The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-03-29
CHILD CARE K
 FUNCTION HERE,
 WELFARE BOARD
Over 200 Youngsters Aid- ed by Territorial
 Department

In order to carry out it's respon- sibility for supervision of all luV- eniles as required under the Terri torial law, the Department of Public Health decided to participate with the Federal Government in estao- fishing and extending public wei fare services to children in the Ter ritory and adopted Title 5. Section 3 of the Social Security Act known as Child Welfare Services. A division of Child Welfare Servcies was estao- lished in the Department on the basis of a joint plan entered into with the Q. s. Children's Bureau. The plan, approved October l6, 1887, is financed entirely through a grant made to the Territory. The Territor- ial funds appropriated for Depen- dent Children, Relief of Destitution and for children as wards of the Boards of Children's Guardians con- stitute local financial participation in the plan.
 The plan provides for the employ ment of a Child Welfare Supervisor appointed by the Board of Public Welfare and approved by the Child ren's Bureau Grants approved for the Territory since the inauguration of this service total $13,935.50. The amount expended for Child Vel fare Services since February 1, 1939 is $9, 764, .98. Local policies and meth ods of carrying on the work are de- termined by the Territorial Depart ment of Public Welfare The grant made to the Territory is for the pur- pose of establishing, extending Child Welfare Services, for the protection and care of homeless, dependent and neglected children, and children in danger of becoming delinquent.
 Standard of Life
 The Division recognizes the need for establishing for all children in the Territory a minimum standard of life. The need for providing fac- ilities for finding every child in need of special care, and having found the child and having determined what the solution of his problems require, for providing necessary ser vices to assure the kind of care, edu cation and training required.
 The Department works directly with the Board of Children's Guard ians in each Judicial Division offer ing such services as are requested by them Many situations in which some action for the care or protec- tion of child is needed are brought directly to the Child Welfare Divi- sion of the Department of Public Welfare for service and assistance and the necessity of bringing such situations to court and to the Board is thus obviated
 On January l, 1889 there were 204 children under the supervision of the Department of Public Welfare 94 of this number were wards of the Boards of Children's Guardians There have been, during the bien- nium, 13l different children cared for through the appropriation made for children as wards of the Boards of Children's Guardian. Out of the biennial appropriation of $44,000, $38,591 .46 had been expended on January l. The estimated expendi- ture for the biennium ending March 3l, 1889 will probably not exceed $1,600 and there will thus be a slight balance in the appropriation for children as wards of the Boards of Children's Guardians
 Provides Care
 It has been necessary for the De- partment of Public Welfare to pro- vide care for number of children needing special care away from their own homes or, in some few in- stances, special care in their own homes whose situations did not re- quire judicial action to remove them from the custody of their parents. The greater part of the funds ex- pended from the Temporary Relief appropriation has been for boarding home care and a smaller sum has been used to provide disqualification and emergency medical care. The Territory has made no specific pro- vision for certain groups of children needing special care and as the Territory has made no specific pro- vision for certain groups of child ren needing special care and as the Territorial appropriation for Tenn porary Relief has not been sufficient to meet conditions of dire distress. deaf. blind, feeble minded or physi-