2. Strengthen the Office of the Commissioner of Social Security to enable him to carry out his responsibility to coordinate Deputy Commissioner of Social Security Designate the Deputy Commissioner of Social Security head of a permanent Task Force to develop and coordinate programs, the Bureau of Public Assistance. 3. Study Group on Organization 4. Appoint a Study Group on the mission and organization of the Review the policies, procedures and practices of the Merit System and Grant-in-Aid audits to insure maximum State administrative discretion consistent with Federal statutory require ments. 5. ADC Research 6. Use Federal appropriations for research to evaluate the accom plishments of the Aid to Dependent Children's programs against its stated purposes and objectives. Medical Care Research Use Federal appropriations for research to study medical care under public assistance, the extent to which it is meeting needs, and be in a position to help States with medical care programs, standards and quality of service. 7. Reduction of Dependency Direct that all Department statements of policy and program regulation be focused on the prevention and reduction of social Require States to provide intensive casework services and to offer maximum preventive, protective and rehabilitative services for all family and children's cases involving proven money mismanagement, social maladjustment, illegitimacy, and behavior problems. 10. Work for Relief Permit States to establish "work for Relief" projects for all employable recipients, with statewide standards and local determination of work project necessity. 11. Training for Recipients 12. Encourage States to establish training and retraining programs for those recipients with potential for self-support and self-care. Incentives for Employment Permit States to provide incentives for children and adults to accept employment by allowing the retention of a portion of individual earnings for future identifiable needs, thus meeting legal requirements to "take into consideration all other income and resources" in determining the grant of assistance. 13. Recruitment, Training and Utilization Strengthen joint Federal-State-local efforts in recruiting personnel, providing professional and in-service training, and effectively deploying and utilizing personnel. 14. Identification of Services Develop a departmental plan which identifies costs of serhomemaker services, as distinguished from overhead vices, e.g., administrative costs, e.g., office rent. A new program, emphasizing the strengthening of the family and the provision of services, Family Aid and Services, should be established to combine the present Aid to Dependent Children and Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled categories. a. b. In defining the new program, temporarily disabled care facilities should be included. The new program should emphasize diagnostic, pre- The name of the Bureau of Public Assistance should be changed to the Bureau of Social Welfare. 3. Extension of Temporary Provisions 4. Pending the establishment of the new category of Family Aid and Services, temporary provisions of the Aid to Dependent Children's program relating to assistance to children of unemployed persons and assistance to children in foster homes, should be extended indefinitely. Principles for Financial Formulae The category of Family Aid and Services will require revision 5. Incentives to Provide Services States should be encouraged to provide services by offering incentives to States through a change in the formula for Federal participation in costs of administration. 6. Appropriations for Research and Training The full Federal appropriation as authorized by Congress for training grants and for research and demonstration projects should be obtained. Residence requirements for all categories should be reduced to a permissible maximum of one year's State residence in order to qualify for Federal participation. 9. Vendor Payments The use of vendor payments for other than medical care should be allowed as a protection in proven cases of mismanagement and social maladjustment under statewide standards which include identification, review, provision of services, reports on case progress, and appeal. NOTE: If Recommendations Numbers 10 and 12 under Administrative |