Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-11-17
Welfare Board To
Continue Officers
For Coming Term
Rapid Progress B cling
Made In Retiring Assist
ance Applications

At the regular meeting of the
Montgomery County Welfare Board,
the present officers We're reelected
and will serve in the same positions
during the coming year. Fred L.
Lutes will continue as Chairman OF
the Board, Mrs. B. Payton Whalen,
as Vice. Chairman, and Robert Mil
Ter, as Secretary Treasurer.
Mrs. Dorothy Kurtz, Executive
Secretary, reported that rapid prog
ress was being made in retiring the
pending list Of applications for
assistance. During October, forty
two Investigations were completed:
seventeen Old Age Assistance grants
and six Aid to Dependent Children
grants were approved at the No
vember meeting of the Board, and
nineteen applications were rejected
or withdrawn. On November A,
1888, only forty-one applications for
Old Age Assistance and fifteen ap-
plications for Aid to Dependent
Children remain uninvestigated, and
the majority of these had been in
vestigated partially. The number
of new Old Age Assistance apph-
cations received in October showed
a decided decrease in comparison
with the figures of the past six
months. (Seven were received in
October while an average of four
teen new applications were received
monthly since April.) The number
of applications for Aid to Depend
ent Children tends to remain fairly
constant however.
During the meeting, the progress
of the Welfare Board in community
Interpretation of it's program was
reviewed. 1t was reported that the
Executive Secretary had spoken be-
fore several groups and that the
pamphlet Montgomery County g
Welfare Program" recently issued
by the Welfare Board, had been
distributed to more than seventy
civic organizations and clubs, in an
effort to clarity the functions of the
various welfare organizations in the
County and to explain the program
of the Welfare Board. Since men,
bers of the Board are accepting re-
sponsibility for speaking before
clubs and organizations wishing in
formation on the work of the Board,
they were urged to participate in
the study group now being organized
by the Speakers Bureau of the
Montgomery County Social Welfare
Council.
Mrs. Kurtz reported that through
the Montgomery County Mental Hy-
giene Society, the psychiatric services
of DR.. Marjorie Jarvis have, been
made available to the Welfare Board.
DIR. Jarvis will conduct discussion con-
ferences with the, staff and will be
available for consultation. The Mary
land Mental Hygiene Society will con-
tinue to furnish the services Of a
psychologist during one day each
month in order that advice concerning
vocational guidance, school place
ments, ETC., may be made available to
children known to the Welfare Board.
1t was reported that great interest
was displayed in CCC enlistments
during October. Though thirteen
white boys and five colored youths
were enrolled in C. c. c., it was
necessary to reject the applications
of nine boys because of the limited
quota allowed the Welfare Board.
Plans have been made to send three
of these boys to the N. Y. A. Work
Training Center at Glen ArlSney, Nd,
where they will be able to receive
training in desired trades.
During October, total OF $l4,-
1929 was expended by the Welfare
Board. The cost of assisting 436 re-
cipients of Old Age Assistance totaled
$7,964.S0, or an average of $3.50 per
person. Of this amount, $6,637.S9 was
contributed by the State and Federal
governments and $1,327.47, by the
County. One hundred fifty-seven fam
lilies or four hundred fifty-four chill
dren received Aid to Dependent Chill
dren at an average cost of $30.82 per
family and total cost of $3.50 Ia.
The County contributed $862.46 and
the State and Federal governments,
$3,976.6S. Fifteen persons received
Aid to the Needy Blind: each grant