Subseries 8.3
Welfare files,
circa.
1930s-1989
Boxes 47-54
Scope and Content Note
The materials in the welfare files document GPRO's efforts to increase welfare benefits, particularly in regard to the state's AFDC program. There is also much factual and statistical information here on Georgia's other public assistance programs, including Food Stamps, Medicaid, and SSI (Supplemental Security Income). Some of the activities documented here include: a food stamp protest in 1974, a welfare "hotline" instigated in 1975, a standard of need task force formed in 1979, an AFDC UP task force formed in 1983, the AFDC Catchup plan proposed in 1985, and a 32 page handbook on AFDC regulations. See boxes 47-52 for the materials described above.
The welfare files also include information relating to the administration of Georgia's public assistance programs by the county Department of Family and Children Services (DFCS), under the supervision of the Georgia Department of Human Resources (DHR). Pauley regularly attended DHR board meetings to keep abreast of all developments relating to welfare policy and budget appropriations. She maintained a steady correspondence with the board members, urging them to request increased funding for welfare benefits from the Governor and the Legislature. See boxes 53 and 54 for information relating to these two agencies.
In evaluating Frances Pauley's effectiveness on poverty issues, Rep. Jim Martin, an Atlanta Democrat, stated in 1989 that "I'm absolutely certain that AFDC levels would not be as high as they are without her". By 1989, Georgia had increased maximum payments of AFDC, the principal welfare program, from $115 to $270 a month for a family of four.
| Box | Folder | Content |
|---|---|---|
| 47 | 1 | Pauley's account of her efforts to raise benefits, 1973-1985: Narrative, 1 January 1986 |
| 47 | 2 | Food stamp protest at Fulton County Commission meeting, 4 December 1974: Petition, notes, clippings |
| 47 | 3 | Concerned Citizens Group: Minutes, 3 June 1975, 28 August 1975 |
| 47 | 4 | Concerned Citizens Group: Petitions, no date |
| 47 | 5 | Concerned Citizens Group: Position statement |
| 47 | 6 | Concerned Citizens Group: Mailing, 15 July 1975 |
| 47 | 7 | Telephone hot line: Invitation, September 1975 Legal Aid info, no date |
| Aid to Families with Dependent Children | ||
| 47 | 8 | Position statements, GPRO, 1977, 1981, no date |
| 47 | 9 | Position statements, other, 1977, no date |
| 47 | 10 | Hearing testimonies, GPRO and others, 20 June 1979 |
| 47 | 11 | Questionnaire, May-June 1977 re case worker training |
| 47 | 12 | AFDC-UP: Task force minutes, September, December 1983 |
| 47 | 13 | AFDC-UP: Bill, draft proposal, 20 September 1983 |
| 47 | 14 | AFDC-UP: Position statement, GPRO, no date |
| 47 | 15 | AFDC-UP: Position statements, other, no date |
| 47 | 16 | Questionnaire for candidates, July 1984: |
| 47 | 17 | Questionnaire for candidates, July 1984:Candidate responses, A-L |
| 47 | 18 | Questionnaire for candidates, July 1984:Candidate responses, M-Z |
| 47 | 19 | Questionnaire for candidates, July 1984:Candidate responses, anonymous |
| 47 | 20 | Questionnaire for candidates, July 1984:Names and addresses of candidates |
| 47 | 21 | AFDC Catchup Plan, 1985, no date |
| 47 | 22 | "AFDC," handbook, no date |
| 47 | 23 | Printed material by GPRO re AFDC, 1977-1982, no date |
| Welfare reform | ||
| 48 | 1 | Position statements, GPRO, 1977, 1987, no date |
| 48 | 2 | Position statements, other, 1977, no date |
| 48 | 3 | Hearing testimony, GPRO, 25 August 1986, no date |
| 48 | 4 | Hearing testimony, other, 7 February 1980 |
| 48 | 5 | Welfare reform work group, recommendation, 1987(?) |
| 48 | 6 | Standard of Need Task Force:Meeting agendas, May, June 1979 |
| 48 | 7 | Standard of Need Task Force:Minutes, 11 May 1979, 17 June 1980 |
| 48 | 8 | Standard of Need Task Force:Info packet from first meeting, 11 May 1979 |
| 48 | 9 | Standard of Need Task Force:Correspondence, May-July 1979 |
| 48 | 10 | Standard of Need Task Force:Report and drafts, 1979, no date |
| 48 | 11 | Standard of Need Task Force:Interim reports, 1979 |
| 48 | 12 | Standard of Need Task Force:Final report, July 1979 (?) |
| 48 | 13 | Standard of Need Task Force:Report updates, 1980, 1984, no date |
| 48 | 14 | "Welfare Office Evaluation," questionnaire, 31 August 1986, no date |
| 48 | 15 | "Welfare Office Evaluation," report, 11 October 1986 |
| 48 | 16 | "Georgia's Welfare Recipients: Victims or Villains?" informational brochure by GPRO, no date |
| 48 | 17 | "Summary of meeting...," welfare fraud in Bibb County, no date |
| 48 | 18 | Welfare case files:Christmas fund: Wallace, Annie M., December 1981-January 1982 |
| 48 | 19 | Welfare case files:Westbrook, Dora, 1985, 1986, no date |
| 48 | 20 | Welfare case files:Pauley's notes re welfare cases |
| 48 | 21 | Pauley's notes re welfare work |
| Aid to Families with Dependent Children | ||
| 49 | 1 | Program history, 1930s-1979 |
| 49 | 2 | General information, 1972-1982, no date |
| 49 | 3 | Fact sheets, 1977-1981 |
| 49 | 4 | Budgets, 1950-1987 |
| 49 | 5 | Court cases, 1967, 1974 |
| 49 | 6 | Updated standards: Transmittal, 1971 |
| 49 | 7 | Social security: Transmittal, 1977 |
| 49 | 8 | Statistical analyses, 1975,-1985, no date |
| 49 | 9 | "What is Grant? What is Need?," report, 1975 |
| 49 | 10 | "AFDC Info 1980" report, November 1980 |
| 49 | 11 | "Background material and data on major programs...," report, 10 March 1981 |
| 49 | 12 | "Analysis of new AFDC regulations," report, 1 October 1981 |
| 49 | 13 | Applicant budget sheets, Dept. of Human Resources, 1982, and no date |
| 49 | 14 | "Aid for dependent corporations," report, 1983 |
| 49 | 15 | "State options for AFDC improvements," report, 24 July 1984 |
| 49 | 16 | AFDC-UP, general information, 1984, no date |
| 49 | 17 | "AFDC and public assistance proposals for FY 1985-1988...," no date |
| 49 | 18 | Comparison of state merit system employees salary increases w/ AFDC benefit increases, 1986 |
| 49 | 19 | AFDC and employment, 1986, no date |
| 49 | 20 | "Analysis of 1987 benefit levels in the program...," report, 1987 |
| 49 | 21 | Child support recovery unit of Dept. of Human Resources, no date |
| 49 | 22 | Printed material, 1966-1983, no date |
| 50 | 1 | Budget, Ga: Financial summaries of state funds for fiscal years 1981, 1982 |
| 50 | 2 | Brunswick, Ga: Glynn-Brunswick Client Advisory Council, AFDC workshop, 20 June 1977 |
| 50 | 3 | Flat Grant System: Dept. of Family and Children Services, 1 November 1975 |
| 50 | 4 | Food Stamps: Statistics, Ga., 1967-1984, no date |
| 50 | 5 | Food Stamps: Reports, 1967, 1976, no date |
| 50 | 6 | Food Stamps: Court cases, May 1979 |
| 50 | 7 | Food Stamps: Food stamps and AFDC program changes |
| 50 | 8 | Food Stamps: Project Bread, Boston, no date |
| 50 | 9 | Food Stamps: "FRAC," newsletter, 1978-1980 |
| 50 | 10 | Food Stamps: Clippings, 1974-1988, no date |
| 50 | 11 | Food Stamps: Printed material, 1965-1980, no date |
| 50 | 12 | Law: Federal Register, excerpts, 1969, 1982, 1984 |
| 50 | 13 | Memos to welfare specialists, Center on social welfare policy and law, 1976-1988 |
| 50 | 14 | Congressional Record, excerpts, 1977, 1979, 1982 |
| 50 | 15 | Medicaid: EPSDT program, 1976, fiscal year 1978 |
| 50 | 16 | Medicaid: Net expenditure report, 13 December 1977 |
| 50 | 17 | Medicaid: Statistics, 1978, 1980, 1984 |
| 50 | 18 | Medicaid: Annual reports, Dept. of Medical Assistance, 1979, 1980, 1983 |
| 50 | 19 | Medicaid: Program refinements, fiscal year 1982 |
| 50 | 20 | Medicaid: Position statements, no date |
| 50 | 21 | Medicaid: Notes |
| 50 | 22 | Medicaid: Clippings, 1976-1982 |
| 50 | 23 | Medicare: Statistics, 1977 |
| 50 | 24 | Press releases, various issues, 1967-1987 |
| 51 | 1 | Reform: Carter Administration, printed material, 1977, 1979 |
| 51 | 2 | Reform: Reagan Administration, report, 20 January 1987 |
| 51 | 3 | Reform: "Concepts of welfare reform," February 1987 |
| 51 | 4 | Reform: Family security act of 1987 (Daniel E. Moynihan): February-August 1987 |
| 51 | 5 | Reform: Ford welfare reform plan - HB 1720 (Harold E. Ford): Printed material, March-April 1987 |
| 51 | 6 | Reform: "An update on welfare reform; special help needed in senate," 20 August 1987 |
| 51 | 7 | Reform: Status on welfare reform, notes, 1987 |
| 51 | 8 | Reform: Issue briefs, 1987, 1988 |
| 51 | 9 | Reform: Printed material, 1966-1987, no date |
| 51 | 10 | Standard of need: "Analysis of Dept. of Human Resources AFDC standard of need," September 1978 |
| 51 | 11 | Standard of need, 1978, 1981 |
| 51 | 12 | Maryland: "Proposed consolidated standard," fiscal year 1985 |
| 51 | 13 | Statistics: Statistical comparisons of states and public assistance benefits, 1950-1984, no date |
| 51 | 14 | Statistics: "Public assistance statistics," reports, 1974 |
| 51 | 15 | Statistics: "Public assistance statistics," reports, 1975 |
| 51 | 16 | Statistics: "Public assistance statistics," reports, 1976 |
| 51 | 17 | Statistics: "Public assistance statistics," reports, 1977 |
| 51 | 18 | Statistics: "Public assistance statistics," reports, 1979 |
| 52 | 1 | Statistics: Public assistance payments, 1974-1979 |
| 52 | 2 | Statistics: Public assistance payments, 1980-1984 |
| 52 | 3 | Statistics: "Estimated costs and benefits of public family planning programs," report, 1976 |
| 52 | 4 | Statistics: Public assistance: Caseloads, 1977, fiscal year 1986 |
| 52 | 5 | Statistics: Public assistance, charts, 1978-1985 |
| 52 | 6 | Statistics: Public assistance and race, 1981, 1982 |
| 52 | 7 | Statistics: Collected material, 1977-1987, no date |
| 52 | 8 | Work programs:Job training partnership program (JTPA), September 1983 |
| 52 | 9 | Work programs:Work incentive program (WIN), 1979, no date |
| 52 | 10 | Workfare: Printed materials, 1982-1984, no date |
| 52 | 11 | Workfare: Clippings, 1981-1987 |
| 52 | 12 | Welfare: Printed material, 1976, 1984, no date |
| Dept. of Human Resources | ||
| 53 | 1 | Agendas, 1976-1982 |
| 53 | 2 | Minutes, 1976, 1980-1987 |
| 53 | 3 | Commissioner's presentation, 20 August 1980 |
| 53 | 4 | Board committee meetings: Time schedule, no date |
| 53 | 5 | Subcommittee meetings: Agendas, 1976, 1977, 1984 |
| 53 | 6 | Subcommittee meetings: Minutes, 4 December 1984 |
| 53 | 7 | Personnel organizational chart, no date |
| 53 | 8 | Board members, 1977-1986, no date |
| 53 | 9 | Subcommittee membership, list, no date |
| 53 | 10 | Employee handbook, no date |
| 53 | 11 | Commissioner's reports, 1977, 1978 |
| 53 | 12 | "Proposed comprehensive annual service plan," 1 October 1977-30 September 1978 |
| 53 | 13 | "Proposed policy: personal funds...," foster care policy, 1979 (?) |
| 53 | 14 | Medicaid audit report: Statement, Jack Watson, 18 February 1976 |
| 53 | 15 | "Combatting fraud and abuse in DHR programs," January 1981 |
| 53 | 16 | Public hearing: "Statement of child service and family counseling center...," 19 May 1982 |
| 53 | 17 | Budgets, fiscal years 1976, 1977 |
| 53 | 18 | Budgets, fiscal year 1978 |
| 53 | 19 | Budgets, fiscal year 1979 |
| 53 | 20 | Budgets, fiscal year 1980 |
| 53 | 21 | Budgets, fiscal year 1981 |
| 53 | 22 | Budgets, fiscal year 1982 |
| 53 | 23 | Budget comparisons, fiscal year 1981, 1982 |
| 53 | 24 | Budgets, fiscal year 1984 |
| 53 | 25 | Budgets, AFDC, fiscal year 1985 |
| 53 | 26 | Budgets, fiscal year 1986 |
| 53 | 27 | Budgets, fiscal year 1988 |
| 53 | 28 | Budgets, fiscal year 1989 |
| 53 | 29 | Press release re resignations, 26 January 1977 |
| 53 | 30 | "The DHR Report," newsletter, 1981 |
| Dept. of Family and Children Services | ||
| 54 | 1 | Fact sheet, June 1980 |
| 54 | 2 | Reports:"A model for estimating hunger in the counties of Georgia," September 1967 |
| 54 | 3 | Reports:"Addressing poverty in Georgia within the context of the new federalism," Spring 1982 |
| 54 | 4 | Reports:"A profile of unemployment in Georgia," Spring 1982 |
| 54 | 5 | Reports:"Public assistance, Georgia's response to poverty," June 1982 |
| 54 | 6 | Reports:"Total county review-state generated data, FY 1984," January 1985 |
| 54 | 7 | Reports:Employability advisory committee report, 6 November 1985 |
| 54 | 8 | Reports:"Status of reorganization," 17 December 1985 |
| 54 | 9 | Reports:"Long range plan," December 1987 |
| 54 | 10 | Reports:"The long range plan: an executive summary," February 1988 |
| 54 | 11 | Budgets: Fiscal year 1981 |
| 54 | 12 | Budgets: Fiscal year 1982 |
| 54 | 13 | Budgets: Fiscal year 1983 and mission statement |
| 54 | 14 | Budgets: Fiscal year 1986 |
| 54 | 15 | Budgets: Fiscal year 1987 |
| 54 | 16 | Board members, 31 July 1967 |
| 54 | 17 | Termination of director, Dr. Patricia Johnson, May-August 1984 |
| 54 | 18 | Division personnel, no date |
| 54 | 19 | "DFCS Presentation," handout, 14 February 1983 |
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