State Agencies

tative each from the departments of Human Re-
sources, Health and Mental Hygiene, Economic
and Community Development, Natural Re-
sources, and Education is appointed by the re-
spective departmental secretary and by the super-
intendent of the State Department of Education.

The Corps facilitates volunteer recruitment and
training and places volunteers directly, through
agreements with host agencies, including county
departments of social services, health depart-
ments, commissions on aging, community action
programs, and a variety of other programs. The
Maryland Service Corps also provides technical
assistance to agencies in order to enhance the
quality and effectiveness of voluntarism and citi-
zen participation in Maryland. This assistance in-
cludes the development and presentation of work-
shops and conferences, as well as the
development and distribution of resource material
relating to special issues and interests in the field
of voluntarism (Code 1957, Art. 41, secs. 364A-
364E).

MARYLAND COMMISSION FOR
WOMEN

Chairperson: Martha Wyatt, 1985
Vice-Chairperson: Diane E. Weaver, 1984

George E. Allen, 1983; Malcolm Funn, 1983; Jill
Moss Greenberg, 1983; Roberta B. Hochberg,
1983; Sally Myers Johnson, 1983; Susan Keirn
Kester, 1983; Bruce C. Bereano, 1984; Lorraine
Q. Cecil, 1984; Betty E. Pike, 1984; Maisie
Hodes Wood, 1984; Susan J. Crawford, 1985;
Barbara J. A. Gordon, 1985; Minnie M. Ken-
ny, 1985; Barbara Osborn Kreamer, 1985;
Elizabeth S. Morrison, 1985; Ardyth D.
Coleman, 1986; Bernita E. Fuller, 1986; Sally
T. Grant, 1986; Edward J. Lee, 1986; Dixie J.
Miller, 1986; Ada R. Pena, 1986.

Martha dark Mclntyre, Executive Director

1123 N. Eutaw Street
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 383-5608

The Commission was originally appointed by
the Governor in 1965 as the Governor's Commis-
sion on the Status of Women. Its mission was to
develop to the fullest extent possible the potential
of the women of Maryland. The Commission was
reactivated in 1968 as the Maryland Commission
on the Status of Women as part of a continuing
effort to promote human understanding and to
solve the pressing social problems that confront
the State and the nation.

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The Governor directed the Commission to re-
view the recommendations of the previous Com-
mission in the areas of education, employment,
and community and civic participation, and to
take steps to implement those most pertinent.
The Commission also was directed to seek the co-
operation of existing organizations on the State
and local levels in identifying problems and to
work toward increasing the opportunities for
women to serve in a variety of fields.

By Chapter 57, Acts of 1971, the Commission
on the Status of Women became a statutory agen-
cy and was assigned to the Department of Human
Resources. The Commission adopted its present
name by Chapter 119, Acts of 1976. The Commis-
sion consists of twenty-four members appointed
by the Governor from among persons interested
in the improvement of the status of women. Its
membership includes both men and women and
represents various fields of interest to women of
different age groups and geographical regions of
the State. Members serve four-year terms and may
be reappointed to one additional term.

STATE OCCUPATIONAL
INFORMATION COORDINATING
COMMITTEE OF MARYLAND

Chairperson: Lawrence E. Hunt
Patrick Arnold; Patricia A. Bum; Eileen Snow.

Ex officio members: James R. Traglia, Executive
Director, Employment Security Administration;
Richard A. Batterton, Assistant State Superin-
tendent in Vocational Rehabilitation; Addison S.
Hobbs, Assistant State Superintendent in Voca-
tional-Technical Education; Narinder Kelly,
State Department of Education; one vacancy.

1123 N. Eutaw St.
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 383-6350

The State Occupational Information Coordinat-
ing Committee of Maryland was created by the
Governor in 1979 in accordance with federal Pub-
lic Law 94.482. The Committee is responsible for
designing and implementing an occupational in-
formation system for the State. It is to improve
occupational supply and demand data and the de-
livery of such data, as well as to foster communi-
cation and cooperation between developers and
users of occupational information. The Commit-
tee provides technical assistance and training to
help planners, administrators, counselors, teach-
ers, and job placement specialists understand and
use occupational data for decision making.