Raleigh—Forty-seven cases of Mothers’ Aid will have to be dropped from the list because of the cut made by the General Assembly of 1925 and the Budget Commission in the State appropriation for this purpose, according to Miss Emeth Tuttle, director of Mothers’ Aid for the State Board of Charities and Public Welfare. The appropriation available for the current biennial period is approximately $28,500, as against $50,000 for 1922-24, a decrease of 43 per cent. Thirty-two counties will be forced to discontinue cases in order to come within their new quotas.
As a result of the cut, the most progressive counties have made good use of the State appropriation in the past are set back, the director says, while applications for Mothers’ Aid come in constantly. Six applications for this help were received in one day recently by the State Board of Charities and Public Welfare, five of the applications from counties that not only cannot take on any more cases but that will have to dismiss some they have.
From page 5 of The North Wilkesboro Hustler, Wednesday, July 8, 1925
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