Written by Michael Barga. “The Christ Child Society was founded in Mary Virginia Merrick’s home at the end of the 19th century as a small relief organization which sewed clothes for local underprivileged children.”
Continue Reading »Minutes of a Special Meeting of Division IX of the National Conference of Social Work. It was moved and seconded that those present proceed to form a new association to be known as the American Association of Public Welfare Officials and that a president be elected.
Continue Reading »Mr. Croxton stated that with reference to the resolution which had been adopted at the luncheon meeting authorizing a committee to cooperate with the President’s Committee for employment and other organizations, he wished to point out that there were four aspects of the problem which required attention, as follows: (1) Information (2) Organization of local resources (3) Maintaining or developing standards (4) Developing resources
Continue Reading »Minutes of the American Association of Public Welfare Officials Luncheon Meeting. “That the President of the American Association of Public Welfare Officials appoint a committee to cooperate with the President’s Emergency Committee for Employment and other organizations in promoting public appreciation of the need for public relief during the unemployment emergency and developing plans for more effective public welfare organization are improved administrative standards.”
Continue Reading »Minutes of Meeting of Special Committee of Association of Public Welfare Officials to Consider the Program of the Association. “The Chairman explained that the purpose of the meeting was to consider the future program and budget and staff of the Association.”
Continue Reading »Minutes of Joint Meeting of Committee of Division IX National Conference of Social Work and Executive Committee American Association of Public Welfare Officials. “The chairman read a memorandum prepared by him on a proposed survey in the field of public social work. He called attention to the great scope of the field and the other organizations now occupying part of the field.”
Continue Reading »Minutes of Annual Meeting of American Association of Public Welfare Officials. “Your committee hands you herewith its reports, recommending the establishment of a central office with a paid staff. We recommend further that the Executive Committee, with power to act, be authorized to raise the necessary budget, employ a director or executive secretary, and establish the office is such a place as it deems wise.”
Continue Reading »Written by: Dorothy E. Bradbury, Assistant Director, Division of Reports Children’s Bureau. “In getting underway–and in carrying out the three children’s pro-grams for which it was given responsibility under the Social Security Act–the Bureau in characteristic fashion turned to advisory groups for advice and guidance. Advisory groups were immediately set up for each of the programs. For the most part, these were professional people concerned with the technical aspects of the program.”
Continue Reading »Written by Dorothy E. Bradbury, Assistant Director, Division of Reports Children’s Bureau. “This is the story of the Children’s Bureau of the U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare from the idea in 1903 to its founding in 1912 and on through the years to the present time.”
Continue Reading »The extent of trade union activity in community affairs is developed and explained during the course of this lecture.
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