Social Welfare History Project Organizations Page 27

National Recreation Association

National Recreation Association Introduction: The National Recreation Association was founded in 1906 as the Playground Association of America (PAA) by eighteen men and women from playground associations, public school and municipal recreation departments, settlements, teachers’ colleges, the kindergarten movement, and charity organizations. Industrialization and growing urbanization prompted a perceived need to encourage positive citizenship through…

African Union Society

Written by Michael Barga. “In 1780, The African Union Society (AUS) was created in Newport, Rhode Island. While most blacks from Rhode Island were free by 1807, strong prejudice and oppression were present before and after that date. The AUS developed partly in response to these difficulties, as well as a forum for black cultural discussion. The society is considered one of the first formal organizations founded by free blacks in the United States.”

American Social Hygiene Association History and a Forecast

This entry is an extensive history of the early years of the American Social Hygiene Association. The exact date of the report is not known; however, it is sometime immediately after World War I.

American Association of Social Workers

American Association of Social Workers (AASW) — (1918-1955) Introduction: Established in 1917 as the National Social Workers’ Exchange and reorganized in 1921 as the American Association of Social Workers, the organization addressed issues of concern, set professional standards, and (in the early years) served as a placement bureau for social workers. It was one…

Community Chest Spending Circa 1941

How the Chests Spend the Money By ALLEN T. BURNS, Executive Vice-President and BRADLEY BUELL, Field Director, Community Chests and Councils, Inc An Article from The Survey Midmonthly, September, 1941 (pp. 256-259) COLLECTING, spending. Throughout the quarter century of Community Chest history, these responsibilities have been Siamese twins guiding the contributor’s dollar through its philanthropic…

NCSW: Report of 1946 Conference

Milestones in Professional Progress: A report of the 1946 National Conference of Social Welfare by Marion Robinson and Bradley Buell in the Survey Midmonthly Someone dubbed it the “hell and high water conference” for, in spite of a tight housing situation, strikes and rumors of strikes, heavy work loads and staff shortages, forty-five hundred delegates…

Vasa Children’s Home

“History of the Vasa Children’s Home (1865-1955),” translated by Mrs. Dennis M. Lundell. The Vasa Children’s Home is the oldest Home in Minnesota and the Augustana Lutheran Church.

Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota

Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota (LSS) is the largest private, nonprofit human service organization in Minnesota. It offers a comprehensive array of support services tailored to the unique needs of individuals, families and communities.

Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati, OH

Written by Michael Barga. “The work of the SCCs includes the creation of orphanages, schools, and hospitals… SCCs make vows of poverty, celibacy, and obedience to God and strive to live simply, be in solidarity with the poor, and embrace multiculturalism in ministry and membership.”

NCSW Part 3: A Century of Concern 1873-1973: Problems of Effective Functioning

Attempts to define the remedial field often lose more than they gain in elaboration. Once stripped of the categories – “mental health,” “corrections,” “retardation;” unencumbered by the labels – “multi-problem family,” “emotionally disturbed child,” “juvenile offender;” and liberated from the technical jargon – “psycho-social diagnosis,” “therapeutic intervention,” the remedial field may be seen in its essence: which is, quite simply, people helping people.