Welfare Planning Council, Los Angeles Region, records 1939-1974

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Welfare Planning Council, Los Angeles Region, records 1939-1974

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The Welfare Planning Council, Los Angeles Region, records, consists of correspondence, brochures, minutes, and reports, dated 1939-1974 (bulk 1950s-1960s), that document the activities of the Council in the areas of social welfare planning, research, and development, and the coordination of health, welfare and recreational programs in the Los Angeles area. Material dating before the establishment of the Welfare Planning Council in 1953 covers the Metropolitan Welfare Council's studies regarding its separation from the Los Angeles Welfare Federation, with the correlative creation of the Welfare Planning Council.

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Welfare Planning Council, Los Angeles Region

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The Welfare Planning Council was created in 1953 when the Welfare Council of Metropolitan Los Angeles was reorganized at the recommendation of the Citizen's Study Committee of the Welfare Federation of Los Angeles. To create a division responsible solely for programs and agencies, the committee had judged that the Welfare Council should be separated from fund-raising functions of the Los Angeles Welfare Federation, then known as the Los Angeles Community Chest. This establishment of the Welfare ...

Welfare Council of Metropolitan Los Angeles

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Historical note The impetus for the organization of the Metropolitan Recreation and Youth Services Council, like that for innovative programs such as the Los Angeles Youth Project and Special Services for Groups, came from the notorious "Zoot Suit" disturbances of May 1943, when minority youth gangs fought back against attacks made against them by servicemen stationed in the area. While Angelenos were alarmed by the violence, and disturbed by...