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The Department of Social | Services abruptly ended Virginia's 1982-83 fuel ' assistance progrni as of the I close of business at welfare | offices across the state on i Friday evening, December I 10. | According to Social I Services Commissioner j William L. Lukhard, | Virginia's allocation for the j federally funded program 1 was the same for this winter [ as for last, $36.5 million. As | of December 7, the comj
missioner reported, about i $27 million had been obligated to approved fuel assistance recipients. "Applications filed through Friday. December 10, will be processed and those approved for fuel assistance will be served," Lukhard emphasized. "We are not eliminating this program but we must stop taking new applications before we run out of money.” Sylvia Kreitler, director of Rappahannock’s social services, said that 136 applications had been received at the local welfare office as of last Friday. Families that applied by the cut-off date
74.8%