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Welfare Program Outlined
At W. l. District Meeti ng
" Women's Institutes are need- 1
ed more now than they were I
ever needed before.'' Mrs. M .
G. Roberts told delegates attending
the Alberta Women's |
Institutes district 3 biennial con- j
ference being held at the Capri |
Motor Hotel.
Mrs. Roberts. Drumheller. is
provincial president of the W. I. |
During an address Friday af- j
ternoon Mrs. Roberts outlined
the present projects being undertaken
by the W. I. branches. She j
urged members to attend the.
national convention which w i l l!
be held in Wolfville, Nova Scotia
i n June, 1964 and the Associated]
Country Women of the World conference
which will be held in Ireland
in 1965.
At the conference banquet F r i - :
day evening, Mrs. Roberts show-/
ed slides and gave a commen- l
tary on the 1962 ACWW conler- *
ence held in Australia.
W i l l ARE P R O G R AM
" G i v i n g out money is not In
itself an answer," John R.
Smith, director of planning and
research. Department of Welfare,
told delegates in an address
Friday afternoon.
Mr. Smith, a graduate of the
University of Britsh Columbia
School of Social Service, outlined
the types of social welfare
offered by the Government of
Alberta Department of Welfare.
" The area in which government
assistance is given include
c h i l d care, relief assistance,
pensions, and social allowance,"
Mr, Smith said.
He said he felt one of the
greatest problems facing the department
and society is the increasing
number of children
born out of wedlock.
" Unwed mothers last year totalled
2.400; of these 1.000 were
the result of common- law alliances,
the majority of the remaining
mothers were between
the ages of 14 and 19," he said.
He said that 20 children had been
born to mothers 14 years old
or younger.
He said that he felt undue
attention is given to the child
care program which uses only
one fifth of the welfare fund and
to the qucslion of adopting
across religious lines which, if
allowed, would only effect between
30 and 50 children.
" The Department of Welfare
gives relief assistance, prima
r i ly to the employable unemployed,
to between 3,500 and
4,000 people each year," Mr.
Smith said, and added that this
was again only a small part of
the welfare fund.
He urged the delegates to assume
responsibility for seeing
that the young people in their
communities rccicvcd the greatest
amount of education possible.
" This is the only answer
to the unemployment problem,"
he said." Too many young
people enter the work world unequipped
to compete for jobs."
He said half the children now
in grades one to six would hold
jobs not yet even invented.
" The greatest part of the welfare
fund is applied to pensions
which 27,000 people in Alberta
receive and to social allowance,
received by 10,000 persons," he
said. The social allowance fund
encompasses mother's allowances,
widows pensions, supplementary
allowance, and disability
pension.
Because the AWI plans to offer
a $ 1, W0 centennial scholarship
for a student in welfare
work, Mr. Smith outlined courses
taken in a welfare course. " The
major areas of study are research,
human growth and development,
science of group
work and community organization,"
Mr. Smith said.
He said the field of community
organization is relatively new
and is based on developing the
resources of a community, and
teaching people to work for
themselves rather than simply
handing out money.
M WOH NEWMAN
The afternoon session was opened
with an address welcome
by Mayor E . Newman to which
Mrs. C. Trotter. Stettler, responded.
Group discussions were
held and entertainment was provided
by the Leslieville Goons.
h l l " ft ' . t rC a k C ' , S , f ". J ^ , b e l ' t a W , ° m e n ' s I n s t i t"<" d^' rict 3 biennial conference being
held at the Cap,-, Motor Hotel were, left to right. Mrs. A. W. Olson. Wetaskiwin Mrs H
Simonson. Wetaskiwin, and Mrs. R. Tozer, Red Deer.
Object Description
| Rating | |
| Title | Pine Lake History - 1956-1975 |
| Subject | AWI; Pine Lake Branch |
| Description | Branch History |
| Language | en |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Type | text |
| Source | Alberta Women's Institutes |
| Identifier | awi0811092 |
| Date | 2007 |
| Collection | Alberta Women's Institutes - Collective Memory |
| Repository | AU Digital Library |
| Copyright | For Private Study and Research Use Only |
Description
| Title | Page 77 |
| Format | application/pdf |
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| Collection | Alberta Women's Institutes - Collective Memory |
| Repository | AU Digital Library |
| Copyright | For Private Study and Research Use Only |
| Transcript | Welfare Program Outlined At W. l. District Meeti ng " Women's Institutes are need- 1 ed more now than they were I ever needed before.'' Mrs. M . G. Roberts told delegates attending the Alberta Women's | Institutes district 3 biennial con- j ference being held at the Capri | Motor Hotel. Mrs. Roberts. Drumheller. is provincial president of the W. I. | During an address Friday af- j ternoon Mrs. Roberts outlined the present projects being undertaken by the W. I. branches. She j urged members to attend the. national convention which w i l l! be held in Wolfville, Nova Scotia i n June, 1964 and the Associated] Country Women of the World conference which will be held in Ireland in 1965. At the conference banquet F r i - : day evening, Mrs. Roberts show-/ ed slides and gave a commen- l tary on the 1962 ACWW conler- * ence held in Australia. W i l l ARE P R O G R AM " G i v i n g out money is not In itself an answer," John R. Smith, director of planning and research. Department of Welfare, told delegates in an address Friday afternoon. Mr. Smith, a graduate of the University of Britsh Columbia School of Social Service, outlined the types of social welfare offered by the Government of Alberta Department of Welfare. " The area in which government assistance is given include c h i l d care, relief assistance, pensions, and social allowance," Mr, Smith said. He said he felt one of the greatest problems facing the department and society is the increasing number of children born out of wedlock. " Unwed mothers last year totalled 2.400; of these 1.000 were the result of common- law alliances, the majority of the remaining mothers were between the ages of 14 and 19," he said. He said that 20 children had been born to mothers 14 years old or younger. He said that he felt undue attention is given to the child care program which uses only one fifth of the welfare fund and to the qucslion of adopting across religious lines which, if allowed, would only effect between 30 and 50 children. " The Department of Welfare gives relief assistance, prima r i ly to the employable unemployed, to between 3,500 and 4,000 people each year," Mr. Smith said, and added that this was again only a small part of the welfare fund. He urged the delegates to assume responsibility for seeing that the young people in their communities rccicvcd the greatest amount of education possible. " This is the only answer to the unemployment problem," he said." Too many young people enter the work world unequipped to compete for jobs." He said half the children now in grades one to six would hold jobs not yet even invented. " The greatest part of the welfare fund is applied to pensions which 27,000 people in Alberta receive and to social allowance, received by 10,000 persons," he said. The social allowance fund encompasses mother's allowances, widows pensions, supplementary allowance, and disability pension. Because the AWI plans to offer a $ 1, W0 centennial scholarship for a student in welfare work, Mr. Smith outlined courses taken in a welfare course. " The major areas of study are research, human growth and development, science of group work and community organization," Mr. Smith said. He said the field of community organization is relatively new and is based on developing the resources of a community, and teaching people to work for themselves rather than simply handing out money. M WOH NEWMAN The afternoon session was opened with an address welcome by Mayor E . Newman to which Mrs. C. Trotter. Stettler, responded. Group discussions were held and entertainment was provided by the Leslieville Goons. h l l " ft ' . t rC a k C ' , S , f ". J ^ , b e l ' t a W , ° m e n ' s I n s t i t"<" d^' rict 3 biennial conference being held at the Cap,-, Motor Hotel were, left to right. Mrs. A. W. Olson. Wetaskiwin Mrs H Simonson. Wetaskiwin, and Mrs. R. Tozer, Red Deer. |
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