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that the public and local officials encounter in understanding welfare programs and budgets.
Mrs. Buntin remarked that she should never have included the Title 20 form in the packet of budget material she forwarded to the Supervisors. “It’s too complicated and too beaurocratic for people to understand. I should just have included a list of programs and a summary with the amount of federal funds that has to be matched by state and local money.”
Mrs. Johnson suggested that a special meeting be arranged with the Supervisors prior to next year's budget considerations so Mrs. Buntin can explain fully the public assistance requests.
Mrs. Buntin said that she had thought the Supervisors would call her and arrange a meeting this year, since one had been held the previous year.
“I think you have to set it up,” Mrs. Johnson responded.
Mrs. Buntin commented that she had detected “certain opposition” from the Supervisors when she presented this year’s budget requess. “I think it’s because the public doesn’t understand our services.” People see the Welfare Department as a “beaurocratic mess” that accomplishes nothing, said Mrs. Buntin.
This is a false picture, she maintained, citing important work, particularly in the fields of foster care and adoption. She acknowledged that the Wedfare Department did spread itself to thin by trying to do too much.
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