the development and delivery of quality services,
and performs other duties as may be assigned by
the Secretary and Deputy Secretary.

JUVENILE SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION

Rex C. Smith, Director
Jesse E. Williams, Jr., Deputy Director
William C. Litsinger, Jr., Assistant Director
Ronald J. Blake, Assistant Director

201 W. Preston Street
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 383-3773

"The Department of Juvenile Services, created
by Chapter 126, Acts of 1966, is the central coor-
dinating administrative agency ior juvenile inves-
tigation, probation, and after-care services and for
State juvenile diagnostic, training, detention, and
rehabilitation institutions. The Director is
appointed by the Governor upon the recommen-
dation of the Secretary of Health and Mental Hy-
giene. The Deputy Director is appointed by the
Director with the approval of the Secretary.

The Administration certifies for operation with-
in the State the public and private institutions,
organizations, and agencies that deal with the De-
partment in the area of juvenile delinquency.

The Administration supervises two State train-
ing schools. This includes development and pro-
mulgation of regulations, standards of care, and
policies affecting operation and management of
programs serving children in these schools.

The Administration also supervises the State's
four Youth Centers, formerly known as Forestry
Camps, for delinquent boys. It is authorized to
transfer boys to these Centers from Boys' Village,
Montrose School, and the Maryland Training
School for Boys who could benefit from such
care.

The Administration supervises the Maryland
Children's Center at 5200 Westland Blvd.,
Baltimore. The Center was opened in 1957 as a
facility for short-term detention and study of chil-
dren judged delinquent by the Courts. The Ad-
ministration also supervises the Thomas J.S.
Waxter Children's Center at 375 Red Clay Road,
S.W„ in Laurel. The Center, opened in 1963, is a
forty-bed facility for the detention of juvenile
offenders.

The Administration supervises intake, proba-
tion, and after-care post-institutional supervision
and counseling staff to all juvenile courts. Proba-
tion and after-care are separate functions, with
probation being the supervision of youngsters
who are adjudicated delinquent but not institu-
tionalized, and after-care being the supervision
and counseling of youngsters for a prescribed pe-
riod of time upon their release from an institution
(Code 1957, Art. 52A, sees. 2-23).

BOYS' VILLAGE OF MARYLAND
Harold L. Johnson, Superintendent
Cheltenham 20623 Telephone: 372-8556

This institution was established by Chapter
392, Acts of 1870, as the House of Reformation
for Colored Boys. By Chapter 70, Acts of 1937, it
became known as the Cheltenham School for
Boys. The present name was adopted by Chapter
692, Acts of 1949.

Boys' Village of Maryland is under the supervi-
sion, direction, control, and general management
of the Juvenile Services Administration in accor-
dance with Article 52A, sees. 11-12, of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland. The School provides for
the care and detention of boys awaiting further
court disposition. The Juvenile Services Adminis-
tration, working in close cooperation with the
Mental Retardation Administration, has allocated
one cottage for the care and treatment of selected
mentally retarded youngsters. Juvenile Services
also has made facilities available for both day and
in-residence treatment and education for emotion-
ally disturbed boys referred from the school
systems of Prince George's, Calvert, Charles, and
St. Mary's counties.

MARYLAND TRAINING SCHOOL FOR
BOYS

James M. Dean, Superintendent

2400 Cub Hill Road
Baltimore 21234 Telephone: 668-3300

This institution was established by Chapter
374, Acts of 1850, as the House of Refuge. It has
been situated at its present site near Loch Raven
in Baltimore since 1910, when its name was
changed to Maryland School for Boys. By Chap-
ter 300, Acts of 1918, its name was changed to
Maryland Training School for Boys. The school
provides for the care and training of delinquent
boys.