People: A Six Year Report, 1951-56. Chicago: The Council, 1957. 16 pp.

Shows the improvements in services, standards, professional education, and attitudes toward aging over the 6-year period following the report of the Community Project for the Aged.

WELLER, EVALYN G., and KILBORNE, ELIZABETH B. Citizen Participation in Public Welfare Programs, Supplementary Services by Volunteers. Washington: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1956.46 pp.

Considers the purpose of supplementary services by volunteers in public welfare programs, discusses ways of developing these services, and offers suggestions for the orientation, training, and supervision of volunteers. WHITE, RUTH. "Expenditures for Medical Services in Public Assistance, 1946." Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 15, Aug. 1952, pp. 7–12 f.

Gives the types and amount of medical services the agencies were able to provide to assistance recipients and the costs of the varous services.

"Vendor Payments for Medical Assistance." Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 13, June 1950, pp. 3–7 ff.

Data on medical assistance provided by many States by means of direct payments from public assistance funds to the suppliers of medical services.

WICKENDEN, ELIZABETH. The Needs of Older People and Public Welfare Services to Meet Them. Chicago: American Public Welfare Association, 1953. 146 pp.

"An analysis and description of public welfare experience."

WILTSE, KERMIT T. "Social Casework and Public Assistance." Social Service Review, Vol. 32, Mar. 1958, pp. 41–50.

Designed "to establish a frame of reference within which the purpose and nature of public assistance in general and the worker's task in particular can be considered."

WISCONSIN, STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE. DIVISION OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. Medical Care for Public Assistance Recipients in Wisconsin. Madison: The Department, 1951. 36 pp. Processed.

The administrative problems involved in furnishing medical and related health services to assistance recipients.

Old-Age Assistance

AUTHIER, V. CHARLOTTE. "Trends in Old Age Assistance in New York City." (In Growing with the Years. Newburgh, N. Y.: New York State Joint Legislative Committee on Problems of the Aging, 1954, pp. 135-138.)

Considers the need for home-maker service and for day centers for the aged.

BOND, FLOYD A.; Baber, Ray E.; VIEG, JOHN A.; PERRY, Louis B.; SCAFF, ALVIN H.; and LEE, LUTHER J. Our Needy Aged: A California Study of a National Problem. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1954. 401 pp.

A comprehensive analysis of old age assistance in California.

BRIGHTMAN, I. JAY, and DORSEY, STELLA M. "The Cost of Medical Care in Old-Age Assistance." New York State Journal of Medicine, Vol. 57, May 1, 1957, pp. 1585-1594.

CALIFORNIA. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE. BUREAU OF RESEARCH AND STATISTICS. Social and Economic Characteristics of Old Age Security Recipients in California. Sacramento: The Department, 1954. 21 pp. Processed.

"Children's Contributions to Old-Age Assistance Recipients in North and South Dakota." Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 14, Aug. 1951, pp. 3–8 f.

CIVIC, MIRIAM. "Aid to Aged: How States Differ and Why." Conference Board Business Record, Vol. 10, Dec. 1953, pp.

472-479.

EPLER, ELIZABETH. "Old-Age Assistance: Determining Extent of Children's Ability to Support." Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 17, May 1954, PP. 7-10.

Summarizes methods that State agencies use in determining the extent of the children's liability.

"Old-Age Assistance: Plan Provisions on Children's Responsibility for Parents." Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 17, Apr. 1954, pp. 3-12.

A summary of old-age assistance laws and policies on children's responsibility for the support of their parents.

FISHER, JACOB. "Postwar Changes in the Income Position of the Aged." Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 17, Feb. 1954, pp.

7-10.

Examines the effect of postwar changes on the economic status of the aged.

"Trends in Institutional Care of the Aged." Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 16, Oct. 1953, pp. 9-13 ff.

"Describes trends since 1900 in the use of institutional facilities by aged persons and the size and composition of the aged institutional population in 1950."

HANMER, FRANK J. "Recipients of Old-Age Assistance: Personal and Social Characteristics." Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 20, Apr. 1957, PP. 3-13.

A report on the findings in a nationwide survey of the recipients of

old-age assistance made by the Bureau of Public Assistance in cooperation with State assistance agencies in early 1953.

HAWKINS, CHARLES E. "Recipients of Old-Age Assistance: Income and Resources." Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 19, Apr. 1956, pp. 3-6 f.

"Recipients of Old-Age Assistance: Their Housing Arrangements." Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 20, Sept. 1957, pp. 9-12 f.

Information on size of households, number of rooms in home, and facilities-electricity, telephone, refrigeration, etc.

"Recipients of Old-Age Assistance: Their Requirements." Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 20, Feb. 1957, pp. 3–8 f. An analysis based on State reports.

KAPLAN, SAUL. "Old-Age Assistance: Children's Contributions to Aged Parents." Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 20, June 1957, pp. 3-8.

Discusses the effect on the old-age assistance program of children's contributions to their aged parents.

LINDSEY, FRED D. "Old-Age Assistance: The Statistical Picture." American Economic Security, Vol. 7, Jan.-Feb. 1950,

Summarizes the varying provisions of State old-age assistance programs and compares old-age assistance payments and per capita income.

LINFORD, ALTON A. Old-Age Assistance in Massachusetts. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1949. 418 pp.

Traces the origin, growth, and development of the old-age assistance program in Massachusetts with emphasis on the development and administration of the State program. Devotes chapters to administration, eligibility conditions, responsibility of children for their parents, standards of assistance, medical care, appeals system, and financing.

MYERS, ROBERT J. "Long-Range Trends in Old-Age Assistance." Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 16, Feb. 1953, pp. 13– 14 f.

Perkins, ElleN J. "Old-Age Assistance and Aid to Dependent Children, 1940-50." Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 14, Nov. 1951, pp. 11-17 f.

Points out how the costs of these two programs have been affected by social, economic, and population changes from 1940 to 1950..

SHANAS, ETHEL. "The Personal Adjustment of Recipients of Old Age Assistance." Journal of Gerontology, Vol. 5, July 1950, pp. 249–253.

The author, from information obtained through a study of 388 oldage assistance recipients, lists the factors that affect adjustment in a low-income group.

STERN, T. NOEL, "Cost and Adequacy of Old Age Assistance in Massachusetts." Boston University Law Review, Vol. 32, Jan. 1952, pp. 1–45.

Considers the financing of old-age assistance, the payments made under the Massachusetts law, 1942-51; the adequacy of assistance standards and of actual payments; and recent proposals for amendments to the State law. Also compares the amounts paid under old-age assistance and under other forms of social security.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE. SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION. BUREAU OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. Recipients of Old-Age Assistance in Early 1953: Part I-State Data. (Public Assistance Report No. 26.) Washington: The Bureau, June 1955. 94 pp. Processed.

Tabular data and findings on personal characteristics, income and requirements, housing characteristics, and property owned by recipients of old-age assistance.

Recipients Recently Approved for OldAge Assistance: Status with Respect to Old-Age and Survivors Insurance, March 1950. (Public Assistance Report No. 20.) Washington: The Bureau, June 1952. 43 pp. Processed. Presents basic tabulations and highlights from a study made by the Bureau of Public Assistance and the Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance in cooperation with the State agencies responsible for old-age assistance programs.

WHITE, RUTH, and HUTTON, THOMAS G. Requirements and Incomes of Recipients of Old-Age Assistance in 21 States in 1944. (Bureau of Public Assistance Report No. 13.) Washington: Social Security Administration, Bureau of Public Assistance, 1948. 44 pp. Processed.

Illustrates the differences from State to State and within States in what recipients had to live on in 1944, and the sources of their incomes. Shows the substantial inequities in certain States due to the lack of uniformity in standards, policies, and procedures for determining amounts of assistance,

Aid to Dependent Children

ALLING, ELIZABETH, and LEISY, AGNES. Aid to Dependent Children in a Postwar Year: Characteristics of Families Receiving ADC, June 1948. (Social Security Administration, Public Assistance Report No. 17.) Washington: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1950. 34 PP.

(Summarized in the Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 13, Aug. 1950, pp. 3-12.)

AMERICAN PUBLIC WELFARE ASSOCIATION. Casework Services in ADC, by Maude von P. Kemp, James M. Wallis, and Joyce

Hetzel. (Child Welfare Series-2.) Chicago: The Association, 1957. 30 pp.

Three articles, giving the viewpoint and experience of a State agency district supervisor, a local agency supervisor, and a caseworker.

BEYRER, J. BENJAMIN, and TEVALD, EDWARD. "Responsibility of Grandparents of Children Receiving Aid to Dependent Children: A Study." Social Service Review, Vol. 30, Dec. 1956, pp. 428-435.

A report of a study of the financial results of efforts to obtain support from grandparents of children receiving assistance under the ADC

program.

BLACKEY, EILEEN. Services in the Aid to Dependent Children Program: Implications for Federal and State Administration. Washington: Social Security Administration, 1958. 63 pp. Processed.

"An analysis based on the study by States and regions of the Draft Report on services to children in the aid to dependent children program prepared jointly by a working group of the Bureau of Public Assistance and the Children's Bureau."

BLACKWELL, GORDON W., and GOULD, RAYMOND F. Future Citizens All. Chicago: American Public Welfare Association, 1952. 181 pp.

A nationwide study of aid to dependent children designed to "throw new light upon the environmental and familial situation of approximately one and one-half million children in low-income families in this country who are currently being assisted through the Aid to Dependent Children program." (Summarized in the Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 16, Jan. 1953, PP 9-13.)

FOSTER, HELEN B. "Where Helpfulness Begins in Aid to Dependent Children." Children, Vol. 5, July-Aug., 1958, pp.

140-144.

and SANDUSKY, ANNIE LEE. "Services in the ADC Program." Children, Vol. 1, Nov.-Dec. 1954, pp. 217-221. An inter-Bureau committee considers the various problems involved in services in the ADC program.

FREEMAN, LUCY. Children Who Never Had a Chance. (Public Affairs Pamphlet No. 183.) New York: Public Affairs Committee, Inc., 1952. 24 PP.

Considers the purpose and importance of the ADC program.

GEDDES, ANNE E. "Children and the Assistance and Insurance Programs." Children, Vol. 2, July-Aug. 1955, pp. 154–159. Discusses persons served, program coverage, reasons for deprivation, basis and size of payment, payments and price changes, and the relation of OASI and ADC.