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Identifier	clloy_217
Title	Welfare Planning in Los Angeles
Creator	Unknown
Date Created	1961 October 24
Description	A 6-page typewritten narrative on the history of the Welfare Planning Council of Metropolitan Los Angeles, later renamed the Welfare Planning Council, Los Angeles Region. The history begins with the first charity founded in Los Angeles in 1854 and continues through a restructuring of the Council in 1961. Includes listings of the Council's accomplishments, several of the Council presidents, social research projects undertaken by the Council's Research Department, and explanations for the Council's reorganizations.
Historical Background	The Welfare Planning Council for the Los Angeles Region was originally formed in 1914, under the name of the Los Angeles Council of Social Agencies. During its earliest years, the Council's activities were focused on providing relief for the unemployed during the Great Depression, and then during World War II, on caring for children of working mothers. In 1944, the Council officially incorporated under the name of the Welfare Council of Metropolitan Los Angeles. The organization remained under this name until 1953, when it divided up into six different branches and moved to a more decentralized, community-based model, becoming the Welfare Planning Council, Los Angeles Region.
Type	text
Physical Description	6 leaves ; 28 cm
Institution	Department of Archives and Special Collections, Loyola Marymount University Library.
Collection Identifier	http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt8870232n
Project note	Funding for a portion of this collection came from a Local History Digital Resource Project grant . The Local History Digital Resource Project is supported by the U. S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian. For more information, please visit: http://www.califa.org/lhdrp.php
Country of Creation	US
Copyright Status	Public Domain
Copyright Statement	Materials in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Language	eng
Subject (Name)	Welfare Planning Council, Los Angeles Region--History; Welfare Council of Metropolitan Los Angeles--History; Welfare council of metropolitan Los Angeles. Research dept.--History; Alliance of Social Agencies (Los Angeles, Calif.)--History; Council of Social Agencies (Los Angeles, Calif.)--History; Associated Charities (Los Angeles, Calif.)--History;
Subject (Place)	Los Angeles (Calif.);
Subject (Topic)	Community welfare councils--History--California--Los Angeles; Social history--California--Los Angeles;
Form/Genre	Manuscripts;
Title (Alternative)	Welfare planning council, Los Angeles Region, October 24, 1961
Metacollection Identifier	http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu/
Item/Call Number	Workman Family Papers CSLA-9, Series 2: Margaret Workman, Box 20, Folder 13

Identifier	CLLOY_217_PAGE001
Title	CLLOY_217_PAGE001
Project note	Funding for a portion of this collection came from a Local History Digital Resource Project grant . The Local History Digital Resource Project is supported by the U. S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian. For more information, please visit: http://www.califa.org/lhdrp.php
Transcription	WELFARE PLANNING COUNCIL, LOS ANGELES REGION October 24, 1961 Welfare Planning in Los Angeles Early History In 1850, when California was admitted to the Union, the little pueblo of Los Angeles, with a population of 1,600, was characterized by lawlessnes and violence; marauding Indian tribes; epidemics; droughts; and floods. Fam-ilies needing help were segregated on ""Charity Street"" now North Spring Street. The poor were helped with ""bread, money and wine"" from the generosity of individual citizens. The year 1854 marked the establishment of the first organized charity, the Hebrew Benevolent Society, whose aim was to ""alleviate want, not only of Jews but of other creeds as well."" Two years later, the Sisters of Charity arrived in Los Angeles, after a perilous five months' journey from New York, to care for orphan children. In the succeeding years, the increase in population brought radical changes to the structure of the community. The first hospital, now known as St. Vincent's, was established. The Public Library was organized, the first railroad was incorporated, and the first bank opened. THe Hebrew Ladies Benevolent Society was the original central charity bureau and served in that capacity until 1893 when the Associated Charities was established to ""secure cooperation among the different charities of Los Angeles, to pre-vent pauperism, promote thrift and relieve the worthy poor."" In 1898, the first municipal nurse was employed by the City of Los Angeles - in fact, the first in the United States. The first attempt to approach the idea of a council of social agencies for social planning for the whole

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