Montana Social and Rehabilitation Services, Community Services Division records
Scope and Contents
This collection is a sub-subgroup (former Division) of the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services records. The Community Services Division formerly operated within the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services, predecessor agency to DPHHS. Please see the primary finding aid for more
Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services records.
This collection is composed of the records of the Community Services Division of the Social and Rehabilitation Services, which are comprised of subject files. Subjects include division and bureau budgets and cutbacks; services for the aging; child care; district and area office records and communications; administrative rule changes; communications with committees, organizations, and other SRS offices; contracts and funding; a strike plan; and county Departments of Public Welfare.
Dates
- Creation: 1966-1984
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Montana Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Research Library before any reproduction use. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.
Biographical / Historical
The Legislature established the Department of Public Welfare in 1937, consolidating state welfare activities. The Department was responsible for the administration of all forms of public assistance, including general relief programs and supervision of institutions caring for the dependent, delinquent, or mentally or physically handicapped. In 1971 the Department of Public Welfare was abolished and its functions assumed by the newly created Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services (SRS). The SRS assumed the functions of various state agencies, including functions pertaining to vocational rehabilitation and education; the Commission on Aging; and the Council on Human Resources. The SRS administered all forms of public assistance, child protection, and child welfare; gave consultant service to private institutions providing care for the needy, indigent, handicapped, or dependent; developed provisions for services to the blind; supervised county boards of public welfare; and administered all funds allotted for public welfare activities. State government reorganization in 1995 combined the SRS with portions of the Department of Health and Environmental Sciences to form the Department of Public Health and Human Services.
Extent
2.8 linear feet
Abstract
This collection is a sub-subgroup (former Division) of the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services records. The Community Services Division formerly operated within the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services, predecessor agency to DPHHS. Please see the primary finding aid for more Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services records. This collection consists of subject files, with topics including budgets and cutbacks, and district and regional offices.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in a single series
Physical Location
42:2-3
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquisition information available upon request
- Title
- Guide to the Montana Social and Rehabilitation Services Community Services Division records, 1966-1984
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Kathryn Kramer
- Date
- 2013
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Based On Dacs (Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition)
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC)
Repository Details
Part of the Montana Historical Society, Research Center Archives Repository
225 North Roberts
PO Box 201201
Helena MT 59620-1201 United States
406-444-2681
406-444-2696 (Fax)
mhslibrary@mt.gov