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Timeline from 1867
Nebraska Institute for Feeble-Minded Youth -
1918
History of the Department of Public Institutions
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1974
History of Nebraska Institutions -
1976
Public Assistance in Nebraska -
1976
History of Social Services -
1984
Transition from County to State Administration of Social Services -
1984
Report: Major Issues, Department of Public Institutions -
1984
History of Beatrice State Developmental Center -
1986
Mental Retardation Services in Nebraska -
1986
Nebraska Partnership Project: A Blueprint for Action -
1995
Nebraska Partnership Project: Preliminary Report -
1995
Nebraska Partnership Project: Progress Report -
1996
Overview of the Department of Public Institutions
- 1996
NE HHS - Common Sense Solutions for a Healthy Nebraska (LB 1044 Report) -
1996
A Status Update on the Nebraska Health and Human Services System -
1998
Nebraska Historical Society Archive Records on the Department of Public Institutions -
2000
History of the Nebraska Industrial Home for Unwed Mothers -
2010