Multnomah county relief committee social service division correspondence 1935-1936.

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Multnomah county relief committee social service division correspondence 1935-1936.

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Series documents communications of the Social Service Division with the Multnomah County Relief Committee, state agencies, committees, organizations, and Portland civic leaders. Records include letters, reports, surveys, bulletins, investigative reports, staff meeting reports, and statistical and expenditure records. Topics include cash relief, children, clothing, Portland Community Chest, blacks on relief in Oregon, fuel, groceries, old age assistance, rural resettlement, the State Relief Committee, single men's relief, transients, veterans, and the Works Progress Administration.

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Oregon. State Public Welfare Commission

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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. ...