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child to the care of the board of public welfare, or the court may allow 

 the child to remain in his own home, or in a suitable family or institu- 

 tional home, during which time the case is reinvestigated from time to 

 time. The expense for the maintenance and care of such a child is 

 borne by the town in which the child resides. A delinquent child may 

 be committed to the industrial school until he reaches the age of 18 

 years, after which he may be committed to the house of correction, 

 jail, or state prison, or discharged, as the case may warrant. 



The foster care of homeless children is considered a part of di- 

 rect relief. Overseers of the poor in towns, and the commissioners of 

 counties, are required to find suitable homes for dependent children 

 between the ages of three and fifteen years and to contract for their 

 care and education. The expense of this foster care of children is 

 borne by the town or county as conditioned by settlement. All such 

 cases must be reported to the state department of public welfare. The 

 duties of the state department for this type of direct relief are to in- 

 vestigate each case and issue licenses to boarding houses after such 

 places have been approved by the local board of health. Licenses are 

 granted for a term not exceeding one year. 



Provisions of law concerning the foster care of children are gen- 

 erally applicable to the care of infant children, those less than three 

 years of age. Anyone who for compensation has in his custody two 

 or more infant children not of blood relation is deemed to maintain a 

 boarding house for infants. Such boarding houses can be continued 

 only after having been licensed by the state department of public 

 welfare upon approval by the local board of health. The expense is 

 borne by the town or county as conditioned by settlement. 



Table 29. Expenditures of the New Hampshire State Department of Public 

 Welfare, Year Ended June 30, 1940* 



p.,.- c j-L Amount of 

 rurpose oi expenditure .•. 

 expenditure 



General administration $ 50,290.73 



State services 9,197.85 



Field services 133,'652!98 



Blind administration and services 14,306.92 



Teacher for tuberculous persons 702.00 



Merit council 833.12 



Civilian Conservation Corps 1,391.15 



Total administration $ 210,374.75 



Old age assistance $1,321,023.76 



Aid to dependent children '30'5'601^0 



Aid to needy blind 88;95L57 



Sight conservation 4 826.18 



VVorkshop for the blind 12 805 37 



Aid to tuberculous persons 7^857 6' 



Education of blind «'«?« 47 



John Nesmith fund 620() 



Total assistance $1,814,956.17 



Grand total 



$2,025,330.92 



•As reported by the commissioner of public welfare. 



