Report of the New York State Commission on Relief for Widowed Mothers; Transmitted to the Legislature March 27, 1914 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 Excerpt: ...occupations, calling and conditions of all children trained in any of the above institutions be kept by the authority responsible for their training and education." SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS "The supervision of children boarded-out within the Union should be placed in the hands of competent women officers, and should be brought under Local Government Board inspection. Special care should be taken when the boarding-out is with relatives, and all such cases should be specially notified to the Local Government Board. "Effective steps should be taken to secure that the maintenance of children in the workhouse be no longer recognized as a legitimate way of dealing with them. "Guardians should have power to retain supervision of adopted children up to the age of twenty-one, and in such cases parental responsibility should be more strictly enforced, in some cases by detention in an institution, and, wherever practicable, by charging to the parents the whole or a part of the cost of maintenance of the children; such children should become the wards of the local authority up to the age of twenty-one; the children, whether removed from their parents or left with them, should be kept under supervision; and one of the parents, if found worthy, or some other responsible person should, if willing to act in that capacity, be associated with the Local Authority as the official guardian. Every case in which a conviction is obtained should be reported to the authority by the police. "Voluntary agencies should be recognized by the Public Assistance Authority as regards the after-care of Poor Law Children, and should report to it; such reports to be entered on a record. "A system of supervision and record such as prevails in the case of children ...