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Firewood and lumber; white oak and pine timber used in shipbuilding at Medford; granite from Tyngsboro, and agricultural products from Wilmington and a great extent of fertile country to the north found their way along the canal to Boston, while the return boats supplied taverns and country stores with their annual stock of goods.
"Luggage boats" were those used exclusively for freight, and they were required to make two miles and a half an hour. The "Passage boats" were those carrying passengers, and they attained a speed of four miles an hour.
Lumber was transported in rafts about 75 feet long and 9 feet wide. These rafts were often united in "bands", and the number forming a "band" was limited to ten.
The "Passage boats" and most of those for "luggage" were drawn by one or more horses but the rafts were drawn by oxen.
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Accepted Streets
I
Street
From
To
৳ Miles
Feet
Date(s) Accepted
Adams Street
Middlesex Ave.
Parker Street
4600
3-02-08
Ainsworth Road
Woburn Street
Town land
2600
6-05-61
Aldrich Road
Shawsheen Ave.
Billerica Line
1.2
11-06-94
Andover Street
Salem Street
Andover Line
2.3
11-06-94
Auburn Avenue
Shawsheen Ave.
800
3- 12- 45
Ayotte Street
Westdale Ave.
800
3- 10- 47
Baker Street
Brand Avenue
700
3- 12- 45
Ballardvale Street
Salem Street
Andover Line
2.7
11-06-94
Bancroft Street
Liberty Street
B & M R. R.
400
3-17-52
Beacon Street
Church Street
Belmont Avenue
1000
3-01- 15
Beech Street
Burlington Ave.
Byron Street
1000
3 - 10- 47
Beeching Avenue
Cunningham Street
Faulkner Avenue
450
3- 14-59
Belmont Avenue
Columbia Street
State Street
1000
3-03-33
Birchwood Road
Judith Road
Short Street
1550
3-17-52
3-10-53
Boutwell Street
Aldrich Road
Burlington Ave.
0.8
11-06-94
3- 12- 60
Brand Avenue
Bridge Lane
Baker Street
2370
3-13-33
3-08- 43
Brattle Street
Massachusetts Ave.
Garden Avenue
1100
3- 12- 45
Brentwood Avenue
Woodside Avenue
Woburn Street
907
6-21-38
Bridge Lane
Main Street
Shawsheen Ave.
0.3
11-06-94
Broad Street
Carmel Street
Both Ways
1377
3- 13-54
Burlington Avenue
Main Street
Burlington Line
1. 6
11-06-94
Burnap Street
Grove Avenue
Winchell Road
1378
3- 12- 45
3 - 10-53
76
ACCEPTED STREETS:
Street
From
To
1 Miles
Feet
Date(s) Accepted
Burt Road
Cedar Street
Fall Street
2500
3- 12-45
3-11-46
Butters Row
Main Street
Chestnut Street
0. 6
11-06-94
Canal Street
Shawsheen Avenue
Burt Road
1511
10-16-39
3- 12-55
Carolyn Road
North Street
Linda Road
950
3- 12 - 60
Carson Avenue
Hathaway Road
Both Ways
677
3- 10-53
3-12-55
Carson Ave. Ext.
Marie Drive
300
3-11-61
Carter Lane
Shawsheen Avenue
1400
3-09-57
Cedar Street
Harris Street
Burt Road
600
3- 12- 45
Central Street
Middlesex Avenue
Church Street
574
10-16-50
Chandler Road
Kelly Road
Adams Street
400
3-09-57
Chapman Avenue
Hathaway Road
322
3-05-51
Chase Road
Hathaway Road
297
3-10-53
Chestnut Street
Burlington Avenue
Woburn Line
2.1
11-06-94
Church Street
Main Street
Middlesex Ave.
0.8
11-06-94
Clark Street
Main Street
Church Street
0.8
11-06-94
Cochrane Road
Forest Street
Warren Road
800
3- 10-47
Columbia Street
Church Street
Talbot Avenue
0. 1
3-02-08
3-13-33
Concord Street
Federal Street
N. Reading Line
1.1
11-06-94
Congress Street
Forest Street
Burlington Line
965
10-16-39
Cook Avenue
Main Street
Kensington Ave.
1000
3-11-46
Coolidge Road
Hathaway Road
270
3-05-51
Corey Avenue
Grand Street
Canal Street
370
3-05-51
Cottage Street
Main Street
920
3- 13-54
Cross Street
Main Street
Lowell Street
900
11-06-94
Cunningham Street
Salem Street
Beeching Avenue
2320
3/44
3/52
3/53
Cypress Street
Glen Road
260
3-05-51
77
ACCEPTED STREETS:
Street
From
To
Miles
Feet
Date(s) Accepted
Davis Street
Main Street
500
3-17-52
Dayton Road
Hathaway Road
170
3-05-51
Dell Drive
Burlington Ave.
450
3-08-58
Dobson Street
Glen Road
Cary Street
1402
3- 13-54
Dorchester Street
Billerica Line
1400
3-05-51
Dorothy Avenue
Barbara Avenue
Arlene Avenue
1556
3- 12 - 60
Draper Drive
Gunderson Road
100
3- 14-59
Dublin Avenue
Main Street
500
3-05-51
Dunton Road
Nassau Avenue
Both Ways
638
3-10-56
Eames Street
Main Street
Woburn Street
0. 7
11-06-94
Edwards Road
Forest Street
Baldwin Road
450
3- 10-47
Emerson Street
Oakwood Road
Faulkner Avenue
600
3-05-51
Fairfield Avenue
Main Street
1300
3-11-46
Fairmeadow Road
Nichols Street
Nichols Street
2328
3-08-58
Fairview Avenue
State Street
650
3- 13-33
Faneuil Drive
Massachusetts Ave.
1000
10-16-50
Faulkner Avenue
Glen Road
W. Jamaica Ave.
2671
3- 13-44
3-10-53
Fay Street
Glen Road
Cary Street
700
6-21-38
3- 12-45
Federal Street
Middlesex Avenue
Woburn Street
1.1
11-06-94
Forest Street
Aldrich Road
Burlington Ave.
0.8
11-06-94
Glen Road
Main Street
Middlesex Ave.
1.3
11-06-94
Glendale Circle
Glen Road
Glen Road
1300
3-17-52
Glenview Road
Suncrest Avenue
360
3- 14-59
Gowing Road
Park Street
Marcus Road
900
3-10-56
Grand Street
Shawsheen Avenue
Dunmore Road
850
3-17-52
78
ACCEPTED STREETS:
Street
From
To
Miles
Feet
Date(s) Accepted
Grant Street
Federal Street
B & M R. R.
780
3-08-43
Grove Avenue
Main Street
Lake Street
0.4
9-29-10
Gunderson Road
Hathaway Road
Both Ways
1081
3-14-59
Hamlin Lane
Lawrence Street
558
3/10/62
Hardin Street
Aldrich Road
Lubbers Brook
250
3-05-51
Harnden Street
Main Street
Glen Road
0. 1
3-04-95
Harris Street
Burlington Avenue
Cedar Street
700
3- 12- 45
Harvard Avenue
Main Street
River Street
430
3-05-51
Hathaway Road
Woburn Street
Gunder son Road
1858
3/51
3/53
3/59
Hawthorne Road
Woburn Street
230
3- 10-56
High Street
Middlesex Ave.
Woburn Street
0.5
11-06-94
Hill side Way
Chestnut Street
Burlington Line
0. 5
3-02- 14
Hilltop Road
Suncrest Avenue
364
3- 14-59
Hobson Avenue
Pine Avenue
150 feet beyond Wiser Street
1520
3/45 3/51 3/52
Hopkins Street
Shawsheen Ave.
Billerica Line
0. 5
11-06-94
i
Jaquith Road
Shawsheen Ave.
1250
3-08-48
3/49 3/51
Jones Avenue
Glen Road
719
6-10-40
Judith Road
Birchwood Road
Cedar Crest Road
520
3-10-53
Kelly Road
Adams Street
923
3-09-57
Kendall Street
Aldrich Road
Blanchard Road
1300
3- 12- 45
Kiernan Avenue
Main Street
693
3-08-58
Kilmarnock Street
West Street
Reading Line
0.5
11-06-94
King Street
Glen Road
Broad Street
2400
6 - 10-40
3-12-45
Kirk Street
Main Street
572
3-05-51
79
ACCEPTED STREETS:
Street
From
To
Miles Feet
Date(s) Accepted
Lake Street
Main Street
Shawsheen Ave.
1.0
11-06-94
Lang Street
Bancroft Street
B & M R. R.
400
3-17-52
Laurel Avenue
Malloy Road
Parker Street
657
10-16-50.
Lawrence Court
Lawrence Street
683
3-10-56
Lawrence Street
Glendale Circle
Shady Lane Drive
3773
3- 10-56
Ledgewood Road
Suncrest Avenue
383
3- 14-59
Liberty Street
Federal Street
B & M R. R.
740
3-08-43
Lincoln Street
Federal Street
B & M R. R.
720
3-08- 43
Linda Road
High Street
1780
10-16-50
Lloyd Road
Main Street
1050
3-05-51
Lockwood Road
Ballardvale Street
990
3-09-57
Longview Road
Middlesex Avenue
650
3-14-59
Lowell Street
Main Street
Reading Line
1.9
11-06-94
Lowell Street Park
Station 7 + 50
Station 14 + 50
1908 & 1957
Mackey Road
Federal Street
250
3-08-43
Main Street
Tewksbury Line
Woburn Line
4.0
11-06-94
Marcus Road
Gowing Road
Gowing Road
2315
3-08-58
Marcia Road
North Street
1130
3-10-62
Marie Drive
Woburn Street
Thrush Road
1285
3-11-61
Marion Street
Burlington Avenue
900
3- 12- 45
Marjorie Road
Main Street
1550
3-05-51
Massachusetts Ave.
Main Street
St. Paul Street
800
3-12- 45
McDonald Road
Salem Street
1424
3- 13-44
Meadow Lane
Suncrest Avenue
363
3-09-57
Middlesex Avenue
Main Street
Salem Street
2.3
11-06-94
Miles Street
Main Street
Hobson Avenue
400
3- 12- 45
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Ma
80
ACCEPTED STREETS:
Street
From
To
Miles
Feet
Date(s) Accepted
Miller Road
Glen Road
Emerson Street
640
3-12- 45
Morse Avenue
Woburn Street
1361
10-16-39
Mystic Avenue
Middlesex Avenue
598
3-02-08
Nassau Avenue
Shawsheen Avenue
Decatur Street
2000
3-11-46
Nichols Street
Shawsheen Avenue
Shawsheen River
0.7
11-06-94
Nickerson Avenue
West Street
900
3-10-47
Norfolk Street
Carter Lane
Nassau Avenue
538
3-13- 54
North Street
Middlesex Avenue
Dadant Drive
3533
3- 12- 45
3-13-54
Oak Street
Salem Street
350
3-19-51
Oakdale Road
Judith Road
Short Street
2280
10-16-50
Oakridge Circle
Gowing Road
Gowing Road
1730
3-08-58
Oakwood Road
Main Street
Fairfield Avenue
850
3-11-46
Olson Street
Church Street
132
3-09- 57
.....
Park Street
Woburn Street
N. Reading Line
0.9
11-06-94
Parker Street
Lowell Street
Blackstone Street
0.36
3-04-07
3-03- 19
Patricia Circle
Dell Drive
Dell Drive
595
3-08-58
1
1
Pershing Street
Federal Street
B & M R. R.
720
3-08-43
Phillips Avenue
Wiser Street
Wild Avenue
1800
3-11-46
3-13-54
Pilling Road
Hathaway Road
Both ways
930
3-14-59
Pine Avenue
Main Street
Hobson Avenue
400
3- 12- 45
Pineridge Road
North Street
Linda Road
900
3-12-60
Pineview Road
Lipp Street
Adelman Road
450
3- 10-53
Pinewood Road
Birchwood Road
Shady Lane Drive
1332
3-13-54
Pleasant Road
Middlesex Avenue
Linda Road
750
3-10-62
Powder House Circle
Middlesex Avenue
730
3- 13-54
81
ACCEPTED STREETS:
Street
From
To
Miles Feet
Date(s) Accepted
Railroad Avenue
Clark Street
Stone Street
0.2
3-01-09
Ridge Road
Suncrest Avenue
365
3- 10-56
River Street
Massachusetts Avenue
Harvard Avenue
440
3- 10-62
Rollins Road
Fenway Street
Marion Street
200
3-13-54
Roosevelt Road
Boutwell Street
Burlington Avenue
2000
3- 11- 46
Royal Street
Salem Street
1040
3-05-51
Salem Street
Tewksbury Line
N. Reading Line
2.7
11-06-94
3-05-06
School Street
Middlesex Avenue
High School Lot
616
3-01-15
Sewell Road
Hathaway Road
380
3- 12-55
Shady Lane Drive
Middlesex Avenue
Lawrence Street
2676
3-08-58
Shawsheen Avenue
Main Street
Billerica Line
2.2
11-06-94
Sheridan Road
Hathaway Road
487
3-05-51
Silver Lake Avenue
Lake Street
Dexter Street
455
3- 13- 54
Sprucewood Road
Shady Lane Drive
Short Street
600
3- 17-52
State Street
Belmont Avenue
Fairview Avenue
275
3-03- 33
Strout Avenue
Lowell Street
686
3- 17-55
Suncrest Avenue
West Street
1246
3- 13-54
Swain Road
Forest Street
Burlington Ave.
0. 4
3-20-22
10- 16-29
Taft Road
Burlington Ave.
Boutwell Street
3237
6-21-38
Taplin Avenue
Hobson Avenue
Lubbers Brook
900
3-11-46
Temple Street
Church Street
274
6-06-11
Thrush Road
Salem Street
Marie Drive
400
3-11-61
Thurston Avenue
Church Street
0.2
3-04-07
Truman Road
Hathaway Road
300
3- 10-53
Upton Court
Andover Street
0.1
11-06-94
82
ACCEPTED STREETS:
Street
From
To
Miles
Feet
Date(s) Accepted
Veranda Avenue
Main Street
Lubbers Brook
1076
3-06-16
Virginia Road
N. Reading Line
1200
3-13-54
Walker Street
Main Street
423
3-08-58
Warren Road
Lake St. , Tewksbury
100
3-13-54
Washington Ave.
Clark Street
Chase Street
0. 3
3-01-20
West Street
Woburn Street
Reading Line
1.7
11-06-94
Westdale Avenue
West Street
B & M R. R.
1211
6-22-42
Wightman Road
Warren Road
Albert Street
230
3-13-54
Wild Avenue
Grove Avenue
B & M R. R.
0.2
12-29- 10
Wildwood Street
Middle sex Avenue
Woburn Street
1.1
11-06-94
Williams Avenue
Main Street
693
6-10-40
Wilson Street
Federal Street
B & M R. R.
760
3-08-43
Winchell Road
Grove Avenue
Burnap Street
200
3-12-45
Wing Road
Woburn Street
746
3-08-58
Wiser Street
Main Street
Taplin Avenue
900
10-16-50
Woburn Street
Andover Street
Woburn Line
4.2
11-06-94
Woodlawn Avenue
Border Avenue
Kensington Ave.
250
3-17-52
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Housing Authority
Organization:
The Wilmington Housing Authority is authorized by the General Laws, Chapter 121, Section 26K, as amended.
Members:
Edwin F. Forrest, Chairman
Ernest B. Rice, Vice Chairman
Ralph D. Peterson, Treasurer
James P. Donahue, Assistant Treasurer Edward J Curtis, Secretary and Representative of State Housing Board
Statutory Reference:
1. Housing Authority Law: Section 261 to 26CCC inclusive, of Chapter 121 of the General Laws, as amended.
2. Act to Provide Housing for Veterans: Chapter 200 of the Acts of 1948, as amended.
3. Act to Provide Housing for Elderly Persons of Low Income: Chapter 667 of the Acts of 1954, as amended.
Veteran's Housing:
Location - Wildwood Street. .... Number of Units - 13 ..... Average Rent - $66. 00
Rentals are based on the income of the veteran. This Project is entirely for veterans of the low-income group of greatest need, who have been living under poor housing conditions. It allows the veteran to live in decent, safe, and sanitary housing at a rent he can afford.
Housing for the Elderly:
Location - Deming Way ..... Number of Units - 40 ..... Rent - $48. 00 Requirements for occupancy of these units is that a person must be sixty-five (65) years of age or over and must be of low income. Persons must also be in need of good housing.
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Balance Sheet as of March 31, 1962
667-1 Administration
Assets
Liabilities
Administration Fund
3,656. 11
Accounts Payable - Development
10,127.09
Petty Cash
20.00
Accrued Insurance
320. 89
Accounts Receivable
30.20
Prepaid Rent
192. 00
Accounts Receivable, S. A.
3,593.75
Operating Reserve
10,079.51
Mechanics Savings Bank
20,116. 67
Accrued Interest
480. 12
Development Cost
575,000.00
Matured Int. & Principal
4,750. 00
Debt Service Reserve
475. 00
Total
602, 416. 73
Bonds Authorized
575,000.00
601, 424. 61
Surplus
992. 12
Total
602, 416. 73
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Balance Sheet as of June 30, 1962
200-1
Assets
Liabilities
Administration Fund
3,601. 32
Accrued Pilot
73. 70
Petty Cash
20.00
Matured Interest & Principal
132. 82
Reading Cooperative Bank
2,000.00
Security Deposit
725. 00
Mechanics Savings
9,210.91
Bonds Authorized
198,000. 00
Accounts Receivable
89. 11
Less: Notes Retired 37,000.00
161,000. 00
Prepaid Insurance
1,114.07
Debt Service Reserve
6,111.00
Development Cost
198,000.00
Operating Reserve
7,258.00
Liquidated
37,000.00
161,000.00
175,300. 52
Operating Surplus
1,734.89
Total
177,035. 41
Total
177,035. 41
Council for the Aged
On June 15, 1962 a progressive step in community activity was made by the establishment of a Council for the Aged. Several months were spent by the council investigating the purposes of other councils, their most significant accomplishments, and how such activities could apply to our community. The following purposes have been adopted by the Wilmington Council for the Aged.
1. Establish channels of communication with State and Federal agencies dealing with the interests and needs of older people.
2. Establish an information center for the community on the subject of elderly citizens and their place in the community.
3. Investigate the facilities and services presently available to Wilmington's senior citizens and make recommendations for future expansion.
4. Encourage increased co-operation among the various civic agencies providing services for the elderly.
5. Encourage and support the activities of local Senior Citizens' Groups.
6. Help foster positive community attitudes toward the elderly.
7. Uncover areas of need among the elderly citizens and initiate remedial action.
8. Assist in providing continuing opportunities for the elderly to remain active, alert, and useful members of the community.
. ...... ........
Time and patience were rewarded recently by the birth of the Wilmington Golden Age Club; a group restricted to members over sixty years of age who wish more fruitful and enjoyable years of retirement.
With the experience of such successful councils as those in Brookline, Weymouth, and Lowell to guide us, we are looking forward to an active and successful year.
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Board of Public Welfare
The Wilmington Board of Public Welfare respectfully submits its Annual Report for the year 1962. The Board consists of Mr. Maurice O'Neil, Chairman of the Board, Miss Florence Balkus and Mrs. Anna Low as members of the Board.
The three employees of the Board are Walter F. Coleman, the Director of Public Assistance, who also serves as secretary to the Board, Mrs. Miriam Sullivan is the Senior Clerk and Stenographer, and Miss Helen Hobson is the Social Worker.
The categories of assistance which come under the supervision of the Board of Public Welfare are as follows General Relief, Aid to Dependent Children, Disability Assistance, Old Age Assistance, and Medical Assist- ance for the Aged. The last four categories are part of the Social Security Act and entitle each community to Federal and State reimbursements for the greater part of the aid rendered under these four programs.
The Federal and State governments, however, insist that local Boards comply with the laws, rules, and policies set by them governing the disbursement of aid. Failure on the local level to comply could result in disallowances from these sources. The preservation of human dignity, the maintenance of family units and social rehabilitation constitute the underlying philosophy of modern public assistance. The major objective of all Public Welfare Agencies in working with public assistance families is the improvement of social services to strengthen family life, the safeguarding of children in hazardous home situations, and the re- duction of dependency by an effective program of rehabilitation, and in some cases habilitation services. This Board has also provided the following services to its clients when the need is urgent: Child counseling, home management, personal and family problems, arranging foster home care, counseling of separated parents in an effort to effect reconciliations. This Board also aids able-bodied fathers in job finding; and at the close of the year 1962, the Board was not aiding any family with an able-bodied father in the home.
A great many of the larger cities are greatly concerned with "relief cheaters" and are putting a greater effort to get them off the relief rolls. Cheating should never be condoned on the welfare rolls. It is in- herently wrong, plus the fact that it penalizes the honestly needy. The smaller communities do not have this great problem, and if it is existent is a very small percentage of the total. The Wilmington Board did not have to penalize a family or an individual for "cheating or chiseling" in the year 1962.
The Federal government, under the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, also requires Social Workers and the Supervisory Staff attend a series of training meetings each year for the purpose of inter - preting new laws, rules, and policies affecting Welfare Boards and to perform their duties more effectively. Attendance at these meetings is mandatory if local Boards wish to participate in the Federal grants-in-aid for administration of the various programs.
It should be pointed out at this time that the rehabilitation of two Aid to Dependent Children families by a competent social worker would result in the savings of her salary alone, plus the benefits these families would derive from being self-supporting.
The Board of Public Welfare lived within its appropriation and again returned some of its appropriation to the Town's Excess and Deficiency account. Please refer to the Town Accountant's report for the exact amount returned. The Board also had a large surplus in its Federal accounts, and this was used to reduce its requested appropriation for 1963 by approximately $20, 000 over the 1962 appropriation. The Board this past year also recovered a larger sum from estranged fathers of children who are on our Aid to Dependent Children program. This was due to our continued diligence in searching out these fathers and bringing them before the courts.
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A more detailed explanation of each category under its proper heading will follow on these pages. The Board still believes that the taxpayers of Wilmington are entitled to a full explanation of each program under its jurisdiction. It is also believed that this type of publicity is good for the Board of Public Welfare. A knowledge by the public of the Board's functions in detail should lessen to some degree their criticism of this department. The changes in the Welfare Laws, if any, will also be incorporated in the explanations of the various categories.
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
This category is a federally-sponsored, State plan, administered by law through the local Boards of Public Welfare. The law requires local Boards to aid aged persons sixty -five and over, who are in need, and who have resided in Massachusetts for one year prior to application. Need is determined by applying budgetary standards set up by the State Department of Public Welfare. Some other requirements are personal property, such as cash, savings, bonds, etc., not to exceed $500. 00. Liens are placed on property if the applicant has an interest in such property.
The Federal government reimburses local boards $54. 00 a month for each case aided. The State pays two- thirds of the balance, and the remainder is paid by the local community and charged to the town or city of settlement. Five years'continuous residence in a community without public aid constitutes a settlement. In the event a person does not have five consecutive years' residence in a town without aid, the State is billed for the balance. The Board, in its budget request, does not include the Federal share, as this amount by law is set up in a separate account and can be used only by the Board of Public Welfare for the Old Age Assistance category. The Board, in its budget request, must raise the State and other cities and towns share, as this amount is returned directly to the Excess and Deficiency Fund of the town and is used by the town. The assessors, however, anticipate this reimbursement based on the reimbursements of prior years, and it does not adver sely affect the tax rate.
For the past year, the law which most affected Old Age Assistance was Chapter 411 of the Acts of 1962, which amended Section 1 of Chapter 118A of the General Laws by providing as a basis of eligibility that a person must have resided continuously in the Commonwealth for one year immediately preceding the date of application. This modified the old law, whereby a person must have resided in Massachusetts for three years out of the last nine, with the year immediately preceding date of application continuous.
During the year 1962 a total of seventy-eight Old Age Assistance cases were aided under this program at a cost of $66, 526. 50.
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Aid to Dependent Children is another federally-sponsored category administered by law through the local Boards of Public Welfare to aid children that are deprived of parental support through desertion, mutual or legal separation, divorce, incarceration, death, disability, or unemployment of the parent.
The Federal reimbursement on this program is $20. 50 per person, State reimbursement is one-third of the total expenditure. The local community pays the balance for the aid rendered. The Board does not include the Federal share in its budget request. The town must raise the State share and the local share, because the State's share is returned to the town's Excess and Deficiency Fund. There is no settlement required on this program. However, the children must have resided in the Commonwealth for one year prior to appli- cation.
During 1962, members of this department appeared in various courts a total of twenty-eight times and were 95% successful in these appearances against delinquent fathers by receiving court orders for support of their wives and children. Receipts from this source amounted to $6, 841. 21 for 1962, an increase of 83. 6% over 1961.
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AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
During 1962, thirty-nine families were aided under this category in Wilmington with an expenditure of $37,382. 83.
The only major change for this category during the past year was more emphasis from the Federal and State levels on services by local Boards to the families receiving this type of aid.
DISABILITY ASSISTANCE
Disability Assistance is another federally- sponsored State plan administered by law by the local Boards of Public Welfare. It requires the local Boards to aid persons who have been declared permanently and totally disabled by the Medical Review Team of the State Department of Public Welfare and who are in need. Need is determined by budgetary standards set by the State Department of Public Welfare. The Federal reim- bursement for money expended in this category is $46. 50 a month per case, and the town's share is 25% of the total cost each month. The balance is reimbursed by the State Department of Public Welfare. The same manner of financing is used as in Old Age Assistance and Aid to Dependent Children. There were no major changes on this program during 1962 from the Federal or State levels.
During the year 1962, eleven cases were aided on this category. Total expenditure for 1962 on this pro- gram was $13, 629. 10.
MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE AGED
Medical Assistance for the Aged is also a federally- sponsored State plan administered by law by the local Boards of Public Welfare. This program was born in 1960 when changes made under the Social Security Act established this category under the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. The bill, as passed at that level, recognized a need for medical care for aged persons. It, as in other Federal and State pro- grams, requires local Boards to aid persons over 65, who are medically indigent and reside in the Common wealth. No settlement is required under this category.
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