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New York (State). Office of Children and Family Services

 

 

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Office of Youth Development programs provide counties with a wide range of social, recreational, and educational community-based programs to foster positive development in youths up to twenty-one years, and support local programs through grants-in-aid contracts with county or municipal youth bureaus .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth

 

 

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This series consists of photographs, lithographic letter press prints, slides, and negatives depicting student activities and celebrations held at Berkshire Farm Center, including Anniversary Day and Recognition Day. Also included are assorted video recordings and reel to reel audio tapes of "Listen .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

3

Creator:

Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth

 

 

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Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth Board of Directors minutes typically include board members' names and titles, budget reports, committee reports, and cases against the agency..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth

 

 

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This series contains letters from the Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth executive secretary to potential members of the Board of Directors; news and updates relating to Berkshire Farms (details of fundraising successes, updates on staff and facility, and news on particular students); and .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

5

Creator:

Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth

 

 

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This series contains information about the day-to-day operation and finances of the Berkshire Farm Center. Included are copies of published budgets, annual financial statements, and audits. The audits specifically cover the operation of the Berkshire Farm for Boys, the Union Free School District, and .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Office of Children and Family Services

 

 

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This series consists of Office of Children and Family Services Advisory Board meeting agendas, minutes, and additional materials such as program updates and reports (1999-2006, 2014). Records also include appointments and resignations of Advisory Board members..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School

 

 

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This series documents the actions and decisions of the Board of Classification who determined parole requirements or transfer options. Minutes includes meeting dates; board members present; names of inmates and actions taken regarding their parole or division assignments; and inmate's offense or other .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). State Industrial School

 

 

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This series contains inspections reports of the State Industrial School by a State Board of Charities inspector. Information includes date of inspection, names of institution management and name of inspector. Reports may contain general or detailed discussion of buildings and grounds conditions, sanitary .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School

 

 

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These reports summarize inspections of the institution conducted in accordance with institution bylaws by the Board of Visitors (called the Board of Managers until 1927)..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

10

Creator:

New York (State). State Industrial School

 

 

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Inmates earned a badge for 16 consecutive weeks of good behavior; after earning 4 badges they were eligible for parole. This series consists of information about behavior and badges earned including grades for behavior; date grade recorded; number of badges earned; number of consecutive weeks of good .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

11

Creator:

New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School

 

 

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This series consists of reports presented at monthly meetings of the Board of Visitors (called the Board of Managers until 1927). The reports discuss such matters as staff deaths, illnesses, resignations, and leave; filling staff vacancies; inmate escapes; special school activities; purchases; and valuation .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

12

Creator:

New York (State). Office of Children and Family Services

 

 

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This series consists of guidance, policies, and procedures from the leadership of the New York State Office of Children and Family Services to staff and those under their jurisdiction for handling day-to-day and special responsibilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The files include protocols for staff, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

13

Creator:

New York (State). State Industrial School

 

 

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This series consists of two questionnaires filled out by each inmate. In one questionnaire, the superintendent requests inmates to discuss what they like about the institution; in the other, what they do not like. Both questionnaires provide inmate's name, division, grade, and shop. Opinions are given .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

14

Creator:

Western House of Refuge for Juvenile Delinquents (Rochester, N.Y.)

 

 

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This series consists of a partial record of male inmates admitted to the Western House of Refuge possibly compiled for the annual reports Lists includes inmate name and number; county of residence; admission date; age; county or other place of birth; if orphan, physical and mental condition; cause of .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

15

Creator:

New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School

 

 

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This series contains information on escaped inmates including name of colony from which escaped; date of escape; name of inmate; inmate's city of residence (occasionally); and if returned or sent to another institution. Similar information is provided for inmates who escaped from hospitals or during .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). State Industrial School

 

 

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This series consists mostly of memoranda between the Superintendent and the Chief of the Discipline Department relating to reporting and punishment for misconduct procedures; requests for supplies and repairs; monthly lists of employees and employee misconduct; books sent to various departments; solitary .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). State Industrial School

 

 

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This series contains indexes to the State Industrial Schools' female inmate's case files. Information is available only for names beginning A-S. Information includes volume number, name, and inmate number. Records are restricted..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). State Industrial School

 

 

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This series consists of a scrapbook of programs for school events, such as holiday meal menus; schedules for entertainment, chapel services, and military exercises;, notices and orders, and clippings including "A Boy's Duty" or "A Child's Duty," a listing of juvenile reformatories by state, and newspaper .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives