possible. It provides employment services, English
language and vocational training, cultural orienta-
tion, and other services. The Office also administers
and implements the federal Immigration Reform
and Control Act of 1986. The federal law gave
illegal aliens an opportunity to apply for amnesty
and thereafter, if eligible, to receive certain public
health, education and welfare services.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS FOR DISABLED
INDIVIDUALS PROGRAM

Vacancy, Director

311 W Saratoga St.
Baltimore, MD 21201 333-0053

TELECOMMUNICATIONS FOR DISABLED
INDIVIDUALS BOARD

not y ft appointed

The Telecommunications for Disabled Individu-
als Board was authorized in 1987 for appointment
in 1988 (Chapter 525, Acts of 1987). In consulta-
tion with the Board, the Department of Human
Resources is to create, implement, and maintain a
dual party telephone message relay program for
disabled individuals. The program will use a tele-
communications device for the deaf to communi-
cate with an intermediary party who then verbally
relays the message to a third party The system will
make telephone use possible for State residents
certified as deaf, or of impaired hearing, speech,
vision, or mobility

The Board consists of eleven members ap-
pointed by the Governor, who also designates the
chairperson. Members serve three-year terms
(Code 1957, Art. 41, secs. 6-501 through 6-507).

WOMEN'S SERVICES PROGRAM
Linda M. Heisner, Director

311 W. Saratoga St.
Baltimore, MD 21201 333-0059

The Women's Services Program was created in
1983 by the Department and the Community Ser-
vices Administration. The Program coordinates ser-
vices concerned with battered spouses, displaced
homemakers, rape crisis, shelter for homeless
women, and transitional housing.

The Battered Spouse Program provides services to
spouses who suffered beatings and their children
when they must leave home to safeguard their lives
and welfare. The Program began as a model shelter
in 1971. Through a network of eighteen commu-
nity organizations, the Program offers temporary
shelter or help in finding shelter, counseling, infor-
mation, and referral for the victim, and rehabilita-
tion for the abuser (Code Family Law Article, secs.
4-513 through 4-516).

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The Displaced Homemakers Program was created
as a model program in 1976. In 1979, the model
became a permanent project with statewide focus
(Chapter 339, Acts of 1979). The Program helps
homemakers who are displaced due to the death or
disability of, or divorce, separation, or abandon-
ment by a family member upon whom they de-
pended for income. A network of twelve
community-based organizations helps displaced
homemakers become self-sufficient through coun-
seling, training, and employment assistance (Code
Family Law Article, secs. 4-601, 4-602).

Established in 1983, the Rape Crisis Program
gives specialized support to victims of rape and
sexual assault. Sixteen community-based organiza-
tions provide telephone hotlines, counseling, and
medical and legal accompaniment.

TheHomeless Wmten's Shelter Program originated
in 1980 from legislation to establish a model crisis
shelter for homeless women. Currently, the Pro-
gram maintains ten homes, which provide tempo-
rary residence and counseling to enable clients to
achieve more permanent living situations and re-
solve the problems which led to the homelessness.

The Transitional Housing Program was created in
1986 as part of the Governor's Housing Initiative.
Three pilot projects were established consisting of
small multi-family residences with supervision and
on-site support services. Homeless single mothers
and their children live in the residences for up to
eighteen months while the women obtain the edu-
cation and skills needed to become self-sufficient.

MARYLAND COMMISSION FOR WOMEN
Chairperson: Jo Anne P. Welsh, 1991
Honorary Chairperson: Jeanette R. Wolman

Appointed by Governor: Elizabeth F. Johnson;
Paula J. Peters; Stuart J. Robinson; Lenel
Srochi-Meyerhoff; Eileen M. Stein; Phyllis B.
Trickett. Terms expire 1989.

Diana M. Bailey; Sally T. Grant; Elizabeth Jones;
Esther R. Levin; Richard H. Moore; Florence
Perman. Terms expire 1990.

Ilene T. Morgan; Arris Mae Peters; Ann Marie
Spellbring; Murphy Tuomey; Esther Weisman; one
vacancy. Terms expire 1991.

Kandyce M. Douglas; Alice C. Hall; Terry C.
Hamblin. Terms expire 1992.

Donna Rae Talbert, Executive Director

311 W Saratoga St.
Baltimore, MD 21201 333-0054

The Commission originated in 1965 as the
Governor's Commission on the Status of Women.
To solve pressing social problems and foster human