under satisfactory conditions of housing, sanita-
tion, health, and welfare (Res. No. 9, Acts of
1959).

The Committee consists of the following
members or their designees: the Secretary of Hu-
man Resources, the Director of the Social
Services Administration, the Executive Director
of the Employment Security Administration, the
Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, the Sec-
retary of Agriculture, the State Superintendent of
Schools, the Commissioner of Labor and Indus-
try, the Superintendent of the Maryland State Po-
lice, the Director of the Cooperative Extension
Service of the University of Maryland, the Execu-
tive Secretary of the Catholic Rural Life Confer-
ence, the Executive Secretary of the Mid-Atlantic
Food Processors Association, the Executive Sec-
retary of the Maryland Farm Bureau, Inc., the
Secretary-Treasurer of the Maryland-District of
Columbia AFL-CIO, the Executive Director of
the Maryland Food Committee, Inc., the Presi-
dent of the Maryland Vegetable Growers' Associ-
ation, the President of the Tri-County Migrant
Committee, Inc., and a representative of the mi-
grant community.

CENTER FOR DISPLACED
HOMEMAKERS

Program Director: Cynthia Marano

2435 Maryland Avenue
Baltimore 21218 Telephone: 243-5000

The Maryland Center for Displaced Home-
makers opened in October 1976. Funded through
the Department of Human Resources, the pro-
gram is administered by Baltimore New
Directions for Women, Inc.

A displaced homemaker is defined as a person
over thirty-five who has been primarily a home-
maker, is not gainfully employed, has depended
on the income of a family member, and has lost
that income as a result of separation, divorce, or
the death of the supporting member, or who has
depended on government assistance for which the
homemaker is no longer eligible.

The Center offers workshops on such topics as
returning to the job market, evaluating obstacles
to employment, and recognizing skills developed
through education, homemaking, and volunteer
experiences. Counseling and resource/referral
services are offered to help resolve the problems
experienced by displaced homemakers. In addi-
tion, academic, on-the-job, and self-employment
programs are offered to meet individual needs.

MARYLAND EX-OFFENDER
PROGRAM

Hellena T. Edmonds, Director

2506 North Charles Street
Baltimore 21218 Telephone: 383-5508

The Maryland Ex-Offender Program (MEP)
was created in August 1975 to provide an innova-
tive approach to serving the employment and re-
lated needs of ex-offenders (citizens arrested or
convicted but no longer incarcerated) and incar-
cerated persons.

MEP provides both manpower services and re-
lated supportive/social services to ex-offenders in
the Baltimore area. These services include pre-re-
lease assistance such as interview and assessment,
personal counseling, employment counseling, job
search and retention skills workshops, referral to
specific social services (e.g. family, marital, alco-
holic, narcotics counseling), classroom training,
on-the-job training, and job development. Post-
release services offered include the services cited
above as well as job placement, follow-up, and
follow-through.

MARYLAND SERVICE CORPS
Chairperson: Charles M. Ross

Woodrow M. Allen, Geroldine Aronin, Willia
Bland, James dark, Jr., Lousonia Jefferson,
Valerie Kitch, Mrs. Marion Pines, Catherine 1.
Riley, Mary E. Robinson, Joan M. Sewell, Dr.
Velma R. Speight, Duane Yoder.

Charles G. Tildon, Jr„ Executive Director

1123 North Eutaw Street
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 383-3079

The Maryland Service Corps was created in
1972 to promote and support a statewide pro-
gram of voluntarism and citizen participation to
strengthen the capability of public and private
non-profit agencies to provide certain services
(Chapter 354, Acts of 1972).

The Corps recruits, trains, and places volun-
teers directly through agreements with host agen-
cies, including county departments of social
services, health departments, commissions on ag-
ing, community action programs, and a variety of
other programs. The Service Corps also provides
technical assistance to agencies in order to en-
hance the quality and effectiveness of voluntar-
ism and citizen participation in Maryland. This