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Seattle Homeless Children's Network Records, 1987-1992

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Seattle (Wash.). Human Services Dept.
Title
Seattle Homeless Children's Network Records
Dates
1987-1992 (inclusive)
Quantity
1.6 cubic feet, (4 boxes)
Collection Number
3621-02
Summary
Project to develop a child care system for homeless children
Repository
Seattle Municipal Archives
Seattle Municipal Archives
Office of the City Clerk
City of Seattle
PO Box 94728
98124-4728
Seattle, WA
Telephone: 2062337807
Fax: 2063869025
archives@seattle.gov
Access Restrictions

Records are open to the public.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for processing this record series was provided through a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
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Historical Note

An Office of Human Resources was established in 1971 in the Executive Department to develop, implement, and manage social services for low-income and disadvantaged residents of Seattle. In 1973 it was replaced by the Department of Human Resources. DHR administered family and youth services programs, senior citizen services, community service activities, the Seattle Veterans Action Center, and the Comprehensive Residential Weatherization Program. Federal, state, and local grants comprised two-thirds of the department's operating budget. Passage of the 1986 Low Income Housing Levy increased the City's funding and policy role in housing issues. In 1991, the agency name was changed to the Department of Human Services. A year later, the Department of Housing and Human Services was created, incorporating the City housing programs and Community Development Block Grant administration from the recently abolished Department of Community Development. DHHS programs included aging services, family and youth services, housing and community services, human services, and the City's education office. In 1999, the Office of Housing was established as an independent agency and DHHS was reorganized as the Human Services Department.

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Content Description

Correspondence, reports, agreements, and grant proposals for a federally funded project to develop a system for integrating homeless children into community based child care centers. Also includes Planning/Advisory Group minutes, correspondence, rosters and related material, as well as notes, testimony and draft bills regarding legislation to provide State funding for homeless child care. The project provided 3,256 days of child care for homeless children in two community sites in 1990 and in 1991 mobilized a state-wide coalition that successfully lobbied the state Legislature for over one million dollars for homeless child care. The Department contracted with a non-governmental social service agency to continue network services following completion of the federal grant.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

[Item and date], Seattle Homeless Children's Network Records , Record Series 3621-02. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.

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Administrative Information

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Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

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Subject Terms

  • Day care
  • Homeless children--Washington (State)--Seattle

Personal Names

  • Young, Billie

Corporate Names

  • Seattle (Wash.) Dept. of Housing and Human Services

Geographical Names

  • Seattle, (Wash.)

Finding aid prepared by Janet Ness
2010

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