099 11
TOTAL
Male
3786
IN HOUSEHOLD GROUP
Female
3682
Total
1002
ALONE
Male Female 433 569
With Spouse Only Total Male Female
1205 900 305
With Spouse and Other Total Male Female
1763 1390 373
1
23 32
90 98
281 298
715 758
552 644
549 592
445 459
250 232
315 254
99 84
140 78
65 43
42 19
59 22
30 23
29 11
22 4
13 7
22 5
7 6
8 4
8 1
4
4 2
3 2
1
1
9 2

4 1 3
28 15 13
84 44 40
220 102 118
137 47 90
133 54 79
114 44 70
62 28 34
61 21 40
41 20 21
40 20 20
36 21 15
10 3 7
8 5 3
8 3 5
7 4 3
1 1
4 4
2 1 1
With Other Relatives Without Spouse
Total 3269
Male Female 959 2310
1 1
20 11 9 14 8 6 17 3 14
37 23 14 47 31 16 72 20 52
99 70 29 138 90 48 243 69 174
216 161 55 308 242 66 685 188 497
174 120 54 253 192 61 587 171 416
164 118 46 244 187 57 567 175 392
142 113 29 218 167 51 403 112 291
71 51 20 126 103 23 207 64 143
102 80 22 142 121 21 247 83 164
33 28 5 41 33 8 63 16 47
43 37 6 65 57 8 62 22 40
13 9 4 29 28 1 29 7 22
15 14 1 21 20 1 14 4 10
16 13 3 32 31 1 24 9 15
12 9 3 12 11 1 19 7 12
11 9 2 13 12 1 7 3 4
7 7 14 13 1 4 2 2
8 7 7 7 1 6 12 5 12 1 1 4 2 1 2
3 2 1 5 4 1 4 4
3 3 5 5 3 3
2 2 5 5 2 1 1
3 3 1 1
1 1 2 2 1 1
1 1 1 1 2 1 1
1 1

1 1 1
8 8 1 1

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DEPARTMENT OF
STATISTICAL TABLE 1 PART 2 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
LIVING ARRANGEMENT TO BE EFFECTIVE WHEN FIRST PAYMENT IS RECEIVED SEX AND MONTHLY PAYMENT
Number of Individuals By Sex Accepted for OldAge Assistance with Specified Living Arrangement Effective When First Payment Is Received
IN HOUSEHOLD GROUP Contd
MONTHLY
PAYMENT
TOTAL
Not with Relatives Eating at Same Table
2300
2400
2500
2600
2700
2800
2900
3000
2399
2499
2599
2699
27992899
2999
3099
Total
213
Male
98
Female
115
IN PUBLIC INSTITUTION
Male
100 199
200 299
300 399 4 1 3
400 499 14 8 6
500 599 42 22 20
600 699 43 21 22
700 799 32 15 17
800 899 25 9 16
900 999 14 3 11
1000 1099 17 10 7
1100 1199 5 2 3
1200 1299 7 3 4
1300 1399 1 1
1400 1499
1500 1599 1 1
1600 1699 1 1
1700 1800 1900 1799 1899 2 1 1
1999 1 1
2000 2099 2 2
2100 2199 1 1
2200 2299 1 1
IN PROPRIETARY OR UNINCORPORATED INSTITUTION OR LODGING HOUSE
Female Total Male Female
2 4 2 2
OTHER
Total
10
Female
6
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
STATISTICAL TABLE 2 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Monthly Payment
Total
100 199
200 299
300 399
400 499
500 599
600 699
700 799
800 899
900 999
1000 1099
1100 1199
1200 1299
1300 1399
1400 1499
1500 1599
1600 1699
1700 1799
1800 1899
1900 1999
2000 2099
2100 2199
2200 2299
2300 2399
2400 2499
2500 2599
2600 2699
2700 2799
2800 2899
2900 2999
RACE AND MONTHLY PAYMENT
Number of Individuals of Specified Race Accepted for Old Age Assistance
All Races White Negro
7468 4335 3133
1 1
55 21 34
188 52 136
579 174 405
1473 630 843
1196 681 515
1141 694 447
904 661 243
482 323 159
569 446 123
183 104 79
218 160 58
108 67 41
61 46 15
81 75 6
53 48 5
40 32 8
26 20 6
20 16 4
27 25 2
13 12 1
12 11 1
9 9
4 4
6 5 1
5 5
1 1
2 2
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STATISTICAL TABLE 3 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
SOURCE OF OTHER INCOME RECEIVED BY INDIVIDUAL SIMULTANEOUSLY WTH OLDAGE ASSISTANCE
Source of Other Income Received by Individual Number of Individuals Accepted
Simultaneously with OldAge Assistance For OldAge Assistance
11 Total 7468
None 2573
Some M94
One Type Only 4080
Veterans Pension
Employees Pension 2
Annuity or Income from Trust Fund or Insurance 7
Income from invested capital 5
Net income or rent from Real Property 189
Income from earnings 930
Net income from Sale of Farm Produce 504
Regular contributions from Relatives or Friends 1331
Other 1111
Two Types 736
Three Types 75
Four Types
Unknown
STATISTICAL TABLE 4 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
TYPE OF OTHER PUBLIC OR PRIVATE ASSISTANCE RECEIVED IN HOUSEHOLD SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH OLDAGE ASSISTANCE
Type of Other Public or Private Assistance1 Received Number of Individuals Accepted in Household Simultaneously with OldAge Assistance For OldAge Assistance
Total 7468
No other type of public or private assistance 6152
One additional type of public or private assistance 1292
Aid to dependent children 42
Aid to the blind 5
General Public Assistance 31
Another grant of oldage assistance 977
Works program wages 205
Other public assistance 29
Assistance from a voluntary private agency 3
Two additional types of public or private assistance 24
Aid to dependent children and another grant of
oldage assistance 1
Aid to the blind and another grant of oldage assistance 1
General public assistance and other public assistance 2
Another grant of oldage assistance and Works
Program wages 19
Works Program wages and other public assistance 1
including another grant of oldage assistance
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STATISTICAL TABLE 5 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
TYPE OF ASSISTANCE RECEIVED WITHIN 30 DAYS PRIOR TO INVESTIGATION FOR OLDAGE ASSISTANCE
Type of Assistance Received Within 30 Days Prior to Investigation Number of Individuals Accepted For OldAge Assistance
Total 7468
No assistance at time of investigation 6301
No assistance at time of investigation and none within 2 years No assistance at time of investigation but assistance 5789
in some form received within 2 years No assistance at time of investigation and unknown 457
whether any assistance received within 2 years 55
Some assistance at time of investigation One type only Private Assistance from a voluntary agency Public Care in public institutions for the aged Care in public general hospital Care in other public hospital Care in other public institution Works Program wages received by applicant Works Program wages received by member of household 1063 1038 19 19 j 1019 9 2 3 5 22 161
General public assistance Other public assistance Two types of assistance 627 190 25
Unknown whether assistance ever received 104
STATISTICAL TABLE 6 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE RACE
Race Number of Individuals Accepted
For OldAge Assistance
All Races 7468
White Negro 4335 3133
STATE OF GEORGIA
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STATISTICAL TABLE 7 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
PHYSICAL CONDITION ACCORDING TO SEX AND ACCORDING TO TYPE OF MEDICAL CARE OR SUPERVISION AT TIME OF APPLICATION
Medical Care or Supervision
Total
Male
Female
None
Under individual physician
In hospital
In clinic
Under care of other type of practitioner or agency Unknown
Number of Individuals with Specified Physical Condition Accepted for OldAge Assistance
Total Bedridden Not Bedridden but Requiring Considerable Care Able to Care from Others for Self
7468 237 1509 5722
3786 110 695 2981
3682 127 814 2741
6012 52 891 5069
1275 175 578 522
1 1
146 5 26 115
15 1 9 5
19 3 5 11
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STATISTICAL TABLE 8 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE AGE ON JUNE 30 1939 RACE AND SEX
Ag on June 30 1939
Number of Individuals of Specified Race and Sex Accepted for OldAge Assistance
Total All Races Total Male Female Total White Male Female Total Negro Male Fema
7468 3786 3682 4335 2157 2178 3133 1629 1504
65 and under 66 yrs 11 6 5 11 6 5
66 and under 67 yrs 281 120 161 247 103 144 34 17 17
67 and under 68 yrs 658 311 347 468 221 247 190 90 100
68 and under 69 yrs 727 395 332 479 260 219 248 135 113
69 and under 70 yrs 698 345 353 397 196 201 301 149 152
70 and under 71 yrs 514 263 251 325 151 174 189 112 77
71 and under 72 yrs 561 291 270 291 168 123 270 123 147
72 and under 73 yrs 534 268 266 264 135 129 270 133 137
73 and under 74 yrs 470 242 228 279 141 138 191 101 90
74 and under 75 yrs 476 242 234 195 98 97 281 144 137
75 and under 76 yrs 259 137 122 135 65 70 124 72 52
76 and under 77 yrs 261 151 110 123 66 57 138 85 53
77 and under 78 yrs 309 154 155 181 97 84 128 57 71
78 and under 79 yrs 287 145 142 186 89 97 101 56 45
79 and under 80 yrs 277 151 126 164 87 77 113 64 49
80 and under 81 yrs 185 93 92 115 46 69 70 47 23
81 and under 82 yrs 179 92 87 96 53 43 83 39 44
82 and under 83 yrs 146 76 70 72 32 40 74 44 30
83 and under 84 yrs 115 60 55 62 30 32 53 30 23
84 and under 85 yrs 127 63 64 72 28 44 55 35 20
85 and under 86 yrs 93 44 49 53 25 28 40 19 21
86 and under 87 yrs 74 36 38 34 15 19 40 21 19
87 and under 88 yrs 59 28 31 29 17 12 30 11 19
88 and under 89 yrs 36 19 17 19 9 10 17 10 7
89 and under 90 yrs 36 17 19 13 8 5 23 9 14
90 and under 91 yrs 29 11 18 10 5 5 19 6 13
91 and under 92 yrs 19 9 10 7 2 5 12 7 5
92 and under 93 yrs 10 3 7 4 2 2 6 1 s
93 and under 94 yrs 8 3 5 1 1 7 3 4
94 and under 95 yrs 10 3 7 2 1 1 8 2 6
95 and under 96 yrs 5 2 3 1 1 4 1 3
96 and under 97 yrs 1 1 1 1
97 and under 98 yrs 3 3 3 3
98 and under 99 yrs 2 2 2 2
99 and under 100 yrs
100 years and over 8 5 3 8 5 3
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STATISTICAL TABLE 9 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE NATIVITY PLACE OF BIRTH AND RACE
Number of Individuals of Specified
Nativity and Place of Birth Race Accepted for OldAge
Assistance
All Races White Negro
Total 7468 4335 3133
Nativeborn 7452 4319 3133
16 16
15 15
Northwestern 8 8
4 4
1 1
2 2
1 1
n
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
STATISTICAL TABLE 10 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE MARITAL STATUS LIVING ARRANGEMENT AND SEX
Living Arrangement and Sex
Number of Individuals of Specified Marital Status Accepted for OldAge Assistance
Total Single Wid owed Divorced or Legally Separated Sepa rated Mar ried
Total Male Female 7468 3786 3682 283 122 161 3835 1121 2714 41 26 15 320 211 109 2989 2306 683
Alone 1002 84 773 17 122 6
Male 433 44 280 13 91 5
Female 569 40 493 4 31 1
In household group 6450 196 3049 24 198 2983
With spouse only 1205 1205
Male 900 900
Female 305 305
With spouse and others 1763 1763
Male 1390 1390
Female 373 373
With other relatives
without spouse 3269 170 2896 21 169 13
Male 959 64 783 10 93 9
Female 2310 106 2113 11 76 4
Not with relatives eating
at same table 213 26 153 3 29 2
Male 98 13 53 3 27 2
Female 115 13 100 2
In institution 6 2 4
In public institution 2 2
Female 2 2
In proprietary or unincorporated
institution or lodging house 4 2 2
Male 2 1 1
Female 2 1 1
Other arrangement 10 1 9
Male 4 4

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STATISTICAL TABLE 11 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
MARRIED INDIVIDUALS CLASSIFIED BY STATUS OF SPOUSE WITH RESPECT TO OLDAGE ASSISTANCE AND BY MONTHLY PAYMENT
MONTHLY Number of Individuals Accepted for OldAge Assistance with Spouse or PAYMENT Specified Status with Respect to OldAge Assistance
Ten Total Not Receiving OldAge Assistance Receiving Separate Grant Receiv Application for Not Living ing Separate Grant in Same Joint Grant Pending Household
rAL 2989 1447 847 503 171 21
100 199 1 1
200 299 34 6 22 2 4
300 399 84 26 48 6 4
400 499 238 99 114 8 16 1
500 599 531 283 158 42 41 7
600 699 430 223 129 41 34 3
700 799 410 195 131 50 30 4
800 899 364 188 88 64 21 3
900 999 199 100 55 42 2
1000 1099 244 114 49 70 10 1
1100 1199 74 32 19 18 5
1200 1299 108 56 16 36
1300 1399 44 27 6 9 2
1400 1499 36 14 3 18 1
1500 1599 48 21 2 25
1600 1699 24 7 1 16
1700 1799 25 12 2 9 2
1800 1899 20 12 7 1
1900 1999 14 8 1 5
2000 2099 19 6 1 12
2100 2199 8 2 1 5
2200 2299 8 5 3
2300 2399 7 2 5
2400 2499 4 2 2
2500 2599 3 2 1
2600 2699 2 2
2700 2799 1 1
2800 2899
2900 2999 1 1
3000 3099 8 4 4
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STATISTICAL TABLE 12 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
MARRIED INDIVIDUALS CLASSIFIED BY SEX AND BY STATUS OF SPOUSE WITH RESPECT TO OLDAGE ASSISTANCE
Status of Spouse with Respect to Number of Individuals of Specified Sex
OldAge Assistance Accepted for OldAge Assistance
Total Male Female
Total Married
Living in same household
Not receiving OldAge Assistance
Receiving separate grant
Receiving joint grant
Application for separate grant pending Not living in same household
2989 2306 683
2968 2290 678
1447 1308 139
847 374 473
503 468 35
171 140 31
21 16 5
STATISTICAL TABLE 13 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE ACCORDING TO SIZE OF COMMUNITY
Number of Individuals Accepted for
Residence OldAge Assistance
Total 7468
Urban territory 1861
Incorporated place of 100000 or more 295
Incorporated place of 2500 to 99999 1566
Rural territory 5607
Incorporated place under 2500 904
Unincorporated place adjacent to a city of
50000 or more 108
Other unincorporated place 429
Rural farm 4166
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STATISTICAL TABLE 14 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE REASON FOR CLOSING AND SEX
Number of Individuals of Specified Sex Whose Reason for Closing Cases Were Closed for OldAge Assistance
Total Male Female
Total 5057 2769 2288
Death 3696 2093 1603
Admitted to public institution 49 37 12
Admitted to voluntary institution 8 4 4
Became selfsupporting 176 115 61
Relatives became able to support 206 83 123
Moved out of District to another County Or District within State 518 241 277
Moved out of District to another State 110 55 55
Not eligible for original grant 42 19 23
Other 104 46 58
Transferred to other sources of assistance 148 76 72
STATISTICAL TABLE 15 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE NUMBER OF MONTHS FOR WHICH OLDAGE ASSISTANCE WAS RECEIVED
Number of Months for Which OldAge Assistance Number of Cases Closed for was Received OldAge Assistance
Total 5057
Never received payment 89
1 Month 9
2 Months 82
3 Months 97
4 Months 108
5 Months 126
6 Months 165
7 Months 189
8 Months 4 210
9 Months 252
10 Months 271
11 Months 273
1217 Months inclusive 2212
1823 Months inclusive 974
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
STATISTICAL TABLE 16 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE RECIPIENTS WHO DIED AGE AT DATE OF CLOSING RACE AND SEX
Age at Date Number of Individuals of Specified Race and Sex Whose Cases
of Closing Were Closed by Reason of Death
All Races White Negro
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Total 3696 2093 1603 2208 1270 938 1488 823 665
65 and under 66 yrs 8 5 3 7 5 2 1 1
66 and under 67 yrs 58 36 22 44 29 15 14 7 7
67 and under 68 yrs 157 98 59 101 66 35 56 32 24
68 and under 69 yrs 199 112 87 130 72 58 69 40 29
69 and under 70 yrs 191 115 76 125 75 50 66 40 26
70 and under 71 yrs 159 84 75 102 57 45 57 27 30
71 and under 72 yrs 185 114 71 95 60 35 90 54 36
72 and under 73 yrs 209 110 99 117 61 56 92 49 43
73 and under 74 yrs 210 116 94 109 63 46 101 53 48
74 ard under 75 yrs 180 104 76 97 53 44 83 51 32
75 and under 76 yrs 144 83 61 88 56 32 56 27 29
76 and under 77 yrs 159 89 70 93 51 42 66 38 28
77 and under 78 yrs 188 107 81 119 72 47 69 35 34
78 and under 79 yrs 193 109 84 121 72 49 72 37 35
79 and under 80 yrs 146 78 68 98 53 45 48 25 23
80 and under 81 yrs 158 86 72 111 63 48 47 23 24
81 and under 82 yrs 158 84 74 89 49 40 69 35 34
82 and under 83 yrs 165 90 75 101 57 44 64 33 31
83 and under 84 yrs 163 78 85 108 49 59 55 29 26
84 and under 85 yrs 142 70 72 88 39 49 54 31 23
85 and under 86 yrs 94 64 30 59 40 19 35 24 11
86 and under 87 yrs 62 45 17 35 25 10 27 20 7
87 and under 88 yrs 79 47 32 39 24 15 40 23 17
88 and under 89 yrs 72 40 32 42 25 17 30 15 15
89 and under 90 yrs 62 38 24 40 25 15 22 13 9
90 and under 91 yrs 31 23 8 19 12 7 12 11 1
91 and under 92 yrs 28 12 16 13 7 6 15 5 10
92 and under 93 yrs 24 15 9 7 5 2 17 10 7
93 and under 94 yrs 9 7 2 1 1 8 6 2
94 and under 95 yrs 14 11 3 3 2 1 11 9 2
95 and under 96 yrs 6 4 2 2 2 4 4
96 and under 97 yrs 7 4 3 3 2 1 4 2 2
97 and under 98 yrs 6 2 4 1 1 5 2 3
98 and under 99 yrs 1 1 1 1
99 and under 100 yrs 5 1 4 5 1 4
100 yrs and over 24 12 12 1 1 23 12 11
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STATISTICAL TABLE 17 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE OLD AGE ASSISTANCE INDIVIDUALS ACCEPTED DURING THE PERIOD JULY 1 1938
THROUGH JUNE 30 1939
Total Individuals Classified by Race Sex and Location with Respect to Occupation
OCCUPATIONS
Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
WHITE 4335 47 55 14 53 156 44 6 236 118 1850 1630 126
Rural 3417 30 25 4 23 75 24 5 96 76 1426 1523 110
Male 1771 22 21 3 20 74 23 5 55 63 15 1437 33
Female 1646 8 4 1 3 1 1 0 41 13 1411 86 77
Urban 918 17 30 10 30 81 20 1 140 42 424 107 16
Male 386 12 22 8 24 81 20 1 66 38 5 106 3
Female 532 5 8 2 6 0 0 0 74 4 419 1 13
NEGRO 3133 12 24 1 4 63 8 8 38 487 1113 1327 48
Rural 2190 6 23 0 0 24 3 2 13 273 651 1157 38
Male 1181 2 1 0 0 24 3 2 9 219 24 882 15
Female 1009 4 22 0 0 0 0 0 4 54 627 275 23
Urban 943 6 1 1 4 39 5 6 25 214 462 170 10
Male 448 3 1 1 3 39 5 6 16 199 39 132 4
Female 495 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 15 423 38 6
TOTAL 7468 59 79 15 57 219 52 14 274 605 2963 2957 174
Rural 5607 36 48 4 23 99 27 7 109 349 2077 2680 148
Male 2952 24 22 3 20 98 26 7 64 282 39 2319 48
Female 2655 12 26 1 3 1 1 0 45 67 2038 361 100
Urban 1861 23 31 11 34 120 25 7 165 256 886 277 26
Male 834 15 23 9 27 120 25 7 82 237 44 238 7
Female 1027 8 8 2 7 0 0 0 83 19 842 39 19
WHITE MALE 2157 34 43 11 44 155 43 6 121 101 20 1543 36
WHITE FEMALE 2178 13 12 3 9 1 1 0 115 17 1830 87 90
NEGRO MALE 1629 5 2 1 3 63 8 8 25 418 63 1014 19
NEGRO FEMALE 1504 7 22 0 i 0 0 0 13 69 1050 313 29
TOTAL MALE 3786 39 45 12 47 218 51 14 146 519 83 2557 55
TOTAL FEMALE 3682 20 34 3 10 1 1 0 128 86 2880 400 119
Key to coding for occupations on following page
OCCUPATIONSTOTAL 7468
1 PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL WORKERS TOTAL 59
Actors Architects
Artists Sculptors and Teachers of Art Chemists ALSsayers Metallurgists Clergymen and Religious Workers Designers Draftsmen
Engineers Technical
Lawyers Judges and Justices Librarians and Librarians Assistants Musicians and Teachers of Music Nurses Trained or Registered Physicians Surgeons and Dentists Playground and Recreational Workers Reporters Editors and Journalists TeachersCollege Instructors and Professors TeachersPrimary and Secondary Other Professional Persons SemiProfessional WorkersAbstractors etc
SemiProfessional WorkersTechnicians etc
SemiProfessional WorkersOther Photographers
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2 PROPRIETORS MANAGERS AND OFFICIALS Building Contractors
Foresters ForestRangers and Timber Cruisers Hucksters Peddlers Junk and Bag Dealers Proprietors Managers etc
Retail Dealers and Managers N E C
Other Proprietors Managers and Officials Coroners
3 OFFICE WORKERS
Bookkeepers Accountants and Auditors Cashiers except in banks
Clerks N E C
Messengers and Office Boys Office Machine Operators Office Managers Bank Tellers Stenographers Stenotypists eta Telegraph and Radio Operators Telephone Operators Typists
Other Clerical Workers
4 SALESMEN AND KINDRED WORKERS
Canvassers Solicitors any
Commercial Travelers Newsboys
Real Estate and Insurance Agents Salesmen and Saleswomen Retail Stores Other Saies Persons and Kindred Workers Mail Carriers Collectors
5 SKILLED WORKERS AND FOREMEN
Blacksmiths
Boilermakers
Bricklayers and Stonemasons Carpenters Cement Finishers Electricians
Foremen Construction except Road
Foremen Road and Street Construction Operators or Engineers Painters not in factory
Paper Hangers Plasterers
Plumbers Gas and Steam Fitters Roofers
Sheet Metal Workers
Stone Cutters and Carvers
Structural Iron and Steel Workers
Setters Marble Stone and Tile
Other Skilled Workers in Building and Construction
6 SKILLED WORKERS AND FOREMEN MFG
Cabinet Makers
Cobblers and Shoe Repairmen
Conductors Steam Street Railroads and Busses
Foremen in factories
Foremen and Inspectors except in factories
Locomotive Engineers and Firemen Machinists Millwrights Toolmakers Mechanics N E C
Molders Founders and Casters Metal
Sawyers
Skilled Workers in Printing and Engraving Tailors and Furriers Tinsmiths and Coppersmiths Skilled Workers in Metal Working Skilled Workers in Mfg and Other Indus
Jeweler
7 SEMISKILLED WORKERS BUILDING
Apprentices in Building and Construction Asphalt Rakers Screeners Smoothers etc
Blasters except in mines
Caisson Workers Calkers
Firemen except Locomotive and Fire Department Operators of Building and Construction Equipment Pipe Layers
Rodmen and Chainmen Surveying
Truck and Tractor Drivers Welders
Other SemiSkilled Workers in Building and Construction Barrel Making
TOTAL 79
TOTAL 15
TOTAL 57
TOTAL 219
TOTAL 52
TOTAL 14
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8 SEMISKILLER WORKERS MFG Bakers Brakemen Railroad Deliverymen Dressmakers and Milliners Filers Grinders Buffers and Polishers Metal Furnacemen Heaters Smeltermen etc Guards Watchmen and Doorkeepers Handicraft Workers Textile Wood Leather Inside Workers Mines OperativesChemical and Allied Industries Cigar Cigarette and Tobacco Factories Clay Glass and Stone Industries Clothing Industries Shirt etc Suit Coat and Dress Factories Clothing Industries N E C Electric Light and Power Plants Bakeries Slaughter and Meat Packing Houses Food and Beverage Industries N E C Automobile Factories Automobile Repair Shops Blast Furnaces and Steel Rolling Car and Railroad Shops Iron Steel Machinery Indus Laundries and Dry Cleaning Estab Lumber and Furniture Industries Metal Industries except Iron Paper Printing and Allied Indus Show Factories Cotton Mills Woolen and Worsted Mills Textile Industries Miscellaneous and Not Specified Industries Painters Varnlshers Enamelers etc Factories Switchmen Flagmen and Yardmen Railroad Taxicab Drivers Bus Drivers and Chauffeurs Other SemiSkilled Workers in Manufacturing Grocerymen Butchers Miller Doorkeepers Guards Nightwatchmen Policemen TOTAL 274
9 UNSKILLED LABORERS LaborersClay Glass and Stone Industries Iron Steel Mach Vehicle Indus Lumber and Furniture Industries Other Manufacturing and Allied Indus Mines and Quarries Oil and Gas Wells Odd JobsGeneral Railroads Steam and Street Roads Streets and Sewers Stores incl Porters in Stores Helpers N E C Longshoremen and Stevedores Lumbermen Raftsmen and Woodchoppers Street Cleaners Garbage Men etc Teamsters and Draymen Other Unskilled Workers Fishermen Turpentine Workers TOTAL 605
10 DOMESTIC AND PERSONAL SERVICE Housewife Barber and Beauty Shop Workers Bootblacks Cleaners and Charwomen Cooks and Chefs except in private family Elevator Operators Janitors Caretakers Sextons Laundresses not in Laundry Porters except in stores Practical Nurses Hospital Attendants etc Servants Hotel Boarding Houses etc Servants Private Families Waiters Waitresses and Bartenders Other Domestic and Personal Service Workers Caretakers TOTAL 2963
11 FARM LABORERS AND OPERATORS Farm Foremen Managers and Overseers Farm Laborers Farmers Gardeners TOTAL 2957
12 UNEMPLOYED OR UNEMPLOYABLE OR UNKNOWN TOTAL 174
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AID TO THE BLIND
A Social Data Card for each individual accepted for Aid to the Blind is made out by the investigator at the time the investigation is made in the county and it accompanies other documents submitted to the State Office This Social Data Card is required only on cases which are formally approved for grants The information obtained from these cards must necessarily be the status of the case at the time of the original investigation and not as of the present date On the following pages is an inclusive presentation of social data in tabular form obtained from these cards and each table in itself is selfexplanatory
During this fiscal year 19381939 there were 224 individuals officially approved for Aid to the Blind Sixtyone percent of these were male and 39 female as is shown in Table 1 The average opening award was between 800 and 900 although the average monthly payment to Aid to the Blind cases has never been this low The question often arises how do blind people live and where do blind people live From this study as shown in Table 1 this information is in part available Thirteen percent of all Aid to the Blind cases approved this year live alone 10 live with spouse only 29 live with spouse and others 40 live with other relatives without spouse and 8 have other living arrangements
More negroes were approved for Aid to the Blind than white persons Fiftyfive percent of the cases approved this year were negroes as shown on Table 2 The monthly payment for which the case was initially approved is approximately 200 higher for white individuals than for negroes Table 3 shows that 56 of the blind persons approved this year have no other source of income that is they are entirely dependent upon this monthly grant or some other form of public or private assistance for sustenance Only 5 of these blind persons are gainfully employed For more detailed information refer to Table 4 and Table 5 Table 6 reveals that the average age of these individuals is approximately 52 years although the range is from 22 years to above 70 years Only five blind persons are known to be receiving instruction and this is under public auspices and at home Table 8 shows that 88 of the blind persons approved during this fiscal year have no other public or private assistance in the household received simultaneously with Aid to the Blind Table 9 gives a more thorough breakdown of type of assistance received at time of investigation and it also gives information as to whether assistance was received within two years prior to time of investigation
Marital status and sex are shown on Table 11 Twentyseven percent of these persons are single 22 are widowed 1 are divorced or legally separated 12 are separated and 38 are married There was only one foreignborn person approved this year for Aid to the Blind as can be seen by reference to Table 13 Table 14 gives urban and rural residence according to the size of the community Thirtysix percent live in urban territory and 64 live in rural territory
During this fiscal year 19381939 97 cases were closed These cases were initially approved during the fiscal years 19371938 and 19381939 but were all closed during the present year Table 15 shows the number of months aid was received and Table 16 shows why these cases were closed Fiftyseven percent of all closures were closed on account of death of recipients Table 17 shows the number of individuals of specified race and sex whose cases were closed by reason of death age at date of closing race and sex
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MONTHLY
PAYMENT1
STATISTICAL TABLE 1 AID TO THE BLIND
LIVING ARRANGEMENT TO BE EFFECTIVE WHEN FIRST PAYMENT IS RECEIVED SEX AND MONTHLY PAYMENT
Number of Individuals Accepted for Aid to the Blind with Specified Living Arrangement Effective When First Payment Is Received and Sex
Total
Includes Part 2
Total Male Female Total
Total 224 136
200 299 1
399
499
599
699
799
899
999 1099
300
400
500
600
700
800900
1000
1100 1199
1200 1299
1300 1399
1400 1499
1500 1599
1600 1699
1700 1799
1800 1899
1900 1999
2000 2099
2100 2199
2200 2299
2300 2399
2400 2499
2500 2599
2600 2699
2700 2799
2800 2899
2900 2999
3000 3099
13 24 30 28 27 15 24
4
12
9
3
14 3 2 3
In Household Group With Other Relatives Alone With Spouse Only With Spouse Other Without Spouse
Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
13
12
18
16
12
16
4
5 4 2 9 2 2
3
4 2
88
5
11
18
10
11
3
29
19
10
23
14
lIn this table and the following tables the term Monthly Pay
64
3 7 9
4 11
4 6
2
1
3
5 1
48
16
89
10
12
14
44
45
ment refers to the monthly payment for which the case is approved initially
05
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
STATISTICAL TABLE AID TO THE BLIND PART 2
LIVING ARRANGEMENT TO BE EFFECTIVE WHEN FIRST PAYMENT IS RECEIVED SEX AND MONTHLY PAYMENT
Number of Individuals Accepted for Aid to the Blind with Specified Living Arrangement Effective When First Payment Is Received and Sex MONTHLY In Household Group
PAYMENT1 Continued
Not with Relatives Other
Eating at Same Table
Total Male Female Total Male Female
Total 17 10 7 2 1 1
400 499 1 1
500 599 2 1 1
600 699 2 2
700 799 3 2 1
800 899
900 999 1 1
1000 1099 4 2 2 1 1
1100 1199 1 1
1200 1299
1300 1399 1 1
1400 1499
1500 1599 1 1
1600 1699
1700 1799 1 1
1800 1899
1900 1999
2000 2099 1 1
1In this table and the following tables the term Monthly Payment refers to the monthly payment for which the case is approved initially
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STATISTICAL TABLE 2 AID TO THE BLIND RACE AND MONTHLY PAYMENT
Number of Individuals of Specified Race
MONTHLY PAYMENT Accepted for Aid to the Blind
All Races White Negro
Total 224 101 123
200 299 I l i
300 399
400 499 13 6 7
500 599 24 7 17
600 699 30 9 21
700 799 28 6 22
800 899 27 13 14
900 999 15 4 h
1000 1099 24 12 12
1100 1199 4 2 2
1200 1299 12 9 3
1300 1399 9 3 6
1400 1499 3 3
1500 1599 14 11 3
1600 1699 3 2 1
1700 1799 2 1 1
1800 1899 3 i 2
1900 1999
2000 2099 4 4
2100 2199 2 2
2200 2299 1 1
2300 2399
2400 2499 1 1
2500 2599 1 1
2600 2699 I
2700 2799 1 1
2800 2899 1 1
2900 2999
3000 3099 1 1
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
STATISTICAL TABLE 3 AID TO THE BLIND
SOURCE OF OTHER INCOME RECEIVED BY INDIVIDUAL SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH AID TO THE BLIND
Number of Individuals
Source of Other Income Received by Individual Simultaneously Accepted for Aid with Aid to the Blind to the Blind
Total 224
None 125
Some 99
One type only 85
Net income or rent from real property 5
Income from earnings 19
Net income from sale of farm produce
Regular contributions from relatives or friends 40
Other 15
Three types 1
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4 AID TO THE BLIND AND MONTHLY PAYMENT
Number of Individuals Accepted for Aid to the Blind with Employment Status at Time Application Was Approved
STATISTICAL TABLE EMPLOYMENT STATUS
MONTHLY PAYMENT
Total
200 299
300 399
400 499
500 599
600 699
700 799
800 899
900 999
1000 1099
1100 1199
1200 1299
1300 1399
1400 1499
1500 1599
1600 1699
1700 1799
1800 1899
1900 1999
2000 2099
2100 2199
2200 2299
2300 2399
2400 2499
2500 2599
2600 2699
2700 2799
2800 2899
2900 2999
3000 3099
Total Gainfully Employed Not Gainfully Employed
224 12 212
1 1
13 1 12
24 2 22
30 2 28
28 2 26
27 27
15 1 14
24 2 22
4 4
12 12
9 9
3 3
14 1 13
3 3
2 2
3 3
4 1 3
2 2
1 1
1 1
1 1
1 1
1 1
1 1
STATISTICAL TABLE 5 AID TO THE BLIND
EMPLOYMENT STATUS WITH TYPE OP EMPLOYMENT FOR THE GAINFULLY EMPLOYED
AGE ON JUNE 30 1939 AND SEX
Number of Individuals of Specified Sex Accepted for Aid to the Blind with Employment Status at Time Application was
Age on June 30 Total Number in Specified Type of Gainful Employment
Sheltered Employ Self Employ Other EmployTotal ment ment ment
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
1939
Approved
Not Gainfully Employed
Total Male Female
TOTAL 224 136 88 12 11
22 and under 23 yrs 3 1 2
23 and under 24 yrs 2 1 1
24 and under 25 yrs 2 1 1
25 and under 26 yrs 6 3 3
26 and under 27 yrs 1 1
27 and under 28 yrs 4 3 1
28 and under 29 yrs 4 1 3
29 and under 30 yrsi 6 4 2 2 2
30 and under 31 yrs 2 2
31 and under 32 yrs 2 1 1
32 and under 33 rs 4 4
34 and under 35 rs
35 and under 36 yrs 5 4 1
36 and under 37 rs 3 2 1
37 and under 38 rs 2 2
38 and under 39 rs 6 3 3
39 and under 40 rs 3 2 1 1 1
40 and under 41 yrs 4 2 2
41 and under 42 rs 6 4 2
42 and under 43 rs 4 3 1
43 and under 44 rs 4 1 3
44 and under 45 yrs 2 1 1 1 1
45 and under 46 rs 6 3 3
46 and under 47 rs 7 6 1
47 and