Will the Services Provisions of the 1962 Public Welfare Amendments Reduce Costs?

Cohen Wilbur J. , and Ball Robert M. , “Public Welfare Amendments of 1962 and Proposals for Health Insurance for the Aged,” Social Security Bulletin, Vol. XXV, October 1962, p. 3.

Social Security Bulletin, pp. 3–10. The reports of the hearings on bills H.R. 10032 and H.R. 10606 contain a wealth of testimony on virtually every facet of public welfare. See U.S. 87th Congress, 2nd Session, Public Welfare Amendments of 1962: Hearings Before the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, … on H.R. 10032; U.S. 87th Congress, 2nd Session, Public Assistance Act of 1962: Hearings Before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, … on H.R. 10606.

Waller Willard , “Conflict of Values,” in Sociological Theory, Borgatta Edgar F. , and Meyer Henry J. (eds.), Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1956, p. 515.

“Social Security in Review,” Social Security Bulletin, Vol. XXVI, February 1963, pp. 2, 24.

Hoshino George S. , “The Responsibility of Children for the Support of Needy Parents,” School of Social Work, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1960 (doctoral dissertation). The observations were noted during the collection of data but were not systematically recorded or included in the report, since the study was not concerned with the casework process as such.

“Current Operating Statistics,” Social Security Bulletin, Vol. XXVI, April 1963, p. 36.

“Notes and Brief Reports: Concurrent Receipt of Public Assistance and Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance, Early 1962,” Social Security Bulletin, Vol. XXVI, March 1963, p. 17.

Mugge Robert H. , “Aid to Families with Dependent Children: Initial Findings of the 1961 Report on the Characteristics of Recipients,” Social Security Bulletin, Vol. XXVI, March 1963, p. 8.

For a succinct discussion of these underlying factors, see Haber William , “Why Financial Need in an Expanding Economy?” Public Welfare, Vol. XV, January 1957, pp. 7–10, 29–30.

Greenleigh Associates, Facts, Fallacies and Future: A Study of the Aid to Dependent Children Program of Cook County, Illinois, Greenleigh Associates, New York, 1960, pp. 55–59.

Witmer Helen Leland , Social Work, Rinehart & Co., New York, 1942, pp. 241–44. Witmer maintains that in public assistance, income-maintenance is the primary service and social work is the supportive or auxiliary service.