Maryland Manual 1994-1995

The Commission consists of thirteen members.
They include the Secretary of Health and Mental
Hygiene, or designee; Secretary of Budget and
Fiscal Planning, or designee; Director of the Devel-
opmental Disabilities Administration; a repre-
sentative of the State Department of Education; a
state senator appointed by the Senate President;
and a delegate appointed by the House Speaker.
The Governor appoints to the Commission two
representatives from organizations that provide
community program services, two from the finan-
cial community, two from advocacy-related organi-
zations, and one from the general public (Code
Health—General Article, sec. 7-204).

CENTRAL MARYLAND REGION

Harold Adams, Regional Director
(410) 363-2801

The Regional Director for the Central Maryland
Region oversees administration of community-
based services and Rosewood Center.

ROSEWOOD CENTER
Theodore Bunck, Ph.D., Director

Rosewood Lane
Owings Mills, MD 21117 (410) 363-2700

Rosewood Center was established in 1888 as the
Asylum and Training School for the Feeble Minded of
the State of Maryland (Chapter 183, Acts of 1888).
The Asylum and Training School first admitted chil-
dren in 1889. From 1912 to 1961, it was known as
Rosewood State Training School. In 1961, the School
became Rosewood State Hospital (Chapter 89, Acts
of 1961). When the departments of Health and Men-
tal Hygiene merged in 1969, the Hospital was re-
named Rosewood Center.
The Center provides for the care, education,
training, and habilitation of mentally retarded per-
sons from all parts of the State. Rosewood is funded
to serve a daily average of 536 residents (Code
Health—General Article, sec. 7-305).

CITIZENS ADVISORY BOARD FOR
ROSEWOOD CENTER

Charles A. Breitenbach, Chairperson, 1996

The Board's seven members are appointed to four-
year terms by the Governor upon recommendation of
the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene.

SOUTHERN MARYLAND REGION

C. Frederick Meyer, Regional Director
(301) 595-5000, ext. 308

The Regional Director for the Southern Mary-
land Region oversees administration of commu-
nity-based services and Great Oaks Center.

GREAT OAKS CENTER
Theodore Bunck, Ph.D., Director

3100 Gracefield Road
Silver Spring, MD 20904 (301) 595-2300

Great Oaks Center was established in 1967 as the
Metropolitan Washington Retardation Center (Chap -
ter 556, Acts of 1967). The Center opened in the fall
of 1970 and adopted its present name in 1971. Great
Oaks serves mentally retarded persons from Calvert,
Charles, Montgomery, Prince George's and St. Mary's
counties. It was the first regional center in Maryland
established to treat the mentally retarded.
Great Oaks Center provides care and training for
a daily average of 360 mentally retarded residents
(Code Health—General Article, sec. 7-305). Re-
tarded and developmentally disabled individuals
receive comprehensive and diversified services and
programs, including respite care. Education, train-
ing, and habilitation services and programs for the
facility's retarded residents are offered both in the
Center and in the community.
A day care program integrates programs and serv-
ices offered by Great Oaks. A Regional Team offers
outreach services, such as training parents to resolve
their child's special problems at home to avert institu-
tionalization. The Team helps local school teachers
educate and train their developmentally disabled stu-
dents. County health departments and community
agendes are aided to develop resources for the devel-
opmentally disabled. The Team also assists residents
who leave the Center to live in the community.

CITIZENS ADVISORY BOARD FOR
GREAT OAKS CENTER

John D. Evans, Chairperson, 1995

The Governor, upon recommendation of the
Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, appoints
the Board's seven members to four-year terms.

EASTERN SHORE REGION

Marion Chambers, Regional Director
(410) 546-7202

The Regional Director for the Eastern Shore
Region oversees administration of community-
based services and Holly Center.

HOLLY CENTER
Jane Carmean, Ph.D., Superintendent

P.O. Box 2358
Snow Hill Road (Route 12)
Salisbury, MD 21801 (410) 546-2181

The Holly Center was established in 1968 as the
Regional Mental Retardation Center—Eastern
Shore (Chapter 435, Acts of 1968). Renamed in
1973, the Holly Center is funded to serve a daily
average of 196 residents. A full range of services is