Wisconsin. Division of Public Assistance

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In 1939, the Wisconsin legislature created a new State Department of Public Welfare (see WIHV85-A488). The functions of the former State Pension Department (see WIHV87-A1001) and Public Welfare Department (see WIHV89-A85) were assigned to the Division of Public Assistance. With the reorganization of state agencies in 1967, the Department of Public Welfare was brought into the new Department of Health and Social Services (see WIHV85-A674). The functions of the Division of Public Assistance were distributed among several divisions of the new Department.

The Division carried out all the responsibilities relating to public assistance or non-institutional relief. Social Security aids such as old age assistance, aid to dependent children, aid to the blind, and aid to the disabled were administered by the counties under the supervision of the Division; governed by a formal agreement with the federal government.

From the description of Agency history record. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145776790

Archival Resources
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creatorOf Wisconsin. Division of Public Assistance. Construction projects, 1949-1951. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Wisconsin. Division of Family Services. General relief statistical reports, 1940-1978, 1982-1988. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Wisconsin. Division of Public Assistance. Surplus commodity correspondence, 1938-1942. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Wisconsin. Division of Public Assistance. Accounts receivable--counties, 1937-1943. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Wisconsin. Division of Public Assistance. Surplus commodity allocations, 1938-1940. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Wisconsin. Division of Public Assistance. Monthly report of case load, 1936-1940. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Wisconsin. Division of Public Assistance. Accounting Section correspondence, 1935-1944. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Wisconsin. Division of Public Assistance. County surplus commodity correspondence, 1941-1943. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Wisconsin. Division of Public Assistance. Voucher register, 1934-1939. Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
creatorOf Wisconsin. Division of Public Assistance. County administrative file, 1932-1967. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Wisconsin. Division of Public Assistance. Administrative subject files, 1934-1962. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Wisconsin. Division of Family Services. Monthly statistical reports, 1936-1939, 1953-1957, 1960-1973. Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
creatorOf Wisconsin. Division of Public Assistance. Miscellaneous statistics and relief records, 1937-1953. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Wisconsin. Division of Public Assistance. College student aid records, 1934-1940. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Wisconsin. Division of Public Assistance. Work Projects Administration (WPA) employment reports, 1940-1942. Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
creatorOf Wisconsin. Division of Family Services. Special studies, 1918-1969. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Wisconsin. Division of Public Assistance. Specifications for county buildings, 1951-1957. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Wisconsin. Division of Public Assistance. Reviews of county welfare agencies, 1940-1945. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Wisconsin. Division of Public Assistance. Individual case records--Camp Hayward, 1934-1952. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Wisconsin. Division of Public Assistance. Inactive case files, 1934-1945, 1955-1962. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Wisconsin. Division of Public Assistance. Agency history record. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Wisconsin. Division of Public Assistance. Financial studies of counties and local units, 1938-1966. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Wisconsin. Division of Public Assistance. General administrative file, 1930-1967. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Wisconsin. Division of Public Assistance. District administrative correspondence, 1934-1941. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Wisconsin. Division of Public Assistance. County homes social data sheets, 1943-1944. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Wisconsin. Division of Public Assistance. Minutes of staff meetings, 1936-1962. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Wisconsin. Division of Public Assistance. Audit memoranda, 1938-1941. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
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associatedWith Central State Hospital (Waupun, Wis.) corporateBody
associatedWith Industrial Commission of Wisconsin. corporateBody
associatedWith Mendota Mental Health Institute (Wis.) corporateBody
associatedWith Northern Wisconsin Center for the Developmentally Disabled corporateBody
associatedWith Southern Wisconsin Center for the Developmentally Disabled corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Surplus Marketing Administration. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Work Projects Administration. corporateBody
associatedWith Winnebago Mental Health Institute (Wis.) corporateBody
associatedWith Wisconsin Child Center corporateBody
associatedWith Wisconsin. Division of Family Services. corporateBody
associatedWith Wisconsin. Emergency Relief Administration. corporateBody
associatedWith Wisconsin Home for Women corporateBody
associatedWith Wisconsin. Public Welfare Dept. corporateBody
associatedWith Wisconsin. Public Welfare Dept. corporateBody
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associatedWith Wisconsin School for Boys corporateBody
associatedWith Wisconsin School for Girls corporateBody
associatedWith Wisconsin. State Board of Control. corporateBody
associatedWith Wisconsin. State Pension Dept. corporateBody
associatedWith Wisconsin. State Pension Dept. corporateBody
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associatedWith Wisconsin. State Pension Dept. corporateBody
associatedWith Wisconsin. State Pension Dept. corporateBody
associatedWith Wisconsin State Prison corporateBody
associatedWith Wisconsin State Reformatory corporateBody
associatedWith Wisconsin Workshop for the Blind corporateBody
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Alms houses
Blind
Child welfare
College students
County budgets
County hospitals
Drought relief
Federal aid to higher education
Finance, Public
Food relief
Food stamps
Jails
Old age assistance
Old age homes
Old age homes
Public buildings
Public institutions
Public service employment
Public welfare
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Public welfare administration
Surplus commodities
Transient, Relief of
Occupation
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Active 1962

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