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This document is made available electronically by the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library as part of an ongoing digital archiving project. http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/lrl.asp 19{'4 LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE LIBRARY HV98.M6 M46 1998 •;11m1m 11l[l!lii1r111111~i11111~~1~11r 1 " · , . 11~~ d [}{]Q!JuiJiEJ[ru . c...._... I 3 0307 00055 5675 -This booklet is dedicated to all the employees ofthe Department ofHuman Services, past and present, whose many years ofservice to the Department have helped improve the lives ofMinnesotans. April 15, 1998 1 Preface The work of the Department of Human Services has a long history in Minnesota, dating back almost to the inception of statehood. From the opening of the State Institute at Faribault in 1863 and St. Peter State Hospital in 1866, to the development and implementation of such programs as MinnesotaCare and the Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP), the Department has helped millions of Minnesotans and their families in need. The origins of the Departments programs almost exclusively began with the history of institutions in this State. Over the years, programs have evolved, taking form under the auspices of each successor; the State Board of Correction and Charities in 1883, the State Board of Control in 1901, the Department of Social Security in 1939, the Depart ment of Public Welfare in 1953, and finally under the name of the Department of Human Services, in 1983. Regardless of the title, the charge has remained steadfast, to serve the citizens of this State. This booklet provides a glimpse of our Department and its activities over those many years. Much of the content pre-dates the current employees of the Department, and it is therefore, by nature, limited to what human recollection and documentation still exists. Let this booklet serve as a reminder to us that as we move through the everyday motions of our tasks, we often make history, though at the moment we may not recognize this fact. This booklet is a timeless project, rather than a timely one, as history continually evolves and takes shape. All employees of the Depart ment, as well as the Department as an entity unto itself, have some "ownership" of this document. Over the years, as this work is expanded, it will hopefully grow in scope and be our legacy to the many future generations of employees of the Department of Human Services. 3 I 84 9 Except for private agency I864 School program estab activity, all care for children lished as Institute for Deaf, is the responsibility of local Dumb and Blind (changed units of government. name in 1902 to Minnesota Dependent minors may be School for the Blind and in bound-out (an 1940 to Braille and Sight Governors ofMinnesota indenture program). Saving School). 1901 - Present I 85I Territorial prison, first I866 First Minnesota protective Il7!0I Samuel Rinnah Van Sant Minnesota state institution, law for children. I/4/05 John Albert Johnson established at Stillwater. 9!2Ilo9 Adolph Olson Eberhart St. Peter State Hospital for I 85 8 Minnesota Statehood. the Insane opens in Decem Il5II5 Winfield Scott Hammond ber for 50 patients (19 I2!3o!I5 Joseph Alfred Arner Burnquist I 860 "Town System'' of relief in transfer from Iowa State Il5!2I Jacob Aall Ottesen Preus effect statewide (until 1868). Hospital, where insane I/6/25 Theodore Christianson patients from Minnesota had I 86I Institute for the Education been placed since 1863). Il6/p Floyd Bjornsterne Olson of the Deaf and Dumb 8/24/36 Hjalmar Petersen established. State training school named I/4/37 Elmer Austin Benson the House of Refuge, estab I 862 Legislature authorizes lished in St. Paul, for both Ih/39 Harold Edward Stassen contracts with other states boys and girls. 4/27/43 Edward John Thye for care of the "insane." I/8/47 Luther Wallace Youngdahl Many patients are sent to I 868 "County System'' of poor Iowa for care. 9!27!5I Clyde Elmer Anderson relief administration estab lished statewide, except for I/5/55 Orville Lothrop Freeman I 863 Minnesota State Institute Ramsey County I!2!6I Elmer Lee Andersen for the Education of the (until 1875). 3/25/63 Karl Fritjof Rolvaag Deaf and Dumb opens in Faribault. I/2/67 Harold Le Vander I876 First general adoption law passed, with child Il4!7I Wendell Richard Anderson adoptions processed I2!29/76 Rudolph G. Perpich through district court. If4/79 Albert H. Quie I/3/83 Rudolph G. Perpich I!7!9I Arne H. Carlson 4 I879 Institute for the Deaf, Institute for the Deaf, Dumb Minnesota Department of Public Welfare Dumb and Blind established and Blind at Faribault at Faribault; 1881 Legisla changes name to the Minne ture directs that the School sota School for the Feeble for Idiots and Imbeciles be Minded. connected with the Institute for the Deaf, Dumb and I 88 9 First state reformatory for Blind. In 1887, the school is adults opens at St. Cloud. Minnesota Department of Human Services made a department of the ---' Minnesota Institute for I 890 Fergus Falls State Hospital Commissioners Defectives. Present name, opens (80 patients transfer Faribault Regional Center. from St. Peter). I953 - I955 ]arle Leirfallom I955 - I972 · Morris Hursh Rochester State Hospital I 89 5 First child labor opens (68 patients transfer law established. I972 - I974 Ove Wangensteen from St. Peter). I897 Hospitals may place I974 - I977 Vera Likins St. Peter Hospital for the illegitimate children left in I88o I977 - I978 Edward Dirkswager, Jr. Insane burns (27 patients their care, and consent to die). their adoption. I979 - I982 Arthur E. Noot I 883 First central state agency, Minnesota State Hospital for I983 - I986 Leonard Levine the Board of Corrections Crippled and Deformed I987 - I989 Sandra S. Gardebring and Charities established "to Children established in St. prevent irregularities in State Paul as a unit within Ancker I989 Charles C. Schultz (Interim 5/89-9/89) Institutions" (in 1893 given Hospital. In 1926, name powers of "visitation" of changed to Gillette State I989 - I990 Ann Wynia societies for children, but Hospital for Crippled I99I Charles C. Schultz {Interim Il9I) not licensing ) . Children. Transferred to Gillette Hospital Authority I99I - I993 Natalie Haas Steffen I885 State School for Dependent in 1973. Children established at I993 - I996 Maria R. Gomez Owatonna. Later called State training school I899 I996 John Petraborg {Acting 7/96-I0/96) Owatonna State Schqol, moves from St. Paul to closes in 1970. Red Wing. I996 - Present David S. Doth Importation of children laws enacted. 5 Did You Know. •• ? I900 Anoka State Hospital opens I906 Minnesota School for I9I2 Willmar State Hospital The 1860 United States census far (I 15 patients transfer from Feeble-Minded at Faribault opens, the first state hospital Minnesota showed that 14% ofdeaths St. Peter). becomes the Minnesota to serve as a treatment center were due to ''consumption" School for the Feeble for alcohol and drug addic Hastings State Hospital Minded and Colony for tion. First named the (tuberculosis). The Minnesota State opens (115 patients transfer Epileptics. Hospital Farm fo~ Inebriates. Board ofHealth reported 20,000 deaths from St. Peter). in Minnesota from Tuberculosis from New state prison completed 1887 through 1899. The high death I907 State tuberculosis sanita at Bayport. rate was due, in part, to immigration of I90I Second central state agency, rium opens at Walker. Tuberculosis patients to Minnesota. In the State Board of Control, First county tuberculosis 1903, the Minnesota State Tuberculosis succeeds the Board of A private program of alcohol sanitarium opens (St. Louis Corrections and Charities. treatment operating in County). Commission declared. .. "it is in other Willmar for Great Northern words a curable disease. In the State of I905 Juvenile Courts established Railroad employees, ex I9I3 County Allowance to Minnesota its ravages are on the in Ramsey, Hennepin, and pands. This railroading mothers law enacted (fore increase ... the most successful means of St. Louis Counties. family, which itself has an runner to Aid to Families dealing with this disease will be through alcoholic son, agrees to with Dependent Children the establishment ofsanatoria." donate land to the State, on (AFDC)). the condition that it estab lish a Hospital there for the Workmen's Compensation treatment of inebriates. The Law enacted. Legislature authorizes a 2% tax on liquor licenses to I9I7 Children's code of laws finance the building and adopted by Legislature. maintenance of this facility, the Willmar State Hospital. Mental Retardation Guard ianship Act established. I909 Juvenile courts established in all counties. I920 State Reformatory for Women established at I9II Home School for Girls Shakopee (formerly women opens at Sauk Center (first were confined at State Prison separation of boys and girls for Men). to separate institutions). Gillette State Hospital opens State School for Girls, Sauk Center - Circa 1915 in East St. Paul. 6 I923 State services for the blind I939 Third central state agency, established . the Department of Social Security, established as • I933 State Emergency Relief successor to State Board of Administration established Control. Composed of three • (state counterpart to Federal divisions: Social Welfare, • Emergency Relief Adminis Public Institutions, and ,. tration). Employment and Security. I935 Congress enacts the Social I94I County welfare merit <ill Security Act. Includes system established (currently l. provisions for two social called Minnesota Merit insurance programs (Old System). iu Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance and Unemploy I94 5 Owatonna State Public Caretaker's cottage - Walker Sanatorium - Circa 1906 • ment Compensation) and School may be used for I948 Reception centers estab three categorical (means men tally retarded (tempo Did You Know. •• ? lished by the Youth Conser •• tested) public assistance rary for two years, then Competition amongst Minnesota cities vation Commission at programs (Old Age Assis made permanent).