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124 MARYLAND MANUAL local social services boards are appointed for three-year terms. No appointee may serve for more than two consecutive terms (Code 1957, 1964 Repl. Vol., 1969 Supp., Art. 88A, sees. 1, 2, 4, 14, 14A). The Department administers the child care laws, which regulate child placement in Maryland. It licenses agencies and institutions having the care and custody of minors. The local departments of social services offer adoption services to the natural parents, the child, and the adoptive parents so that in a legally responsible way the best interests of all concerned may be served. The family day care licensing law places responsibility with the State Department, through the local departments of social services, to license family homes giving care for not more than four children for a part of the twenty-four hour day. Agencies giving this service must be licensed by the State Department. Consistent with the State laws and juvenile court regu- lations, the local social services departments provide needed protective services on behalf of families with children who are suspected of being neglected or abused. Professional persons concerned with the welfare of children are required to report suspected child abuse to their local social services department (Code 1957, 1964 Repl. Vol., 1969 Supp., Art. 88A, sees. 19-32A; 1966 Repl. Vol., 1969 Supp., Art. 16, sees. 67-88; 1967 Repl. Vol., 1969 Supp., Art. 27, sec. 11A). The State Department of Social Services carries the responsibility for the development and the coordination of its services, for deter- mining the factors which seem to contribute to social and economic problems, and for recommending changes or new programs to meet some of the problems. In carrying out this responsibility, the State Department of Social Services calls upon the local social services departments for leadership within a community and for participation in Statewide activities. Examples of such services are the referrals for family planning, homemaker services which provide certain in- home services to help maintain and strengthen family life, and the work experience and training program which helps to prepare needy people for employment. Advisory Council on Child Welfare Chairman: Mrs. Lewis Rumford II Malcolm Davis, State Department of Education, Mrs. Harry Friedman; Mrs. Frank A. Kauffman; William Koelber, State Department of Juvenile Services; Lester S. Levy, State Board of Social Services; John Miller, State Department of Employment Security; David N. Nurco, State Department of Mental Hygiene; John L. Pitts, State Department of Health; Judge George B. Rasin, Jr.; The Rev. J. Francis Stafford, Associated Catholic Charities; Mrs. George Luther Washington; William Wenner, Attorney. The Advisory Council on Child Welfare created by Chapter 424, Acts of 1963, had its membership slightly expanded by Chapter 34, Acts of 1964, by Chapter 384, Acts of 1967, and by Chapter 341, Acts of 1969. The Council consists of one member from the State Board of Social Services, appointed by its Chairman; one person from the State Department of Health, appointed by the Chairman; one person representing the State Department of Mental Hygiene, appointed by the Commissioner; one person from the Department of Employment Security, appointed by the State Director; one person from the State Department of Education, appointed by the State Superintendent of Schools; one person representing the State Department of Juvenile Services, appointed by the Director; one person representing the Office of Economic Opportunity, appointed by the Executive Director; |
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