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1 statement which followed Mr.
= Duncan'S. said that all of the
Aid to Dependent Children anc
= General Public Assistance (fol
!. the temporarily disabled case.
now on the rolls will be in.
! veStigated at the rate of 1,6OC
a year.
4. In strictly enforcinI
= policies to weed out cheaterS
!, I'VE are not going to let chill
t dren suffer-" Mr.. Duncan said
l 5. Relief will be given to un,
e employed parents with grant,
on the level of unemployment
4 compensation, financed com
S pletely with local money. Al
S earlier proposal to extend thu
aid to Dependent Children
D program. which is financed
: with federal-State matchinr
] money, has been scrapped.
| 6. The residential training
center to help mothers on re-
lief become Self-supporting tc
/ be expanded, and day care
provided so children Of ADO
! mothers can be free to get Jobs
| Z. Social workers are to be
relieved of clerical work so
they can spend more time in
the field.
8. The city is planning to
propose legislation to safeguard
the Government against fraud
in the use of money to which
recipients are not entitled.
Savings In Grants Seen
Mr.. Duncan said the new,
intensive investigatiye work
will reduce caseloads and re-
suits in savings in grants.
A training -for-work pro-
gram that would have been q
cooperative effort between
welfare and the schools to
teach Job skills to unemployed
persons has been eliminated.
Mr.. Shea, in giving more
details of the new pro-
gram, told Senator Byrd
that in addition to the pro-
posed controller, a regulations
and procedures officer also is
sought. One of his major re-
sponsibilities would be clarifi-
cation and simplification of de-
partmental regulations. Among
his first tasks would be review
OF the Public Assistance Divi-
sion manual to try to simplify
it. He would also insure that
policy decisions are imple-
mented and that procedures
are in accordance with District
and Federal statutes and the
decisions of the Commissioners,
Mr.. Shea said.
Mr.. Shea said it is antici-
pated that the case load will
drop from 1871 as of July 81
Of this year to 10,465 by June
80, 1868.
He said the new program to
aid unemployed parents would
be made available to 1881
families. A work relief program
is desirable, but this will re-
quire considerable planning be-
fore implementation, he said.
A plan for day care is specif-
ically oriented toward the train
ing OF mothers receiving Aid to
Dependent Children Relief and
their children in day care
facilities. he added.
Might Remove Children
In describing the way In
which the department will try
to meet the needs of children
affected by "the impact of rigid
policy and regulation enforce
ment," Mr.. Shea said provision
will be made for children ir
need for careful supervision
while they are in their own
homes. He added that "de-
finitive action" will be taker
if no improvement in the home
is shown, and that among pos
sible definitive actions might
be removal of the child from
the supervision of the parent"
| Payments would be made di-
rectly to day care facilities OF
to approved private homes pro-
viding day care and not to the
mothers. This would be a six
months program beginning
July /, 1868.
Three new positions are
sought for the residential train
ing center where mothers or
relief are taught job and home
making skills.
Efforts to police the rolls
will have an impact on child
welfare, with foster homes
needed as well as an increase
in Junior Village operating
costs and capital outlay there
Mr.. Shea said. Staff will be
required for the expanded pro-
gram as well as money to rent
space to house them, he added
Control Believed Added
Mr.. Shea told Senator Byrd
he believes the proposed pro-
grams will provide control and
business managerial leadership
added to a social welfare pro-
gram which by its very essence
is complex and variable"
He added, I'VE have pre-
pared, with the concurrence OF
the Commissioners and the
maximum cooperation of the
office of General AdmiAistra-
ton and its components, a pro-
gram meeting to the best OF
our ability the wishes of the