Evening star., 1935-09-15
BY JOHN C. HENRY.

BY JOHN C. HENRY.
Recognizing the fact that the most
effective foundation for personal Sc
curity should be established during
the childhood years Of an individual,
the social security act has provided
fourfold program for the underpriW-
legged young.
One Of the four sections of this
program is placed under the Social
Security Board; the remaining three
are under the jurisdiction of the Chill
dren's Bureau Of the Department Of
Labor. ALI four are based upon the
policy of grants to States.
First o. these plans is contained in
Title ~, vesting in the Social Sc
curity Board the duty of administer
ing a program Of grants-in-aid to
States to assist in meeting the costs of
aid to dependent children. Under
this provision the State must have an
approved plan by which it contributes
to the support Of children under the
age of Is who have been deprived of
parental support through death, de-
sertion or incapacity of parents and
who is living in private home with
relatives.
U. s. Contribution Limited.
To amplify this State aid the Fed
eral Government now proposes to ex-
tend to the State an amount equal to
one-third Of the total expenditure for
each dependent child. The Federal
contribution is limited, however. to s6
per month TO first child and 81 per
month to additional children. To
meet this provision the act authorizes
a yearly appropriation of $24, ,75o, 900
for Title Nv.
At the beginning Of 1885 the Dis
trlct OF Columbia and AZ States had
in operation laws for mothers aid, the
same thing as aid to dependent chill
dren. Those having no such program
were Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Mis-
sissippi, New Mexico and South Caro-
lima.
Among these 43 individual programs,
about is Of which are believed already
in conformance with Federal REQUIRE
ments and the others open to such
conformance without undue delay,
nearly 100000 children we're being
partially or fully supported. Total
expenditures amounted to S37,487,479
in the year 1884 with the exact num-
Der Of children registered being 280,-
565. With an extra $4,000, 900 Of
Federal funds being available each
year, the future undoubtedly will see
this program extended through all
States with the aid for each individual
dependent child being increased.
Three Programs in Title v.
In Title v Of the act are contained
the other three programs for child
welfare, all of them to be carried
out by the Children's Bureau.
First is q program of maternal and
child health service, second a program
OF aid to crippled children and third
q plan for child welfare service. In
each case the act authorizes a fiat
allotment each year to every State
having an approved plan under each
OF the three sections.
In the case of the maternal and
child health program this allotment
is to be $2Q,00o to each State. In
addition, the bureau will divide among
the States $1,aoo,o0o in proportion to
live births in the State and will am
plify this by distributing $9S0,000 on
basis Of need in each State. To
carry out this plan the act authorizes
q yearly appropriation of $500, 900.
States must match the first two of
these allotments but will receive the
last one on bseis OF need regardless
of their individual participation.
The service to be extended under
this section will follow lines pretty
generally observed by most States for
many years, its general purpose being
stated in the act as promoting the
health of mothers and children, espe-
cially in rural areas and in areas
suffering from severe economic dis
tress."
Nine States Lack Service.
In 1894 all but the following nine
States made appropriations for this
service: Arkansas. Colorado, Indiana,
Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Okla
homa, Utah and Vermont. Pennsyl-
vania, for instance. spent $l97,53s
for this purpose and New York used
$l34,50o.
In the program for aid 70 crippled
children Q similar scheme for allot-