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HARRY L. HOPKINS, ADMINISTRATOR
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PREPARED BY ROBERT C. Lowe AND JAMES 3. QUEEN
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A. Ross ECKLER, COORDINATOR OF SPECIAL INQUIRIES
DIVISION OF SOCIAL RESEARCH
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 Preface
This bulletin is one of a series intended to present in
abstract form the public welfare provisions of the laws of each of
the States.
The purpose of these bulletins is to give a brief review

of the provisions for public assistance under the laWS of the several
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jurisdictions, and of the administrative agencies set up by law with
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a; reference thereto. A chart showing the organizational relationships

. E of the administrative agencies is included.
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k The possibility of error in attempting with a limited staff
f and in a limited time to assemble and digest the formidable mass of
3 material incident to such a study is frankly recognized. The coopera—
;\ tion of those who have occasion to use these digests in reporting any
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:: errors of omission or commission noted, or in suggesting improvement
9? in form or content, is 1nv1ted and Will be greatly appre01ated.
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DIGEST OF PUBLIC WELFARE LAWS OF STATE OF IDAHO
Pub lic’ Welfare Provisions Pge
GeneralPoorRelief............................1001
Aid to Dependent Children in Their Own Home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1005
Care of Dependent and Neglected Children (Institutions and Agencies) . . .1005
BlindASSistance.............c...............1007
OldAgeAssistance............................1009
VeteranRelief........u.......o.............1012
Administrative Provisions
DepartmentofPublicWelfare.......................1014
StateSchoolandColony-.......................1018
. North and South State Hospitals for the Insane. . . . . . . . . . . . .1022
Soldiers'Home.............................1027
State school for the Blind and Deaf. o o o o o o o o u o I o o o n o o o .1029
StatePrisonConnnissioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1031
IndustrialTrainingSchool......................‘.1040
StateBoardofEugenics..........................1045
Board of Pardons O O O I O O O I O C 0 O O D O I O O l O 0 I C O O O O Q .1047
Veterans'WelfareCommiseion. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .1051
Commissioner of Emergency Relief and Employment. . . . . . . . . . . . . .1055
ProbateCourt..............................o1054
Board of County Commissioners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .' . . . . . . .1062
County Old Age Pension Commission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1064
Chart Showing Public Welfare Agencies

 Idaho 1001
. DIGEST or PUBLIC WELFARE PROVISIONS
GENERAL POOR RELIEF
(a) Description of class

Persons who are sick, indigent, and in destitute circum-

stances, and who would suffer if not aided by the county. 1/
(b) Procedure for determinipg eligibility

Written application for aid is made to the Probate Judge,
the clerk of the Board of County Commissioners, or a justice of the
peace, and filed in the office of the clerk of the Board of County
Commissioners. 2/

It is the duty of the Probate Judge, the clerk of the Board
of County Commissioners, or the justice of the peace to whom the
application is made to immediately investigate the grounds of the
application, and file a certificate as to need with the clerk of the
Board of County Commissioners. 3/

The County Commissioners, must, after the filing of the
certificate, if, in their judgment, the applicant is sick and indigent

. - and would suffer if not aided by the county, make such provisions for
his relief as may be necessary under the circumstances. 3/
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1. Code, Ann. (1932) Sac. 30-2905.

2. Ibid, Sec. 30-2904, as amended by Laws (1935) Ch. 15.

3. Ibid, Sec. 30-2905. In case the Commissioners are not in session
at the time of the date of such certificate, the officer to whom the
application is made may, in his discretion, authorize the applicant

to be placed in the county poor house or hospital; and if the county
is not so provided with poor house or hospital, may authorize the
expanding of such sums, not exceeding $40, in the aggregate, to
provide for the immediate necessities of such applicant. Ibid.

4. Code, Ann. (1932) See. 30-2906. The County Commissioners must

not allow any claim or demand against the county for services render-
ed to any sick or indigent person who has not previously obtained

from the Probate Judge, the clerk of the County Commissioners, or

a justice of the peace, the certificate heretofore mentioned, and
must not allow any claims or demands whatsoever against the county
for any expense incurred by, or in behalf of, any Sick or indigent
person before the filing of the application and certificate aforesaid:
Provided, that the Commissioners may authorize the expenditure of not
to exceed $50, in the aggregate, to provide for the immediate necessi-
ties of any indigent person where, in the opinion of the Commissioners,
it is proper to do so rather than send such person to the poor house

. or hospital. Code, Ann. (1932) Sec. 30—2907.

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GENERAL POOR RELIEF (Cont'd) .
(c) Measure of responsibility
Care in county poor houses or hospitals, and direct
relief. 5/
(d) Qualifications igposed
Resident of State one year and of county 6 months next
preceding application. g/
(9) Incidence of financial responsibility
County (Obligation mandatory). 2/
(f) Taxes
No specific provisions. (County general fund.)
(g) Administrative agencies
Probate Judge, clerk of Board of County Commissioners,
justices of the peace. 2/
(h) Supervisopz controls .
Board of County Commissioners allows claims. 8/
5. Code, Ann. (1952) See. 50-2905, 50-2906 and 50-2907.
6. Laws (1955) Ch. 15.
'7. Code, Ann. (1932) Sec. 30-2904.
8. Ibid, Sec. 50-2901.

 Idaho - Digest of Public Welfare Provisions 1005
. AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN IN THEIR OWN HOMES
(a) Description of class
Women whose husbands are dead or confined in penal or
charitable institutions, when such women are poor and are the mothers
of children under the age of 15 years. 1/
(b) Procedure for determining eligibility

Whenever the Probate Court determines that an allowance
under this Act is to be made and has the approval of the County Commis-
sioners, the Court must make an order to that effect, setting out the
full name of the mother, her place of residence, the names and ages of
each of the children, and the amount allowed to each child, and the
names and ages of each orphan child and names of their guardians or
custodians. The Court may, with the approval of the County Commission-
ers, order the allowance paid to the mother, or to an individual or
organization approved by the Court as trustee for her benefit, or to
the guardian or custodian of any orphan child for the benefit of such

- child. g]
(c) Measure of responsibility
Ten dollars per month for the first child, and $5 per month
. for each additional child under 15 years of age. 5/
(d) Qualifications imposed

(1) The child or children, for whose benefit the allowance
is made, must be living with the mother. 2/

(2) The mother must, in the judgment of the Probate Court
and the County Commissioners, be a proper person physically and mentally
for the bringing up of such children. 5/

(5) Such allowance must, in the judgment of the Court, be
necessary to save the children from neglect. §/

(4) The mother must have been a resident of the State for
at least 2 years, and of the county for at least 6 months, next preced-
ing application for such allowance: provided, that orphan children may
not receive an allowance who have not been residents of the State for
at least one year, and of the county for at least 6 months, next preced-
ing application for allowance. 2/
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1. Code, Ann. (1952) Sac. 50-5001.

. 2. Ibid, Sec. 50-5004.
5. Ibid, Sec. 50—5002.
. 4. Ibid, Sec. 50—5005(1).
5. Ibid, Sec. 50-5005(2).
6. Ibid, Sec. 50-5005(5).
7. Ibid, Sec. 50-5005(4).

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AID TO DEPENDENI‘ CHILDREN IN THEIR OWN HOMES (Cont'd) .
(d) Qualifications igposed (Cont'd)

(a) If any mother, children, or orphan children move to
another county in the State, they may not receive allowance from the
new county until they have established residence therein of at least
one year. g]

(6) Incidence of financial responsibility

County. g/ (Obligation optional.)

(f)' Taxes

No specific provisions. (County general fund. 2/)

(5) Administrative agencies ‘

County Probate Court, with the approval of the Board of
County Commissioners. lg/

(h) Supervisory controls
No provision. ll/
8. Code, Ann. (1932) See. 30-3003(4).
9. Ibid, Sec. 50—3004.
10. Ibid, Sec. 30—3001.
11. Ibid, Sec. 30-3009.
The Probate Judge reports annually to the Governor. Ibid.

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CARE 0! DEFENDER? 5§EL§E§£§§2§2_§§££EB§§ (INSTITUTIONS 25D AGENCIES)
. (a) ___.D33criniisa-si 221213.81
Orphan, homelgss, neglected, or abused children of this
State, under the age of 18 years. 1/
(b) Procedure for determining eligibility
any person may file a verified petition in writing in
the Probate Court showing that there is within the county a child
falling within the description above. 2/ Thereupon the Judge or
the clerk of the Court must summon the person responsible for such
child before the Court. 3/ At the hearing, without jury, if it
appears that the child is under the description above, the Court
may make an order committing such child to the care of some repu-
table person of good moral character, or to some suitable institu-
tion, or to some society organized and existing under the laws of
this State. y
(c) Measure of responsibility
' Care by societies incorporated for such purpose l/, or by
reputable persons of good moral character, or by suitable institu-
tions. §/ ;
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1. Code, Ann. (1932) Sec. 31-1201.
2. Ibid, Sec. 31-1204.
3. Ibid, Sec. 31—1205. When any officer of an institution or
society for the care of children, or any citizen of the State, re-
quests a peace officer to assist in the investigation of any alleged
case of neglected or abused child, such officer must immediately
make, or assist in making, such investigation; and if he deem it
proper he may take such child into custody without a warrant and
report the case at once to the Probate Judge for such proceedings
as may be proper under the laws of the State. Code, Ann. (1932)
Sac. 31-1210.
4. Code, Ann. (1932) Sec. 31-1207. At the hearing of any case
involving a child the Court has power to exclude the general public,
admitting thereto only such persons as may have a direct interest
in the case. The investigation and record in each case is withheld
from the public inspection. Code, Ann. (1932) Sec. 31-1209.
5. Code, Ann. (1932) See. 31-1204.

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CARE OF DEPENDENT AND NEGLECTED CHIIDREN (DBTITUTIOI‘B AND AGENCIES)
(d) walifications imposed .
None.
(e) Incidence of financial responsibility
County; pays $10 per month for each child cared for. _6/
(Obligation optional. )
(1‘) 28.12
No specific provisions. (County general fund. y)
(g) Administrative agencies
County Probate Court. 2/
(h) Supervisory; controls
No provision.
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6. Code, Ann. (1932) See. 31-1214.
'7. Ibid, Sec. 51-1203.
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 Idaho - Digest of Public Welfare Provisions 1007
‘I" BLIND ASSISTNEE:
(a) Defggiption of class
Any male person 21 years of age and any female p