310/Maryland Manual

ADVISORY WORKGROUP
Chairperson: Paul G. Pittman, Jr.

Appointed by Governor: Frances L. Abrams;
Kenneth E. Bush; Carla M. Curtis, D.S.W.; Joyce
DeVilbiss; Sarah Donnelly; Sandra A. Douglass;
Ann Feldman; Timothy W. Griffith; Marymac P.
Hoffman; Brenda Baker Coakley; Joanne L. Rynn;
Sherry R Sutton; Marti G. Worshtil; one vacancy.
Terms expire 1991.

The Interagency Child Care Council is assisted
by a fifteen-member advisory workgroup, ap-
pointed by the Governor.

DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR
PROGRAMS

Vacancy, Deputy Secretary for Programs
333-0003

The Deputy Secretary for Programs oversees the
major programs of the Department. In conjunction
with local departments of social services, these pro-
grams are carried out by the Office of Welfare
Employment Policy and four Administrations: So-
cial Services; Income Maintenance; Child Support
Enforcement; and Community Services.

OFFICE OF WELFARE
EMPLOYMENT POLICY

Todd Rofiith, Executive Director
Osceola Edmondson, Deputy Executive Director

311 W. Saratoga St.
Baltimore, MD 21201 333-0028

The Office of Welfare Employment Policy
(OWEP) was created from the Employment Initia-
tives Program in 1984. The Office analyzes employ-
ment and training issues and develops programs to
help welfare clients become self-supporting.

Review and analysis of existing programs en-
ables the Office to identify barriers to employment
and recommend legislative and administrative
means to remove them. The Office also identifies
ways to redirect programs and resources to promote
client self-sufficiency

The Office administers work programs that pro-
vide employment, training, and support services,
including child care, transportation, and health
benefits. These programs help Aid to Families with
Dependent Children (AFDC) applicants and recip-
ients secure permanent, unsubsidized employment.
Remedial education, skills and on-the-job training,
work experience, and job search assistance are avail-
able to clients and tailored to meet their particular
needs. Current programs include Investment in Job

Opportunities; Food Stamp Recipients Employ-
ment and Training; Work Supplementation/Grant
Diversion; Absent Parent Work Program; Work
Incentive Demonstration (WIN DEMO); and Em-
ployment.

SOCIAL SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION

Tracey Feild, Executive Director
Daniel Pollack, Deputy Executive Director

311 W Saratoga St.
Baltimore, MD 21201 333-0102

The Social Services Administration originated as
the Board of State Aid and Charities in 1900 (Chap-
ter 679, Acts of 1900). In 1939, the Board was
replaced by the State Department of Public Welfare
(Chapter 99, Acts of 1939). The General Assembly
in 1967 modernized the law, conforming it with
practice and clarifying responsibilities of the boards
and directors of the State and local departments
(Chapter 148, Acts of 1967). The Department was
renamed the Department of Social Services in 1968
(Chapter 702, Acts of 1968). In 1970, it became
the Social Services Administration (Chapter 96,
Acts of 1970).

The Social Services Administration is the central
coordinating and directing agency of all social ser-
vices in the State (Code 1957, Art. 41, sec. 6-106).
These include adoption, foster care, protective ser-
vices to children and families, child day care services,
protective services to adults, homemaker services
and community home aides, and services to families
with children and single parents. To administer
these services, the Administration is organized into
five Offices: Child Welfare Services, Family and
Child Development Services, Adult Services, Pro-
gram Support, and Administrative Support Ser-
vices.

The Social Services Administration develops and
coordinates services, determines what factors con-
tribute to social and family problems, and recom-
mends changes or new programs to meet problems.
In carrying out these responsibilities, the Adminis-
tration calls upon local social services departments
for leadership within their communities and for
participation in statewide programs. Baltimore City
and each county have a local department of social
services. The director of the local department ad-
ministers social services locally subject to the super-
vision, direction, and control of the State
Administration.

The Social Services Administration supervises all
public and private institutions that have the care,
custody or control of dependent, abandoned, or
neglected children, except those placed under su-
pervision of another agency. It licenses agencies and