Department of Human Services, 1876 - 2005

Record Group — Container: Offsite - NJ State Documents

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Scope and Contents

Browse individual documents by card file, headings include: Card file uses multiple names of the Dept, and multiple names for various divisions. If you are researching with the card file review all cards.

Annual Reports: 1884, 1906-1977 (incomplete), later years cataloged

Annual Report, Boar of Inst. Trustees: 1972-1987

Misc Publications 1912-2005 (8 index cards); numbered publications #13-21, 23-34, 36, 38-42, 44, 46, 48-50, 52-58; Adoption agencies approved in NJ Jan 1994

Reprints: Problem solving among idiots, CG Aldrich, 1931; Institutional case work in relation to juvenile courts, EC Potter, 1930; Statistics and research NJ penal and correctional system, Emil Frankel, 1933; Problems of the feeble-minded in NJ, 1928; Development of the program for the mentally deficient in Nj, 1940; Child care as seen through the eyes of a child; Community mental hygiene clinics in NJ, 1942; Mental hygiene in NJ by Emil Frankel, 1945; Tuberculosis in war and post-war periods, 1942; NJ Reviews its general hospital program, 1939; Cranberries and colony contributions by Elizabeth C White; Satistics of Crime by Frankel, 1949; Mental Hospital Patients in NJ, 1955

Community and Professional Services Div NJ Hospital for Chest Diseases (Glen Gardner): Annual report 1906-1912, 1914-1915, 1917, 1922, 1945-1925, 1927-1929, 1930-1932, 1959-1963, 1965-1975

Community and Professional Services Div Home for Disabled Soldiers Vineland: Annual report 1904-1905, 1907-1915, 1917, 1921, 1924, 1945-1960

Medical Assistance and Health Services Div: Annual report, health services program (Medicaid) 1973-1975, 1977-1981, 1983-1986, June 1995; misc publications 1979-1999 (6 index cards), Monthly statsitcial tables 1997-2004

Mental Retardartion Div: misc publications (5 index cards) 1949 - c. 1979

Mental Retardation Div Developmental Disabilities Council: Annual report 1968-1980 (no 1976); later reports cataloged; annual revision, State Plan, 1974-1986 (no 1977); Issues in Developmental Disabilities Evaluation and Advocacy Dec 1977; SCRIP: an overview, July 1980; A Study of Early Intervention Programs in NJ Jun 1980; NJ Early Intervention Program Directory Dec 1980; Making the Difference Now: Programs for Developmentally Delayed Infdants, 1981; Can you baby benefit from early intervention, received 1985; People with Disabilities 1991,

Mental Retardation Div Edward R Johnstone Training and Research Center, Bulletins: v. 1-10 (1958-1967): Insitute on Mental Retardation, A Multidisplinary Approach to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Mental Retardation, Psycho-social aspects of disability, Metal retardation and deliquency what is the relationship?, Preparing the mentally retarded for adult resposibility, Maximizing community resources for the rehab of the mentally retarded, Mental retardation past present and future, Manpower and the expanding mental retardation programs, Discliping the mentally retarded, sex education for the mentally retareded

Mental Retardation Div Edward R Johnstone Training and Research Center, Misc: Inservice training for attendents; A study ofthe Johnstone community house for educable young men 1966; Standardizatoon of the vocational interest and sophistication assessment, 1968; Annual report 1978-1979, 1979-1980, 1982-1984, 1987-1988

Mental Retardation Div North Jersey Training School Welcome to vistoras, received 1965; Annual report 1931

Mental Retardation Div State Colony at New Lisbon: Annual report 1918-1921, 1925, 1927-1928

Mental Retardation Div State Colony at Woodbine: Annual report 1932, 1963-1964 (1921 see New Lisbon)

Mental Retardation Div Vineland State School: Annual report 1895-1896, 1904, 1906-1910, 1913-1914, 1922, 1930-1931, 1964-1972, 1977-1978; NJ State Insitution for the Feeble Minded c. 1915; Information booklet; The care of the feeble-minded in NJ; General budget 1970-1971, 1974-1975

Mental Health and Hospitals Div: Mental health films in community and dept services, received 1961, 1964; Cooperation towards mental health, 1962; Proposed services for mentally ill children, 1962; Plan for planning, 1963; Resident training program in psychiatry, received 1962; Comprehensive mental health services 1963-1965 with appendix; Research in community mental health 1965; Patient services survey form 1965-1966; Nursing service staffing forms 1965-1966; Psychiatry in transition received 1969; Standards for public psychiatric hospitals, 1969; A Tradition of Reform c. 1979; Consumer Health Education Manual for Mental Health Providers, 1980; Hagedorn Center for Geriatrics

Mental Health and Hospitals Div Sanitarians Manual: Sewage disposal 1960; Refuse disposal 1960; Epidemiology of foodborne disease 1960; Control of rodents and pests, undated; Food service sanitation 1965; Milk sanitation 1965; Water 1965; Guide for sanitary maintenance 1966

Mental Health and Hospitals Div Arthur Brisbane Child Treatment Center: Annual reports 1959, 1961-1965 (12th-13th, 15th-18th), 1970-1971

Mental Health and Hospitals Div Community Mental Health Services: Conference for County Mental Health Board Members 1960, 1962, 1968; Interrelationships between community mental health clinics, school child study teams, and special educational services 1963; Directory of outpatient psychiatric services 1964; Directory of community psychiatric clinics 1955; Cooperative efforts between Community Mental Health Clinics and Mental Health Agencies towards Rehabilitating the Offender, 1964; Cooperative efforts towards improved mental health services for children, 1964; Inventory of psychiatric and other mental health facilities 1966, 1969, 1971, 1973; Rules and regulations governing state aid, 1969, 1970; State plan for construction, 1969, Dec 1969 addendum, 1971; Special grant projects 1970-1973

Mental Health Div Nuero-Psychiatric Institute: Annual reports 1952, 1959-1960, 1962-1964, 1966-1980, 1982; Notes on progress 1953-1954; Proceedings of 5th Annual Psychiatric Insitute Sept 18, 1957; Bureau of Research Annual report 1964, 1971.

Mental Health Div Ancora Psychiatric Hospital: Annual reports 1961-1977, 1979-1980, 1982, 1984-1986

Mental Health Div NJ State Hospital Greystone Park: Annual report 1876, 1886-1887, 1897-1903, 1906-1969

Mental Health Div NJ State Hospital Marlboro: Annual report 1932-1934, 1936, 1938, 1942-1944, 1946-1947, 1949-1952, 1954-1962, 1968-1970, 1974-1977, 1979

Mental Health Div NJ State Hospital Trenton: 1904-1912, 1914-1921, 19451959-1971, 1973, 1976; State Hospitals at Trenton and Morris Plans: 1893, 1895, 1896

Public Welfare Div Reports: Annual reports 1966-1968; Annual relief report 1937-1943

Public Welfare Div Fair Hearing Decisions: 1979-1981 (monthly), Feb 1982

Public Welfare Div Misc Publications: 1937-1997 (4 index cards); Monthly statistics 1953-2009 (incomplete); Quarterly report on public assistance 1941-1950

Public Welfare Div Business Bureau: 1952-1977 (4 index cards)

Public Welfare Div Commission for the Blind: Annual report 1910-1919, 1921, 1931, 1964-1972, 1974-1979; Service to the blind and visually handicapped 1941; 50 Years of Service to the blind, received 1961; Hope is a better companion than fear, received 1966

Public Welfare Div Skillman Village for Epileptics: Annual report 1901-1904, 1907-1932-1945, 1945-1946, 147-1948, 1949 (52nd); Laws governing the NJ State village for Epilepetics, 1914; Outline course of training for epileptucs, by Louise Weeks, 1918

Statistical Analysis and Research Bur: annul statistics 1976-1980 (mental health, psychiatric); Research bulletins #106-132 (near complete 1953-1955); Statistical reports on insitutuions 1958-1976, scattered dates; annual statistics mental health insitutions 1963-1980 (incomplete); Misc Publications 1939-1968 (8 index cards)

Veteran's Services Bureau: Annual reports: 1951-1952, 1953-1954, 1966-1969; misc 1945-1978, incl. compilations of laws affecting veterans (5 index cards)

Division of Youth, Youth and Family: Annual report 1901-1977 (incomplete); Misc publications 1943-2005 (12 index cards); Monthly statistical report 1952-1991 (incomplete)

Dates

1876 - 2005

Biographical / Historical

From NJ state Library: "The Department provides social services to individuals and families. It operates the state psychiatric hospitals, centers for those with developmental disabilities, and programs for those with substance use disorders. It administers welfare, Medicaid, Workfirst N.J., NJ FamilyCare, as well as aid and social programs. The Department is comprised of eight major divisions: Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired (CBVI), Division of Aging Services (DoAS), Division of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DDHH), Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD), Division of Disability Services (DDS), Division of Family Development (DFD), Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services (DMAHS), Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS).

The Department was formed in 1976 from the Department of Institutions and Agencies, after corrections responsibilities were transferred to the Department of Corrections.

Authorizing law(s) and reorganization plans: Chapter 98 of the Laws of 1976; Chapter 17 of the Laws of 2012; Reorganization Plan 002-2004; Reorganization Plan 006-2005."

The Department of Institutions and Agencies was formed in 1919, previously the Department of Charities and Corrections.

Extent

From the Collection: 476 Linear Feet (Offsite ) : 288 State docs; 144 Legislative books and docs; 18 assembly docs; 18 court reports; 8 Senate microfilm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Related Materials

See also: Cataloged documents under New Jersey Dept of Human Services and subheadings and New Jersey Dept of Insitutions and Agencies and subheadings.

Digital Materials

New Jersey State Library has digitized documents from the Human Services Dept here and earlier documents from the Department of Insitutions and Agencies here