Director chairs the Interagency Committee on Ag-
ing Services The Director also serves as advocate
for the elderly at all levels of government
The Office on Aging has five divisions Client
Services and Long Term Care, Housing Services,
Management, Nutrition and Community Services,
and Planning and Evaluation The Office is aided
by the Commission on Aging and the Financial
Review Committee (Code 1957, Art 70B)

COMMISSION ON AGING

William Bechill, Chaw, 1999

The Commission on Aging advises the Director
on Aging about the work of the Office on Aging
The Commission's thirteen members are named to
four year terms by the Governor who chooses the
chair (Code 1957, Art 70B, sec 3)

FINANCIAL REVIEW COMMITTEE

Frederick M Hudson, Chair, 1998

The financial Review Committee was created in
1985 (Chapter 752, Acts of 1985) At the request of
the Office on Aging, the Committee evaluates the
financial condition of providers of continuing care who
are experiencing financial difficulty The Committee
then recommends what action the Office should take
The Committee's seven members are appointed
to three year terms by the Director on Aging (Code
1957, Art 70B, sec 17A)

CLIENT SERVICES & LONG TERM CARE
DIVISION
La Verne Naesea, Chief
(410) 767 1074

The Client Services and Long Term Care Divi-
sion was organized in 1995 to direct the programs
previously administered by the Nutrition and Corn
munity Services Division and the former Housing
and Continuing Care Division
The Senior Care Program helps fund and ar-
range services, such as home delivery of meals,
house cleaning, transportation, and day care The
Program thus enables seniors with medical disabih
ties to stay in their own homes
Senior Advocacy Programs protect vulnerable or
at risk older persons living at home or in institu
tions through a system of coordinated services
Programs concern Senior Legal Assistance, Senior
Long Term Care Ombudsman, Public Guardian-
ship, Elder Abuse Prevention, and Senior Health
Insurance Counseling and Advocacy

HOUSING SERVICES DIVISION
Ilene W Rosenthal, Chief
(410)767 1118

The Housing Services Division began as the
Housing and Continuing Care Division When it

was assigned functions of the former Long-Term
Care Division in 1993, it was renamed the Housing
and Long-Term Care Division In 1995, it became
the Housing Services Division
The Division administers Senior Assisted Hous-
ing which combines housing with support services
for frail residents of senior apartment projects and
group homes The Division also regulates continu
ing-care retirement communities which provide
housing and health related services for the payment
of an entrance fee and a monthly service fee

MANAGEMENT DIVISION
Bernard Popick, Chief
(410) 767 1064

The Management Division is responsible tor
budgeting, financial management, personnel,
staff development, procurement, general admmi
stration, and auditing The Division also admin
isters the Senior Community-Service Employment
Program The Program arranges part time paid
employment for older persons who wish to im
prove their job skills or learn new skills Seniors
work for nonprofit or government agencies giving
service to the community through schools and
hospitals, senior citizen and day care centers, liter
acy and nutrition programs, and conservation and
beautification projects Skills learned on the job are
supplemented by quarterly training classes given
by the Office The Program offers job counseling
and helps in finding unsubsidized work Enroll
ment is limited to persons, age 55 years and older,
who meet low income eligibility requirements
The Program is partly funded by the federal Older
Americans Act of 1965, Title V (PL 94 135)

NUTRITION & COMMUNITY SERVICES
DIVISION
Joanne M Keiser, Chief
(410) 767-1094

The Nutrition and Community Services Divi-
sion was renamed the Community Services and
Nutrition Division in 1994 In 1995, it resumed
its original name The Division directs the local
administration of programs and services for the
elderly These include nutrition, transportation,
senior information and assistance, health promo
tion, physical fitness, and senior center opera
tions and construction
The Division monitors and technically aids a
network of nineteen area agencies on aging These
local agencies receive grants of federal and State
funds from the Office on Aging to ser\e the elderly
in their geographic areas Area agencies encompass
all counties and Baltimore City Funding sources
for grants include the federal Older Americans Act
(Title III), the federal Food and Agriculture Act
(sec 700), and State General Funds