Children, Youth and Family Services Division Director's Records
Scope and Contents note
Files of the Director of the Children, Youth and Family Services Division, including correspondence, subject , budget and program files concerning the Divisionâs mission to meet the needs of families, youth and children through the provision of services in education, employment and training, child care, health, nutrition and youth development. Subjects include the administration of community development block grants and other federal and state resources; provision and administration of Head Start and Early Childhood Education Assistance Program services; programs for low-income and at-risk youths; and the Seattle Coalition For Youth, an anti-gang coalition. Included also are board minutes and other records of Girls Incorporated of Puget Sound
Dates
- Creation: 1986-2002
Creator
- Seattle (Wash.). Human Services Dept. (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access note
Records are open to the public.
Historical Note
An Office of Human Resources was established in 1971 in the Executive Department to develop, implement, and manage social services for low-income and disadvantaged residents of Seattle. In 1973 it was replaced by the Department of Human Resources. DHR administered family and youth services programs, senior citizen services, community service activities, the Seattle Veterans Action Center, and the Comprehensive Residential Weatherization Program. Federal, state, and local grants comprised two-thirds of the department's operating budget. Passage of the 1986 Low Income Housing Levy increased the City's funding and policy role in housing issues. In 1991, the agency name was changed to the Department of Human Services. A year later, the Department of Housing and Human Services was created, incorporating the City housing programs and Community Development Block Grant administration from the recently abolished Department of Community Development. DHHS programs included aging services, family and youth services, housing and community services, human services, and the City's education office. In 1999, the Office of Housing was established as an independent agency and DHHS was reorganized as the Human Services Department.
Full Extent
3.6 Cubic Feet (9 archives boxes.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Records of an office concerned with the needs of families, youth and children.
Arrangement note
Arranged by director and alphabetical within.
Subject
- Girls Incorporated (Organization)
- Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of Housing & Human Services (Organization)
Geographic
Topical
- Block grants -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
- Children -- Nutrition -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
- Children and Youth
- Early childhood education -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
- Gang prevention -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
- Head Start programs -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
- Youth employment -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
- Title
- Guide to the Seattle Children, Youth and Family Services Division Director's Records 1986-2002
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Janet Ness
- Date
- Š 2010
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- Sponsor
- Funding for processing this record series was provided through a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
- EAD Location
- http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv74099
Repository Details
Part of the Seattle Municipal Archives Repository