gr03566.xml 6W Department of Community Corrections: An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society Minnesota Historical Society
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 Finding aid encoded by Sonja Isaacson and Meagan Kellom April 2020 and February 2026 Finding aid written in English. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society 6W Department of Community Corrections (Minn.). Records. 1974-1996. Materials in English. Annual comprehensive plans; subject files relating to various administrative and program matters of the department; and meeting files and audit reports of the board of directors of the Six West Boys Ranch, a group home/school for delinquent teenage boys. 1.5 cubic feet (2 boxes). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. SCOPE AND CONTENTS

The subject files detail the activities of the ad hoc social service committee and several of the department's other administrative units and programs; document a feasibility study for a possible regional jail (1978-1981); and cover such related topics as diversion programs (1975-1978), emergency shelter care (1975-1978), and staff training (1977-1980).

 CATALOG HEADINGS Topics: Child welfare -- Minnesota. Community-based corrections -- Minnesota. Correctional personnel -- Training of -- Minnesota. Corrections -- Minnesota -- Swift County. Corrections -- Minnesota -- Lac qui Parle County (1871- ). Corrections -- Minnesota -- Yellow Medicine County. Corrections -- Minnesota -- Chippewa County. Criminal justice, Administration of -- Minnesota. Jails -- Minnesota. Juvenile corrections -- Minnesota. Juvenile delinquents -- Services for -- Minnesota. Pre-trial intervention -- Minnesota. Shelters for the homeless -- Minnesota. Women's shelters -- Minnesota. Organizations: Six West Boys Ranch. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. 6W Department of Community Corrections (Minn.). Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 989-143; 994-77; 995-69; 997-71

 Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 990017256360104294

 DETAILED DESCRIPTION 105.I.18.4F1Subject files:

Several of the files include minutes (ribbon copies and photocopies).

 Ad Hoc Social Service Committee, 1974-1977. 3 folders. Adolescent Evaluation-Treatment Program, approximately 1981. Adult Administrative Committee, 1981. Child Protection Team, 1981-1982. Chippewa County Jail, 1978-1981. Diversion, 1975-1978. 2 folders. Feasibility Study of Jail Alternatives for Big Stone, Chippewa, Lac Qui Parle, Swift and Yellow Medicine Counties, 1980. Lac Qui Parle County Jail, 1978-1979. Regional Jail, 1981. Regional Jail Study Meetings, 1980-1982. Shelter Care: Region E, 1975-1978. Todd, Wadena and Morrison Counties Jail Study, 1980. Training Plan, 1977-1980. Training Survey, 1980. Public Relations Core Meetings, 1981. West Central Community Services Center, 1982. Comprehensive plans: 1976 Comprehensive Criminal Justice Plan, December 1975.

Prepared by the Region E Advisory Council of the Governor's Commission on Crime Prevention and Control. The Council was responsible for criminal justice planning, grant development, and technical assistance within Regional Development Commissions 6E, 6W, and 8.

 Comprehensive Plan, 1978-1983. 4 folders. Comprehensive Plan, 1986-1990. 3 folders. Comprehensive Plan, 1992-1993. 2 folders. Comprehensive Plan, 1994. 1 folder. Comprehensive Plan, 1995. 1 folder. Comprehensive Plan, 1996. 1 folder. Comprehensive Plan, 1997. 1 folder. 115.H.12.10F2Six West Boys Ranch: Board of Directors files:

These are records of the 6W Department of Community Corrections representative who was a member of the board of directors. The 6 West Boys Ranch was a non-profit corporation which provided a group home/school, located in Montevideo, for delinquent and troubled boys between the ages of 12 and 18. The boys were residents of the five counties which make up Region 6W in west central Minnesota (Big Stone, Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift and Yellow Medicine). The corporation was officially dissolved in 1989.

 Bylaws and Program Statement.1 folder. Meeting files, 1981-1989. 7 folders.

Include minutes, agendas, correspondence, budgets, financial statements and related papers.

 Audit Reports, 1980-1989. 1 folder.

For Six West Ranch, Inc.