Adoptive foster home inquiries, 1952-1977.
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Wisconsin. Division for Children and Youth
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The Division for Children and Youth was created under Chapter 376, Laws of 1949 as the Division of Child Welfare and Youth Service within the State Department of Public Welfare (WIHV85-A488). This new division assumed the duties of the former Youth Service Commission and the Division of Child Welfare (WIHV89-A80). Chapter 245, Laws of 1951, renamed it the Division for Children and Youth. With reorganization of state government in 1967, the functions of the Division were placed withi...
Wisconsin. Division of Family Services
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Created in 1967 within the new Department of Health and Social Services (WIHV85-A674), the Division of Family Services continued the programs formerly administered by the State Department of Public Welfare's (WIHV85-A488) Division for Children and Youth (WIHV85-A487) and Division of Public Assistance (WIHV85-A489). With reorganization of the department in 1977, the Division was abolished and its functions split between the Division of Community Services (WIHV85-A282) and the Divisio...