Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-28
REcoMMEEDs STATE HuREAU
 FOR CHILD NEYEAnE

Ss '. Establishment of a State hureau .
 child welfare,- linked with ,a.;s tuyenil, court system, for the advancement O better citizenship in Connecticut is posed in iegislation prepared by the corn
 mission of child welfare for introinctioy In the session of the legislature @whsoh i. to convene January B. The work. of ths bureau would be administered by a, com
 missioner Of child welfare created by ths proposed legislation, with rninisnur
 stan of at least ten persona.
 The recornmendatioHs of thes ooYnr,;s. sion are based on an 'asstlsnption ztsaaf <
 usp&FtHfSnt Of public welfare is to be
 clea'eo, according to 2 preliminary re.
 port. Inls carried the tnterenc that the
 coninission on civil adm.nistratiya eode
 ~niSn was raised by the last session of
 the legislature to study the adyisabiilty of
 combining several state departfnen.s has
 satisfied the child welfare corr naissio,, s
 that 1t will recommend to the legiaJs-
 ture the grouping Of many like deuarf- nents under a department. of uuhltc t,el.
 rare, Of which the proposed bufesi, of
 cnilo welfare would be a part. I. <,
 It is intended that the bureau of child
 welfare shall combine inyestirat;ve functions with supervisory responsibility. ; says the preliminary report 1t is des-
 lghea 10 be body which Is constantly aiert to the possibllities of irrSotoveIn,sn1t ana continually posted in the naatfer If progressive methods developei eisewhepa,
 IL must have full authority to initiate
 improvements wherever possible. The r- csnsiHg or inssitutiohs and agencies by 2 central state authority is recognizei as necessary provision to keep such in- n ssi.utnns and agencies up to the best eseaohsned standards throughout the D. s.@te, The same thing IS obviously equal ment of new institutions TIA h,,~sa,. t- accordingly given full powers of licens.a ;! licenses. e'SA0 s'Asi'
 me commissioner and minimum, of fen. assistants mentioned in the rsro-+ . ~,a intended merely for the central sfste rqs nee for, according to the DIyaIT1,ir, ,,, sta cement. athe necessary amount of le. cal supervision and guidance is guaran- teeo by the features of the pfesenf a5. m which are, left unchanged ,te repoit CT the commission Of child Welfare comes at the end Of tsxo &,s.r... extensive Investigation fnvolyirs R4.s ported expenditure of about sgo 1o6 rsa commission was created by the last sss1 s.s1 ssoh or the legislature to study fife nra. soouFe or other states and countries i, ueaiing win the child welfare nrohia,s,
 e4Ae remedies called for hy 2tbe lavts.. satuFe are of legal nature. Two s1fa-.- Ha'iPcs were therefore open to fba oo.s mission. The first was to create shv 1ss,, \ new Set of institutions and arenc,a. l1o 70 transfer to branches Of tie state either already exIStins or 70 De created the actual care of ths ws ys cn.ioren of the state. The scoohd o provide system of centralized -. 4S'oh ana ot authoritative, c0rA- s's.s ana Judicial treatment which nou4o gaarantee the maintenance oY aT-; sropriate Standards without cnssrsr- sp- materially the actual system of sfer.i,, is -ering child care as it now Ar,sta TIE decided without reserve t;a,,. ipon the second alternative. Both as s
 natter or principle and expediencv ,;t 'eems almcst imreasurahfy wiser a,s noFe in harmony with Cornecsic,,t 4rads- lons to leave tsne actual adrninIxtra tio, T reiief as largely as possible in tss ianos or local agencies and to dist,,rh 1 2 the mininuin degree the existins es ahties- Tor caring for needy chiidren Hy ucn measse, the necessary safee7iarels ] ~ pc tnroWn about tke children af tSa .,Su win mmknur expense to the Y o pta sAo a mnimun loss of the ad- 1 e. s = or local infDrrnatien and inter l ss. ss The TWO foremost requirements oq I nls , seiutlo1 are the creation of a snscs 1llzed central agency for the snnarssis- n or all child welfare work and tha ! of q competent invars,ee | 0pFe ana probation syatena.
 In Connecticut hitherto thsr. ns. ,.., such agency. Some phasAs ,z os ess5 MI ,enare have been Appsopriateiy ,c,r,,s. : ~ v ,ne eoard of education i: others have , =. lo0ke0 after by the state dezart- ~s., v, he4tsn' through it's newly estab- sneo Dureau os child hygiene; but for .e most part the care of chifdran N nas5 i. special attention has either nat. hses, 2 pecmcai!x entrusted to any denarsr,ss,4 Ine state or has, been mt 2 f,F ts,a n4rse or tho board of charities :, ryeSy. sef, apie the members. of this toa ,S s,..s ; palo workers. ana however. con ss.isr.. ous they may be in the persoru,ss,sa ~ ,sN ouies it ts asking the ir,sIssss,,,a any grcnp of men and Horren fg A
 ue their attehtion between chtI6rsn le aeult paEperE, insane; rsrrx,,v .,.,sss
 ais and other types Of sfeiincuent. ,ns
 give the children tha snsrss,,saa .ssI ought and cara which a,one csL r.s 'os saus1actory results. TAss annl,ss une noard itself, and is even more siss .,eAnt 7.s m 1he case of it's held woraars 1 n con side eriag the whole report oe ths rnnission t must h6 clearly rs-.,s.S te9 snat there Is a elese connection hs- cen the recommendati ton of tNa t,., &u or child welfare and those reIatinr
 tHe juvenile court system NaifS.I ,