Montana Historical Society Library and Archives
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PO Box 201201
Helena MT 59620-1201
406-444-2681
mthslibrary@mt.gov
RS 469_RS 495
Montana. Department of Social
and Rehabilitation Services
Montana Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services, Centralized
Services Division records
1969-1975
1 linear ft
This collection is a sub-subgroup (former
Division) of the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services records.
The Centralized 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. These Centralized Services
Division records consist of financial records prepared by the Budget and Management Services
Unit.
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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.
The Social and Rehabilitation Services, Centralized Services Division records consist of
financial records prepared by the Budget and Management Services Unit, including expenditure
reports and projections, Grants-in-aid applications and records, cost allocation plans, and
work papers for budgets and plans.
This collection is arranged by series.
Collection is open for research.
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.
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.
Item description and date. Collection Title. Collection Number. Box and Folder numbers.
Montana Historical Society Library & Archives, Helena, Montana.
Acquisition information available upon request
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the Montana Historical Society
Archives catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places
should search under these terms.
Budget--United States--States
Cost allocation
Grants-in-aid
Cascade County
(Mont.)
Deer Lodge County
(Mont.)
Mineral County
(Mont.)
Montana
Detailed Description of the Collection
Budget and Management Services Unit: Financial
records
1 / 1-3
Expenditure reports and projections (quarter ending
12/31/74)
1974
1 / 4
Expense forms; programs with federal
funding
undated
1 / 5
Notices of Legislative Appropriation and Notices of
Revenue Estimate
1973-1974
1 / 6
Grants-in-aid
1975
1 / 7
Grant-in-aid (Silver Bow, welfare accounts,
hospital)
1971-1972
1 / 8
Grant-in-aid applications
1972
1 / 9
Projected Grants-in-aid
1973-1974
1 / 10
State agency budget projections
1971-1972
1 / 11
Operational Plan work papers
1974
1 / 12
Cost Allocation Plan
F.Y. 1974
1 / 13
Cost allocation/financial work papers
F.Y. 1974
1 / 14
Working papers for financial statements
F.Y. 1971, 1972
1 / 15
Supplement workpapers
1971
1 / 16
Supplement: Governor’s report
1972
1 / 17
Work papers from the cost allocation plan
F.Y. 1975
1 / 18
Economic assistance budget
1974-1975
1 / 19
Budget work papers
1973-1975
1 / 20
Financial supplement work papers
1970-1971
1 / 21
Grant-in-aid (Mineral County)
1971-1972
1 / 22
Governor’s report
1973
1 / 23
Grant-in-aid (Cascade County)
1973
1 / 24
Budget
1974-1975
1 / 25
Grant-in-aid (Cascade County)
1972
1 / 26
Poor Fund analysis
1972-1973
1 / 27
Grant-in-aid (Deer Lodge)
1972
1 / 28
Budget estimates for state offices
1969-1970
1 / 29
Operational plan work papers
1974
1 / 30
Governor’s annual report work papers
1974
1 / 31
Miscellaneous work papers
1974-1975
1 / 32
Work papers (Budget amendments request, budget
amendments transfer, agency allocation)
undated
1 / 33
Fiscal note work papers
1973-1974
1 / 34
Operating plan work papers
F.Y. 1975
1 / 35
Cost allocation
F.Y. 1974