Scope and Content: In its statutory role (MGLA c 28A) as advocate for services to children in Massachusetts, the Office for Children coordinates such services in public and privately funded programs and regulates providers of day care and substitute care for children.  Series is created for the office director (commissioner from 1987) to prepare and track annual budget requests submitted to the General Court.
Notes: Scheduled as: Budgetary testimony
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Scope and Content: In its statutory role (MGLA c 28A) as advocate for services to children in Massachusetts, the Office for Children coordinates such services in public and privately funded programs and regulates providers of day care and substitute care for children.  Series consisting of correspondence and reports to the office director (commissioner from 1987) from components of the agency’s central office is created to develop and implement policy and to administer the activities of the office.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by subject. Arranged alphabetically by unit (administration, advocacy (through FY1991 only), communications, legal, licensing), thereunder chronologically
Restrictions: Personal information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 4, s 7, d 26(c) and c 66A. For conditions of access consult repository
Notes: Additional 1982-1985 files transferred to: Commissioner’s regional reportage files ((M-Ar)349)
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Scope and Content: In its statutory role (MGLA c 28A) as advocate for services to children in Massachusetts, the Office for Children coordinates such services in public and privately funded programs and regulates providers of day care and substitute care for children.  Series consisting of incoming/outgoing correspondence and memorandums of the office director (commissioner from 1987) is created to administer the office.  Typescript, photocopied, and manuscript materials relate to the development, policies, and procedures of the office, as well as planning and budgeting functions.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by year
Restrictions: Personal information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 4, s 7, d 26(c) and c 66A. For conditions of access consult repository
Notes: Files salvaged from offsite storage. Files for 1976 and 1980 lacking
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Scope and Content: The Dept. of Public Welfare has the responsibility to provide and administer a comprehensive public welfare financial assistance program, including financial assistance under the federal-state programs (MGLA c 18, s 2).  The department is under the direction, supervision, and control of the commissioner of public welfare (s 3).  In order to administer the department, the commissioner corresponds with federal agency staff.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Scheduled as: Federal official correspondence
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Scope and Content: The Dept. of Mental Health exercised responsibility for mentally retarded persons in Massachusetts (specifically from 1966 through its Division of Mental Retardation) until 1986, when a separate Dept. of Mental Retardation was established. To fulfill the function of providing for the efficient, economical, and humane management of state facilities for the retarded, the department through its commissioner cooperated with the Special Commission on Belchertown State School and Monson State Hospital, established by Resolves 1970, c 19 to study the operation of and conditions at those facilities, creating these files.
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Scope and Content: Pursuant to MGLA c 19, the Dept. of Mental Health fulfills its responsibilities toward mentally ill persons in Massachusetts through a comprehensive program of services and facilities. (It exercised a similar function for the mentally retarded until 1986, when a separate Dept. of Mental Retardation was established.)  The commissioner of mental health exercises supervision and control of the department.  Commissioner’s intergovernmental subject files consist of correspondence, memorandums, and reports to and from other state agencies that document their interrelationships.
Arrangement: Arranged by office
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Scope and Content: The Dept. of Public Welfare has the responsibility to provide and administer a comprehensive public welfare financial assistance program (MGLA c 18, s 2).  The department is under the direction, supervision, and control of the commissioner of public welfare (s 3).  In order to administer the department, the commissioner corresponds with department staff members, advocacy groups representatives, Executive Office of Human Services staff members, legislators, and clients.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Scheduled as: Internal correspondence
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Scope and Content: Pursuant to MGLA c 19, the Dept. of Mental Health fulfills its responsibilities toward mentally ill persons in Massachusetts through a comprehensive program of services and facilities. (It exercised a similar function for the mentally retarded until 1986, when a separate Dept. of Mental Retardation was established.)  The commissioner of mental health exercises supervision and control of the department.  Commissioner’s hospital management subject files are created to inform the commissioner on policy, program, and other developments in the various central office divisions.
Notes: A portion of this series relating to mental retardation schools is found in the Dept. of Mental Retardation.  The remainder may have been destroyed or absorbed into the files of various central office divisions
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Scope and Content: Pursuant to MGLA c 19, the Dept. of Mental Health fulfills its responsibilities toward mentally ill persons in Massachusetts through a comprehensive program of services and facilities. (It exercised a similar function for the mentally retarded until 1986, when a separate Dept. of Mental Retardation was established.)  The commissioner of mental health exercises supervision and control of the department.  Commissioner’s intra-agency subject files function as the major repository for information relating to policy development, implementation, and monitoring.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by subject
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Scope and Content: Pursuant to MGLA c 19, the Dept. of Mental Health fulfills its responsibilities toward mentally ill persons in Massachusetts through a comprehensive program of services and facilities. (It exercised a similar function for the mentally retarded until 1986, when a separate Dept. of Mental Retardation was established.)  The commissioner of mental health exercises supervision and control of the department.  Commissioner’s legislative review files (currently maintained by the director of legislative affairs) consist of photocopied and transcribed drafts of legislation, correspondence, and memorandums created to obtain legislation favorable to the department’s mandated responsibilities and to implement passed legislation.
Notes: Series incomplete. Box 1-2: 1966-1984. Box 3: 1996-1999
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