Finding Aid to the San Francisco Human Services Agency Records, 1919-2016 (bulk 1937-2000), SFH 743

Box 1

Series 1 Widows' Pension Bureau Budgets, 1919-1930

Physical Description: 11 folders

Historical Note

The San Francisco Widows' Pension Bureau was created by state legislation in 1913. In 1930, the agency absorbed the newly-created Aid to Needy Aged Benefit (created by state legislation), and was renamed the County Welfare Department.

Box 1

Series 2 County Welfare Department Budgets, 1930-1939

Physical Description: 9 folders

Historical Note

The County Welfare Department arose as as result of state legislation creating the Aid to Needy Aged Benefit in 1930. The city then incorporated the benefit program with the San Francisco's Widows' Pension Bureau, resulting in the renamed department. In 1937, the County Welfare Department merged with the San Francisco Emergency Relief Committee to form the Public Welfare Department.

Series 3 Commission Correspondence, 1933-1987

Physical Description: 12.33 cubic feet

Historical Note

The County Welfare Department merged with the Citizens' Emergency Relief Committee in 1937, forming the Public Welfare Department. A commission was added to support the organization. The Public Welfare Commission consisted of five persons appointed by the mayor. They reviewed major policy decisions, approved contracts, and selected and supervised the department's general manager. The commission held monthly meetings that were open to the public.

The department underwent other name changes over the years and is now known as the San Francisco Human Services Agency, and its commission is the Human Services Commission.

Scope and Contents

This series contains reports, interdepartmental correspondence, and budgets prepared for the commissioners. Note on file for 1950-1959 corresepondence reads: "Correspondence for 1950/59 presumed lost or destroyed while stored at 150 Otis St."

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Box 2

1933-1940

Program Manual, 1933

Physical Description: 2 folders

Charter Amendments, 1937

Unemployment Relief Program, 1934-1937

Physical Description: 3 folders

Benefits Procedures, 1934-1935

Physical Description: 2 folders

Correspondence, 1935

Miss Ruth A. Turner, 1936

Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1937

Mrs. Mildred M. Prince (AKA Mrs. Eugene Prince), 1938

Miss R.A. Turner, 1938-1939

Physical Description: 2 folders

State Emergency Relief Administration, 1940-1941

San Francisco Public Welfare Department Organization Report, 1938

Budget, 1939

Staff Meeting Minutes, 1939

Mrs. Prince, 1939

Emergency Relief Workers, 1939

Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939

Review, Report on Governor's Commission on Reemployment, 1939-1940

Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1940

Physical Description: 2 folders

Miss R.A. Turner, 1940

Mrs. Prince, 1940

Statewide Council on Relief, 1940

Surplus Commodities, Food Stamp Plan, 1940

Work Progress Administration, 1940

Box 3

1941-1949

Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1941

Physical Description: 2 folders

Relief for Indigents and Non-Residents, 1940-1941

Budget, 1942

Caseload Reports and Statistics, 1942

Physical Description: 2 folders

Community Chest, 1942

Employment Program, 1942

Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1942

Staff Meetings, 1942

Physical Description: 2 folders

Caseload Reports and Statistics, 1943

Child Welfare, Childcare, 1943

Correspondence, 1943

Physical Description: 2 folders

Employment, 1943

Legislation, 1943

Medical Advisory Committee, 1943

Budget, 1943-44

Budget, 1944

Caseload Reports and Statistics, 1944

Case Policy Advisory Committee, Redacted 1944

Correspondence, 1944

State-County Meetings, 1945

Physical Description: 2 folders

Correspondence, 1945-47

Alcoholism, 1946-49

Staff and Supervisors Meetings, 1947

Medical Care, 1948

Staff and Supervisors Meetings, 1948

Correspondence, 1948

Budget, 1948-49

Box 4

1949-1966

Correspondence, 1949

Correspondence [no longer exists], 1950-1959

Scope and Contents

Note on file reads: Correspondence for 1950/59 presumed lost or destroyed while stored at 150 Otis St.

Proposition 4, "Aged and Blind Aid," 1949

Staff and Supervisors Meetings, 1949

Reading File, 1950

Caseload Reports and Statistics, 1951

Child Welfare Advisory Committee, 1951

Child Welfare Services, 1951

Correspondence, 1960-1963

Physical Description: 4 folders

Community Work and Training, 1964

Physical Description: 2 folders

Correspondence, 1964

Physical Description: 2 folders

Administrative Review, 1965

Adoptions, 1965

Budget and Statistical Reports, 1965

Civil Service, 1965

Community Work and Training, 1965

Correspondence, 1965

Physical Description: 3 folders

Housing Meetings, 1965

Indigent Aid Study, 1965

Personnel Review Report (not personnel files) 1965

Services for the Elderly, 1965

General

Replaced term in use, "Aged," with "Elderly."

Correspondence, 1966

Physical Description: 3 folders

General Assembly Study Committee, 1966

Incompatible Activities 1966

Welfare Rights Organizations, 1966

Yellowstone West and Teton West Incidents, 1966

Box 5

1967-1968

Battered Children--Project 278, 1967

Budget, 1967-1968

Communications Committee, 1967

Correspondence, 1967

Physical Description: 3 folders

Food Stamp Program, 1967

Home Management Training Project, 1967

Person-to-Person Visits, 1967

School Lunch Program, 1967

Special Needs, 1967

State Administration of Welfare Programs to be Transferred from Counties, 1967

Title V of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 Proposal, 1967

Union, 1967

Welfare Rights Organizations, 1967

Budget, 1968

Correspondence, 1968

Physical Description: 3 folders

Board of Supervisors, 1968

Union, 1968

Welfare Rights Organizations, 1968

Budget, 1969

Children's Services, Office of, 1969

Conservation of Child's Income, 1969

Correspondence, 1969

Physical Description: 5 folders

Box 6

1969-1972

Emergency Orders, 1969

General Assistance Policies, 1969

Physical Description: 2 folders

Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), 1970-1971

Correspondence, 1970

Physical Description: 5 folders

General Assistance, 1970

Board of Supervisors, 1970

Physical Description: 2 folders

Budget, 1971-1972

Correspondence, 1971

Physical Description: 2 folders

Board of Supervisors, 1971

Proposed Resolutions and Ordinances, 1971

Budget, 1972-1973

Physical Description: 2 folders

Correspondence, 1972

Physical Description: 2 folders

Ronald Born to Social Service Commission, 1972

Mrs. John M. Douglas, 1972

Box 7

1972-1975

Mayor's Office, 1972

State Department of Social Welfare, 1972

Board of Supervisors, 1972

Adult Homemaker Contracts, 1973

General

Adult Homemaker Services became known as Adult In-Home Supportive Services.

Assembly Bill 134 (SSP Act to implement SSI Program--House Resolution #1) 1973

Budget and Supplemental Budget Requests, 1973-1974

Office of Children's Services, 1973

Correspondence 1973

Physical Description: 2 folders

Ronald Born, 1973

Mrs. John M. Douglas, 1973

Day Care Centers, 1973

H.R. #1, 1973

Mayor's Office, 1973

Board of Supervisors, 1973,

Adult Homemaker Contracts, 1974

Budget and Supplemental Budget Requests, 1974-1975

Physical Description: 2 folders

Office of Children's Services, 1974

Correspondence, 1974

Physical Description: 2 folders

Board of Supervisors, 1974

Adult Homemaker Contracts, 1975

Budget, 1975-1976

Mrs. John M. Douglas, 1975-1976

Office of Children's Services, 1975

Family & Children's Services, 1975

Board of Supervisors, 1975

Box 8

1976-1978

Adult Homemaker Contracts, 1976

Adult Homemaker Contracts, HEW Audit, 1976

Budget, 1976-1977

Correspondence 1976

Family and Children's Services, 1976

Management Project 1976

Mayor's Office, 1976

Board of Supervisors, 1976

Adult In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS), 1977

General

Adult In-Home Supportive Services was formerly known as Adult Homemaker Services.

Budget, 1977-1978

Correspondence, 1977

Family and Children's Services, 1977

Mayor's Office, 1977

Monthly Assistance Report S-17, 1977

Board of Supervisors, 1977

Adult IHSS, 1978

Correspondence, 1978

General Assistance Recipients Profile 1978

Jarvis-Gann Initiative, Proposition 13, 1978

Mayor's Office, 1978

Monthly Assistance Report S-17, 1978

Board of Supervisors, 1978

Welfare Reform, President Carter Proposal, 1978

Box 9

1979-1981

Adult IHSS, 1979

Budget, 1979-1980

City Attorney, 1979

Correspondence, 1979

Financial Information and Resources Management (FIRM)/Management by Objectives, 1979

Food Stamps, 1979

Mayor's Office, 1979

Monthly Assistance Reports, 1979

Board of Supervisors, 1979

Adult IHSS, 1980

Budget, 1980-1981

Children's Home Society Proposal for Shelters, 1980

City Attorney, 1979

Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth, 1980

Correspondence, 1980

Delinquency Prevention Coordination Council, 1980

FIRM/Management by Objectives,

Mayor's Office, 1980

Office of Program Evaluation and Support, 1980

Refugee Assistance, 1980

Board of Supervisors, 1980

Adult IHSS, 1981

Budget, 1981

City Attorney, 1981

Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth, 1981

Commission Requests, 1981

Contracts (Non-IHSS) Correspondence, 1981

Correspondence, 1981

General Assistance, 1981

Mayor's Office, 1981

Office of Program Evaluation and Support, 1981

Special Investigations Unit, 1981

Board of Supervisors, 1981

Box 10

1982-1983

Budget, 1982-1983

City Attorney, 1982

Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth, 1982

Commission Requests, 1982

Contracts, Adult IHSS, 1982

Contracts (Non-IHSS) 1982

Contracts and Monitoring Reports, 1982

Physical Description: 2 folders

Correspondence, 1982

Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Project, 1982

Delinquency Prevention Coordination Council, 1982

FIRM System, 1981-1982

General Assistance, 1982

Mayor's Office, 1982

Office of Program Evaluation and Support, 1982

Special Investigations Unit, 1982

Board of Supervisors, 1982

Unhoused Persons Issue, 1982

General

The term, "Unhoused Persons," replaced the term in use at the time, "Homeless."

Budget, 1983-1984

Child Abuse Prevention, 1983

City Attorney, 1983

Coleman Advocates for Youth & Children, 1983

Contracts, IHSS, 1983

Contracts, IHSS, Reports, 1983

Physical Description: 2 folders

Contracts, Non-IHSS, 1983

Contracts, Non-IHSS, Monitoring Reports, 1983

Physical Description: 2 folders

Box 11

1983-1984

Correspondence, 1983

FIRM, 1982-1983

General Assistance, 1983

Mayor's Office, 1983

Office of Program Evaluation and Support, 1983

San Francisco Youth Campus, 1983

Southeast Asian Refugees, 1983

Special Investigations Unit, 1983

Board of Supervisors, 1983

Unhoused Persons, 1983

Unhoused Persons, Mayor's Fund, 1983

Ronald Born Memorial Fund 1984

Budget, 1984-1985

Buildings, 1984,

Child Abuse Prevention, 1984

City Attorney, 1984

Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth, 1984

Contracts, IHSS, 1984

Physical Description: 2 folders

Contracts, Non-IHSS, 1984

Contracts, Non-IHSS, Monitoring Reports, 1984

Correspondence, 1984

Physical Description: 2 folders

General Assistance, 1984

Mayor's Office, 1984

Office of Program Evaluation and Support, 1984

Special Investigations, 1984

Board of Supervisors. 1984

Unhoused Persons, 1984

Box 12

1985-1986

Budget, 1985-1986

Buildings, 1985

City Attorney, 1985

Coleman Advocates,, 1985

Collections, 1985

Contracts, IHSS, 1985

Contracts, Non-IHSS, 1985

Correspondence, 1985

Physical Description: 3 folders

Delinquency Prevention Council,, 1985

Goals and Objectives, 1985-1986

Greater Avenues to Independence (GAIN), 1985-1986

Health Commission, 1985-1986

Mayor's Office, 1985

Program Evaluation and Support, 1985

Special Investigations, 1985

Board of Supervisors, 1985

Budget, 1986

Buildings, 1986

City Attorney, 1986

Coleman Advocates, 1986

Collections, 1986

Commission on the Status of Women, 1986

Contracts, IHSS, 1986

Contracts, Non-IHSS, 1986

Controller's Office, 1986

Correspondence, 1986

Physical Description: 3 folders

Delinquency Prevention Council, 1986

Box 13

1986-1987

Employee of the Month, 1986

General Assistance Ordinance, 1986

Goals and Objectives, 1986-1987

GAIN, 1986

Health Commission, 1986-1987

Joint Commission Task Force,. 1986

Maintenance of Effort Task Force, 1986

Maintenance of Effort Task Force, Commissioner Borovoy, 1986

Mayor's Office Correspondence, 1986

Program Evaluation and Support, 1986-1987

Special Investigations, 1986

Board of Supervisors, 1986

Unhoused Youth, 1986

Budget, 1987

Children, Youth and Families Forum, 1987

City Attorney, 1987

Collections, 1987

Commission on the Status of Women, 1987

Commissioner Herman L. Griffin 1987

Contracts, IHSS, 1987

Contracts, Non-IHSS, 1987

Controller's Office, 1987

Coroner's Office, 1987

Correspondence, 1987

Physical Description: 3 folders

Delinquency Prevention Council, 1987

Employee of the Month, 1987

Box 14

1987

Forrester Papers, 1987

General Assistance Ordinance, 1987

Goals and Objectives. 1987

GAIN, 1987

Health Commission, 1987

Joint Commission Task Force, Health, Aging, and Social Services, 1987

Juvenile Probation Department, 1987

Mayor, 1987

Program Evaluation and Support, 1987

Special Investigations, 1987

Staff Support Services, 1987

Board of Supervisors, 1987

Unhoused Persons Fund, 1987

General

Unhoused replaces Homeless, the term in use at the time.

Unhoused Youth Interagency Council, 1987

General

Unhoused replaces Homeless, the term in use at the time.

Series 4 Commission Minutes, 1941-2000

Physical Description: 44.3 cubic feet

Scope and Contents

This series contains the director's reports, meeting agendas and minutes approved by agency commissioners, as well as reference documents including contracts. Some gaps exist, particularly later in the series. Beginning in June of 2016, minutes appear on the commission's website.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Box 14

1941-1942

Box 15

1943-1946

Box 16

1946-1950

Box 17

1950-1953

Box 18

1953-1955

Box 19

1956-1959

Box 20

1959-1962

Box 21

1962-1964

Box 22

1964-1965

Box 23

1966-1967

Box 24

1967-1968

Box 25

1968

Box 26

1969

Box 27

1970-1971

Box 28

1971-1972

Box 29

1972-1973

Box 30

1973-1975

Box 31

1975-1976

Box 32

1976-1977

Box 33

1977-1978

Box 34

1979

Box 35

1980-1981

Box 36

1981

Box 37

1982-1983

Box 38

1984-1985

Box 39

1985

Boxes 40-41

1986

Box 42

1986-1987

Boxes 43-45

1987

Boxes 46-47

1988

Box 48

1988-1989

Box 49

1989

Box 50

1989-1990

Box 51

1990

Box 52

1990-1991

Box 53

1991, 1993

Box 54

1994-1995

Box 55

1996

Box 56

1996

Box 57

1997, 2000

Box 58

2000

Series 5 Statistics, Reports, and Newsletters, 1934-2016

Physical Description: .5 cubic foot

Scope and Contents

This series contains county-level statistical reports from the California Department of Social Services, program evaluations, and foster care data, as well as newsletters highlighting new agency initiatives and articles about the agency's history.

Arrangement

Organized chronologically.

Statistics and Reports, 1991-2002

Box 1

Licensed Foster Homes, 1993-1994

Box 1

DSS, Family & Children's Services, Annual Statistical Report, 1995

Box 1

DSS General Assistance Evaluation, 1977

Box 1

DHS Strategic Planning, 1999-2001

Box 1

Program Statistical Reports, 1974-2002

oversize-box 59

CalWorks Evaluation 2002

Box 1

Newsletters, 1999-2016

InService Newsletter, 1999-2006

Employee Recognition Awards Brochure, 2002

Article on AIDS Memorial Quilt for Intranet Newsletter, June 2007

HSA Centennial History Newsletter, 2016

Box 1

Series 6 Advisory Committees, 1947-1995

Physical Description: 6 folders

Historical Note

The Human Services Commission often formed committees of staff and community members to examine pressing questions. For example, when large numbers of African American children entered foster care in the 1980s and 1990s, the commission launched committees to examine the causes and make recommendations. In 1992 it created a staff committee to make recommendations related to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) services.

The City and County of San Francisco created the Juvenile Court in 1903 to protect children's safety and well-being. In 1947 the responsibility for San Francisco's child welfare services, including foster care, was transferred to HSA. The Juvenile Court, which has been known by several names, continued to oversee the legal decisions related to child welfare processes.

Scope and Contents

This series includes a 1947 committee report with recommendations about how to best reorganize child welfare services. Also included are the meeting minutes of two community committees that were formed in the late 1980s to examine questions related to HSA's child welfare policies and the needs of African American families. Also includes meeting materials from a 1992 staff committee working on HIV practices and programs.

Arrangement

Organized chronologically.

Committee on Family and Child Welfare Services, 1947

African American Child Task Force Minutes, 1989-1992

Committee on African American Children and Their Families Minutes, 1993-1995

HIV Issues Advisory Committee, 1992

Subcommittee on Americans with Disabilities Act, 1993-1995

Policy Planning Committee, 1995