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State Agencies Human Resources/231
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES
Ruth Massinga, Secretary of Human Resources
Geraldine Aronin, Deputy Secretary
Luther W. Starnes, Executive Assistant
Joel M. Matz, Assistant Secretary for Administration
Mark Friedman, Assistant Secretary for Program Planning and Evaluation
Vacancy, Assistant Secretary for Community Programs Administration
Joel J. Rabin, Assistant Attorney General, Counsel to the Department of Human Resources
1100 N. Eutaw Street
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 383-5528
Public Information: 383-5644
The Department of Human Resources was created in 1970 as the Department of Employment and
Social Services (Chapter 96, Acts of 1970). It adopted its present name in 1975 (Chapter 382, Acts of
1975).
The oldest functions of the Department involve public assistance and employment services, including
unemployment compensation. While county relief efforts date back to colonial times, the State did not
assume public assistance responsibilities until this century. The Department's responsibilities for public
assistance originated with the Board of State Aid and Charities in 1900 (Chapter 679, Acts of 1900).
This board was superseded by the Department of Public Welfare in 1939 (Chapter 99, Acts of 1939).
In 1968 the Department was renamed the Department of Social Services (Chapter 702, Acts of 1968).
The Department of Human Resources' responsibilities in the area of employment stem from the
Depression, when the first public employment offices in Maryland were established as a result of feder-
al law. In 1936 the State authorized an Unemployment Compensation Board. During World War II,
from January 1942 to November 1946, the Maryland State Employment Service was loaned to the fed-
eral government and operated by the War Manpower Commission. In 1946 the Service was returned
to State control. Along with the Unemployment Compensation Board, the Service was put under the
Department of Employment Security in 1947. That Department in 1970 was renamed as the present
Employment Security Administration. By Chapter 96, Acts of 1970, the Department of Employment
and Social Services was formed. The Department adopted its present name in 1975 (Chapter 382, Acts
of 1975).
The Department of Human Resources consists of the following component agencies: the Employ-
ment Security Administration, the Social Services Administration, the Income Maintenance Adminis-
tration, and the Community Programs Administration.
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OFFICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION
1100 N. Eutaw St.
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 383-5644
Pamphlets and informational material for all
Department of Human Resources program are
available, free of charge, from the Office of Public
Information.
EMPLOYMENT SECURITY
ADMINISTRATION
James J. Traglia, Executive Director
Henry P. Hammann, Assistant Executive Director
1100 N. Eutaw Street
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 383-5600
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The Employment Security Administration ad-
ministers the Unemployment Insurance Program,
the Employment Service, and the Work Incentive
Program for Maryland. The Agency is headed by
an Executive Director appointed by the Secretary
of Human Resources and serves at his pleasure.
Originally established by Chapter 314, Acts of
1937, the Administration adopted its present
name by Chapter 96, Acts of 1970 (Code 1957,
Art. 95A, and Art. 41, sec. 205F).
The programs of the Employment Security Ad-
ministration must be administered in accordance
with the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, the So-
cial Security Act, and regulations promulgated by
the U. S. Departments of Labor and Health and
Human Services. All the administrative costs of
the Unemployment Insurance and Employment
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