Professional Career and Information
Center: 1100 North Eutaw Street,
Baltimore 21201
In addition to the above offices, the Em-
ployment Service provides placement activi-
ties in the Social Services Office in Glen
Burnie.
Under the terms of the Social Security
Act, the Employment Security Administra-
tion is a State agency entirely financed by
the Federal Government.
Staff: 1,418.
SOCIAL SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION
Board of Social Services
Chairwoman: Mrs. Lynn Kapiloff, 1977
Michael R. Dobridge, 1977; Shirley Mc-
Neill, 1977; Roxanne Bernert, 1979; Har-
riet Trader, 1979; vacancy, 1979; James R.
Martin, Jr., 1981; Janet Rosen, 1981.
Secretary: Robert S. Zetzer, 1981
Richard W. Bateman, D.S.W., Director
Wilbert L. Walker, Deputy Director
H. Branch Warfield, Assistant Director for
Field Operations
Pasquale Panaggio, Jr., Assistant Director
for Income Maintenance
Frank J. Bien, Staff Assistant to the
State Board
11 South Street,
Baltimore 21202 Telephone: 383-3602
The Social Services Administration was
originally established as the State Depart-
ment of Public Welfare by Chapter 99, Acts
of 1939 to supersede the Board of State Aid
and Charities established by Chapter 679,
Acts of 1900. By Chapter 148, Acts of
1967, the General Assembly modernized
the law, bringing it into conformance with
practice and clarifying the responsibilities
of the boards and directors of the State and
local departments. The name of the agency
was changed to the Department of Social
Services by Chapter 702, Acts of 1968. The
Administration adopted its present name by
Chapter 96, Acts of 1970 (Code 1957,
1971 Repl. Vol., 1975 Supp., Art. 41, sec.
205F(b)). |
The State Director of Social Services is
appointed by the Secretary of Human Re-
sources, with the approval of the Governor.
The State Director is responsible for the or-
ganization and administration of the Social
Services Administration and is responsible
for the appointment, under the Merit System
Law, of all its personnel (Code 1957, 1969
Repl. Vol., 1975 Supp., Art. 88A, sec. 2).
The State Board of Social Services is com-
posed of nine members appointed by the
Secretary of Human Resources with the ap-
proval of the Governor, one of whom the
Secretary designates as Chairman. All mem-
bers serve six-year terms so arranged that
three terms expire on June 30 of every sec-
ond year. The State Board gives advice and
counsel and makes recommendations to the
Secretary of Human Resources and the
State Director of Social Services. In Balti-
more City, the Mayor appoints seven citi-
zens to a social services commission for
staggered six-year terms. The Mayor and
the Commissioner of Health serve as ex
officio members. In each county, the local
governing body appoints the social services
board from lists of names submitted by the
State Administration, after consultation with
the State Board and the local governing
authority, containing twice the number of
names to be selected. Each of these boards
consists of nine members. One of these
members must be a member of the local
governing body, designated on July 1 of
each year to serve as the ex-officio member
of the local social services board. Members
of the local social services boards are ap-
pointed for three-year terms. No appointee
may serve for more than two consecutive
terms (Code 1957, 1969 Repl. Vol., 1975
Supp., Art. 88A, sees. 1,2,4, 14, 14A).
The Social Services Administration is the
central, coordinating, and directing agency
of all social service and public assistance
activities in the State, including aid to fami-
lies with dependent children, old age as-
sistance, public assistance to the needy blind,
general public assistance, aid to the perma-
nently and totally disabled, and any other
social service and public assistance activities
financed in whole or in part by the Social
Services Administration. It has responsibility |
