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Board of Public Welfare <br />Seated, L. to R. — James E. Collins, Director, Howard H. Dawes, Chairman, Robert K. Taylor, <br />Martin A. Gilman. Standing L. to R. — David F. Toomey, Robert P. Trask <br />three and one third percent of the total grant and the town pays the remainder, if any. <br />General relief is the one assistance program administered by the board of public <br />welfare which is locally controlled. This assistance is given needy persons who do not <br />qualify for one of the federal programs or are in need of immediate assistance while await- <br />ing approval for one of the federal programs. The state pays twenty percent of the total <br />amount spent and the town pays the balance. <br />All medical expenses incurred under any of the four federal programs are paid for <br />under the medical assistance (Medicaid) program and reimbursed to the town in the amount <br />of fifty percent by federal, sixty -six and two thirds of the balance by the state and thirty - <br />three and one third by the town. <br />It is again difficult to ascertain, with any degree of accuracy, what the future holds <br />in store for welfare programs. No doubt changes will be made in the administration of the <br />programs but when they will be made or what they will consist of is not known at this time. <br />32 <br />