Oregon. State Public Welfare Commission

The Public Welfare Commission was created in 1939 as a result of the combination of duties of the Child Welfare Commission and the State Relief Committee. The Welfare Commission was created in 1919 succeeding the state-aided Child Welfare Committee founded in 1913. The Child Welfare Commission was responsible for licensing institutions which cared for neglected and dependent children, preparing adoption reports for courts, and investigating reports of child abuse and neglect.

The State Relief Committee was created in 1933 at the onset of the Great Depression. This Committee supervised unemployment relief in Oregon and conducted unemployment surveys and research. In 1933 thirty-six county welfare commissions were also created to oversee local public

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