Memorandums to local boards of public welfare, 1936-1962.

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Memorandums to local boards of public welfare, 1936-1962.

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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). It prepared official releases for the courts and local boards of public welfare (abolished by St 1967, c 658), informing them of changes in policy, procedures, programs, and legislation on a state and national level.

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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,...