Denied applications, <1987>-[ongoing].

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Denied applications, <1987>-[ongoing].

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The Dept. of Public Welfare has the responsibility to provide and administer a comprehensive public welfare financial assistance program (MGLA c 18, s 2). The department determines eligibility for public assistance provided under federal-state programs; and provides financial assistance to those in economic need, to the aging for care and rehabilitation, to those needing health services and medical care, and other forms of financial assistance to families and individuals as needed. Denied application files are from among case files created to determine an applicant's eligibility for assistance; in these instances, the applicant was ineligible.

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Massachusetts. Dept. of Public Welfare (1915-1995)

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St 1919, c 350, s 87 abolished the Massachusetts State Board of Charity and the Homestead Commission, establishing the Dept. of Public Welfare as their successor. Initially the department was organized into the Division of Aid and Relief (succeeding the Division of State Adult Poor) which oversaw the unsettled poor, and relief provided by municipal public welfare authorities; the Division of Child Guardianship (succeeding the Division of State Minor Wards) responsible for the care,...