Public Assistance: A Report of the Findings and Recommendations of the Advisory Council on Public Assistance |
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Page 14 - ... has been deprived of parental support or care by reason of the death, continued absence from the home, or physical or mental incapacity of a parent, and who is living with his father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, brother, sister, stepfather, stepmother, stepbrother, stepsister, uncle, or aunt, in a place of residence maintained by one or more of such relatives as his or their own home; (b) The term aid to dependent children means money payments with respect to a dependent child or dependent...
Page 11 - States for assistance and administration of four programs of public assistance — old-age assistance, aid to dependent children, aid to the blind, and aid to the permanently and totally disabled.
Page 22 - All 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Guam administer programs vita Federal aid for old-age assistance, aid to dependent children, and aid to the blind.
Page 48 - Leave to private initiative all the functions that citizens can perform privately; use the level of government closest to the community for all public functions it can handle; utilize cooperative intergovernmental arrangements where appropriate to attain economical performance and popular approval; reserve National action for residual participation where State and local governments are not fully adequate, and for the continuing responsibilities that only the National Government can undertake.
Page 21 - In order to assist the States to extend the scope and content, and improve the quality, of medical care and medical services for which payments are made to or on behalf of needy and lowincome individuals under this Act and in order to promote better public understanding about medical care and medical assistance for needy...
Page 36 - Training and personnel (a) In order to improve administration, promote social rehabilitation, and help prevent dependency. States should Increase the numbers and raise the qualifications of personnel administering the public assistance programs. (6) To assist States in increasing the number of their qualified staff, the existing Federal matching provisions for educational leave programs should be amended to provide 100 percent Federal funds for training of public welfare personnel, as is provided...