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MARYLAND MANUAL 45
The Maryland Psychiatric Research Center was opened on October 1, 1968 in a new building constructed on the grounds of the Spring Grove State Hospital. Its purpose is to serve as a center and hospital for psychiatric research and to coordinate research activities at the various State mental hospitals with those of private research organiza- tions. It also offers training in research to graduate and post- graduate students in psychiatry and behavioral sciences. Juvenile Services In 1955, the Department of Public Welfare, now the Social Services Administration, started an experiment in the re- habilitation of delinquent youth. In cooperation with the Department of Forests and Parks, it opened a forestry camp at Green Ridge near Flintstone to which boys could be sent from the Training Schools to work on conservation projects. The success of Green Ridge led to the opening of four other camps, all located in Western Maryland. In addition, the Department established the Maryland Children's Center in Baltimore County near Arbutus in 1959, and the Thomas J. S. Waxter Children's Center in Anne Arundel County, near Laurel in 1963. Children adjudged delinquent by the courts are sent to one or the other of the Centers to be studied for not more than thirty days and then returned to the courts with recommendations. On July 1, 1967, the newly-created State Department of Juvenile Services, now the Juvenile Services Administration, an agency of the State Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, assumed responsibility for administering and coordinating the vari- ous activities and services relating to juveniles, including the camps and centers mentioned above. State Buildings As the State work force has expanded to meet the demand for new and improved services by a growing population, there has been created a corresponding need for additional office space. In Annapolis, a new State Office Building was dedicated in 1958 and a new State Income Tax Building in 1967. Recently, a comprehensive plan designed to meet the future space needs of the State and enhance the general appearance of the areas where the buildings will be located has been prepared. Already under construction are a new building for the two courts of appeal and State Library, another which will house the Department of Natural Resources and a barracks for the State Police. All of these are scheduled to be com- pleted in 1972. The present Treasury Building will be con- |
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