Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1920-05-19
County Child Welfare
Board Appointed

The State Board of Control has an.
polhted MRS. John Kast, Goodridge:
MIS-. b. 3: Brett, Stephen E. NJ. Evans
Middle River; David Johnson warren
county supt. of schools, ex-oficio. Ole
Iorgerson, Stephen, member of board
VI COUNTY commissioners, ex-officio. az
LIZ OF the Marshall County Child
Welfare Board. o1iu
Ills BOARD is created under the nro-
VISIONS of the ne~ laws RELATING tn
cn.uren which were passed by the last
legislature. 1"'1
Inc board will act as a local admin
lstratlVe unit for the county in tho
enforcement Of all laws relating IN tho
protection of defective, delinonent do
pendent, and neglected children r 10
an official body acting throughont tho
county and in behalf of the state for
the protection of children who arc in
need of the states care and onardion
Ship
The board will work in close con+oo+
WIN the probate judge, Hon. Peter 81.
11oim' VINO is the judge of the child
tens court. 1t will investigate for the
Judge applications for county allow
ahces (so-called mothers pensions,
ana Will visit frequently the homes
Where such allowances have been given
III order that the fullest possible
measure OF help and assistance NAV he
rendered to the mother and her child
rem. Inc judge will also be assisted in
the administration of the new Juvenile
court law. Gases of delinquency and
neglect of children will be investigated
Dy the welfare board, and the shanine
OF an enlightened policy in dealing with
delinquency should result from the mu-
tual labor of the board and the Judge
Inc new laws require special con-
s1deration for the feebleminded. whose
NUMBERS are constantly increasing. and
the menace OF whose existence without
supervision and oversight becomes
more alarming as time passes. The
states present facilities are totally in
adequate and yet some TEMPORARY
pollcy must be worked out until the
legislature at the coming session can
take action, which is imperatiyelv
needed. The county welfare board will
ADVISE and assist the State Board of
control in the establishment of tenn
porary remedial measures.
The new laws require that homes
which seek to adopt children must be
visited and approved. In the same
way home that receives a child for
permanent care without adoption must
on investigation prove to be proper
one to receive the child The welfare
board will assist in making these in
vestlgations and will recommend the
proper action to be taken.
The unmarried mother and the
11legltimate child who are so often in
need of friendly assistance and care.
will find the welfare board ready to
help in every possible way.
In general it may be said that the
child welfare board becomes respon-
sible within the county of it's jurisdic-
ton, for the protection of children and
the promotion of their interests in all
the var Jed ways in which those inter
ests may appear. The welfare board
serves without compensation but it
may have a paid executive agent if
the approval of the board of county
commissioners is secured Oftentimes
in other counties county nurse or
other social worker in the county has
been chosen to do this work. which re-
suits in economydn prevents duplica-
ton of effort and expense.