Life on the Morgan County, Illinois Poor Farm: Christian Benevolence in Early Social Services

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Research Article| July 01 2019 Life on the Morgan County, Illinois Poor Farm: Christian Benevolence in Early Social Services Joe Squillace Joe Squillace Joe Squillace, Ph.D., M.S.W., is an Associate Professor at MacMurray College, and Director of the Social Work BSW program. He is the author of numerous scholarly and advocacy publications covering social work education, health care access and Medicaid, and dental and mental health care for children. Most recently, he authored the book A History of the Morgan County Poorhouse and Farm (2017). As a practicing social worker, he has been a policy analyst, advocate, lobbyist, nonprofit manager, and direct service practitioner. He drafted the Comprehensive Children’s Mental Health Services System legislation that passed the Missouri legislature in 2005, as well as legislation to prevent the relinquishing of child custody for mental health services, and for the provision of oral health care services delivered by dental hygienists in public health settings. His media advocacy on these issue areas has been covered by Time magazine, the Washington Post, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the Kansas City Star, and many other media outlets. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society (1998-) (2019) 112 (2): 163–186. https://doi.org/10.5406/jillistathistsoc.112.2.0163 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Joe Squillace; Life on the Morgan County, Illinois Poor Farm: Christian Benevolence in Early Social Services. Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society (1998-) 1 January 2019; 112 (2): 163–186. doi: https://doi.org/10.5406/jillistathistsoc.112.2.0163 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveUniversity of Illinois PressJournal of the Illinois State Historical Society (1998-) Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Copyright 2019 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois2019 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.