Evening star., 1946-06-17
Welfare
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vide pubic services, Such as sewage,
water and parks. Establishment of
the Greater Boston Community
Council and the Greater Boston
Community Fund on metropolitan
basis proved a definite contrib
uting factor toward a feeling of
unity in the metropolitan COM
munity."
Another step in this direction, he
pointed out, has been the Greater
Boston Development Committee set
up by the Boston Chamber OF
Commerce. This will be dealt with
in later article in this series, in
an analysis comparing it with the
efforts of the Washington Board of
Trade.
The Boston Community Fund
preceded the council in its overall
geographical area Campaign ac-
tivities of the fund throughout the
entire metropolitan area surround
ing Boston, Mr.. Cushman explained,
made it increasingly necessary that
the whole job Of matching welfare
services with community needs and
not money raising alone, be estab-
lished over wider geographical
area.
This pattern is being followed in
Washington, where the Community
Chest Federation is a brand-new
going concern, and the proposed
Metropolitan Social Planning Coun-
Gil still is in the incubation stage
in the hands of a welfare survey
Of the Council of Social Agencies
of the District of Columbia and
vicinity.
Council Activities Extended.
The Boston Council OF Social
Agencies became the Greater Boston
Community Council in 1914. Former
President Robert F. Bradford of the
council has resigned to run for Gov
ernor of Massachusetts, and has been
succeeded by F. Frank Forenberg,
president of Gilchrist Co. The pres
ident of the Greater Boston Com
munity Fund is Charles Francis
Adams, chairman of the board Of
State Street Trust Co., who was
former Secretary of the Navy.
The organizations joined together
in the council, according to latest
reports number nearly 200 and the
Community Fund during its last
campaign raised more than $3.50,
600. The 200 organizations include
those that are members by affilia-
ton through the Hospital Council.
the Health League, the Nursing
Council and the United Settlements
Twenty-Five are tax-supported pub
lie agencies, 129 are voluntary
agencies receiving support from the
Greater Boston Community Fund
and the rest are voluntary agencies
not members of the Fund. The
council itself is principally sup
ported by the Fund.
All these social services form the
membership of the council. Each
member agency appoints two to
four representatives to the delegate
body, which forms the ultimate gov
erning assembly. Except for the an
nual meeting, however, the entire
delegate body meets only rarely to
decide matters of great moment
Authority to make final decisions
in most matters rests with the board
of directors.
The composition of the council Is
shown in chart herewith, explain
ing in some detail inter-relation OF
the organization, with its three divi-
slons, cooperative services and local
planning organization.
Two important tools in the plan
ming process, both of which bring
the Fund and the council closer to-
gether, are the Joint Committee and
the Budget Committee. The joint
Committee, consisting Of represent
atives from both council and Fund
helps with decisions on such ques-
tions as admission of new agencies
to the Fund or expansion of agency
programs.
Council and Fund cooperate
again in budgeting, the Council
Board and Divisions naming some
persons to Fund budget committees
and members of the council sta1
serving as secretaries of the budget
committees for different groups OF
agencies. Thus the councils knowl.
edge of developing needs for various
kinds of services and good standards
of work is brought to the groups
that recommend allocations to the
agencies.
So it is seen that the personne, o1