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Montana Social and Rehabilitation Services, Community Services Division records, 1966-1984
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Montana. Social and Rehabilitation Services.
- Title
- Montana Social and Rehabilitation Services, Community Services Division records
- Dates
- 1966-1984 (inclusive)19661984
- Quantity
- 2.8 linear ft
- Collection Number
- RS 495 (Formerly RS 460)
- Summary
- 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.
- Repository
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Montana Historical Society, Library & Archives
Montana Historical Society Research Center Archives
225 North Roberts
PO Box 201201
Helena MT
59620-1201
Telephone: 4064442681
Fax: 4064445297
mhslibrary@mt.gov - Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC)
Historical NoteReturn to Top
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.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
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.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
The Montana Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the Library & Archives and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Library & Archives 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.
Preferred Citation
Item description and date. Collection Title. Collection Number. Box and Folder numbers. Montana Historical Society Library & Archives, Helena, Montana.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in a single series
Location of Collection
42:2-3Processing Note
In 2024, the various collections of the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services were integrated under one collection identifier, RS 495, in order to help facilitate access, reduce redundancy in the Montana Historical Society catalog, and to follow best archival practices.
Collections from Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services' various Divisions and Bureaus that were previously treated as separate entities are now integrated into this collection, RS 495. Rather than reprocessing over 100 linear feet of DPHHS materials, MTHS staff decided to keep the past arrangement of those collections/finding aids, and provide access to them via links through the central finding aid. This decision has allowed the MTHS archival staff to maintain intellectual control over the collection, while removing the need to reprocess it. It also keeps State Agency finding aids at manageable sizes. Please read the scope and content note carefully to determine if this subgroup/sub-subgroup pertains to your research needs.
Acquisition Information
Acquisition information available upon request
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Subject filesReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1 / 1 | Community Services Division (general
correspondence) |
undated |
| 1 / 2 | Federal cutbacks |
1981 |
| 1 / 3 | Aging Services Bureau |
1980-1981 |
| 1 / 4 | AoA (Aging materials) |
1981 |
| 1 / 5 | Aging: budget and statistics, including
legislature |
1981 |
| 1 / 6 | Grants (including Advocacy Assistants requests for
funding) |
1981 |
| 1 / 7 | National Association of State Units on
Aging |
1981 |
| 1 / 8 | White House Conference on Aging |
1981 |
| 1 / 9 | Governor’s Advisory Council (Aging meeting June
26) |
1981 |
| 1 / 10 | Aging Services State Plan Amendment Hearings
(reorganization) |
1981 |
| 1 / 11 | Montana Inter-Tribal Policy Board |
1980-1981 |
| 1 / 12 | Child and Youth Development Bureau |
1981 |
| 1 / 13 | Old 4C’s file |
1974-1975 |
| 1 / 14 | Social Services Bureau |
1980-1981 |
| 1 / 15 | Social Services Bureau (day care) |
1980-1981 |
| 1 / 16 | Evaluation Bureau |
1981 |
| 1 / 17 | Billings District |
1981 |
| 1 / 18 | Butte District |
1980-1981 |
| 1 / 19 | Deer Lodge County (impact of Anaconda Company
closure) |
1980-1981 |
| 1 / 20 | Glasgow District |
1980-1981 |
| 1 / 21 | Great Falls District |
1980-1981 |
| 1 / 22 | Helena District |
1981 |
| 1 / 23 | Kalispell District |
1981 |
| 1 / 24 | Miles City District |
1980-1981 |
| 1 / 25 | Missoula District |
1980-1981 |
| 1 / 26 | Strike material |
1981 |
| 1 / 27 | SRS legislature |
1981 |
| 1 / 28 | Administrative rule changes |
1980-1981 |
| 1 / 29 | SRS Aging Services Bureau |
1970-1980 |
| 1 / 30 | SRS Budget materials |
1981 |
| 1 / 31 | SRS Executive Planning Process (Child and Youth
Development Bureau) |
1979 |
| 1 / 32 | SRS EPP (Social Services Bureau) |
undated |
| 1 / 33 | Legislative audit |
1980-1981 |
| 1 / 34 | Executive Planning Process (total agency, file
#1) |
1979-1980 |
| 1 / 35 | Executive Planning Process (total agency, file
#2) |
1979-1980 |
| 1 / 36 | Director’s Office |
1980-1981 |
| 1 / 37 | Centralized Services Division |
1980-1981 |
| 1 / 38 | Developmental Disabilities Division |
1981 |
| 1 / 39 | Economic Assistance Division |
1980-1981 |
| 1 / 40 | Personnel System |
1981 |
| 1 / 41 | WIN Program |
1981 |
| 1 / 42 | DCA, transfer of Community Services
Division |
1981 |
| 1 / 43 | Department of Health and Human Services |
1980-1981 |
| 1 / 44 | Regional memoranda, Department of Health and Human
Services |
1980-1981 |
| 1 / 45 | APWA (American Public Welfare Association) |
1980-1981 |
| 1 / 46 | County Directors Association, minutes |
1981 |
| 1 / 47 | Interagency Committee for Handicapped
Children |
1980-1981 |
| 2 / 1 | Child Welfare League |
1979-1981 |
| 2 / 2 | Social Worker Examination Development
Committee |
1980 |
| 2 / 3 | Personal Care Task Force |
1981 |
| 2 / 4 | Emotionally Disturbed Children’s Committee |
1981 |
| 2 / 5 | Community Support Services Project Advisory
Committee |
1981 |
| 2 / 6 | Newspaper clippings (Montana) |
1980-1981 |
| 2 / 7 | Area directors and quarter assessments
(schedules) |
1979 |
| 2 / 8 | Area agency assessments |
1980 |
| 2 / 9 | Monthly activity reports |
1981 |
| 2 / 10 | Program performance reports |
1983 |
| 2 / 11 | Legal developer |
1981 |
| 2 / 12 | FM1 contracts |
1979-1982 |
| 2 / 13 | Social Services: systems and delivery on Montana
Indian reservations |
1975-1976, undated |
| 2 / 14 | Information and handling of matching funds (Title
XX) |
1976-1977 |
| 2 / 15 | Title III funds |
1979 |
| 2 / 16 | Area II |
1978-1980 |
| 2 / 17 | Area IV |
1976-1980 |
| 2 / 18 | Microdata Sampling System (MSS) |
1976 |
| 2 / 19 | Financial reports |
1972-1976 |
| 2 / 20 | State and area plans |
1980-1981 |
| 2 / 21 | Financial reports: Area I |
1979-1980 |
| 2 / 22 | Financial reports: Area V |
1976-1979 |
| 2 / 23 | Financial reports: Area VI |
1977-1979 |
| 2 / 24 | Area I |
1981 |
| 2 / 25 | Fiscal Bureau correspondence |
1980 |
| 2 / 26 | Bureau memos |
1980-1981 |
| 2 / 27 | Financial reports and correspondence (Aging Services;
Tribal Elders) |
1979-1981 |
| 2 / 28 | Area III (Aging) |
1980 |
| 2 / 29 | Big Horn County DPW |
1973-1980 |
| 2 / 30 | Blaine County DPW |
1977-1980 |
| 2 / 31 | Broadwater County DPW |
1974 |
| 2 / 32 | Cascade County DPW |
1975-1981 |
| 2 / 33 | Custer County DPW |
1971-1980 |
| 2 / 34 | Dawson County DPW |
1970-1983 |
| 2 / 35 | Deer Lodge County DPW |
1973-1980 |
| 2 / 36 | Fergus County DPW |
1966-1980 |
| 2 / 37 | Flathead County DPW |
1972-1981 |
| 2 / 38 | Gallatin County DPW |
1977-1981 |
| 2 / 39 | Glacier County DPW |
1971-1981 |
| 2 / 40 | Golden Valley DPW |
1976-1980 |
| 2 / 41 | Hill County DPW |
1972-1980 |
| 2 / 42 | Lake County DPW |
1973-1980 |
| 2 / 43 | Lewis and Clark County DPW |
1973-1981 |
| 2 / 44 | Lincoln County DPW |
1973-1979 |
| 2 / 45 | Mineral County DPW |
1982 |
| 2 / 46 | Missoula County |
1980 |
| 3 / 1 | Missoula County DPW |
1972-1980 |
| 3 / 2 | Park County DPW |
1978-1980 |
| 3 / 3 | Phillips County DPW |
1973-1981 |
| 3 / 4 | Pondera County DPW |
1980-1981 |
| 3 / 5 | Ravalli County DPW |
1979 |
| 3 / 6 | Richland County DPW |
1974-1980 |
| 3 / 7 | Rosebud County DPW |
1973-1982 |
| 3 / 8 | Sanders County DPW |
1973-1981 |
| 3 / 9 | Silver Bow County DPW |
1972-1981 |
| 3 / 10 | Sweet Grass County DPW |
1973-1979 |
| 3 / 11 | Teton County DPW |
1974-1980 |
| 3 / 12 | Valley County DPW |
1973-1978 |
| 3 / 13 | Yellowstone County DPW |
1973-1982 |
| 3 / 14 | SRS Billings District Office |
1978-1982 |
| 3 / 15 | SRS Butte District Office |
1975-1981 |
| 3 / 16 | SRS Glasgow District Office |
1978-1983 |
| 3 / 17 | Great Falls District |
1972-1983 |
| 3 / 18 | Helena District |
1973-1982 |
| 4 / 1 | Kalispell District Office |
1977-1982 |
| 4 / 2 | Miles City District Office |
1972-1983 |
| 4 / 3 | Missoula District Office |
1971-1983 |
| 4 / 4 | Walsh memos for follow-up |
1982 |
| 4 / 5 | Social Work Supervision, by Leon K. Wicks,
D.S.W. |
undated |
| 4 / 6 | “Norma’s memos completed by Pearl” |
1982-1984 |
| 4 / 7 | Requests for clarification/interpretation |
1980 |
| 4 / 8 | Miscellaneous correspondence |
1983-1984 |
| 4 / 9 | Legal definitions (reports to court) |
1980 |
| 4 / 10 | Director’s Office responses |
1981-1982 |
| 4 / 11 | “Director’s memos for follow-up” |
1981-1983 |
| 4 / 12 | CSD forms |
1982, undated |
| 4 / 13 | Correspondence to field |
1983-1984 |
| 4 / 14 | Centralized Services correspondence |
1978-1983 |
| 4 / 15 | “Charlie’s misc. filing” |
1981-1984 |
| 4 / 16 | Bureau memos |
1981-1983 |
| 4 / 17 | Budget |
1983-1984 |
| 4 / 18 | Reports (domestic violence; SAV/WIN) |
1983 |
| 4 / 19 | “Gary’s typing assignments” |
1983 |
| 4 / 20 | Montana Rosebud County: Northern Cheyenne Child Abuse
and Neglect Demonstration Project |
1975-1978 |
| 4 / 21 | Child and Youth Development quarterly report
(October-December) |
1980 |
Finding aid prepared by Kathryn Kramer; Updated by Lindsey
Mick
2013;
2025
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