RAMSEY COUNTY: HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT:
An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Ramsey County (Minn.). Human Services Department. | |
| Title: | Records. | |
| Dates: | 1927-2018. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Reports, evaluations, plans, newsletters, surveys, subject files, meeting minutes, and related files documenting the administration of this agency and it's committees. | |
| Quantity: | 6.25 cubic feet (7 boxes). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
Topics covered include community health, mental illness, disability, housing, civil rights, child well-being, legal issues, and public welfare. Committees include Chemical Health, Regional Treatment Center Negotiating Committee (1989), Mental Health Advisory Council, Adult Services, Children's Mental Health Advisory Council, Community Human Services Citizens Advisory Council, Low Income, Developmental Disabilities, Children's Services, Mental Illness-Chemical Dependency, and Homeless Preschool Children in Ramsey County Task Force (2007).
Subject files of James Edmunds, director (1968-1980) of Ramsey County Human Services (previously known as the Ramsey County Welfare Department). Arthur Noot, deputy director of the Ramsey County Welfare Department, also appears in the files. Topics covered include community health, mental illness, housing, civil rights, legal issues, and public welfare.
Meeting minutes of committees include Chemical Health, Regional Treatment Center Negotiating Committee (1989), Mental Health Advisory Council, Adult Services, Chidlren's Mental Health Advisory Council, Community Human Services Citizens Advisory Council, Low Income, Developmental Disabilities, Children's Services, Mental Illness-Chemical Dependency, and Homeless Preschool Children in Ramsey County Task Force (2007).
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Ramsey County (Minn.). Human Services Department. Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession numbers: 2019-07; 2026-30
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 9989265010104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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| 139.E.12.8F | 5 | Active Cases Per Month, 1997-2002. | |||||||||
| Adult Services Report, 1995. | |||||||||||
| Adult Protection Intake Sheets, 1982-1985. | |||||||||||
| Annual Reports, 1971-2018. 14 folders: | |||||||||||
| Annual Service Counts, 1998-2001. | |||||||||||
| Approved Annual Budgets, 1996, 2004, 2018. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Board of Commissioners, 1999-2013. 4 folders. | |||||||||||
| Career Counseling Unit, 1983. | |||||||||||
| Community Corrections Department, 1984. | |||||||||||
| Community Human Services, 1980-1981, 1983-1984, 1986. | |||||||||||
| Effectiveness of Mental Health and Social Services, 1983. | |||||||||||
| Office of the Executive Director: Highlights of 1991. | |||||||||||
| Project Enhance Reports, 2000-2005. | |||||||||||
| Ramsey County Welfare Department, 1971-1979. | |||||||||||
| Child Well-Being Reports, 1986-2005. 3 folders: | |||||||||||
| Case Management for Pregnant Women and Women with Dependent Children, 2004-2005. | |||||||||||
| Characteristics of MN Aid to Families with Dependent Children Recipients, 1997. | |||||||||||
| Child Protection Case Study, 1999. | |||||||||||
| Child Protection Evaluation Procedures, 1989. | |||||||||||
| Children's Services: Client Counts and Facility Locations, May 10, 1988. | |||||||||||
| Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Intensive Home-Based Services as an Alternative to Placement for Adolescents and Their Families, 1986. | |||||||||||
| Juvenile Out-of-Home Placement: A Program Evaluation Report, 1999. | |||||||||||
| Measures of Child Well-Being in Ramsey County: Selected Statistics, 2003. | |||||||||||
| Maternal Child Substance Abuse Project Reports, 1996-2000. | |||||||||||
| New Approaches to Conceptualizing Children's Out-of-Home Placement Experiences, 1998. | |||||||||||
| Report on Children in Out-of-Home Placements, 1998. | |||||||||||
| Saint Paul's East Side: An Assessment of the Community's Capacity to Address Child Maltreatment, 1997. | |||||||||||
| Commissioner District Report, 1988, 1994, 1998, 2001. | |||||||||||
| Concurrent Permanency Planning 2012. | |||||||||||
| Consumer Satisfaction Survey of Clients in Long Term Care Programs, 2007. | |||||||||||
| Cultural Competence in Evaluation: A Resource Guide, 2012. | |||||||||||
| Disability Reports, 1986-2002. 1 folder: | |||||||||||
| "A New Way of Thinking": Governor's Planning Council on Developmental/Disabilities, 1987. | |||||||||||
| Deinstitutionalization and Community Integration of Adults with Mental Retardation, 1995. | |||||||||||
| Deinstitutionalization of Mentally Ill People, 1986. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities, 2002. | |||||||||||
| Facilities Reports, 1988, 2001. 1 folder: | |||||||||||
| Client Counts and Facility Locations of the Adult MI Population, February 4, 1988. | |||||||||||
| Client Count and Facility Locations of the Adult MR Population, January 7, 1988. | |||||||||||
| Community Corrections Places, January 31, 1988. | |||||||||||
| Facilities Located in Ramsey County That Serve the Chemically Dependent, the Elderly, the Disabled, and other Persons in Need, April 10, 1988. | |||||||||||
| Location and License Capacity of Facilities in Ramsey County, May 1, 1988. | |||||||||||
| Property Management Building Survey: Report on Outcomes, 2001. | |||||||||||
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| 139.E.12.9B | 6 | Financing Long-Term Care for Minnesota's Baby Boomers, 2005. | |||||||||
| Housing Reports, 1980-2002. 2 folders: | |||||||||||
| Five-Year Low Income Housing and Homeless Services Report and Plan, 1999. | |||||||||||
| Homeless Prevention Programs, 1991. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota Population and Housing Characteristics, 1980. | |||||||||||
| Report to the Legislature: The Supportive Housing and Managed Care Pilot, 2002. | |||||||||||
| Internal Administration, 1989-2016. 6 folders: | |||||||||||
| Department Summary, 2010. | |||||||||||
| Diversity and Communication Audit, 1998. | |||||||||||
| Management Indicators and Management Information System Plan, 1989. | |||||||||||
| Purchase of Service Report, 2016. | |||||||||||
| "Review" Newsletter, 2001. | |||||||||||
| Workforce Statistics and Report, 2015-2016. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota Family Investment Program, 1998-2002. 4 folders: | |||||||||||
| Characteristics of MFIP Participants and Cases, 1998, 2000, 2002. | |||||||||||
| MFIP Longitudinal Study, 1999, 2002. | |||||||||||
| Reforming Welfare Reports on MFIP, 2000. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Open Forum Newsletter, 1969. | |||||||||||
| Other Organizations/External References, 1963, 2000-2007. 4 folders: | |||||||||||
| Across the Great Divide: People, Places & Poverty in the Northwest Area Foundation's Region, 2000. | |||||||||||
| Bibliography of Published Reports of Completed Studies Supported by Mental Health Project Grants, 1963. | |||||||||||
| Family Housing Fund: Affordable Housing Issues in the Twin Cities. | |||||||||||
| Families Together Year End Report, 2004. | |||||||||||
| Kaposia, Inc DTH Outcome Report, 2000. | |||||||||||
| McKnight Foundation: "Improving Practice with High Risk Families and Children," 2002. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota Integrated Services Project: Participant Characteristics and Program Implementation, 2007. | |||||||||||
| Sanctions and the MFIP Population by the Legal Services Advocacy Project, 2002. | |||||||||||
| A Study of Work Participation and Full Engagement Strategies, 2004. | |||||||||||
| Urban Coalition: The Health and Well-Being of Minnesota's Youth, 1998. | |||||||||||
| The Well-Being of Parents and Children in the Minnesota Family Investment Program in Hennepin County, 2003. | |||||||||||
| Wilder Research Center Reports for Ramsey County, 2001-2004. | |||||||||||
| Performance Contracting at the County Level, 1996. | |||||||||||
| Program Evaluations, 1980-1998. 11 folders: | |||||||||||
| Formative Program Evaluation Report and Training Manual, 1998. | |||||||||||
| Neglect Intervention Program Evaluation Report, 1997. | |||||||||||
| Presentation of Evaluation Results, 1985. | |||||||||||
| Program Evaluation Manual, 1984. | |||||||||||
| Program Evaluation Reports, 1985-1996. 4 folders. | |||||||||||
| Program Evaluation: Report to the Ramsey County Interdepartmental Evaluation Task Force, 1980. | |||||||||||
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| 139.E.12.10F | 7 | "Utilization-Focused Approach to Evaluation." | |||||||||
| Work Sheets. | |||||||||||
| Ramsey County Information Plan, 1984. | |||||||||||
| Reports Specific to Ethnic Groups/Racial Disparity, 1980-2009. 1 folder: | |||||||||||
| The Anukey Project: A Qualitative Evaluation of Ramsey County – American Indian Community Partnership, 2009. | |||||||||||
| Hispanic Mental Health Needs Assessments, 1980. | |||||||||||
| Structured Decision making, Race, and Racial Disparity in Ramsey County Maltreatment Reporting, 2003. | |||||||||||
| Report on Vendors & Service Providers, 1999. | |||||||||||
| Review of the International Institute's Interpretation Services and Assessment of the Need for Interpretation Services in IMD, 1998. | |||||||||||
| Serving Low-Income Families and Adults: Findings from a Telephone Survey of Ramsey County's Income Maintenance Division Client, 2001. | |||||||||||
| Testing, Selection, and Use of Service Outcome Measure Volunteer, 1958-1980. 8 folders: | |||||||||||
| Reports on the Use of Volunteers in Public Welfare, 1962-1963. | |||||||||||
| Volunteer Services Coordinator's Report, 1962. | |||||||||||
| Volunteer Services Programs, 1958-1963, 1970-1972, 1974-1980. 6 folders. | |||||||||||
| Welfare Reform, 1992-1996, 2002. 1 folder: | |||||||||||
| Ramsey County's Response to Welfare Reform, 1996. | |||||||||||
| Serving long-term welfare participants in Ramsey County, 2002. | |||||||||||
| Welfare Reform Source Book: Longitudinal and Geographic Study of AFDC Cases, 1992-1995. | |||||||||||
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| 112.A.15.1B | 1 | Subject Files: | |||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically. Apparently maintained by the executive secretary of the director of Ramsey County Human Services (previously known as the Ramsey County Welfare Department), James Edmunds (director from 1968-1980). Arthur Noot, deputy director of the Ramsey County Welfare Department, also appears in the files; Noot would later be the Commissioner of the state Department of Public Welfare from 1979-1982. He was involved in the Welsch v. Noot court case concerning the living conditions of Minnesota's mental health facilities, which resulted in the Welsch Consent Decree (see related records elsewhere in the State Archives). | |||||||||||
| Browndale, MN, Inc., 1975-1976. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Browndale was a residential treatment facility in St. Paul for children with mental illness. | |||||||||||
| Case Records Destruction, 1960-1982. | |||||||||||
| Catastrophe Fund, 1969-1978. | |||||||||||
| Citizen Review Panel Annual Panel Reports, 2000-2004. | |||||||||||
| Civil Rights Act - Assurance of Compliance, 1965-1970. | |||||||||||
| County Attorney, 1937-1989. 10 folders. | |||||||||||
| Grand Jury Reports, 1940-1960. | |||||||||||
| Housing, 1973-1978. | |||||||||||
| Housing Agreement, 1962-1971. | |||||||||||
| Human Services: 1969-1980: | |||||||||||
| 1969-1975. 4 folders. | |||||||||||
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| 112.A.15.2F | 2 | 1976-1980. 6 folders. | |||||||||
| Internal Audit, 1969-1986. 6 folders. | |||||||||||
| Legal Opinions, 1927-1979: | |||||||||||
| 1927-1970. 6 folders. | |||||||||||
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| 112.A.15.3B | 3 | 1970-1979. | |||||||||
| Legal Resource Services - IV-A and IV-D Contracts, 1975-1984. | |||||||||||
| Ordinance on Housing, 1969-1970. | |||||||||||
| Property, 1933-1965. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Public Examiner Files, 1972-1986. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Ramsey County Welfare Department Agency Review, 1978. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Welfare Study Committee - Study of the Ramsey County Welfare Department, 1971. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Meeting Minutes: | |||||||||||
| Meeting minutes for the following committees of the department, organized chronologically: Chemical Health, Regional Treatment Center Negotiating Committee (1989), Mental Health Advisory Council, Adult Services, Chidlren's Mental Health Advisory Council, Community Human Services Citizens Advisory Council, Low Income, Developmental Disabilities, Children's Services, Mental Illness-Chemical Dependency, Homeless Preschool Children in Ramsey County Task Force (2007). | |||||||||||
| 1989, 1997-2003. 12 folders. | |||||||||||
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| 112.A.15.4F | 4 | 2003-2010. 11 folders. | |||||||||
| [0.5 cubic feet empty, letter] | |||||||||||
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Child mental health services -- Minnesota.
- Child welfare -- Minnesota -- Ramsey County.
- Children -- Services for -- Minnesota.
- Community health services -- Minnesota -- Ramsey County.
- Community mental health services -- Minnesota.
- Drug abuse -- Services for -- Minnesota.
- Homeless persons -- Minnesota.
- Housing -- Minnesota -- Ramsey County.
- Maternal and infant welfare -- Minnesota -- Ramsey County.
- Medical care -- Minnesota.
- Mental health services -- Minnesota.
- Older people -- Services for -- Minnesota -- Ramsey County.
- People with disabilities -- Health -- Minnesota.
- Public health -- Minnesota -- Ramsey County.
- Public health nursing -- Minnesota -- Ramsey County.
- Public welfare -- Minnesota -- Ramsey County.
- Substance abuse -- Treatment -- Minnesota.
- Organizations:
- Ramsey County (Minn.) -- Welfare Department.
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