Ontario. Income Maintenance Branch (1986-1992)

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Income Maintenance Branch (1986-1992)

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Income Maintenance Branch

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      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1986-1992

      History

      The Income Maintenance Branch was created within the Ministry of Community and Social Services in 1986, bringing together in a single agency, policy and program development functions relating to financial assistance services in Ontario.

      This branch formed part of the Family Services and Income Maintenance Division throughout its existence.

      In 1992 the Income Maintenance Branch was replaced by the Policy Development and Program Design Branch.

      Places

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      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Income Maintenance Branch developed policies and programs for family benefits services (long term financial assistance to needy families) and general welfare assistance (short term financial assistance in cases of loss of income) in the Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services. Until 1990, the branch also directed the Work Incentive Program which provided temporary cash allowances for disabled, permanently unemployable people, and for sole support parents attempting to return to work.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Community and Social Services (1972-2018)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA35

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Community and Social Services controls Ontario. Income Maintenance Branch (1986-1992)

      Dates of relationship

      1986-1992

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Community and Social Services. Policy Development and Program Design Branch (1992-1994)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA983

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Community and Social Services. Policy Development and Program Design Branch is the successor of Ontario. Income Maintenance Branch (1986-1992)

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA963

      Institution identifier

      Rules and/or conventions used

      RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

      Status

      Approved

      Level of detail

      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

      Language(s)

        Script(s)

          Sources

          KWIC Indexes to Government Sources, 1986-1992; Government of Ontario Telephone Directories, 1986-1992.

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Bill Hughey