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in spite ol tne leeiing tnat there was unlimited opportunity, there were still poor people, especially in the crowded cities. Charity organizations designed to restore the miserable poor to self support sprang up. They reasoned that individuals could be reformed redeemed from the sin of poverty, so that they would not need financial assistance, Tly? social workers who tried to carry out these aims looked upon the relief provided under the Poor Lawtf as weakening, and encouraging idleness. They tried as much as possible to use the individual’s own recources, those of his family, and gifts froms friends and neighbors. But they were interested in restoring the .individual to self support, not giving him relief. They felt that money and services could not be given at the same time, as money would hurt the effects of the service. Of course today we recognize the necessity of both.
As' time went on the workers began to see that the lives of indr iduals were influenced by their families and vice versa. They also found that their success in restoring individuals to self support was limited by conditions in the community. If there was a lack of employment no amount of social service did any good. If times were good and there were opportunities for employment, the number of people asking for help decreased. They found .that they needed more relief money than could be obtained from the client’s family and friends. They began setting up private funds for their use, but they found that even this did not give them enough money and that there was really no substitute for the public relief given by the Poor Laws, no matter how badly they were administered. But the charity organizations influenced the people to feel that private welfare could handle the situation and that public funds were not necessary, and people clung_o..these ...views a_.long-time, Some people still feel that public welfare is not necessary.
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