of women. Members include both men and wom-
en and represent various fields of interest to wom-
en of different ages and geographic regions of the
State. Members serve four-year terms (Code 1957,
Art. 49C, sees. 1-8).

WOMEN'S SERVICES PROGRAM

Linda M. Heisner, Director

1123 N. Eutaw St., Room 405
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 333-0059

The Women's Services Program was created in
1983 by the Department and the Community
Services Administration. The Program coordi-
nates the Battered Spouse Program, the Displaced
Homemaker Program, the Rape Crisis Program,
and the Shelter for Homeless Women Program.

The Battered Spouse Program provides services
to battered spouses and their children who are
forced to leave their homes to safeguard their lives
and welfare. The Program began as a model shel-
ter in 1971. It was expanded in 1980 to assist
community based programs. Through a network
of fourteen community organizations, the Pro-
gram offers temporary shelter or help in obtaining
shelter, counseling, information, referral, and re-
habilitation (Code Family Law Article, sees.
4-513 through 4-516).

The Displaced Homemakers Program was cre-
ated as a model program in 1976. Legislation in
1979 established the model as a permanent project
with statewide focus (Chapter 339, Acts of 1979).
The Program provides services to homemakers
who are displaced due to the death or disability
of, or divorce, separation, or abandonment by, a
family member upon whom they depended for in-
come. A statewide network of nine community-
based organizations helps displaced homemakers
overcome barriers to self-sufficiency. A statewide
office coordinates services and provides technical
assistance to the network (Code Family Law Arti-
cle, sees. 4-601, 4-602).

Established in 1983, the Rape Crisis Program
helps provide specialized support services to vic-
tims of rape and sexual offenses. Through this
program, the Department of Human Resources
allocates federal Preventive Health Services Block
Grant funds to eleven community based organiza-
tions, which provide hotline and counseling
services. The Program offers technical assistance
to areas of the State without such services.

The Homeless Women's Shelter Program pro-
vides shelter, meals, and counseling to homeless

women ineligible for other available housing. The
Program originated from legislation enacted in
1980 to establish a model crisis shelter for home-
less women. Funded by the Department of
Human Resources, the model shelter opened in
1981. Currently, the Program maintains a Balti-
more City home, which provides temporary resi-
dence and counseling for clients from the metro-
politan area.

GOVERNOR'S COMMISSION ON
MIGRATORY AND SEASONAL FARM
LABOR

Chairperson: Leon Johnson

Jean Adams; Nancy B. Burkheimer; Sr. Eileen
Eager; Ronald E. Friend; Father Arthur P.
Gildea; Milton Godfrey; Rev. Joseph A. Henry;
Terry W. Hepbum; Jan LeVeque Houbolt; Brent
M. Johnson; Lewis W. Jones; Edwin D. Long, Jr.;
Rosemary Malcolm-Rodgers; John C. Miller;
Edward Mohler; Albert R. E. Payne; M.
Elizabeth Ramsey, R.N., M.S.; Francisca G.
Schell; Frank Sullivan; Maurice M. Turner;
Robert L. Walker; Dr. Chester L. Wickwire;
Edith L. Wilson.

Patricia Fields, Director

1123 N. Eutaw St., Room 310
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 333-0075

At the request of the General Assembly, the
Governor created this Commission in 1959 as the
Governor's Committee for the Regulation and
Study of Migratory Labor in Maryland (Joint
Resolution no. 9, Acts of 1959). By Executive Or-
der, the Committee was assigned to the Depart-
ment of Employment and Social Services in 1971
and reassigned in 1976 to the Department of
Human Resources. The Governor, by Executive
Order, reconstituted the Commission in 1981
under its present name within the Department of
Human Resources and expanded its mandate to
include seasonal farm workers within the State.

The Commission develops and recommends
standards to ensure that out-of-state farm laborers
are imported, maintained, and employed in Mary-
land under satisfactory conditions of housing, san-
itation, health, and welfare.

The Commission consists of representatives
from State agencies, labor, grower, and manage-
ment organizations, and the general public.