Prince George's County

6111 Ager Road
HyattsviUe 20782 Telephone: 422-0400

Queen Anne's County

120 Broadway
Centreville 21617 Telephone: 758-0440

St. Mary's County
P.O. Box 317
Guyther Dr. and Courthouse Sq.
Leonardtown 20650 Telephone: 475-3051

Somerset County

P.O. Box 369
Mount Vemon Road
Princess Anne 21853 Telephone: 651-0311

Talbot County

P.O. Box 1479
10 S. Hanson St.
Easton 21601 Telephone: 822-1617

Washington County
P.O. Box 1419
1260 Maryland Ave.
Hagerstown 21740 Telephone: 791^1030

Wicomico County

P.O. Box 2298
Route 50 & Cypress St.
Salisbury 21801 Telephone: 543-6900

Worcester County

P.O. Box 39

424 W. Market St.
Snow Hill 21863 Telephone: 632-2705

CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT
ADMINISTRATION

Ann C. Helton, Executive Director

11 E. Mt. Royal Ave.
Baltimore 21202 Telephone: 333-3978

The Child Support Enforcement Administration
was created in 1983 to administer the child sup-
port enforcement and collection functions former-
ly exercised by the Income Maintenance Adminis-
tration and the Social Services Administration
(Chapter 61, Acts of 1983).

The Child Support Enforcement Administration
has responsibility for child support enforcement
activities for families receiving public assistance.
Recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent

Children (AFDC) must assign to the State all
rights to support. Through local departments of
social services, the Administration uses local,
State, and federal locator services to find absent
parents owing such support. Court orders then
are secured requiring payment to the State. Mon-
ies collected through this program are used to re-
imburse the State and federal government for as-
sistance costs. By federal law, since January 1985,
up to $50 a month in child support collected is
paid directly to the AFDC family. The Adminis-
tration also serves as the public agency through
which child support payments are channeled.

In addition, the Administration provides child
support services for custodial parents who do not
receive public assistance.

The Executive Director is appointed by the Sec-
retary of Human Resources (Code Family Law
Article, sees. 10-106 through 10-117).

COMMUNITY SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION

Lawrence E. Hunt, Executive Director

1123 N. Eutaw St., Room 406
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 333-0051

The Community Services Administration began
as the Maryland Office of Economic Opportunity,
created by Executive Order in 1964. The Office
was established by statute in 1965 (Chapter 306,
Acts of 1965), and renamed the Maryland Office
of Community Services in 1979 (Chapter 50, Acts
of 1979). By Executive Order, the Community
Programs Administration was merged in 1982
with the Office. The Office became the Communi-
ty Services Administration in 1984 (Chapter 196,
Acts of 1984).

The Community Services Administration ad-
ministers a variety of programs serving the poor,
disadvantaged, and others in need. It delivers en-
ergy assistance and provides services to women
facing crisis in their lives, and coordinates and
provides technical support to commissions and
special programs (Code 1957, Art. 41, sees. 6-201
through 6-204).

The Administration works through five units:
the Maryland Energy Assistance Program, the
Women's Services Program, the Maryland Com-
mission for Women, the Governor's Commission
on Migratory and Seasonal Labor, and the Gover-
nor's Commission on Hispanic Affairs.