Ontario. Mental Retardation Facility Services Division

Zone d'identification

Type d'entité

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Forme autorisée du nom

Ontario. Mental Retardation Facility Services Division

forme(s) parallèle(s) du nom

    Forme(s) du nom normalisée(s) selon d'autres conventions

    • Mental Retardation Facility Services Division

    Autre(s) forme(s) du nom

      Numéro d'immatriculation des collectivités

      Zone de description

      Dates d’existence

      1974-1981

      Historique

      The Mental Retardation Facility Services Division was created on April 1, 1974 within the Ministry of Community and Social Services. It resulted from the transfer of functions relating to the provision of mental retardation programs from the Ministry of Health following the release of a report entitled Community Living for the Mentally Retarded in Ontario: A New Policy Focus. The transfer reflected the Ontario government’s desire to de- emphasize long term institutional care of the mentally challenged in favour of broadly based community integration.

      The division initially reported to the Assistant Deputy Minister of Program Development but was moved in 1975 under the Assistant Deputy Minister of Developmental Resources. From 1978 until 1981 the division reported directly to the Deputy Minister.

      With the decentralization of services to the Ministry’s regional offices in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the Mental Retardation Facility Services Division was dissolved in 1981 and its functions were assumed by the Operations Division, Children’s and Adults’ Services.

      Lieux

      Statut légal

      Fonctions et activités

      The Mental Retardation Facility Services Division supported and promoted the development of community programs and accommodation alternatives to help better assimilate mentally challenged people into Ontario society. To this end, the division funded and helped operate several facilities for the mentally challenged and developed treatment services, training programs, and recreational activities for residents. Moreover, the division offered counselling, support, and crisis intervention services to residents’ families. Lastly, the division conducted research and educational programs into the causes, prevention, and treatment of mental disabilities.

      Adresse

      Organisation interne/Généalogie

      Contexte général

      Zone des relations

      Entité associée

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

      Identifier of related entity

      AA35

      Type de relation

      hiérarchique

      Type de relation

      Ontario. Ministry of Community and Social Services contrôles Ontario. Mental Retardation Facility Services Division

      Dates de la relation

      Description de la relation

      Entité associée

      Ontario. Ministry of Community and Social Services. Office of the Assistant Deputy Minister of Developmental Resources (1975-1978)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA944

      Type de relation

      temporel

      Type de relation

      Ontario. Ministry of Community and Social Services. Office of the Assistant Deputy Minister of Developmental Resources est le prédécesseur de Ontario. Mental Retardation Facility Services Division

      Dates de la relation

      Description de la relation

      Zone des points d'accès

      Mots-clés - Sujets

      Mots-clés - Lieux

      Epithet

      Zone du contrôle

      Identifiant de notice d'autorité

      CA968

      Identifiant du service d'archives

      Règles et/ou conventions utilisées

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

      Statut

      Approved

      Niveau de détail

      Dates de production, de révision et de suppression

      2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

      Langue(s)

        Écriture(s)

          Sources

          Ministry of Community and Social Services Annual Reports, 1973- 1982; Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24.

          Notes de maintenance

          Archivist(s):
          Joseph Solovitch