Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-05-17

entrance into there Ravens of refuge
for the underprivileged.
The Aid to Dependent Children Act
not only will take care of children left
without father-it also will embrace
those who, for any good reason, are
not receiving the proper care and
training because of lack of money
Children under Is years of age liv-
ing with either their father, mother,
grandfather, grandmother, brother,
sister, or other relatives, will be car
ed for if it is shown that those charg-
ed with their keeping are not situated
so. as to give them the advantages to
which they are entitled.
The act provides that children eli
gible for benefits shall either have
born or resided within North Caro-
lima for at least one year prior to the
filling of an application for assistance,
or that the mother Of the applicant
also has been a resident of the State
for a similar period, and that she has
not the means for decent livelihood
for herself and her children. Appli-
cations for aid are to be made to
agencies which will be established in
each of the 100 counties of the State.
The maximum amount any one
child may receive under provisions of
the act is $18 per month, with each
additional child of the same family
Icing allowed $12, provided the total
does not exceed $65 per month. One
third of the cost of administering the
Aid to Dependent Children Act will
be borne ny tic counties, with the
state and federal governments also
absorbing one-third each.
The act provides, however, that in
order that no injustice may be caus-
ed mcre than $65 may be paid Gin ex-
traor0inary circumstances in which
it appears to the satisfaction of tie
State board that total of $65 per
month would be insufficient to secure
the purpose above set forth"
the Social Security Act in provid-
ing aid to dependent children, gives
evidence of long range planning for
the 1ture," recently said Mrs. w: T.
Bost. commissioner of charities and
public welfare 1T stands out as the
greatest opportunity for constructive
work with children that has ever been
available to the nation. This aid IS
based on the fundamental conception
that family life if the best environ
lent for the growth and development
of children into future citizens.
I'VE have long since come to real
ize that. for any cause, the breaking
I'm of a home in which there are chill
dren is a delicate social-surgical OPP
Grafton at best, but to break up a
home for poverty alone is nothing
short of a crime.
.The act recognizes the simple fact
that where the wage Garner has been
removed from a family because OF
death. desertion or sickness, the re-
naming parent is frequently unable
to give proper care to minor children
and at the same time earn living Tor
them"
an North Carolina after July L.
Mrs. Bost continued, passage of the
act means that instead of aiding only
am mothers aid families year-as
we have been doing the past few
vears-we will be able to aid more
than 775O families involving approx
mately 217OO children.
"Where the family is self-respect-
ing and child-loving, keeping children
in their own homes has decided 40
vanta pes. enactment of this leglsla-
t;nn means a home for every child
and that love and security which
home provides"