Biennial Report Of The North Carolina State Board Of Charities And Public Welfare PDF Download

Excerpt from Biennial Report of the North Carolina State Board of Charities and Public Welfare: July 1, 1942 to June 30, 1944 After two and one-half years of war North Carolina is once more, in the light of current world military, events, approaching the point where it can look forward to peace-time activities and concentration upon the needs of civilian 1i.fe During the bien nium the war contributed new problems and duties to the work Of welfare agencies, increased the emphasis needed for Some programs, and at the same time reduced the pressures of some other responsibilities. Two years ago no one could forsee the possibilities of the armed conflict nor how soon the nation's efforts would start its armies On the path to victory. Two years ago the state was developing plans for evacuation of'its citizens in certain areas m the event Of enemy invasion and was calling upon its citizens for off-duty hours of training in civilian protection to supplement the many forms of military protection. The evacuation and reception 'plans, now worked out, will never be used during the present war. The civilian protection activities have to all practical purposes been shelved as the need for them from a military standpoint has passed, and they are retained only to the extent they may be utilized in the event of unforseen natural disaster. The surpluses in the, food supplies of. The nation have dis appeared as a result of the demand created by citizens at home and by those in liberated sections Of other countries. Where three years ago the farmers were raising too much, they now are being asked to raise more in order to meet foreign demand. Thus passed out Of the picture during this biennium the services of the State Board Of Charities and Public Welfare in distributing sur plus food supplies to those in the counties whose budgets were insufficient to meet their minimum daily food requirements. Between January 1, 1936, and June 30, 1943, the commodity program distributed a total Of units of food and other articles with a retail valuation of $22, 107, 408. 30. The state and the counties paid out only $601, 752. 37 during the entire time the program was under state and county welfare supervision. Fol lowing liquidation of the general commodity distribution program under the direction of welfare agencies, the school lunch program was continued under the supervision of educational units. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.