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Florida Study Commission on Child Welfare papers, 1989-1992, Date acquired: 01/01/1994, bulk 1990-1991

 

Summary

Creator:
Giblin, Christian
Extent:
11.00 boxes
6 Linear Feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Florida Study Commission on Child Welfare papers, USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.

Background

Scope and content:

Includes the research and working documents of the Florida Study Commission on Child Welfare.

In addition to the Commission's papers, researchers will note the availability of records from the Florida Governor's Commission for Government by the People. These records are comprised of items from the Frederick Commission, including materials generated by the Human Resources Committee and the Human Investment Committee. Consisting of 27 appointed members representing private industry, the judiciary, state and local government, and community-based organizations, the Frederick Commission worked to develop governmental reforms that would increase cost-effectiveness, accountability and productivity. Dr. Christian Giblin worked with the Frederick Commission to develop strategies for integrating the delivery and planning of education, human services and law enforcement at local levels in Florida. Relatedly, the Human Resources Committee and the Human Investment Committee sought to examine the roles of families, public and private community services (including prevention and early intervention), and community and governmental support for the state's citizens. The Human Investment Committee's reports were reviewed and discussed by members of the Study Commission on Child Welfare as part of its mandate for change.

Biographical / historical:

In response to the deaths of several children under state care, the Florida legislature formed the Florida Study Commission on Child Welfare to examine and recommend changes to child welfare laws and the state's social services and welfare systems. Beginning in 1989 and spanning a two-year period, the Commission primarily was composed of members representing the state's judicial, youth and family services networks. Members of the Study Commission included:

· Judge Rosemary Barkett, Commission Chair, Florida Supreme Court

· William Bentley, Executive Director , Florida Network for Youth and Family Services (Tallahassee)

· Judge William Bankhead, Florida Senate (Jacksonville)

· Judge Corrine Brown, Florida House of Representatives (Jacksonville)

· Judge Lois Frankel, Florida House of Representatives (West Palm Beach)

· Judge Carolyn Fulmer, 10th Judicial Circuit Court (Bartow)

· Judge William Gladstone, 11th Judicial Circuit Court (Miami)

· Judge James Hill, Florida House of Representatives (Hobe Sound)

· Jay Kassack, Children, Youth and Family Services, Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (Tallahassee)

· H. Mary McKeown, Esq.,Growney, McKeown and Barber (St. Petersburg)

· Donald Middlebrooks, Esq., Steel, Hector and Davis (Miami)

· Diana Morgan, Walt Disney World (Lake Buena Vista)

· Judge Eleanor Weinstock, Florida Senate (West Palm Beach)

· Christina Zawisza, Esq., Florida Legal Services Corporation (Miami)

· Carole Zegel, State Guardian Ad Litem Program (Gainesville)

Additionally, Dr. Christian Giblin and Dr. Robert Friedman (Florida Mental Health Institute, Tampa) served as Commission Staff Director and Chair of the State–Local Relationships in the Organization and Financing of Support and Services for Children and Their Families workgroup, respectively.

At its conclusion, the Commission published the two-part Report of the Study Commission on Child Welfareand A Survey of Florida's Child Protective Investigators. The Report consists of the Commission's recommendations, research and findings; the Survey answers questions related to working conditions, training, duties, in-service development, caseloads, laws and policies and obstacles faced by child protection investigators in Florida. Two copies of the final report issued by the Commission are available in this collection.

Note written by EC and TT, 2010

Acquisition information:

Dr. Christian Holland Giblin

Donation

Processing information:

Complete.  Processed by LL and EC, 2010.

Arrangement:

Complete

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Select items have been restricted from public use. Researchers with a documented need to access these materials must request approval prior to visiting the Library. Formal requests may be made to the USF Libraries Special Collections at 813-974-2731.

Terms of access:

The contents of this collection may be subject to copyright. Visit the United States Copyright Office's website at http://www.copyright.gov/ for more information.

Preferred citation:

Florida Study Commission on Child Welfare papers, USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.

Location of this collection:
The University of South Florida, Tampa Campus
4202 East Fowler Ave. LIB122
Tampa
FL
33620-5400
USA