On July 26, 1984, Governor Rudy Perpich met with the newly appointed Council on Families and Children to request that it continue the work begun in 1978 by an earlier Task Force on Families - to examine in depth the needs of Minnesota's families and children. Mindful of a narrow time frame, he also requested that the new Council prepare some recommendations for his review by November 1984.
In 1988, Gov. Perpich issued another Executive Order, changing the name of the council and expanding some aspects of its work.
According to the State Register, "the council was abolished effective April 1990."