This series consists of Vancouver Resources Board operational records, 1973-1977. Records include correspondence, reports, briefs, memoranda, minutes of meetings and limited case material from the Vancouver Resources Board (V.R.B.) and related Community Resource Boards (C.R.B.'s) in the Greater Vancouver area.
The V.R.B. and its 15 constituent C.R.B.'s were established under the Community Resources Boards Act (S.B.C., 1974, Chap. 18) to perform functions of the B.C. Ministry of Human Resources in their local areas within general provincial guidelines. These functions included income assistance, protection of children, community grants, aid to the handicapped, services to unmarried parents and their children, aid to senior citizens and administration of miscellaneous other social programs.
The bulk of the records are from the V.R.B. itself, which was the umbrella organization for the delivery of social services in Greater Vancouver. Other smaller boards included Grandview Woodlands C.R.B.; Marpole Oakridge C.R.B.; Cedar Cottage Kensington C.R.B.; Dunbar West Point Grey Southlands C.R.B.; Renfrew Collingwood C.R.B.; Strathcona C.R.B.; and South Vancouver C.R.B. The collection includes limited material from these smaller C.R.B.'s and encompasses both the periods during which they were actively functioning as C.R.B.'s and during which they served as advisory bodies only.