Public welfare

              2. Public assistance to those in need to provide old age assist­anco,
blind assistance, and £lid to dope ndent child rena
3. Child We lfara Servicos, Maternal 0 nd Child HO£ll th Service5 ~
:re:tr-,:\ ining of disabled WJ rkers and public hoolth services.
Tho Social Socurity Board created by tho Social Security flct is tho
federal 0 gency for tho administration nnd supcrvis ion of five. of theso ~
programs: Old Ago and Survivors' I':1suronco, Elnployt1e~t Securlty, Ol~ 4:.gC
.i'\ssistoncc, i~id to tho Blind, and 111d to D:Jpendont Chlldrcn. TheSocull
Security Boord was lotar obolishcd nnd theSociol Security .. \dministrction
mode D. pert of the Federal S~curity Lgpncy by Executive Ordor of tho
presidont. The Children's Bur;.:au of tho Sociol Security 1.dministrntion
is tho fedoral agency responsible for cooperation with the states in the
program for Materna.l and Child Health and Child '.vclfar:J Services. The
Offico of Education is responsiblo for Vocotionr.l Rehabilitation and the
public Health Sorvicc for public Hool th ~./I[ork.
STATE VlfELFJlRE PROGRAM
The Social Security Act of 1935 os amended provided appropriations
for the purpose of enabling each stote to furnish finonciol assistanco to
needy aged individuals, noedy blind, needy dopendent children, maternal ond
child welfaro services, and public health work.
Before grants to a stcte could be modo, the state W8S required to
meot cortain conditions imposed by the Social So curity :.ct. A state plon
must provido: Toot it sholl be in effect in ell political divisions of
tho state; financial porticip~tion by the statej Q single state agency to
administer the plan or if locnlly administered, a single state agency to
superviso; for gr-cnting on nppeal where r.ssistonce is denied ond a fair
hearing before the state board; a me:thod of efficient operation of the pla n;
o method for making all requirod reports to the board; that in dot(]rmining
ne:;d, to take into consideration any other income and r::sources of the
individual requesting assistancej mnintoin safoguards which rostrict tho
usa or disclosure of information concerning Dpplicnnts and recipients to
purposes directly connected with the administration of assistnncoj and
provide certain age and citizenship rcquiraments. Tho state plan could
provide for state administr8tion or county administration with state super­vision.
The state of Indiana adopted the locally administered state
supervised plon on the theory that it would give more control to local
unit s"
Tho Speciol Session of the Ind iane Legislature cf 1936 possed a low
creating the state Depcrtment of Public Welfare to be administered by tho
Stflto Boord of Public WelfC'trc os appoin'tod by the Governor. The Stato
Boord is rJsponsible for the adoption of all policios nnd rule s and regula­tions
for tho government of the State Department Clnd for the ostnblishrncnt
of minimum standards of nssistnnce to groups of needy persons in conformity
with tho provisions of theFederal Social Securi ty j~ct. Too exocutivo
officer of the state department and secretary of the State Bocrd is the
Ldministrator appointed by the Govornor.
The duties of the State Doportment of Public Welfore are definod in
the low. It sholl a dministor and supervise assist,nnco render:;d to aged,
dependent children, blind and otherwise handicapped porsonsj administer
and supervise child wolfare servicos, including servicos for locating and
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