Charity Organization Society of Seattle
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found: NUCMC data from Univ. Wash. Lib. for Cooper, F. Papers, 1929-1961(name not given; Family Society of Seattle)
found: Tel. call to L. Hooks, Family Services (King Co., Wash.), 9-23-87(Charity Organization Society of Seattle; in 1892, a group of Seattle churches established the Bureau of Associated Charities to help the "worthy poor"; name was changed in 1896 to Charity Organization Society of Seattle, and was inc. as such in 1908; re-inc. in 1922 as Social Welfare League; name changed in 1934 to Family Society of Seattle; name changed in 1962 to Family Counseling Service; in 1974 to Family and Child Service of Metropolitan Seattle; in 1980 to Family Services of King County; in 1986 to Family Services (still providing services throughout the county and not just Seattle); org. is not an agency of local government; mission statement notes that it seeks to strengthen the family as a basic socializing agent through counseling, assistance to the elderly, etc.)
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Change Notes
1987-11-05: new
2008-04-15: revised
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