Wisconsin. Division of Economic Support: Dottie Moore Case Files, 1975-1997
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Summary Information
Title: Wisconsin. Division of Economic Support: Dottie Moore Case Files
Inclusive Dates: 1975-1997

Creator:
  • Wisconsin. Division of Economic Support
Call Number: 2003/164; 2006/049; 2007/053; 2009/053; 2011/098

Quantity: 4.6 c.f.

Repository:
Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:
Records of the Dottie Moore case, a 1980 federal lawsuit pertaining to Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and child support collections. The records provide a history of the court case, the post-settlement complaint brought by Legal Action of Wisconsin, and the actions taken by the Bureau of Child Support to enforce the court order. Included is extensive background information concerning AFDC.

Note:

There is a restriction on access to this material; see the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.

These records have been assigned Series 2799.



Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-2003164
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Biography/History

The Dottie Moore case is a 1980 federal lawsuit in which the State of Wisconsin and Milwaukee County were sued for failure to timely terminate AFDC when child support collections exceeded the AFDC benefit amount and failure to timely redirect child support collections which were assigned to the state while the individual received AFDC. A stipulated judgment was reached in 1982, in 1990 Legal Action of Wisconsin filed a motion for contempt alleging that the state and Milwaukee County had failed to meet the stipulated judgment.

See the Agency History in the catalog.

Scope and Content Note

Included are correspondence and memoranda exchanged within the division; correspondence and memoranda exchanged with the departmental counsel, the Attorney General, and the staff of Legal Action of Wisconsin (attorneys for the plaintiffs); court documents including affidavits, briefs, depositions, motions, and interrogatories; drafts of the settlement order; and extensive background information concerning AFDC.

Arrangement of the Materials

This collection was received in multiple parts from the donor(s) and is organized into 5 major parts. These materials have not been physically interfiled and researchers might need to consult more than one part to locate similar materials.

Administrative/Restriction Information
Access Restrictions

This series is confidential according to Wis. Stats. 49.53.


Acquisition Information

Accession Number: 2002/043, 2003/164, 2006/049, 2007/053, 2009/053, 2011/098


Contents List
2003/164
Part 1 (2003/164): Original Collection, 1975-1997
Physical Description: 2.8 c.f. (2 record center cartons and 2 archives boxes) 
Scope and Content Note: Records from the Dottie Moore court case, 1975-1997, regarding failure to terminate in a timely manner AFDC benefit amounts. Included are general letters and correspondence exchanged within the division; court documents; and affidavits. Also included are legal correspondence, reports, and working group materials.
Box   1
Folder   1
Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) termination reports-various counties, 1980-1981
Box   1
Folder   2
Affidavits
Box   1
Folder   3
Child Support Enforcement Manual, 1985-1986
Box   1
Folder   4
Central Office Project Experience (COPE) project report, 1981 April
Box   1
Folder   5-7
Court Documents, 1980-1982
Box   1
Folder   9-10
Depositions
Box   1
Folder   11
General Letters, 1975-1982
Box   1
Folder   12-14
Interrogatories, 1981-1982
Internal correspondence
Box   1
Folder   15
1975-1976
Box   1
Folder   16
1977-1979
Box   1
Folder   17-18
1980
Box   1
Folder   19-20
1981 January-May
Box   2
Folder   1-2
1982
Box   2
Folder   3
1983, 1985, 1989
Box   2
Folder   4-5
1990
Box   2
Folder   6
1991 January-April
Box   2
Folder   7-8
1991
Box   2
Folder   9-11
1992
Box   2
Folder   12-13
1993
Box   2
Folder   14
1995-1997
Box   2
Folder   15
undated, miscellaneous
Box   3
Folder   1
, undated (continued)
Legal correspondence
Box   3
Folder   2-4
1979-1981
Box   3
Folder   5-6
1982
Box   3
Folder   7
1983
Box   3
Folder   8
Final monitoring reports, 1993-1995
Box   4
Folder   1
1990-1991
Box   4
Folder   2
1992-1993
Box   4
Folder   3
Medical Support liability; review and evaluation, 1984
Box   4
Folder   4
Order drafts, 1991-1993
Box   4
Folder   5
Quality assurance report and proposal, 1986
Box   4
Folder   6
Settlement implementation group- Dottie Moore case, 1992-1993
Box   4
Folder   7
Stipulation drafts, 1992
Box   4
Folder   8
Work groups, 1990
2006/049
Part 2 (2006/049): Additions, 1991-1995
Physical Description: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes) 
Scope and Content Note: Files, 1991-1995, of Gerry Ramsden, a manager of the project that implemented the Dottie Moore case ruling, including staff implementation committee meeting minutes, memoranda, correspondence, statistical computer runs, and narrative monthly reports to Legal Action of Wisconsin. Also included are two files on the developments of the department's CARES and KIDS data networks.
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Box   1
Folder   1-2
General and background files
Box   1
Folder   3
Backdated files
Box   1
Folder   4
Bulletins, 1991-1994
Box   1
Folder   5
Contact persons for Legal Action of Wisconsin, 1992-1993
Box   1
Folder   6
Implementation Group minutes, 1992-1993
Box   1
Folder   7
Ineligibility reports, 1992-1993
Box   1
Folder   8
Instructions
Box   1
Folder   9
Legal Action of Wisconsin
Box   1
Folder   10
Monthly reports to Legal Action of Wisconsin, 1993-1995
Box   2
Folder   1
“Life of Case”
Box   2
Folder   2
Manual, Paragraph 30
Box   2
Folder   3
Meetings, Miscellaneous
Box   2
Folder   4
Milwaukee
Box   2
Folder   5
Questions
Box   2
Folder   6
RMDS reports, 1991-1994
Box   2
Folder   7
Redirection
Box   2
Folder   8
Retroactive relief
Box   2
Folder   9
Status reports
Box   2
Folder   10
CARES interface issues
Box   2
Folder   11
KIDS interim system, 1994-1995
2007/053
Part 3 (2007/053): Additions, 1990-1997
Physical Description: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) 
Scope and Content Note: Miscellaneous files, 1990-1997, pertaining to the Dottie Moore program. The files were weeded from a large volume of detailed monitoring records discarded because of their confidentiality. Retained are procedural memos, 1991-1997; monthly statistical reports, 1996-1997; and administrative records received and sent by Shirley Warpinski, a Dottie Moore program employee in Green Bay, 1990-1991.
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2009/053
Part 4 (2009/053): Additions, 1991-1997
Physical Description: 0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes) 
Scope and Content Note: Records, 1991-1997, of the Division of Economic Support relating to the Dottie Moore lawsuit, including minutes of the Employment Programs Advisory Committee; instructions and correspondence on entering agency and worker data into the Wisconsin CARES project; Legal Action of Wisconsin (LAW) files, including information and correspondence on follow-up cases and refund case reports; and records on Wisconsin Works (W-2).
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Box   1
Folder   1
Employment Programs Advisory Committee Meetings, 1996
Box   1
Folder   2
Dottie Moore
Box   1
Folder   3
Collection of Local Agency Data
Legal Action of Wisconsin (LAW) Cases
Box   1
Folder   4-5
Follow-up
Box   1
Folder   6
Reports
Box   1
Folder   7
Ron Gollonik
Box   1
Folder   8
Coding Errors
Box   1
Folder   9-16
1996 January-August
Box   2
Folder   1
Wisconsin Works (W-2)
Box   2
Folder   2
Economic Support
2011/098
Part 5 (2011/098): Additions, 1990-1995
Physical Description: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) 
Scope and Content Note: Miscellaneous documents, 1990-1995, about the Dottie Moore lawsuit. Of note is material related to the policy and procedure workgroup and the settlement implementation group.
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