(2012-0326-S) Molly Brostrom - Domestic Policy Council

295 folders, approximately 13,428 pages

This collection consists Molly Brostrom’s Domestic Policy Council files. Brostrom served as Senior Policy Analyst in the Domestic Policy Council from April 1995 to January 1997. She worked extensively in the areas such as: homelessness, housing, seniors, social security, veterans, and youth and family issues. Her records consist of agendas, articles, briefing papers, informational packets, letters, legislation, legislative referral memoranda, meeting notes, memos, reports, speech material, statements of administration policy, talking points, testimony, and weekly reports.

Molly Brostrom held a position as Senior Policy Analyst in the Domestic Policy Council from April 1995 to January 1997. She was assigned to work with very specific and overlapping areas of domestic policy involving homelessness, housing, seniors, social security, veterans, and youth and family issues. Areas of interest include accomplishments, assistance funding, base closure, budget and appropriations, economic development, education, homeless initiatives, Interagency Council on the Homeless, Interagency Veterans Policy Group, legislation, public housing, Social Security Advisory Council, and various White House conferences. The records include agendas, articles, briefing papers, informational packets, letters, legislation, legislative referral memoranda, meeting notes, memos, reports, speech material, statements of administration policy, talking points, testimony, and weekly reports.

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Records of this series were found in Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files, Domestic Policy Council. Arrangement is topical. Topics are arranged alphabetically: homelessness, housing, seniors, social security, veterans, and youth and family issues. Within each topic folders are arranged alphabetically.

Collection is open to all researchers. Access to Clinton Presidential Records is governed by the Presidential Records Act (PRA) (44 USC 2201) and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 USC 552, as amended) and therefore records may be restricted in whole or part in accordance with legal exemptions.

Official records of William Jefferson Clinton’s presidency are housed at the Clinton Presidential Library and administered by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the provisions of the Presidential Records Act (PRA).

Staff Archivist, 2012. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released.

Following is a list of folders processed:
Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
Domestic Policy Council
 Brostrom, Molly
Box 1
Homelessness
ANCHoR [Automated National Client-Specific Homeless Services Recording]
 [OA 8395]
Base Closing [OA 8395]
Base Reuse [OA 8395]
CHR [Carol H. Rasco] Keynote of Alliance, 6/20/96 [OA 8395]
CMHS [Center for Mental Health Services]/CSAT [Center for Substance Abuse
 Treatment] Evaluations of Programs to prevent Homelessness of People with
 Co-Occurring Disorders [OA 8395]
Columbia Continuum of Care Report 9/96 [OA 8395]
DC [District of Columbia] Initiative [OA 8395]
Education for the Homeless [OA 8395]
Federal Publications on Homelessness [OA 8395]
Homeless Assistance Funding [OA 8395]
Homeless Interagency Council [1] [OA 8395]
Homeless Interagency Council [2] [OA 8395]
Homeless Survey-Census Bureau [OA 8395]
Homeless Veterans and HUD [Housing and Urban Development] [OA 8395]
Homeless Veterans Task Force [OA 8395]
HUD [Housing and Urban Development]/HHS [Health and Human Services]
 Multiple Diagnoses Initiative [Folder 1] [OA 8395]
HUD [Housing and Urban Development]/HHS [Health and Human Services]
 Multiple Diagnoses Initiative [Folder 2] [OA 8395]
HUD [Housing and Urban Development]-$900M NoFA [Notice of Funding
 Availability] “Super NoFA” [1] [OA 8395]
HUD [Housing and Urban Development]-$900M NoFA [Notice of Funding
 Availability] “Super NoFA” [2] [OA 8395]
HUD [Housing and Urban Development] Veteran Resource Center [OA 8395]
HOPWA [Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS] [OA 8395]
Box 2
Housing/Homeless Success Stories [OA 8399]
Interagency Council on the Homeless (ICH) [1] [OA 8395]
Interagency Council on the Homeless (ICH) [2] [OA 8395]
Interagency Council on the Homeless (ICH) [3] [OA 8395]
ICH [Interagency Council on the Homeless] Follow-Ups [OA 8395]
ICH [Interagency Council on the Homeless] Policy Group Meeting Summary
 [April 6, 1996] [OA 8395]
Domestic Policy Council
 Brostrom, Molly
ICH [Interagency Council on the Homeless]/WH Homelessness Forum, 10/95
 [OA 8395]
Lazio Homelessness Bill [OA 8395]
NSHAPC [National Survey of Homeless Assistance Providers and Clients]
 Analysis [OA 8395]
NSHAPC [National Survey of Homeless Assistance Providers and Clients]
 Briefing, 9/5/96 [OA 8395]
[National] Survey [of Homeless Assistance Providers and Clients] Briefing,
 9/12/95 [OA 8395]
Presidential Messages [OA 8395]
Priority HOME! Implementation Plan [1] [OA 8395]
Priority HOME! Implementation Plan [2] [OA 8395]
Priority HOME! Implementation Plan [3] [OA 8395]
Priority HOME! Interim Report [OA 8395]
Priority HOME! May 1994 [OA 8395]
Box 3
PATH [Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness] Access
 [OA 8395]
San Francisco Amicus Brief 3/29[1996] [OA 8395]
Talking Points [OA 8395]
Title V Repeal/DOD Reauthorization-Changes to BCCRHA [Base Closure
 Community Redevelopment and Homeless Assistance Act] [OA 8395]
Title V Surplus Property [OA 8395]
US Conference of Mayors-Hunger and Homelessness Report 12/96 [Bound
 Material] [OA 8395]
US Conference of Mayors Survey, 12/95 [OA 8395]
Housing
Accomplishments [OA 8399]
Administration Public Housing Amendments, 1/97 [OA 8400]
Bilbray Fair Housing Amendment [OA 8399]
Brooke Amendment [OA 8400]
Campus of Learners [1] [OA 8399]
Campus of Learners [2] [OA 8399]
Chicago Housing Authority [OA 8399]
Cisneros [Henry] [OA 8399]
CDBG [Community Development Block Grant] [OA 8399]
Conference Call w/Housing Groups, 9/22/95 [OA 8399]
[Democratic National Committee] Platform Statement, 1996 [OA 8399]
Disability [OA 8399]
Box 4
Disability, CCD [Consortium of Citizens with Disabilities] Issues [OA 8399]
Domber Letters [OA 8399]
Domestic Policy Council
 Brostrom, Molly
EDI [Economic Development Initiatives] [OA 8399]
Extender Bill, 3/96 [OA 8399]
Extremes [OA 8399]
Fair Lending Practices [OA 8399]
Fatherhood Initiatives [OA 8400]
FY 96 HUD [Housing and Urban Development] Budget/Appropriations
 [OA 8399]
FY 96 HUD [Housing and Urban Development]/VA [Veterans Administration]
 Appropriations [1] [OA 8399]
FY 96 HUD [Housing and Urban Development]/VA [Veterans Administration]
 Appropriations [2] [OA 8399]
FY 97 HUD [Housing and Urban Development] Appropriations [OA 8399]
FY 97 HUD [Housing and Urban Development] Budget [1] [OA 8399]
FY 97 HUD [Housing and Urban Development] Budget [2] [OA 8399]
FY 98 Budget [OA 8399]
Habitat II [OA 8400]
HOME [Home Investment Partnership] Program [OA 8400]
Homeownership Capital Gains Tax Cut [OA 8399]
Homeownership FHA [Federal Housing Administration] [OA 8400]
Homeownership for Public Housing [OA 8400]
Hope VI Awards, 10/08/96 [OA 8400]
HUD [Housing and Urban Development] Articles, 94/95 [OA 8400]
HUD [Housing and Urban Development] Housing and Community Development
 [OA 8400]
Box 5
HUD [Housing and Urban Development] NPR [National Performance Review]
 Agreement, 1993 [OA 8400]
HUD [Housing and Urban Development] Reinvention [OA 8400]
HUD [Housing and Urban Development] Report to American People, 11/94
 [OA 8399]
HUD [Housing and Urban Development] Testimony [OA 8400]
Issue Brief Backup [1] [OA 8399]
Issue Brief Backup [2] [OA 8399]
Kent Amos [OA 8399]
Lead-Based Paint Remediation [OA 8400]
Lee Jones of LR [Little Rock] Housing Authority, 7 Feb 1995, 1:55-2:25 pm
 [OA 8400]
Leon Weiner/MTM [Mark to Market] [OA 8400]
[Low Income Housing] Preservation [1] [OA 8400]
[Low Income Housing] Preservation [2] [OA 8400]
Low Income Housing Tax Credit [OA 8400]
Major HUD [Housing and Urban Development] Programs [1] [OA 8399]
Major HUD [Housing and Urban Development] Programs [2] [OA 8399]
Major HUD [Housing and Urban Development] Programs [3] [OA 8399]
Domestic Policy Council
 Brostrom, Molly
Box 6
Manufactured Housing/ [Hal] Hunnicutt [OA 8400]
MTM [Mark to Market] Background [1] [OA 8400]
MTM [Mark to Market] Background [2] [OA 8400]
MTM [Mark to Market] Tax Relief [OA 8400]
Meeting w/California Housing Coalition, 5/6 [1996] [OA 8399]
Meeting w/Housing Groups, 7/13/95 [OA 8399]
Meeting w/Housing Groups and CHR [Carol H Rasco], 9/26/95 [OA 8399]
Millard Fuller/Habitat [For Humanity] 9/9/96 [OA 8400]
NOI [Nation of Islam] Security Services [OA 8400]
National Alliance of HUD [Housing and Urban Development] Tenants [OA 8399]
National Homeownership Strategy [1] [OA 8400]
National Homeownership Strategy [2] [OA 8400]
National Low Income Housing Coalition [OA 8399]
Native American Housing [OA 8400]
Native American Public Housing [OA 8400]
New Orleans Public Housing Agreement [OA 8400]
NIMBY [Not In My Back Yard] and Housing [OA 8400]
Occupancy Standards [OA 8400]
One Strike, 1/96 [OA 8400]
Pension Fund Initiative [OA 8400]
Performance Partnerships and HUD [Housing and Urban Development]
 [OA 8400]
Portfolio Reengineering [OA 8400]
Public Housing [1] [OA 8400]
Public Housing [2] [OA 8400]
Box 7
Public Housing Authority Analysis [OA 8400]
Public Housing Bill Letters [OA 8400]
Public Housing Conference Administration’s Position [OA 8400]
Public Housing Summit, 5/29-30/96 [OA 8400]
Reverse Mortgage Program, 7/18/96 [OA 8400]
Section 203(k) Program [OA 8400]
Seniors Housing [OA 8400]
“Sweeps” and PHAs [Public Housing Authorities] [OA 8400]
Tenant Based Housing [OA 8400]
Tenant Opportunity Program [OA 8400]
Urban Record [OA 8400]
Urban Strategy/Record/Accomplishments [OA 8400]
Vouchers Briefing [OA 8400]
Seniors
Accomplishments – Original [OA 8396]
Domestic Policy Council
 Brostrom, Molly
AOA [Administration on Aging]-Redefining Retirement [OA 8396]
Age Discrimination-EEOC [Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
 [OA 8396]
Aging Demographics [OA 8396]
AARP [American Association of Retired Persons] Briefing/Interview, 9/18/96
 [OA 8396]
AARP [American Association of Retired Persons] Candidates Questionnaire
 [OA 8396]
Arkansas Office on Aging [OA 8396]
Budget/Funding and Older Americans [OA 8396]
Forest Service/Title V [OA 8396]
Grandparents’ Day, 9/10/95 [OA 8396]
The Health of America’s Older Women [OA 8396]
Hillary Rodham Clinton NCOA [National Council on the Aging] Speech,
 4/24/96 [OA 8396]
Box 8
Issue Brief Backup [OA 8396]
Medicare Anniversary, 7/30/95 [OA 8396]
National Association for Community Services Programs [OA 8396]
National Association of Meals Programs, 8/15/95 [OA 8396]
OAA [Older Americans Act] General Background [1] [OA 8396]
OAA [Older Americans Act] General Background [2] [OA 8396]
OAA [Older Americans Act] Reauthorization [OA 8396]
“Operation Restore Trust” [OA 8396]
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 12/94 [OA 8396]
Pension Initiative, 4/11/96 [OA 8396]
Pension Reform Talking Points [OA 8396]
Retirement Report, 4/95 [OA 8396]
Robert Butler [OA 8396]
Senior Service Corps [OA 8396]
Senior Volunteer Programs [OA 8396]
Seniors Op-Ed, 3/24/95 [OA 8396]
Seniors Outreach Strategy [OA 8396]
Talking Points-Older Americans [OA 8396]
Title IV-Research [OA 8396]
Title V-SCSEP [Senior Community Service Employment Program] [OA 8396]
WHCOA [White House Conference on Aging]-Advisory Committee [OA 8396]
Box 9
WHCOA [White House Conference on Aging]-Agenda [OA 8396]
WHCOA [White House Conference on Aging]-Conservative Response
 [OA 8396]
WHCOA [White House Conference on Aging]-Delegate Material [1] [OA 8396]
Domestic Policy Council
 Brostrom, Molly
WHCOA [White House Conference on Aging]-Delegate Material [2] [OA 8396]
WHCOA [White House Conference on Aging]-Final Report [OA 8396]
WHCOA [White House Conference on Aging]-Focus Group [OA 8396]
WHCOA [White House Conference on Aging]-Follow-Up [OA 8396
WHCOA [White House Conference on Aging]-General [1] [OA 8396]
WHCOA [White House Conference on Aging]-General [2] [OA 8396]
WHCOA [White House Conference on Aging]-Issue Papers [OA 8396]
WHCOA [White House Conference on Aging]-Little Rock [OA 8396]
WHCOA [White House Conference on Aging]-New York Times Letter
 [OA 8396]
WHCOA [White House Conference on Aging]-Newsletter [OA 8396]
WHCOA [White House Conference on Aging]-Notes/To Dos [OA 8396]
WHCOA [White House Conference on Aging]-Planning Meeting, 4/17/95
 [OA 8396]
WHCOA [White House Conference on Aging]-POTUS Speech [OA 8396]
WHCOA [White House Conference on Aging]-Press Releases [OA 8396]
WHCOA [White House Conference on Aging]-Resolutions [1] [OA 8396]
WHCOA [White House Conference on Aging]-Resolutions [2] [OA 8396]
Box 10
WHCOA [White House Conference on Aging]-Resolutions [3] [OA 8396]
WHCOA [White House Conference on Aging]-Talking Points [OA 8396]
Social Security
Bipartisan Commission on Entitlements [OA 8397]
CRS [Congressional Research Service] Report for Congress-Social Security
 [OA 8397]
CPI [Consumer Price Index] [OA 8397]
Elderly Income/Poverty and Social Security [OA 8397]
GAO [Government Accountability Office] SSI [Supplemental Security Income]
 Transfer-of-Resources Report [OA 8397]
HIV/AIDS and SSI [Supplemental Security Income] Disability Benefits
 [OA 8397]
Judith Hart [OA 8397]
Packwood Letter Response, 3/28/95 [OA 8397]
Privatization [OA 8397]
SSA [Social Security Administration] Continuing Disability Reviews (CDRs)
 [OA 8397]
SSA [Social Security Administration]-Elimination of Attorney Fees [Program]
 [1] [OA 8397]
SSA [Social Security Administration]-Elimination of Attorney Fees [Program]
 [2] [OA 8397]
SSA [Social Security Administration]-Elimination of Attorney Fees [Program]
 [3] [OA 8397]
Social Security Advisory Council [Folder 1] [OA 8397]
Domestic Policy Council
 Brostrom, Molly
Social Security Advisory Council [Folder 2] [1] [OA 8397]
Social Security Advisory Council [Folder 2] [2] [OA 8397]
[Social Security] Advisory Council Final Report [OA 8397]
Box 11
SS [Social Security] Background, Talking Points, Etc. [OA 8397]
Social Security Disability Determination Process [1] [OA 8397]
Social Security Disability Determination Process [2] [OA 8397]
Social Security Disability Reengineering Progress Report [OA 8397]
Social Security Earnings Test 4/96 [OA 8397]
Social Security-History [OA 8397]
Social Security Hot Issues Briefing, 5/95 [OA 8397]
Social Security, Immigration, Welfare Reform [OA 8397]
Social Security Independence Act [OA 8397]
Social Security/Medicare Trustees Report, June 1996 [1] [OA 8397]
Social Security/Medicare Trustees Report, June 1996 [2] [OA 8397]
Social Security Payment Cycling [OA 8397]
Social Security Reform-POTUS Position [OA 8397]
Social Security-Taxation of Benefits [OA 8397]
SSI [Supplemental Security Income] DA&A [Drug Addicts and Alcoholics]
 [OA 8397]
SSI [Supplemental Security Income] DA&A [Drug Addicts and Alcoholics]-
 CHR [Carol H. Rasco] Letters [OA 8397]
Box 12
Veterans
American Legion Questionnaire, 7/96 [OA 8398]
Cost of Living Allowances-Military Retirees [OA 8398]
DOD [Department of Defense] Health Care [OA 8398]
DOD [Department of Defense] Medicare Subvention [OA 8398]
VA [Department of Veterans Affairs] Benefits [OA 8398]
[Department of Veterans Affairs] Budget, 1996 [OA 8398]
VA [Department of Veterans Affairs] Center for Minority Veterans [OA 8398]
VA [Department of Veterans Affairs] FY 96 Appropriations [OA 8398]
VA [Department of Veterans Affairs] FY 97 Budget [OA 8398]
VA [Department of Veterans Affairs] GI Bill [OA 8398]
VA [Department of Veterans Affairs] Health Care Restructuring [OA 8398]
VA [Department of Veterans Affairs] ReGo [Reinventing Government] II [1]
 [OA 8398]
VA [Department of Veterans Affairs] ReGo [Reinventing Government] II [2]
 [OA 8398]
Disability Compensation [OA 8398]
Dual Compensation [OA 8398]
Eligibility Reform [OA 8398]
Filipino Veterans Proclamation, 10/18/96 [OA 8398]
Domestic Policy Council
 Brostrom, Molly
Flag Burning [OA 8398]
Health Security Act and Veterans [OA 8398]
HVRP [Homeless Veterans Reintegration Project] [OA 8398]
HR 1483, Clear and Unmistakable Error [OA 8398]
Interagency Veterans Policy Group [1] [OA 8398]
Interagency Veterans Policy Group [2] [OA 8398]
Box 13
Interagency Veterans Policy Group [3] [OA 8398]
Interagency Veterans Policy Group-Agendas [OA 8398]
Interagency Veterans Policy Group Meeting/Agenda 4/26 [1995] [OA 8398]
Interagency Veterans Policy Group Meeting 6/28 [1995] and Follow-Up
 [OA 8398]
Interagency Veterans Policy Group Meeting with VSOs [Veterans Service
 Organizations] 5/24-25 [1995] [OA 8398]
Interagency Veterans Policy Group Meetings, 4/18 and 4/22 [1996] [OA 8398]
Interagency Veterans Policy Group Report, 5/23 [1995] [OA 8398]
Interagency Veterans Policy Group-Scheduling [OA 8398]
Joint Interagency Veterans Policy Group/VSOs [Veterans Service Organizations]
 Meeting, Oct 12 [1995] [OA 8398]
NYC [New York City] VA [Department of Veterans Affairs] Homelessness
 [OA 8398]
Persian Gulf [1] [OA 8398]
Persian Gulf [2] [OA 8398]
POTUS VFW [Veterans of Foreign Wars] Speech, 3/6/95 [OA 8398]
POTUS Veterans Speeches [OA 8398]
POW [Prisoners of War]/MIA [Missing in Action] Stamp, 5/29 [1995] [OA 8398]
SMOCTA [Service Members Occupational Conversion and Training Act of 1992]
 [OA 8398]
Small Business Administration 8(a) Program [OA 8398]
Spera [Response] [OA 8398]
Transition Assistance Program [OA 8398]
Box 14
Veterans Administration [Hospital], Maryland Health Care System [OA 8398]
VBA [Veterans Benefits Administration]/BVA [Board of Veterans Appeals]
 Claims Processing [OA 8398]
Veterans Day/World War II Commemoration, 11/11/95 [OA 8398]
Veterans’ Employment and Training [OA 8398]
VETS [Veterans Employment and Training Service] Form 100 [Federal
 Contractor Report on Veterans’ Employment] [OA 8398]
Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation [OA 8398]
Veterans Issue Brief Back-Up [OA 8398]
Veterans Media Roundtable, 5/26/95 [OA 8398]
Domestic Policy Council
 Brostrom, Molly
[Veterans Medicare Reimbursement Model Project Act of 1996] [OA 8398]
Veterans Preference [1] [OA 8398]
Veterans Preference [2] [OA 8398]
Veterans Press Roundtable, 6/3/96 [1] [OA 8398]
Veterans Press Roundtable, 6/3/96 [2] [OA 8398]
VSOs [Veterans Service Organizations]/Military Coalition Meetings
 1996/Interagency Veterans Policy Group Meeting 5/6 [1996] [OA 8398]
Veterans-Talking Points [OA 8398]
Welfare Reform and Veterans [OA 8398]
White House Conference on Small Business/Veterans [1] [OA 8398]
White House Conference on Small Business/Veterans [2] [OA 8398]
Box 15
Youth and Families
Alex Kroll [OA 8396]
April 2 [1996] Interagency Media Violence Meeting [OA 8396]
Century Council [OA 8396]
Children’s TV [OA 8396]
Drug Conference Attendees [OA 8396]
Drug Conference-Breakout Sessions [OA 8396]
Drug Conference-Packet Materials [1] [OA 8396]
Drug Conference-Packet Materials [2] [OA 8396]
Media Breakout Session, 3/7 [1996] [OA 8396]
MOU [Memorandum Of Understanding] on Connecticut Neighborhood
 Revitalization Partnership [OA 8398]
[Neighborhood Revitalization] Partnership Connecticut Visit, 8/96 [OA 8398]
Partnership [For Stronger Families] SPOC [Single Point of Contact] Team
 [OA 8398]
President’s Cancer Panel [OA 8398]
Violence and the Media [1] [OA 8396]
Violence and the Media [2] [OA 8396]
White House Conference on Youth, Drug Use, and Violence, 3/7/97 [OA 8396]