Milford chronicle., 1962-07-20

ahead at dizzy speed over success
| siye horizons of material accom-
| plishment we keep our concern for
those who, for whatever reasons,
can't maintain the pace And when
we get right down to it, we're
proud that we do.
That's why Welfare.
Public Assistance Trends
All categories of public assist
ance went down in May, 1862 as a
substantially smaller number f
people needed help from the De-
partment of Public Welfare Most
of the decreases were seasonal
A total of 13,462 people in 5,404
cases were aided in May, compare
with 1881 people and 5,910 cases
in April. One year ago, in May
1861, the figures were 1902 and
5,290.
Better job opportunities are
shown in the figures for opening
and closing cases. TIT cases were
closed in May, including over 400
where help was no longer needed
because of finding jobs or of bet
ter financial circumstances. There
were 271 new or reopened cases,
representing people who needed
aid from the Department, mostly
because of job loss or adverse
economic conditions.
General Assistance showed h e
biggest drop in May, as farm and
construction work went into high
gear and provided more jobs
for the largely unskilled or semi
skilled recipients of GA. 226 fewer
individuals or families needed help
in May than in April, the caseload
dropping from 1874 to 1868, a de-
crease over the month of 1850,
and during the year since May,
1861 there was a similar decrease
of 213 cases, or 1880, from 1871
to 1853.
1t is probable that the number
of people needing help in General
Assistance will continue to drop
during the summer months, when
jobs are most plentiful.
Aid to Dependent Children show
ed some improvement in May in
going down by rs cases, from 1874
to 1899, as fewer women and chill
dren needed help in this category
There was an increase of only 20
cases since May, 1861, the case
load rising from 1879 to 1899. 1t
is expected that Ado will con-
tinue to go down moderately for
the next few months.
A much sharper change is noted
in May in the category of ADO
UP Unemployed Parents). Here
again fewer parents and children
needed help from the Department
because many of the parents were
able to find work, but there were
also cases closed because parents
failed to accept job referrals or
failed to take jobs that were avail
able.
ADC-UP dropped in May from
532 to 345 1877 cases or 1910.
1t should continue to drop, but
probably not as rapidly as it did
in May, as more unemployed faith
ers succeeded in getting jobs.
Old Age Assistance continued
slowly downward During May it
decreased by cases, from 1,150
to LAB, and during the year since
May, 1861 a constantly smaller
number of our older citizens have
needed OAA, as the caseload
dropped from 1924 to LAB, or 81
cases. 1t seems likely that OAA
will keep on gradually declining
Aid to the Disabled also went
down in May, by IL cases, from
46O to 449. In May. 1861 the De-
partment was helping 406 disabled
people who needed this kind of
assistance.
The Employment Security Com
mission reports that initial claims
for unemployment compensation
were about the same in May as in
| April, and little higher than in
April, and a little higher than in
May, 1861. Continuing claims were
slightly lower in both cases.
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