The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-12-16
Alaska Pulp Timber Development Ls Near
Program for Civilian
 Rehabilitation Is Now
 Assured in NorthIand

NOtlflcatlOn has been received from the Federal Security Agency by the Territorial Office of Voca- tional Rehabilitation that Federal funds fer a rehabilitation program for civilians in Alaska are now aS- sured
 The l946 Extraordinary Session of the Alaska Legislature accepted the Federal program for vocation al rehabilitation by passage of an enabling act providing for exten- sion of rehabilitation services to Alaska in accordance with provis- ions of the Federal act.
 The Territorial measure desig- mated the Territorial Board of Edu- cation, in ex-officio capacity, as the administrative beard to be charged with conducting the rehabilitation program in Alaska. On September first the Board appointed Burke Riley of Juneau director of the Territorial agency and instructed him to prepare plan Tor voca- tional rehabilitation suitable for AL aska. After preparation of such plan it was adopted by the Board and submitted to the Federal Se- culity Agency as the basis for the granting of Federal matching funds" Approval to the plan has just been received and the first allotment of Federal funds was cer- tified to the Treasury last week according to advices received in Juneau.
 Fund Allotment
 It was stated by MT. Riley that, during the past three years, the average participation by States i'll the cost of rehabilitation has been 30 per cent, or, that for every s of State money expended for there has been a Federal expenditure of S7 for the same purpose within the State. This is explained by the fact that the Federal government assumes 100 per cent of case costs in some classes of cases, 50 per cent of case costs in all others, and 100 per cent of administrative and voca- tional guidance costs. With the ap- proval of the Alaska program, vo- cational rehabilitation, underway elsewhere since 1920, now extends to every State and Territory.
 The program is designed for re- of the civilian disabled, the veteran whose physi- cal disability is not of service or igin. To qualify for vocational re- an individual must be of legal employable age, have an cccupatonal handicap because of and be capable of being made employable through it's treat ment or correction
 Limitations
 A limitation upon physical res toration services is that treatment may be giveh .ullly for conditions which are relatively stable and re- mediable. This rules out the or dinary case of acute illness or in- jury until such time as the handi- cap has become static; However, the end result of a long term ill- ness need not be awaited before re- services may be start ed.
 A further limitation is that phy- sical restoration services may be provided at public expense only to the extent that the individual is unable to pay for such services himself However, initial medical examination. and such services as vocational guidance, counseling, training and placement may be without cost, regardless of the individuals financial re- sources.
 By the elimination or substantial reduction of physical nandicaps to and the teaching of new skills by training around" thousands of Americans, public charges other wise have been restored to self status. In addition to the benefits measured i'll terms of morale, the sound econ omy of converting tax consumers To tax producers is beneficial to all