1 Selected resources as of June 30 are as follows: Unpaid undelivered orders. 1963, $0: 1964, $9 thousand; 1965, $9 thousand; 1966, $9 thousand. The Office of Aging provides staff services in the development of policies and programs of departmentwide scope and interest in the field of aging and in coordination of departmental activities relating to the aged. It conducts research and compiles statistics of similar scope and interest, provides public information services and encourages and assists in the development of research and programs for the training of professional personnel. It maintains liaison and provides consultative services with State and local organizations concerned with aging and with national and international voluntary and philanthropic groups. This appropriation also finances the President's Council on Aging and necessary staff for its function. 77 Adjustments in expired accounts.. 90 The Social Security Act authorizes grants to States, grants to public and nonprofit organizations and contracts duct of research or demonstration projects relating to or jointly financed cooperative arrangements for the conAct and programs related thereto. programs carried on or existing under the Social Security Funds appropriated are used to support cooperative research or demonstration projects in areas such as (1) those relating to the prevention and reduction of dependency, (2) those which will aid in effecting coordination of planning between private and public welfare agencies, and (3) those which will help improve the administration and effectiveness of programs carried on or existing under the Social Security Act and programs related thereto. The $2 million requested for 1966 will provide $947 thousand to support approximately 22 new projects and $1,053 thousand for the continuation in 1966, of projects initiated in prior years. [Dollars in thousands] 09-35-0174-0-1-659 1964 actual 12.0 Personnel benefits... Total personnel compensation Num 1965 estimate Num 22.0 Transportation of things.- 21.0 Travel and transportation of persons. ber Amount ber Amount 1966 estimate Number Amount 25.1 Other services... 750-100-65- -82 24.0 Printing and reproduction...-- 23.0 Rent, communications, and utilities.. New projects.. Continuing projects.......... 22 871 $947 24 1,053 32 56 Expenditures excluding pay increase supplemental.. 1,257 The Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance. Act of 1954 authorizes the conduct of studies and research abroad in program matters for which the Welfare Administration has statutory responsibility in the United States. The estimate for 1966 contemplates the use of $1.2 million in foreign currencies. 1. Maternal and child health.-Studies, research, research planning, and research training in maternal and child health and handicapping conditions are proposed for eight countries because of research opportunities in special health fields to gain knowledge of value to the United States, to the country involved, and internationally. 2. Social welfare.-Studies of urban social welfare and specialized social services are proposed in seven countries because of country experiences and research facilities in programs such as urban migration, community development, methods to strengthen family life, improve child care and prevent juvenile delinquency, and services for the aging. Cooperative projects are undertaken to contribute new knowledge valuable to social welfare programs in the United States, the country concerned, and internationally. Object Classification (in thousands of dollars) This consists of (a) formulation of administrative policies; 1. Direction and coordination of the welfare program: (b) certification of compliance of State laws, plans, and operations with Federal requirements and approval of grants to States; (c) coordinating interprogram activities; and (d) review of administrative management throughout the Welfare Administration. 2. Appraisal and development of the welfare program. Provision is made for (a) basic studies beyond the immediate scope of any bureau or office; (b) review and coordination of research and statistics work in the Administration; (c) studying the causes, prevention, and reduction of dependency, matters pertaining to child life, the welfare needs of children, the aging and other groups, and for making studies and recommendations as to the most effective method of providing social and economic security through social welfare programs; and (d) long-range research to study personal, familial, and social factors related to an urban society. 3. Administration of cooperative research program.-Provision is made for administering a program of cooperative 72 Obligated balance, start of year. 3,125 74 Obligated balance, end of year.. -6,202 77 Adjustments in expired accounts. -368 Grants to States, next succeeding fiscal year: For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, payments to States under titles I, IV, V, X, XIV, and XVI, respectively, of the Social Security Act, as amended, for the first quarter of the next succeeding fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary, the obligations incurred and the expenditures made thereunder for payments under each of such titles to be charged to the appropriation therefor for that fiscal year. In the administration of titles I, IV, V, X, XIV, and XVI, respectively, of the Social Security Act, as amended, payments to a State under any of such titles for any quarter in the period beginning April 1 of the prior year, and ending June 30 of the current year, may be made with respect to a State plan approved under such title prior to or during such period, but no such payment shall be made with respect to any plan for any quarter prior to the quarter in which such plan was submitted for approval. ASSISTANCE TO REFUGEES IN THE UNITED STATES For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (Public Law 87-510), relating to aid to refugees within the United States, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), [$34,800,000] $34,400,000 [together with the unobligated balance of the appropriation under this head for the fiscal year 1964: Provided, That the final sentence in section 2(e) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 is hereby repealed]. (Foreign Assistance and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1965.) Program and Financing (in thousands of dollars) Identification code 09-35-0173-0-1-653 Selected resources as of June 30 are as follows: Unpaid undelivered orders: 1963, $28 thousand; 1964 adjustments, -$27 thousand; 1964, $1 thousand; 1965. $1 thousand; 1966, $1 thousand. States was established by the President in 1961. During A program to assist Cuban refugees in the United 1961 and 1962, the program was carried out under authorities in the Mutual Security Act of 1954, and the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. On June 28, 1962, Public Law 87-510 was enacted which provides for assistance to such refugees. As of June 30, 1964, 172,572 refugees had registered at the Cuban Refugee Center in Miami and 79,230 had been resettled under Government auspices to other locations in the United States. It is estimated that about 85,000 refugees remained as of that date in the Miami area. refugees in the United States: The program provides the following services for Cuban reception, registration, and classification of refugees.— 1. Direction and coordination of program including Provides Federal direction of the program and includes work with the refugees to prepare them for resettlement and employment. New registrations are estimated to total 5,200 persons in 1965 and 3,900 in 1966. 2. Welfare assistance and services.-State and private welfare agencies provide, on a reimbursable basis, to needy refugees financial assistance, hospitalization, surplus food as well as care for unaccompanied children. 30,300 persons were receiving financial assistance in Florida at the end of 1964. Primarily through resettle WELFARE ADMINISTRATION-Continued General and special funds-Continued ASSISTANCE TO REFUGEES IN THE UNITED STATES-Continued ment, the number is expected to decline to 20,000 at the end of 1965 and to 17,000 at the end of 1966. 3. Resettlement and employment opportunities.-Through contracts with various agencies, refugees are provided homes and jobs in areas other than Miami. During 1964, 16,742 persons were resettled. It is estimated that 15,600 and 13,000 persons will be resettled in 1965 and 1966. 4. Education.-Selected training is provided to equip the refugees for employment and resettlement. The average daily child population on whose behalf payments are made to meet part of the added cost to the Miami public schools is expected to decline from 16,690 in 1964 to about 15,400 and 8,000 in 1965 and 1966. Loans made to needy college students are expected to rise from 2,300 in 1964 to 3,000 and 3,500 in 1965 and 1966. 5. Health services.-These services are provided to new arrivals and to needy refugees in Miami and include medical screening, outpatient clinic services and care of patients with tuberculosis and mental illness. Object Classification (in thousands of dollars) Program by activities: Improvement and expansion of public 11.1 Personnel compensation: Permanent assistance (costs-obligations) 114,000 positions.... 12.0 Personnel benefits.. 27 25 23 21.0 Travel and transportation of persons. 22.0 Transportation of things.... 40 New obligational authority (proposed supplemental appropriation) 114,000 23.0 Rent, communications, and utilities. 24.0 Printing and reproduction.. 25.1 Other services. 25.2 Services of other agencies. Relation of obligations to expenditures: 71 Total obligations (affecting expenditures)- 26.0 Supplies and materials.. 31.0 Equipment............ 2 10 10 Expenditures... 114,000 114,000 33.0 Investments and loans.... 41.0 Grants, subsidies, and contributions.. 42.0 Insurance claims and indemnities.. 1966 estimate 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 Grants are made to this nonprofit institution in Louisville, Ky., to (1) support the manufacture of special books and teaching materials which are distributed to all public educational institutions for the blind, as well as to regular public schools in which blind children are enrolled; and (2) provide for staff and other expenses of committees which advise the Printing House relative to administration of the Federal funds. Numbers of blind children served by the program are as follows: 1964 actual, 17,330; 1965 estimate, 18,092; 1966 estimate, 18,700. The Printing House also receives $10 thousand annually from a $250 thousand permanent trust fund on deposit with the Treasury. FREEDMEN'S HOSPITAL General and special funds: SALARIES AND EXPENSES For expenses necessary for operation and maintenance, including repairs; furnishing, repairing, and cleaning of wearing apparel used by employees in the performance of their official duties; transfer of funds to the appropriation "Salaries and expenses, Howard University" for salaries of technical and professional personnel detailed to the hospital; payments to the appropriations of Howard University for actual cost of heat, light, and power furnished by such university; [$3,873,000] $4,624,000: Provided, That no intern or resident physician receiving compensation from this appropriation on a fulltime basis shall receive compensation in the form of wages or salary from any other appropriation in this title: Provided further, That the District of Columbia shall pay by check to Freedmen's Hospital, upon the Surgeon General's request, in advance at the beginning of each quarter, such amount as the Surgeon General calculates will be earned on the basis of rates approved by the Bureau of the Budget for the care of patients certified by the District of Columbia. Bills rendered by the Surgeon General on the basis of such calculations |