Montana Historical Society Library and Archives
225 North Roberts
PO Box 201201
Helena MT 59620-1201
406-444-2681
mthslibrary@mt.gov
RS 460_RS 495
Montana. Social and
Rehabilitation Services.
Montana Social and Rehabilitation Services, Community
Services Division records
1966-1984
2.8 linear ft
This collection is a sub-subgroup (former
Division) of the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services records.
The Community 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. This collection consists
of subject files, with topics including budgets and cutbacks, and district and regional
offices.
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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.
This collection is composed of the records of the Community Services Division of the Social
and Rehabilitation Services, which are comprised of subject files. Subjects include division
and bureau budgets and cutbacks; services for the aging; child care; district and area
office records and communications; administrative rule changes; communications with
committees, organizations, and other SRS offices; contracts and funding; a strike plan; and
county Departments of Public Welfare.
This collection is arranged in a single 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.
Aging
Aid to families with dependent children
programs
Child welfare
Children with disabilities
Child abuse
Family violence
Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation
(Mont.)
Public welfare
Strikes and lockouts
Montana
Detailed Description of the Collection
Subject files
1 / 1
Community Services Division (general
correspondence)
undated
1 / 2
Federal cutbacks
1981
1 / 3
Aging Services Bureau
1980-1981
1 / 4
AoA (Aging materials)
1981
1 / 5
Aging: budget and statistics, including
legislature
1981
1 / 6
Grants (including Advocacy Assistants requests for
funding)
1981
1 / 7
National Association of State Units on
Aging
1981
1 / 8
White House Conference on Aging
1981
1 / 9
Governor’s Advisory Council (Aging meeting June
26)
1981
1 / 10
Aging Services State Plan Amendment Hearings
(reorganization)
1981
1 / 11
Montana Inter-Tribal Policy Board
1980-1981
1 / 12
Child and Youth Development Bureau
1981
1 / 13
Old 4C’s file
1974-1975
1 / 14
Social Services Bureau
1980-1981
1 / 15
Social Services Bureau (day care)
1980-1981
1 / 16
Evaluation Bureau
1981
1 / 17
Billings District
1981
1 / 18
Butte District
1980-1981
1 / 19
Deer Lodge County (impact of Anaconda Company
closure)
1980-1981
1 / 20
Glasgow District
1980-1981
1 / 21
Great Falls District
1980-1981
1 / 22
Helena District
1981
1 / 23
Kalispell District
1981
1 / 24
Miles City District
1980-1981
1 / 25
Missoula District
1980-1981
1 / 26
Strike material
1981
1 / 27
SRS legislature
1981
1 / 28
Administrative rule changes
1980-1981
1 / 29
SRS Aging Services Bureau
1970-1980
1 / 30
SRS Budget materials
1981
1 / 31
SRS Executive Planning Process (Child and Youth
Development Bureau)
1979
1 / 32
SRS EPP (Social Services Bureau)
undated
1 / 33
Legislative audit
1980-1981
1 / 34
Executive Planning Process (total agency, file
#1)
1979-1980
1 / 35
Executive Planning Process (total agency, file
#2)
1979-1980
1 / 36
Director’s Office
1980-1981
1 / 37
Centralized Services Division
1980-1981
1 / 38
Developmental Disabilities Division
1981
1 / 39
Economic Assistance Division
1980-1981
1 / 40
Personnel System
1981
1 / 41
WIN Program
1981
1 / 42
DCA, transfer of Community Services
Division
1981
1 / 43
Department of Health and Human Services
1980-1981
1 / 44
Regional memoranda, Department of Health and Human
Services
1980-1981
1 / 45
APWA (American Public Welfare Association)
1980-1981
1 / 46
County Directors Association, minutes
1981
1 / 47
Interagency Committee for Handicapped
Children
1980-1981
2 / 1
Child Welfare League
1979-1981
2 / 2
Social Worker Examination Development
Committee
1980
2 / 3
Personal Care Task Force
1981
2 / 4
Emotionally Disturbed Children’s Committee
1981
2 / 5
Community Support Services Project Advisory
Committee
1981
2 / 6
Newspaper clippings (Montana)
1980-1981
2 / 7
Area directors and quarter assessments
(schedules)
1979
2 / 8
Area agency assessments
1980
2 / 9
Monthly activity reports
1981
2 / 10
Program performance reports
1983
2 / 11
Legal developer
1981
2 / 12
FM1 contracts
1979-1982
2 / 13
Social Services: systems and delivery on Montana
Indian reservations
1975-1976, undated
2 / 14
Information and handling of matching funds (Title
XX)
1976-1977
2 / 15
Title III funds
1979
2 / 16
Area II
1978-1980
2 / 17
Area IV
1976-1980
2 / 18
Microdata Sampling System (MSS)
1976
2 / 19
Financial reports
1972-1976
2 / 20
State and area plans
1980-1981
2 / 21
Financial reports: Area I
1979-1980
2 / 22
Financial reports: Area V
1976-1979
2 / 23
Financial reports: Area VI
1977-1979
2 / 24
Area I
1981
2 / 25
Fiscal Bureau correspondence
1980
2 / 26
Bureau memos
1980-1981
2 / 27
Financial reports and correspondence (Aging Services;
Tribal Elders)
1979-1981
2 / 28
Area III (Aging)
1980
2 / 29
Big Horn County DPW
1973-1980
2 / 30
Blaine County DPW
1977-1980
2 / 31
Broadwater County DPW
1974
2 / 32
Cascade County DPW
1975-1981
2 / 33
Custer County DPW
1971-1980
2 / 34
Dawson County DPW
1970-1983
2 / 35
Deer Lodge County DPW
1973-1980
2 / 36
Fergus County DPW
1966-1980
2 / 37
Flathead County DPW
1972-1981
2 / 38
Gallatin County DPW
1977-1981
2 / 39
Glacier County DPW
1971-1981
2 / 40
Golden Valley DPW
1976-1980
2 / 41
Hill County DPW
1972-1980
2 / 42
Lake County DPW
1973-1980
2 / 43
Lewis and Clark County DPW
1973-1981
2 / 44
Lincoln County DPW
1973-1979
2 / 45
Mineral County DPW
1982
2 / 46
Missoula County
1980
3 / 1
Missoula County DPW
1972-1980
3 / 2
Park County DPW
1978-1980
3 / 3
Phillips County DPW
1973-1981
3 / 4
Pondera County DPW
1980-1981
3 / 5
Ravalli County DPW
1979
3 / 6
Richland County DPW
1974-1980
3 / 7
Rosebud County DPW
1973-1982
3 / 8
Sanders County DPW
1973-1981
3 / 9
Silver Bow County DPW
1972-1981
3 / 10
Sweet Grass County DPW
1973-1979
3 / 11
Teton County DPW
1974-1980
3 / 12
Valley County DPW
1973-1978
3 / 13
Yellowstone County DPW
1973-1982
3 / 14
SRS Billings District Office
1978-1982
3 / 15
SRS Butte District Office
1975-1981
3 / 16
SRS Glasgow District Office
1978-1983
3 / 17
Great Falls District
1972-1983
3 / 18
Helena District
1973-1982
4 / 1
Kalispell District Office
1977-1982
4 / 2
Miles City District Office
1972-1983
4 / 3
Missoula District Office
1971-1983
4 / 4
Walsh memos for follow-up
1982
4 / 5
Social Work Supervision, by Leon K. Wicks,
D.S.W.
undated
4 / 6
“Norma’s memos completed by Pearl”
1982-1984
4 / 7
Requests for clarification/interpretation
1980
4 / 8
Miscellaneous correspondence
1983-1984
4 / 9
Legal definitions (reports to court)
1980
4 / 10
Director’s Office responses
1981-1982
4 / 11
“Director’s memos for follow-up”
1981-1983
4 / 12
CSD forms
1982, undated
4 / 13
Correspondence to field
1983-1984
4 / 14
Centralized Services correspondence
1978-1983
4 / 15
“Charlie’s misc. filing”
1981-1984
4 / 16
Bureau memos
1981-1983
4 / 17
Budget
1983-1984
4 / 18
Reports (domestic violence; SAV/WIN)
1983
4 / 19
“Gary’s typing assignments”
1983
4 / 20
Montana Rosebud County: Northern Cheyenne Child Abuse
and Neglect Demonstration Project
1975-1978
4 / 21
Child and Youth Development quarterly report
(October-December)
1980