Montana Historical Society Library and Archives
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Helena MT 59620-1201
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RS 445_RS 495
Montana. Department of Public
Health and Human Services.
Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services,
Quality Assurance Division records
1976-1998
4 linear feet
This collection is a subgroup
(Division) of the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services records.
Please see the primary finding aid for more Montana Department of
Public Health and Human Services records. This collection is comprised of DPHHS's
Quality Assurance Division (now named Office of Inspector General) and includes
manuals and court papers.
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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 mission of the Quality Assurance Division (QAD) is to promote and protect the health,
safety, and well-being of people in Montana by providing responsive, independent assessment
and monitoring of human services, through respectful relationships.
Some of the responsibilities of the division include:
Licensing and/or certifying health care, child care, and residential services;
Detecting and investigating abuse and fraud committed by recipients of Temporary Assistance
to Needy Families (TANF), Medicaid and Food Stamp programs;
Performing federally mandated quality-control reviews of the Medicaid and Food Stamp
programs;
Providing independent fair hearings for clients and providers participating in DPHHS
programs;
As of 2024, the Division is now named the Office of Inspector General.
This collection is composed of subject files and court papers.
The subject files series primarily includes revised versions of manuals for programs on
Food Stamps, Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), Medicaid, and the Low Income
Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP).
The court papers series contains records on Fair Hearings Trials. Please note that some
information has been marked as restricted due to the presence of social security
numbers.
This collection is arranged by series.
Collection open for research.
Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of the Montana Historical
Society Library & Archives. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collection.
In some cases permission for use may require additional authorization from the copyright
owners. For more information contact an archivist.
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 60 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.
Food stamps
Medicaid--Montana.
Montana
Medicine and
Health
Mental
Health
Detailed Description of the Collection
Subject Files
1 / 1
Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) –
Intro, 000-302
1978-1984
1 / 2
Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) –
303-403
1978-1984
1 / 3
Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) –
404-9903
1978-1984
1 / 4
Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) –
Intro, 000-004
1984-1991
1 / 5
Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) –
Intro, 100-300
1984-1991
1 / 6
Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) –
400
1984-1991
1 / 7
Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) –
500-1100
1984-1991
1 / 8
Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) –
1200-1400, 9900-9904
1984-1991
1 / 9
Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) –
Intro, 000-500
1984-1996
1 / 10
Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) –
600-9903
1984-1996
1 / 11
Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) –
Grants
1977
1 / 12
Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) –
Revised AFDC Quality Control Manual
1985
1 / 13
Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) –
Revised AFDC Quality Control Manual
1987
1 / 14
Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) –
Revised AFDC Quality Control Manual
1991-1992
1 / 15
Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) –
Revised AFDC Quality Control Manual
1995
1 / 16
Economic Assistance Intro, 000-700
1979-1988
1 / 17
Economic Assistance Intro, 800-9904
1979-1988
1 / 18-2 / 1
The Economic Assistance Management System
(TEAMS)
1990-1991
2 / 2
Food Stamps – Intro, 000-300
1979-1984
2 / 3
Food Stamps – 400 – 9904
1979-1984
2 / 4
Food Stamps – Intro, 000-300
1980
2 / 5
Food Stamps – 400 – 9903
1980
2 / 6
Food Stamp Program – Monthly Reporting/Retrospective
Budgeting
1983
2 / 7
Food Stamp Tables
1976
2 / 8
Food Stamp Tables
1982-1986
2 / 9
Food Stamp Tables
1987-1993
2 / 10
Food Stamps – 000-304
1979-1984
2 / 11
Food Stamps – 305-9903
1979-1985
2 / 12
Food Stamps – Intro, 000-333
1989-1990
2 / 13
Food Stamps – 444-9901
1984-1990
2 / 14
Food Stamps – 111-9902
1985-1988
2 / 15
The Food Stamp Program Quality Control Review
Handbook
1986
2 / 16
Food Stamps – Intro, 000-222
1995-1996
3 / 1
Food Stamps – 333-9906
1995-1996
3 / 2
General Relief Assistance
1989-1992
3 / 3
The Low Income Energy Assistance Program
(LIEAP)
1983-1984
3 / 4
Medical Assistance (Medicaid) – Intro, 000
1982-1991
3 / 5
Medical Assistance (Medicaid) – 100-203
1982-1991
3 / 6
Medical Assistance (Medicaid) – 204-208
1982-1991
3 / 7
Medical Assistance (Medicaid) – 300-400
1982-1991
3 / 8
Medical Assistance (Medicaid) – 500-9901
1982-1991
3 / 9
Medical Assistance (Medicaid) – 300-400
1979-1991
3 / 10
Medical Assistance (Medicaid) – 500-9904
1979-1991
3 / 11
Medical Assistance (Medicaid)
1987-1991
3 / 12
Medical Assistance (Medicaid) – Intro,
000-300
1987-1996
3 / 13
Medical Assistance (Medicaid) – 400-9904
1987-1996
3 / 14-3 / 15
Manual Updates to Aid to Families with Dependent
Children (AFDC), Medicaid, Food Stamp, and The Low Income Energy Assistance Program
(LIEAP)
1978-1997
3 / 16
Integrated Quality Control Data Processing System
(IQCPS) User’s Manual – Intro, 1-285
undated
3 / 17
Integrated Quality Control Data Processing System
(IQCPS) User’s Manual – 286-463
undated
Court Papers
4 / 1-4 / 4
Galinkin, George – Family Counseling Center – Board of
Appeal
1991-1998
4 / 5
Galinkin, George – Family Counseling Center – Board of
Appeal – RESTRICTED
1991-1998
4 / 6
Weis, Patricia – Cascade County
1989-1994
4 / 7
Weis, Patricia – Cascade County -
RESTRICTED
1989-1994
4 / 8-4 / 14
Shodair Hospital – Bad Bear, Dawnarhea
1992-1993
4 / 15-4 / 16
Shodair Hospital – Bad Bear, Dawnarhea -
RESTRICTED
1992-1993
4 / 17
Touchette, Carolyn – Missoula County
1993-1995