Advocacy unit regional annual issue and program reports, 1982.

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Advocacy unit regional annual issue and program reports, 1982.

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In its statutory role as advocate for services to children in Massachusetts, the Office for Children coordinates such services in privately funded and particularly public programs, evaluating and monitoring programs in departments and agencies within the Executive Office of Human Services and other executive offices (MGLA c 28A, s 4). Through FY1991 the office's advocacy unit in its Help for Children Program provided comprehensive information, referral, and advocacy services to assure children appropriate social, health, or financial support, administered on a community basis through ca. 43 area offices. These offices, grouped under ca. six regional offices, were supported by volunteer area-based councils for children, which were given technical assistance by the central office's Community Development Program and were mandated (MGLA c 28A, s 7) to evaluate local services for children, identify related needs, and review for the office proposals for state or federal funding of such services. Series was created to convey area council initiatives to the legislature on a regional basis.

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Massachusetts. Office for Children. Advocacy Division.

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St 1972, c 785 established the Office for Children within the Executive Office for Human Services, with a director appointed by the governor (by the secretary of human services per St 1985, c 737, s 30; title changed to commissioner per St 1987, c 553, s 6), and supported by a Statewide Advisory Council (which see). Its functions include serving as an advocate for the needs of children and disseminating information on children's services; promoting development of programs and servic...