Scope and Content: Since 1971 the Executive Office of Human Services (Executive Office of Health and Human Services since 1992) has been responsible through its constitutent agencies for the delivery of a wide range of services to persons with financial, health, social, protective, rehabilitation, and correctional needs. Its role is one of management and fiscal oversight, coordination of interagency planning and program development, and policy analysis. A director of mental health and mental retardation coordinated the executive office’s responsibilities in these areas, as documented in this series.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by year
Restrictions: Mental health client information restricted by statutory provison MGLA c 123B, s 36. Mental retardation client information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 123B, s 17. For conditions of access consult repository
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Director for mental health and mental retardation correspondence files [Massachusetts Executive Office of Human Services]
Legislative director’s files [Massachusetts Executive Office of Human Services]
Scope and Content: Since 1971 the Executive Office of Human Services (Executive Office of Health and Human Services since 1992) has been responsible through its constitutent agencies for the delivery of a wide range of services to persons with financial, health, social, protective, rehabilitation, and correctional needs. Its role is one of management and fiscal oversight, coordination of interagency planning and program development, and policy analysis. Series was created to allow the office’s legislative director to coordinate interagency review of proposed legislation pertinent to the office’s mission (see: Legislative review files, 1975-1989 ((M-Ar)1832)).
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Secretary’s correspondence [Massachusetts Executive Office of Human Services]
Scope and Content: Since 1971 the Executive Office of Human Services (Executive Office of Health and Human Services since 1992) has been responsible through its constitutent agencies for the delivery of a wide range of services to persons with financial, health, social, protective, rehabilitation, and correctional needs. Its role is one of management and fiscal oversight, coordination of interagency planning and program development, and policy analysis. Series is created to administer the office, oversee its departments, and respond to requests for information and action.
Arrangement: Arranged chiefly by chronological spans
Restrictions: Personal information is restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 4, s 7, d 26(c) and c 66A. For conditions of access consult repository
Notes: Files for 1978-1982 lacking
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Project Monitoring System files [Massachusetts Executive Office of Human Services]
Scope and Content: Since 1971 the Executive Office of Human Services (Executive Office of Health and Human Services since 1992) has been responsible through its constitutent agencies for the delivery of a wide range of services to persons with financial, health, social, protective, rehabilitation, and correctional needs. Its role is one of management and fiscal oversight, coordination of interagency planning and program development, and policy analysis. Series was created in developing and implementing a system to monitor the cost and effectiveness of departmental and divisional projects within the executive office.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by year, thereunder by department/facility
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Resource Inventory Project files [Massachusetts Executive Office of Human Services]
Scope and Content: Since 1971 the Executive Office of Human Services (Executive Office of Health and Human Services since 1992) has been responsible through its constitutent agencies for the delivery of a wide range of services to persons with financial, health, social, protective, rehabilitation, and correctional needs. Its role is one of management and fiscal oversight, coordination of interagency planning and program development, and policy analysis. The Resource Inventory Project was undertaken to provide information on resources controlled by or available to the office to aid it in carrying out its responsibilities.
Arranged: Arranged numerically by area
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Budget files [Massachusetts Executive Office of Human Services]
Scope and Content: Since 1971 the Executive Office of Human Services (Executive Office of Health and Human Services since 1992) has been responsible through its constitutent agencies for the delivery of a wide range of services to persons with financial, health, social, protective, rehabilitation, and correctional needs. Its role is one of management and fiscal oversight, coordination of interagency planning and program development, and policy analysis. MGLA c 6A, s 4 rquires the office to review and act on budgetary and other fiscal matters for its agencies. Series was created to aid in carrying out this responsibility.
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Subject files [Massachusetts Executive Office of Human Services]
Scope and Content: Since 1971 the Executive Office of Human Services (Executive Office of Health and Human Services since 1992) has been responsible through its constituent agencies for the delivery of a wide range of services to persons with financial, health, social, protective, rehabilitation, and correctional needs. Its role is one of management and fiscal oversight, coordination of interagency planning and program development, and policy analysis. Series was created to provide information for carrying out these responsibilities.
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Project survey files [Massachusetts Governor’s Commission on Mental Retardation]
Scope and Content: The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts appointed a Court Monitor in 1979 to administer court consent decrees relating to five state schools for the mentally retarded. In 1986 the responsibility was transferred to the gubernatorially established Office of Quality Assurance for the Mental Retardation Consent Decrees. In 1993 oversight was transferred to a Governor’s Commission on Mental Retardation, while specific quality assurance functions were placed under an Office of Quality Enhancement, Office of Quality Management, Dept. of Mental Retardation, which had taken over responsibility for the mentally retarded from the Dept. of Mental Health in 1986.
Notes: From the records of the Governor’s Commission on Mental Retardation, transferred to Archives, 1994-2008. For details consult the Massachusetts Archives series control file.
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Conference, hearing, and forum files [Massachusetts Governor’s Commission on Mental Retardation]
Scope and Content: The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts appointed a Court Monitor in 1979 to administer court consent decrees relating to five state schools for the mentally retarded. In 1986 the responsibility was transferred to the gubernatorially established Office of Quality Assurance for the Mental Retardation Consent Decrees. In 1993 oversight was transferred to a Governor’s Commission on Mental Retardation, while specific quality assurance functions were placed under an Office of Quality Enhancement, Office of Quality Management, Dept. of Mental Retardation, which had taken over responsibility for the mentally retarded from the Dept. of Mental Health in 1986.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Restrictions: Personal information restricted by statutory provision; MGLA c 4, c 7, cl 26(c) and c 66A . For conditions of access consult repository
Notes: From the records of the Governor’s Commission on Mental Retardation, transferred to Archives, 1994-2008. For details consult the Massachusetts Archives series control file. Box 1: 1994-1997. Box 2: 1997-2007
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Public meeting files [Massachusetts Governor’s Commission on Mental Retardation]
Scope and Content: The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts appointed a Court Monitor in 1979 to administer court consent decrees relating to five state schools for the mentally retarded. In 1986 the responsibility was transferred to the gubernatorially established Office of Quality Assurance for the Mental Retardation Consent Decrees. In 1993 oversight was transferred to a Governor’s Commission on Mental Retardation, while specific quality assurance functions were placed under an Office of Quality Enhancement, Office of Quality Management, Dept. of Mental Retardation, which had taken over responsibility for the mentally retarded from the Dept. of Mental Health in 1986.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: From the records of the Governor’s Commission on Mental Retardation, transferred to Archives, 1994-2008. For details consult the Massachusetts Archives series control file. Box 1: 1993-1996. Box 2: 1996-2001. Box 3: 2002-2004. Box 4: 2005-2007
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