Inventory of the Records of the Department of Social Welfare 1906-1980 Including records of the State Board of Charities and Corrections, Department of Public Welfare, Social Welfare Board, Department of Benefit Payments, and Department of Social Services California State Archives Office of the Secretary of State Sacramento, California Contact Information: California State Archives 1020 O Street Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: (916) 653-2246 FAX: (916) 653-7363 E-mail: [email protected] URL: http://www.sos.ca.gov/archives/ Records processed by: Tristan Evans and Jason Baker Date Completed: June 2015 © 2015 California State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State. All rights reserved. 1 Table of Contents Table of Contents ................................................................................................................ 2 Descriptive Summary.......................................................................................................... 4 Title ................................................................................................................................. 4 Collection Numbers ........................................................................................................ 4 Creators ........................................................................................................................... 4 Extent .............................................................................................................................. 4 Language ............................................................................................................................ 4 Repository ....................................................................................................................... 4 Administrative Information ................................................................................................ 5 Publication Rights ........................................................................................................... 5 Preferred Citation Style................................................................................................... 5 Restrictions ..................................................................................................................... 5 Agency History ................................................................................................................... 6 Series Description ............................................................................................................... 9 Records of the State Board of Charities and Corrections ............................................... 9 Records of the State Social Welfare Board................................................................... 12 Records of the Department of Social Welfare .............................................................. 16 Administrative Records ................................................................................................ 16 Administrative Central (Coded) Files ........................................................................... 23 Administration-Director ................................................................................................ 40 Assistant to the Director................................................................................................ 63 Public Information Officer ........................................................................................ 65 Legislative Office...................................................................................................... 66 Records of the Welfare Study Commission (WSC) ..................................................... 68 Administrative County Files ......................................................................................... 70 Administrative Reports, Publications, and Studies ....................................................... 81 Division of Administrative Services ............................................................................. 83 Fiscal Services Bureau .............................................................................................. 84 Personnel Bureau ...................................................................................................... 87 Training Bureau ........................................................................................................ 88 Bureau of Statistical Reports .................................................................................... 88 Business Services Bureau ......................................................................................... 91 Research and Statistics Unit/Division/Bureau .......................................................... 94 Bureau of Management Analysis ............................................................................ 100 Management Systems Development Branch .......................................................... 102 Fiscal Division ............................................................................................................ 109 County Fiscal Affairs Bureau ................................................................................. 110 Program Assessment Branch .................................................................................. 111 Payment Systems Branch ........................................................................................ 115 Program Services Branch ............................................................................................ 115 Division for the Blind ............................................................................................. 116 Income Maintenance Division ................................................................................ 122 Family and Children Division ................................................................................. 123 Adult Services Division .......................................................................................... 128 Division of Medical Care / Medical Social Services Bureau ................................. 135 2 Division of Commodity Distribution .......................................................................... 140 Community Welfare Services ..................................................................................... 140 Field Operations Branch ............................................................................................. 144 Food Stamp Management Bureau ........................................................................... 150 Division of Public Assistance/Division of Social Security ......................................... 152 Old Age Security..................................................................................................... 165 Home Economic Unit ............................................................................................. 170 Bureau of Aid to the Needy Disabled ..................................................................... 172 Division of Child Welfare ........................................................................................... 174 Division of Child Welfare Services (1936-1960) ................................................... 175 and Family Services Bureau (1960-1969) .............................................................. 175 Bureau of Aid to Families with Dependent Children ............................................. 181 Bureau of Adoptions ............................................................................................... 184 Family Services Bureau .......................................................................................... 190 Boarding Homes and Institutions (BHI), 1900-1962 .................................................. 195 Bureau of Aid to Needy Children ............................................................................... 204 ANC (Aid to Needy Children) Task Force ............................................................. 211 3 Descriptive Summary Title Records of the Department of Social Welfare Dates 1906-1980 Collection Numbers R251 – Board of Charities and Corrections R350 – Department of Social Welfare F3621 – Department of Social Welfare Creators Board of Charities and Corrections Department of Social Welfare Department of Social Services Extent Collection contains 242 cubic feet of textual records, one 16 mm film, one slide, two photograph negatives, three negative slides, and a number of photographs. Language English Repository California State Archives Office of the Secretary of State Sacramento, California 4 Administrative Information Publication Rights For permission to reproduce or publish, please consult California State Archives staff. Permission for reproduction or publication is given on behalf of the California State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State, Sacramento, as the owner of the physical items. The researcher assumes all responsibility for possible infringement that may arise from reproduction or publication of materials from the California State Archives’ collections. Preferred Citation Style [Identification of item], Social Welfare Department records, [ID number].[series number], [box and folder number], California State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State, Sacramento, California. Restrictions While the majority of the records are open for research, any access restrictions are noted in the record series descriptions. Records that are over 75 years old are open without restrictions, per Government