Intergovernmental Relations in Social Welfare was first published in 1952. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.This volume is number 5 in a series of monographs edited by William Anderson and Edward W. Weidner on intergovernmental relations in the United States as observed in the state of Minnesota. Topics of discussion in the report include: an introduction to intergovernmental welfare programs in Minnesota and their administrative organization; comparisons of these programs with other states; supervisory and non-supervisory relationships between national, state, and local government welfare agencies in the administration of public assistance and child welfare services; problems of grant allocation and integration; and problems of inter-state and inter-county relations arising in administration of settlement requirements.