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originally established in 1908 as the State Sanitorium. The School serves boys between the ages of fifteen and fifteen and a half years of age received on direct commitment or on transfer from the Maryland Training School for Boys. Boys' Village of Maryland or from the juvenile courts. Similarly, the School may transfer boys to either of the other boys institutions or to the Boys' Forestry Camps. During the 1967 fiscal year, the School served a total of 251 boys and main- tained an average daily population of 92 Appropriations 1967 1968 General Funds $741,212 $782,623 Federal Funds 2,563 1,000 Totals $743,775 $783,623 Staff: 119. MARYLAND CHILDREN'S CENTER Robert C. Hilson, Superintendent 5200 Westland Boulevard, Baltimore 21227 Telephone: 247-0011 By Chapter 98, Acts of 1956, the General Assembly authorized the construction of the Maryland Children's Center, which is a 112-bed facility in Baltimore County. The Center, when it opened in 1956, had a capacity of 56. It was increased to its present capacity in 1967. The Center may detain a child, under court order, pending further disposition by the Court. It studies and evaluates each child as to causes of behavior and makes recommendations to the courts and the Department regarding an appropriate treatment. The study in- cludes psychiatric, social, psychological, medical, educational and group living evaluations In terms of budget and administration, the Maryland Children's Center is considered as a single unit with the Waxter Children's Center. Thomas J. S. Waxter Children's Center 375 Red Clay S.W., Laurel 20810 Telephone: 247-0011 Opened in November 1963, the Thomas J. S. Waxter Children's Center has the same Superintendent and the same powers and re- sponsibilities as the Maryland Children's Center. Initially known as the Southern Maryland Children's Center, it was authorized by Chap- ter 38, Acts of 1962. It received its present name by Chapter 131, Acts of 1963. The Waxter Center provides overnight and weekend detention serv- ices to the Courts where a complete diagnostic evaluation is not re- quested. The Center has a forty bed capacity and is situated in Anne Arundel County. Appropriations 1967 1968 General Funds $635,504 $996,875 Federal Funds 1,563 1,000 Staff, 1967: 85; Staff, 1968: 136. MARYLAND TRAINING SCHOOL FOR BOYS Robert H. Hildreth, Acting Superintendent 2400 Cub Hill Road, Baltimore 21234 Telephone: 668-8300 This institution was established by Chapter 374, Acts of 1850, as the House of Refuge. It has been situated at its present site near |
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