NRS-14685 | Correspondence files relating to assistance for the intellectually handicapped [Handicapped Persons Bureau, Department of Community Services]

These files relate to capital subsidies granted to voluntary organisations towards providing programmes and facilities for the care and training of intellectually handicapped persons. Applications for grants were reviewed by the Inter-Departmental Standing Committee on the Intellectually Handicapped, and were issued by the Treasury from the proceeds of the Intellectually Handicapped Persons Assistance Fund established for that purpose. The files include applications for capital grants and associated correspondence. Some also contain articles of association and annual reports, and occasionally lists of children to be considered for placement within day attendance centres.(13/11712-27). 16 boxes. Note: This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.

本批档案涉及向志愿组织拨付的资本补贴，用于为智力障碍人士提供照护与培训相关的项目及设施。补助申请由智力障碍人士事务部际常务委员会（Inter-Departmental Standing Committee on the Intellectually Handicapped）审核，并由国库部依据专为该用途设立的智力障碍人士援助基金（Intellectually Handicapped Persons Assistance Fund）的收益拨付。本批档案包含资本补助申请及相关往来函件，部分档案还收录有组织章程、年度报告，偶见拟纳入日间护理中心安置的儿童名单。档号：13/11712-27，共计16箱。备注：本描述摘录自2000年第三版《新南威尔士州档案馆简明指南》（Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales）。