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RS 461_RS 495
Montana. Department of Social
and Rehabilitation Services.
Montana Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services,
Family Assistance Division records
1984-1994
4 linear ft
This collection is a sub-subgroup (former
Division) of the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services records.
The Family Assistance 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 Family Assistance
Division records consist of correspondence, minutes, subject files, and clippings.
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English
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 Family Assistance Division records consist of correspondence, minutes of Family
Assistance Division administrators’ meetings, subject files relating to programs
administered by the division, and clippings. Topics include the following programs: Aid for
Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS),
Low-Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP), Futures for Young Moms, and the Work Incentive
Program (WIN).
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.
Aid to families with dependent children
programs
Child care
Poor--Energy assistance
Public welfare
Work Incentive Program (U.S.)
Montana
Detailed Description of the Collection
Correspondence
1 / 1
Director’s office
1992
1 / 2
Office of Legal Affairs
1992
1 / 3-4
Personnel Office
1992
1 / 5
State Administered Counties (SAC)
1992
1 / 6
State Supervised Counties (SSC)
1992
1 / 7
Low-Income Energy Assistance Program
(LIEAP)
1992
1 / 8
Governor’s Office
1992
1 / 9
Office of Budget and Program Planning (manual budget
proposal included)
1992
1 / 10
Department of Family Services
1992
1 / 11
Centralized Services Division
1992
1 / 12
Child Support Enforcement Division
1992
1 / 13
Legislative Auditor’s Office
1992
1 / 14
County Director’s Association
1992
1 / 15
Office of Management Analysis and Systems
1992
1 / 16
Regarding policy clarifications
1991-1992
1 / 17-20
“Other”
1992
1 / 21-26
Chronological correspondence
1993
1 / 27-31
Chronological correspondence
1992
1 / 32-34
IHSB
1993
2 / 1-3
IHSB
1993
Minutes
2 / 4
Administrators' meetings
1992
Subject files
2 / 5
AFDC: self-directed job search (Dean
Curtis)
undated
2 / 6-7
AFDC and UP
1991
2 / 8
Self-employment resources
1984, 1990
2 / 9
JTPA study: ABT Association
1988
2 / 10
JOBS: OPI
1989
2 / 11
JOBS: Steering Committee
1990
2 / 12
JOBS: public inquiries
1989
2 / 13
Futures for Young Moms project proposal
undated
2 / 14
JOBS: rule
1990
2 / 15
JOBS: staffing
1989
2 / 16
JOBS plan: written comments
1990
2 / 17
JOBS: issues
1990
2 / 18
Economic development
1990
2 / 19
Joint Interim Subcommittee on Welfare
1988
2 / 20
Subcommittee minutes/review
1990
2 / 21
Montana Information Systems Subcommittee:
JOBS
1990
2 / 22
Health Care Subcommittee
1989-1990
2 / 23
AFDC: Standard of Need Committee
1989
2 / 24
Housing, Homeless and Food Stamp
Subcommittee
1989
2 / 25
JOBS: Implementation Committee
1990
2 / 26
JOBS: Subcommittee chairs
1990
2 / 27-28
JOBS: Welfare Reform Task Force
1988-1989
2 / 29-30
Work Incentive Program (WIN)
1989-1990
3 / 1
Work Incentive Program (WIN) reports
1990
3 / 2
WIN-Demo/JOBS transition
1989
3 / 3
Legislature: JOBS/child care
1993
3 / 4
Legislature: subcommittee correspondence
1993
3 / 5
Legislation, memoranda concerning
1993
3 / 6
Legislature: child care
1993
3 / 7
Legislature: PROSS
1993
3 / 8
Legislature: FSTS
1993
3 / 9
Legislature: JOBS special session
1992
3 / 10
Legislative reports
undated
3 / 11
Legislative contacts
1990
3 / 12
Legislative papers
1991
3 / 13
Administrative rule reviews/legislation
1989-1990
3 / 14
Special projects: Montana Conservation
Corps
1988-1989
3 / 15
Special projects: networking project
1988
3 / 16
Special projects: Utah Emergency Work
Program
1987-1990
3 / 17
State Plan for JOBS and Supportive Services
(correspondence, updates, and corrections. Includes version submitted)
1990
3 / 18
State Plan preprint reference guide to JOBS and
Supportive Services (effective July 1990)
1990
3 / 19
State Plan preprint reference guide to JOBS and
Supportive Services (received July 1990)
1990
3 / 20
State Plan for JOBS and Supportive Services (effective
October 1990)
1990
3 / 21
Updated County Planning Document (JOBS
implementation)
1991
3 / 22
Missoula JOBS Task Force
1990
3 / 23
Flathead JOBS Task Force
1990
3 / 24
Project for People Task Force, Butte
1989
3 / 25
Project Work Program Task Force, Lewis and Clark
County
1987-1989
3 / 26
AFDC: College Training (Bob Frazier)
1986
3 / 27
JOBS Operator Training
1992
3 / 28
Training: non-traditional job development (SRS and
DOT)
1992
3 / 29
JOBS: county staff training
1993
3 / 30
JOBS Operator Training
1992
3 / 31
JOBS training: non-traditional employment, Department
of Transportation
1992
3 / 32
AFCD-UP: work registration
1990
3 / 33
Welfare reform
1986-1989
3 / 34
JOBS: system manual
1991-1994
3 / 35
Grant Diversion Training
1989
3 / 36
Grant Diversion Information
1989
4 / 1
Grant Diversion Information
1989
4 / 2-4
HRDC Grant Diversion Training
1988-1989
4 / 5-6
JOBS: implementation/state plan
1989
4 / 7
Family Support Act/JOBS
1988-1990
4 / 8
Implementing the Family Support Act of 1988: Planning
Guide and Status Review Questionnaire
1989
4 / 9-10
JOBS: provisions and summaries
1988-1989
4 / 11
FSA/JOBS
1990
4 / 12
JOBS: forms
1990
4 / 13
JOBS: presentations
1989
4 / 14
Montana Council on Vocational Education
1990-1991
4 / 15
JOBS newsletter
1989-1990
4 / 16
JOBS regulations (comments)
1989
4 / 17
JOBS questions and answers
1991
4 / 18
JOBS funding
1990-1991
4 / 19-20
JOBS subcommittee
1989-1990
4 / 21
WSP ARM and State Plan
1990
4 / 22
Maps (counties participating in programs)
undated
Clippings
4 / 23
Clippings
1992