Improved economic conditions have not yet been reflected in the number of poor families requiring relief and service, according to a comparative study of the work of the United Jewish Aid Societies of Brooklyn for March and February. Both the number of families assisted and the total amount of relief granted were greater during March than in the previous month
“Many families which husbanded their resources during long periods of unemployment,” the report stated, “have now been compelled to seek material relief. Others, displaced by technological advancements, are experiencing difficulty in returning to a place in some industry which no longer requires as many workers as before.”
According to the study, which was prepared for the Brooklyn Federation of Jewish Charities, of which the United Jewish Aid Societies is the family welfare agency, the Societies gave direct service to 1,470 cases in March, as against a total of 1,363 cases for February. A total of 804 heads of families received grants adding up to $36,623 during March, while in the preceding month 755 heads of families received allotments totaling $31,866.
Mortimer Brenner, president of the United Jewish Aid Societies, in making public the report, pleaded for support of the Federation’s $500,000 twenty-fifth anniversary campaign now under way to meet the budgetary necessities of the twenty-five affiliated institutions.
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