Identity area
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Municipal Welfare Administration Branch
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The Municipal Welfare Administration Branch was formed on April 1, 1967 within the Ontario Department of Social and Family Services, under the General Welfare Assistance Act. It assumed the functions of the General Welfare Assistance Branch.
In April, 1972, the branch moved to the newly formed Ministry of Community and Social Services.
The branch was discontinued in December 31, 1973 as a result of a ministry reorganization. On January 1, 1974 the Municipal Welfare Administration Secretariat took over the functions of the Municipal Welfare Administration Branch.
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Functions, occupations and activities
The Municipal Welfare Administration Branch provided financial assistance to Ontario residents unable to work for a variety of reasons (e.g. illness, physical disability, desertion by the wage earner). In some cases, the branch provided supplementary assistance to individuals already receiving other governmental allowances. In the areas of Ontario represented by counties, the branch, in conjunction with the Dominion government, provided municipalities with grants . In these areas, the actual administration of Relief was performed by the municipalities although the branch inspected and audited municipal accounts. In the province's eleven territorial districts the branch administered Relief directly. With the creation of the branch, a new range of services called "Special Assistance" was established which provided funding for prescription drugs, dental and optical services, prosthetic devices, transportation, vocational training, comfort allowances to nursing homes residents as well as funerals and burials.
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Rules and/or conventions used
RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Sources
Canadiana Name Authorities; Department of Social and Family Services Annual Reprots 1966/67-1971/72; Ministry of Community and Social Services 1972/73-1973/74.
Maintenance notes
Archivist(s):
Emery