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RS 397_RS 495
Montana. Department of Social
and Rehabilitation Services
Montana Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
records
1971-1992
14 linear ft
This collection is a subgroup
(Predecessor Agency) of the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services
records. In 1995, the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services combined with the
Department of Health and Environmental Sciences to form the Department of Public Health and
Human Services. Please see the primary finding aid for more Montana Department of
Public Health and Human Services records. These records (1971-1992) consist of
Director's Office correspondence, reports, and subject files, along with the Board of Social
and Rehabilitation Appeals minutes, organizational materials, and miscellaneous records for
five advisory councils. [Reel-to-reel tapes transferred to Oral History]
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English
In 1971, The Montana Legislature created the Department of Social and Rehabilitation
Services, headed by a Director appointed by the Governor. It assumed the functions of
various state agencies abolished by the Legislature, including the Department of Public
Welfare, the State Board of Education's Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, the
Commission on Aging, and the Council on Human Resources. The new Department administered or
supervised 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 adults; cooperated with other state agencies and developed
provisions for services to the blind; provided services in respect to organization and
supervised county departments and boards of public welfare; and administered and supervised
all state and federal funds alloted for public welfare activities.
In 1995, as a result of a state government reorganization, the Department of Social and
Rehabilitation Services combined with the Department of Health and Environmental Sciences to
form the Department of Public Health and Human Services. The change was effective July 1,
1995. All records created after July 1, 1995, can be found under the Department of Public
Health and Human Services.
This collection consists of seven subgroups: the Director's Office includes a
Correspondence series (1971-1992), a Reports series (1987-1988), and a Subject Files series
(1971-1989). The Board of Social and Rehabilitation Appeals records consist of minutes
(1971-1987, this Board is the predecessor of the State Board of Public Welfare). Claims
Settlement Advisory Council records consist of minutes (1971-1978). The Developmental
Disabilities Advisory Councils subgroup contains organization records and minutes, reports,
and miscellaneous records (1973-1975, 1985-1988) of the Services and Facilities for the
Developmentally Disabled Advisory Council, the Developmental Disabilities Advisory Council,
and the Developmental Disabilities and Planning Advisory Council.
Early Intervention Advisory Council (also known as the Early Intervention Interagency
Coordinating Council) records include organization materials, press releases, and
miscellaneous records (1987). The Social Services Advisory Council, later known as the State
Community Coordinated Child Care Advisory Council or 4-C's Council, contains general
correspondence, organization records and minutes, and reports (1971-1974). The Youth
Development and Delinquency Advisory Council records consist of general correspondence,
organization records and minutes, and project proposals (1971-1974). [Reel-to-reel tapes
transferred to Oral History].
The collection is arranged by subgroup and then by series.
Collection open for research.
Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of the Montana Historical
Society Library & Archives. The Library & Archives 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 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 is 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.
Child welfare--Montana
Medical care--Montana
Municipal government--Montana
Old age assistance--Montana
Public welfare--Montana
Social security--Montana
Montana
Government and
Politics
Detailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection
Director's Office
General Correspondence
1 / 1
County Welfare Departments
1971-1973
1 / 2
Governor's Office
1971-1973
1 / 3
State legislators
1983-1983
1 / 4
U.S. Dept of Health, Education, and Welfare
1973
Outgoing Correspondence
1 / 5-30
To and from director's office (primarily
inter-agency correspondence, but includes intra-agency and patron complaints)
1989
Interoffice Correspondence
2 / 1-30
To and from director's office (primarily
inter-agency correspondence, but includes intra-agency and patron complaints)
1990-1991 May 15
3 / 1-12
To and from director's office (primarily
inter-agency correspondence but includes intra-agency and patron complaints)
1991-1992
Minutes
3 / 13-14
Administrator's meetings
1984-1986
Reports
3 / 15
"Goals and Objecives of Economic Assistance
Division Personell"
1988
3 / 16
"The Need for Policy on Setting Priorities" (based
on panel discussion by county welfare officials)
1987
Subject Files
3 / 17
Audits: Administrative costs
1978
3 / 18
Audits: Disability Determination Program
1976-1980
3 / 19
Audits: Legislative audit of contracted services
1987
3 / 20
Audits: Medicaid Program, interest earned on
refunds and recoveries
1979-1982
3 / 21-22
Audits: Medicaid Program, Management Information
System
1977-1980
3 / 23-24
Audits: Montana Foundation for Medical Care Control
1976-1977
3 / 25-26
Audits: Nursing home services
1976-1977
4 / 1-3
Audits: Social Security Administration (including
AFDC Cost Allocation Program)
1970-1983
4 / 4-6
Audits: Social Security Administration (including
AFDC Foster Care Program, and Child Support Enforcement, disability determinations)
1972-1983
4 / 7-11
Audits: Social Security Administration (including
AFDC Foster Care Program, and Child Support Enforcement, disability determinations)
1978-1979
4 / 12
Audits, disallowances: Social Security Insurance
conversion
1980, 1984
4 / 13
Audits, disallowances: Travel costs
1978-1979
4 / 14
Audits, disallowances: uncashed or canceled checks
1981
4 / 15
Audits, miscellaneous: Community Services (re
grants)
1980-1983
4 / 16
Audits, miscellaneous: fiscal scanctions (re
federal reviews)
1978-1980
4 / 17
Audits, miscellaneous: U.S. Dept. of Energy
1983-1984
4 / 18
Audits, miscellaneous: Western Federation for Human
Services
1977-1979
4 / 19
Audits, miscellaneous: Yellowstone County
1982
4 / 20
Audits, miscellaneous: general information
1979
4 / 21
Budget request for supplemental appropriations
1988
4 / 22
Catastrophic health care
1988-1989
4 / 23
Client complaints
1988
4 / 24
Disallances: Aging services
1984
4 / 25
Disallowances: AFDC and Medicaid error rates
1988
4 / 26-30
Disallowances: ESPDT (Early Periodic Screening,
Diagnosis, and Treatment Program)
1977-1981
4 / 31
Disallowances: eligibilty investigation
1986-1988
4 / 32
Disallowances: hospital overpayments
1977-1981
5 / 1
Disallowances: Medical Assistance Program
1976
5 / 2-6
Disallowances: Medicaid (re MMIS, administrations
services, training, institutional services)
1977-1983
5 / 7
Disallowances: Mineral County Nursing Home
1974-1977
5 / 8
Disallowances: skilled medical personnel
1986-1988
5 / 9-11
Disallowances: sterilizations (non-therapeutic
procedure)
1975-1980
5 / 12-15
Disallowances: Title XX training
1976-1980
5 / 16
Employee suggestions for a better work place
1987-1988
5 / 17-19
Federal Agencies: Dept. of Agriculture
1977-1984
5 / 20-29
Federal Agencies: Health Care Financing
Administration
1978-1985
6 / 1-4
Federal Agencies: Health Care Financing
Administration
1978-1985
6 / 5-14
Federal Agencies: Health, Education, and Welfare
1978-1980
6 / 15-17
Federal Agencies: Health and Human Services
1978-1984
6 / 18-24
Federal Agencies: Social Security Administration
1974-1984
6 / 25-26
Governor's Council on Management
1982-1983
6 / 27
Legal Service for the Indigent
1972-1973
7 / 1-2
Family Support Act 1988
1987-1988
7 / 3
Legislature: Constitutional Initiative 18
1988-1989
7 / 4
Litigation: Butte Community Union vs Dave Lewis,
Director SRS
1985-1987
7 / 5
Litigation: L.G. & T.P. vs SRS (re sexuality in
group homes)
1988
7 / 6
Litigation: pending cases
1987-1988
7 / 7
Medicaid: quality control study for the dental
portion of medicaid
1972
7 / 8
Medicaid: reimbursement for residential treatment
of emotionally disturbed youth
1987-1988
7 / 9
Medicare: nursing homes national survey
1988
7 / 10
Montana Assocation for Social Concerns
1972-1973
7 / 11
Montana Independent Living Project
1986-1989
7 / 12
Montana State Low Income Organiztion
1973
7 / 13
Montana-Wyoming Foundatio for Medical Care
1988
7 / 15
Musselshell County: Public assistance obligation in
light of property tax freeze
1988
7 / 16-18
Priorities For People (re budget for SRS programs)
1984
7 / 19
Priorities For People (re budget reports)
1982-1985
7 / 20
Priorities For People (re Children and Youth
Constituent Group)
1984
7 / 21-22
Priorities For People (constituent correspondence)
1984
7 / 23
Priorities For People (re contract Counceling &
Educational Development Services Inc.)
1984
7 / 24-27
Priorities For People (re initiatives)
1984
7 / 28
Priorities For People (Social and Rehabilitative
Services Deputy Director's Office)
1982-1984
8 / 1
Priorities For People (re steering committee,
includes minutes)
1985
8 / 2
Priorities For People (survey of human services
agencies)
1984
8 / 3
Priorities For People (survey of human services
agencies)
1984
8 / 4
Rules: AFDC assistance amounts
1980
8 / 5
Rules: AFDC (re assistance rates following return
of absent parent)
1978-1979
8 / 6-8
Rules: AFDC (re assistance standards tables)
1978-1981
8 / 9
Rules: AFDC (re citizenship and alienage
requirements)
1980
8 / 10-12
Rules: AFDC (re daycare)
1981
8 / 13
Rules: AFDC (re Deficit Reduction Act of 1984)
1984
8 / 14
Rules: AFDC (re evaluating income of applicants and
recipients)
1979-1980
8 / 15
Rules: AFDC (re overpayment or underpayment)
1980
8 / 16
Rules: AFDC (re payments for unborn children)
1979-1980
8 / 17
Rules: AFDC (re pregnant minor or minor with child
eligibility)
1982
8 / 18
Rules: AFDC (re precedure followed in processing
applications)
1979
8 / 19
Rules: AFDC (re property limitations)
1978-1979
8 / 20-21
Rules: AFDC (re protective and vendor payments)
1978, 1980
8 / 22
Rules: AFDC (re reporting of income and resources)
1979
8 / 23
Rules: AFDC (re securing support from absent
fathers in behalf of children)
1978
8 / 24
Rules: AFDC (re stepparent households)
1978
8 / 25-27
Rules: AFDC (re Unemployed Father Program)
1977-1980
8 / 28
Rules: AFDC (re Work Experience and Training
Program/Workfare Task Force)
1981-1982
8 / 29
Rules: Child Care Agencies
1977, undated
8 / 30
Rules: child support from absent fathers
1979
8 / 31
Rules: community services block grants (includes
hearings)
1983
8 / 32-33
Rules: County Medical Assistance Program
1978
8 / 34
Rules: county medical certification and residency
information used to determine financial responsibility
1979
8 / 37
Rules: Developmental Disabilities Division
Administration
1979
8 / 38-41
Rules: Developmental Disabilities Division
(includes adminstration, certification for caregivers, habitation, Regional Council
on activities, minimum care standards, hearings for standards of community services)
1979-1985
9 / 1
Rules: Economic Assistance (re clinical services)
1982
9 / 2
Rules: Economic Assistance (re Community Services
Blockgrants Program)
1982
9 / 3
Rules: Economic Assistance (re emergency
provisions)
1977-1978
9 / 6-8
Rules: Economic Assistance (re General Assistance
Program)
1977-1983, n.d.
9 / 9-11
Rules: End Stage Renal Program
1979-1983
9 / 9-11
Rules: End Stage Renal Program
1979-1983
9 / 12-13
Rules: Fair Hearings Procedures
1981, 1984
9 / 14
Rules: Food Distribution System
1979
9 / 15-21
Rules: Food Stamp Program (includes budget
reporting, eligibility, emergency and pilot project codes)
1979-1984
9 / 22-23
Rules: General Assistance Program
1983-1985
9 / 24-29
Rules: Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP)
1981-1984
10 / 1-2
Rules: Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP)
1984-1985
10 / 3-4
Rules: Medical Services (re abortion services)
1980
10 / 5
Rules: Medical Services (re access restrictions)
1983
10 / 6
Rules: Medical Services (re ambulance services)
1980
10 / 7
Rules: Medical Services (re audiology)
1980
10 / 8
Rules: Medical Services (re billing reimbursements)
1981
10 / 9-10
Rules: Medical Services (re co-payments, includes
petition against establishing co-payments)
1983
10 / 11
Rules: Medical Services (re coverage restrictions)
1977
10 / 12-14
Rules: Medical Services (re dental services)
1980-1985
10 / 15
Rules: Medical Services (re drug and alcohol
detoxification and rehabilitations services denied)
1982
10 / 16
Rules: Medical Services (re elective surgery)
1978
10 / 17-18
Rules: Medical Services (re elective surgery)
1980, 1985
10 / 19-20
Rules: Medical Services (re eyeglasses services
including optometric services)
1980
10 / 21
Rules: Medical Services (re hearing aid services)
1980
10 / 22
Rules: Medical Services (re heart transplants)
1985
10 / 23-24
Rules: Medical Services (re home health services)
1979, 1981
11 / 1
Rules: Medical Services, occupational therapy
1980
11 / 2
Rules: Medical Services, outpatient services
1981
11 / 3
Rules: Medical Services, per diem for out-of-state
travel
1979-1980
11 / 4-5
Rules: Medical Services, personal care services
1980
11 / 6
Rules: Medical Services, physical therapy
1980
11 / 7
Rules: Medical Services, podiatry
1980
11 / 8
Rules: Medical Services, prosthetic devices
1981
11 / 9
Rules: Medical Services, provider requirements
1980
11 / 10-11
Rules: Medical Services, provider sanctions
1978, 1980
11 / 12-14
Rules: Medical Services, psychological services
1979
11 / 15
Rules: Medical Services, reimbursements for
inpatient services
1985
11 / 16-24
Rules: Medical Services, reimbursements for nursing
care
1978-1985
12 / 1-4
Rules: Medical Services, reimbursements for nursing
home care
1981-1985
12 / 5
Rules: Medical Services, reimbursements for
physicians
1980
12 / 6
Rules: Medical Services, restriction of access
1985
12 / 7
Rules: Medical Services, services provided, amount,
duration
1980
12 / 8
Rules: Medical Services, social work services
1985
12 / 9
Rules: Medical Services, speech therapy
1979
12 / 10
Rules: Medical Services, swing-bed hospitals
1984
12 / 11
Rules: Medical Services, temporary prohibition of
provider increases
1979
12 / 12-13
Rules: Medical Services, transfer of resources
between programs
1977-1981
12 / 14
Rules: Physical Disabilities Program
1985
12 / 15
Rules: Refugee Assistance Program
1982
12 / 16-18
Rules: Visual Services
1978, 1983-1984
12 / 19-20
Rules: Vocational Rehabilitation Programs
1978, 1982
12 / 21-22
Rules: Weatherization Assistance Program
1982-1983
12 / 23
Rules: WIN Program
1979
12 / 24
SRS Division: Aging Services
1972
12 / 26
SRS Division: Community Services
1973-1979
12 / 27-28
SRS Division: Developmental Disabilities Division
1988-1989
12 / 29-32
SRS Division: Economic Assistance Division
1972, 1986-1989
12 / 33
SRS Division: Great Falls District Office (includes
meeting minutes)
1973
12 / 34-35
SRS Division: Medical Services Bureau
1987-1988
13 / 1
SRS Division: Medical Services Bureau, maternity
care coverage
1988
13 / 2
SRS Division: Medical Services Bureau, Medicaid
Management Information System-MMIS)
1987-1988
13 / 3
SRS Division: Medical Services Bureau, placement of
disabled persons in nursing homes
1987
13 / 4
SRS Division: Medical Services Bureau, preformance
audit
1987
13 / 5
SRS Division: Medical Services Bureau, school
services
1988
13 / 6-7
SRS Division: Medical Services Bureau/Vocational
Rehabilitation Services staff meetings
1987-1988
13 / 8
SRS Division: Social Assistance Field Divisions
(includes staff meetings)
1971-1972
13 / 9
SRS Division: Visual Services
1972-1974
13 / 10
Supported Employment Programs (re interagency
agreement between Developmental Disabilities Division and Vocational Rehabilitation
Division)
1988
13 / 11-17
The Economic Assistance Management System (TEAMS)
1988-1992
13 / 18
Transition from Schwinden to Stephens
Administration
1988
Board of Social and Rehabilitation Appeals
Hearings
13 / 19-27
Fair Hearings Decisions #1-967
1989-1990
Minutes
OVSZ / 1
Fair Hearings Decisions #1-967
1989-1990
OVSZ / 2
Minutes
1971-1987
Claims Settlement Advisory Council
Minutes
OVSZ / 3
Minutes
1971-1978
Developmental Disabilities Advisory Councils
Organization
14 / 1-2
Services and facilities for the Developmentally
Disabled Advisory Council
1973-1975
14 / 3-7
Developmental Disabilities and Planning Advisory
Council (scattered minutes, reports, survey)
1987-1988
14 / 8
Developmental Disabled Advisory Council (re
University of Montana program)
1984-1986
14 / 9-11
Disabilities Task Force (includeds minutes,
reports, correspondence)
1985-1986
14 / 12-14
Early Intervention Advisory Council
1987
Court Papers
14 / 15-32
Butte Community Union vs Dept. of Social and
Rehabilitations Services (includes briefs, depositions, filings)
1984-1985
Social Services Advisory Council
Organization
15 / 1
Statement of purpose (includes creation legislation
and membership list)
1971-1973, undated
15 / 2
Minutes
1971-1973
State Community Coordinated Child Care Advisory Council
General Correspondence
15 / 3
Primarily addressing the duties of the council
1973-1975
Organization
15 / 4-5
Creation statement and membership list
1972-1974
Youth Development and Delinquency Advisory Council
Council
General Correspondence
15 / 6
Primarily addressing the establishment and
operations of the council
1971-1973
Organization
15 / 7
Creation statement and governor's approval of the
council, description of its purpose, and membership lists
1971-1974
15 / 8-9
Minutes (includes meeting information)
1972-1973
Miscellany
15 / 10
Falls Creek Environmental Education Foundation,
Condon, Montana, project proposal
1972
15 / 11
Lewis and Clark County project proposal for a
foster care coordinator position
1973
15 / 12
National Model Rural America project proposal
1972