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DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES
Ruth Massinga, Secretary of Human Resources
Ernestine F. Jones, Deputy Secretary
Richard Gehnnan, Director, Office of Administration
Nancy B. Shuger, Principal Counsel
1100 N. Eutaw Street
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 333-0001
Public Information: 333-0012
TTY for Deaf: 333-0017
The oldest function of the Department of Human Services involves public assistance. In Maryland,
from the seventeenth century, county government provided public relief. The State, however, did not
assume public assistance responsibilities until the twentieth 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 This board was superseded by the Department of Public Welfare in 1939 (Chapter 99, Acts of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) and, in 1970, it became the Department of Employment and Social Services (Chapter 96, Acts of
1970). It was renamed the Department of Human Resources in 1975 (Chapter 382, Acts of 1975).
The Department's former responsibilities in the area of employment were transferred in 1983 to the
Department of Employment and Training, and are now assigned to the Department of Economic and
Employment Development.
The Department of Human Resources consists of four administrations: Social Services, Child Support
Enforcement, Income Maintenance, and Community Services . Within the Community Services Admin-
istration are the Maryland Commission for Women, the Governor's Commission on Migratory and Sea-
sonal Labor, and the Governor's Commission on Hispanic Affairs (Code 1957, Art. 41, sees. 6-101
through 6-407).
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DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN
RESOURCES ADVISORY COUNCIL
Chairperson: Samuel J. Keker, 1987
Rev. William E. Johnson; Bishop John Ricard;
Edward E. Watkins; James L. Zamoiski. Terms
expire 1987.
Bailey E. Fine; Miles G. Harrison, Jr., M.D.;
Barbara L. Himmelrich; Betty S. Hornstein;
Darielle Linehan; Dr. William Troxler. Terms
expire 1988.
Arnold E. Gillespie; Winette Sherrard Hynson;
Ruth U. Keeton; Sheila K. Riggs; Carl William
Struever; Richard B. Willson. Terms expire 1989.
The Advisory Council was created in 1984
(Chapter 421, Acts of 1984). The Council advises
the Secretary of Human Resources on program
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plans, grant levels, eligibility requirements, and
the Department budget. The Council also acts as
a forum for public comment and implements pro-
cedures to keep local boards informed of Council
and other local board activities.
The Council consists of from fifteen to twenty-
five members. They are appointed by the Secre-
tary with the approval of the Governor.
OFFICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION
Wanda L. Dobson, Director
1100N. Eutaw St.
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 333-0012
The Office of Public Information coordinates
contacts between the communications media and
the Department, issues news releases and other
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