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 govern internal functioning of agency operations and relations with other agencies providing services to children.
Restrictions: Personal medical information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 4, s 7, d 26(c) and c 66A. For conditions of access consult repository
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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 policy statements are issued (since 1983 by the Division of Policy and Planning) to set standards in operations and delivery of services.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
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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 provider/adovcate correspondence files are created to respond to and interact with advocacy groups seeking changes in policy and program services to benefit clients.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically
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Scope and Content: The Dept. of Correction is responsible for administering the state correctional system and providing custodial and rehabilitative services to persons sentenced to state correctional institutions.  Reference files consist of miscellaneous records of the commissioner that relate to correctional facilities and corrections policies.
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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.  Functions are carried out through the office’s ca. six regional offices: advocacy programs (through FY1991–notably Help for Children) were additionally administered on a community basis by ca. 43 area offices grouped regionally and supported by volunteer area-based councils for children.  Series has been created to provide quarterly reports from regional offices to the office director (commissioner from 1987) and to coordinate regional and other local activities with central office policy.
Arrangement: Arranged numerically by region, thereunder by area, and then chronologically. Arranged numerically by region, thereunder by subject
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: Formerly part of: Commissioner’s central office unit administrative files ((M-Ar)346)
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Scope and Content: St 1966, Ex Sess, c 735 charged the Dept. of Mental Health with establishing a comprehensive program of mental health and mental retardation services, which included state hospitals, state schools, clinics, and comprehensive centers; and reorganized delivery of these services and management of facilities by dividing the state into seven administrative regions, each in turn divided into service or catchment areas, at the level of service delivery.  Regional/area subject files are created by the commissioner to keep apprised of policy and program developments and events at the regional and area levels.
Arrangement: Arranged numerically by region, thereunder numerically by area
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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 task force reports are prepared by departmental and other bodies to study issues and make policy recommendations.
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Scope and Content: The Boston Lunatic Hospital was established as a municipal agency in 1839; it was renamed Boston Insane Hospital in 1897.  It was made a Massachusetts state agency under the name Boston State Hospital in 1908 and closed in 1981.
Arrangement: Arranged by inpatient registration no. (chronologically assigned)
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Scope and Content: The State Reform School was founded in 1847 and opened in 1848 at Westborough for the instruction, discipline, employment, and reform of male juvenile offenders in Massachusetts.  It was renamed the Lyman School for Boys in 1884 and closed in 1972.  Register gathered background information on each inmate upon commitment.
Arrangement: Arranged by case no./chronologically
Notes: Deposited in the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College, May 7, 1976.  Transferred to Archives, November 11, 1982
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Scope and Content: The Nautical Branch of the State Reform School, known as the Massachusetts Nautical School from 1867, was authorized in 1859 and in operation in Boston and later New Bedford between 1860 and 1872.  Delinquent boys were instructed in seamanship and navigation, and if successful, transferred to outside shipping. Register documents students’ background, commitment to, and discharge from the institution.
Notes: Deposited in the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College, May 7, 1976.  Transferred to Archives, November 11, 1982
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