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and the Civilian Conservation Corps; in 1970, the Department of Employment and Social Services became
responsible for all State employment and training programs and various diverse commissions relating to
aging, children and youth, migrant labor, manpower, Spanish-speaking persons, and veterans. The
Department was renamed the Department ofHuman Resources in 1975 (Chapter 382, Acts of 1975).
The Department of Human Resources and its predecessor agencies at times have had duties and
functions which now belong to other executive departments. From 1970 to 1983, the Department was
responsible for employment and training programs now found in die Department of Economic and
Employment Development, and from 1943 to 1966 the State Department of Public Welfare had
jurisdiction over the juvenile training institutions nowwithin the Department of Juvenile Services. Because
the poor were often lumped together with insane, feeble-minded, blind, sick, elderly and criminal persons,
both in institutions and in the public mind, duties of the Department of Human Resources have often
overlapped those of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Chronic care hospitals, now under
the latter department, began as tuberculosis saniroriums overseen by the Department of Charities. The
first State inspection ofalmshouses was conducted in 1876 by the State Board of Health, and later the
Board of Mental Hygiene was required to inspect them every six months.
Today, the Department of Human Resources encompasses five administrations: Child Care, Social
Services, Income Maintenance, Child Support Enforcement, and Community Services. The Community
Services Administration oversees Adult Services, Maryland Energy Assistance, Temporary Emergency
Food Assistance, Homeless Services, Legal Services, Women's Services, and the Maryland Office of
Refugee Affairs. The Administration also includes the Maryland Commission for Women, the Governor's
Commission on Migratory and Seasonal Farm Labor, and the Governor's Commission on Hispanic Affairs
(Code 1957, Art. 41, sees. 6-101 through 6-407).
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OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
The Secretary of Human Resources directs the
Department. Appointed by the Governor with
Senate advice and consent, the Secretary serves on
the Governor's Executive Council and numerous
State boards and commissions.
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Vacancy, Chairperson
Appointed by Secretary ofHuman Resources (who also
designates chair) with Governor's approval: Arnold E.
Gillespie; Ruth U. Keeton; James E. Lewis; Richard
B. Willson; K. Nancy Wilson. Terms expire 1989.
Major dark; Michael L. Hardy; Raymond Spence,
Jr.; Janice Stevenson, Ph.D.; Edward E. Watkins.
Terms expire 1990.
Diane Karrer Ford; Michael L. Hardy; John
Isbister; Roger I. Lyons; Jane Merkin; Pearl
Shiling; J. Stephen Simms; Fran Tracy; Dr. William
Troxler. Terms expire 1991.
333-0001
The Department of Human Resources Advisory
Council was created in 1984 (Chapter 421, Acts of
1984). The Council advises the Secretary ofHuman
Resources on program plans, grant levels, eligibility
requirements, and the Department budget. The
Council also acts as a forum for public comment and
implements procedures to keep local boards informed
of actions of the Council and other local boards.
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The Council's fifteen to twenty-five members are
appointed by the Secretary of Human Resources
with the approval of the Governor. The Secretary
of Human Resources designates the chairperson
(Code 1957, Art. 41, sec. 6-105).
MARYLAND CITIZEN BOARD FOR REVIEW
OF FOSTER CARE FOR CHILDREN
Sandra Schiller, Chairperson, 1991
Appointed by Governor: Timothy W. Griffith, 1991
Elected by local review boards: Shelia Ards; Nancy
Cooper-Morgan; Robert Duncan; John Fisher;
Walter Gancr; Iris Gordon; Sara Jane Hoyle; Janet
Kinne; one vacancy. Terms expire 1991.
Charles R. Cooper, Administrator
2701 North Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21218 554-5791
The Maryland Citizen Board for Review of
Foster Care for Children was established in 1978 to
coordinate the activities of local citizen review
boards (Chapter 980, Acts of 1978). The State
Board promulgates policies and procedures relating
to the functions of local review boards. It also makes
recommendations to the General Assembly on
foster care policies and procedures (Code Family
Law Article, sees. 5-535 through 5-547).
The Stare Board is composed of eleven members.
Each local review board of Judicial Circuits nos. 1
through 7 elects a member to the State Board. From
Judicial Circuit no. 8, the local review boards choose
three State Board members. The Governor also ap-
points one member from the executive staff. Members
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