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SIX A
September 13, 1973
THE SHREVEPORT JOURNAL, SHRE
Shreveport Journal
Published at 222 Lake St., P.O. Box 1110, Shreveport, La., 71130
Founded January 7, 1895 Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday
JOURNAL PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC.
DOUGLAS F ATTAWAY, President and Publisher
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T. R. GRAFTON, Chairman of the Board SAMUEL D. DICKINSON, Associate Editor
S.BERTON HEARD, Treasurer CHARLES C. PHILLIPS, Associate Editor
DOUGLAS ATTAWAY, Publisher 1922-1957
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Tighter Welfare Rules
Some of the rules for getting on the
Louisiana welfare rolls have been lax in
the past, but that is being changed
according to Dr. Charles C. Mary Jr.,
the commissioner of Louisiana Health,
Social and Rehabilitation Services.
Heretofore, some welfare applicants
could get on the rolls by mailing in
certain forms and the welfare client
himself could determine what sources
should be used to verify his claim for
assistance. That is being changed.
From now on every person applying for
financial assistance must appear for a
face-to-face • interview. In addition,
prospective welfare clients must sign
blanket statements agreeing that
caseworkers may make any checks
necessary to verify need.
Dr. Mary says' that the welfare
department henceforward will withhold-money
from the checks of clients found
to have been overpaid due to fraud.
Dr. Mary calls the new system
Phase III. The first two phases were
designed to bring order out of a chaotic
situation by a systematic check of
procedures to find out what was being
done wrong.
While the new and stricter
regulations will undoubtedly cut down
on welfare cheating this is not to be the
end of the tightening up. As soon as
funds are available a team of 45 to 50
investigators will be employed to look
for instances of fraud.
Public assistance for the needy has
become a way of life in America during
the past four decades. The trouble has
been that all too often the "greedy" got
on the rolls and there wasn't enough
left over to properly care for the needy.
We are glad to see the new
regulations go into effect and if more
stringent measures are found to be
needed we hope Dr. Mary will see that
they put into effect.
Object Description
| Title | Tighter Welfare Rules |
| Subject |
Mary, Charles C., Jr. Social Welfare |
| Publisher |
Shreveport Journal |
| Date | 1973-09-13 |
| Identifier | See reference URL on the navigation bar. |
| Source | Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport Medical Library (http://lib.sh.lsuhsc.edu) |
| Language | en |
| Relation | http://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/cdm4/index_LSUHSCS_NPC.php?CISOROOT=/LSUHSCS_NPC |
| Coverage-Spatial | Shreveport (Caddo, La.) |
| Rights | Physical rights are retained by Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws. |
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