Wicomico County
George E Karras, Director
EO. Box 2298
Route 50 & Cypress St.
Salisbury, MD 21801 543-6900

Worcester County
W Baine Ifates, Director
EO. Box 39
424 W Market St.
Snow Hill, MD 21863 632-2705

DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR
PROGRAMS

Elizabeth Bobo, Deputy Secretary for Programs
333-0003

The Deputy Secretary for Programs oversees the
major programs of the Department. In conjunction
with local departments of social services, these
programs are carried our by three administrations:
Social Services, Income Maintenance, and Com-
munity Services.

SOCIAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

Charlotte King, Executive Director
Diane Gordy, Deputy Executive Director

311 W Saratoga St.
Baltimore, MD 21201 333-0102

The Social Services Administration originated as
the Board of State Aid and Charities in 1900 (Chapter
679, Acts of 1900). In 1939, the Board was replaced
by the State Department of Public Welfare (Chapter
99, Acts of 1939). The General Assembly in 1967
modernized the law, conforming it with practice and
clarifying responsibilities of the boards and directors
of the State and local departments (Chapter 148, Acts
of 1967). The Department was renamed the Depart-
ment ofSodal Services in 1968 (Chapter 702, Acts of
1968). In 1970, it became the Sodal Services Ad-
ministration (Chapter 96, Acts of 1970).
The Sodal Services Administration is the central coor-
dinating and directing agency of all sodal services in the
Stare (Code 1957, Art. 41, sec. 6-106). These include
adoption, foster care, protective services to children and
families, child day care services, homemaker services and
community home aides, and services to families with
children and single parents. To administer these services,
the Administration is organized into four Offices: Child
Welfare Services, family and Child Development Ser-
vices, Program Support, and Administrative Support
Services.
The Social Services Administration develops and
coordinates services, determines what factors con-
tribute to social and family problems, and recom-

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mends ways to address those problems. In carrying
out these responsibilities, the Administration calls
upon local social services departments for leader-
ship within their communities and for participation
in statewide programs. Baltimore City and each
county have a local department of social services.
The director of the local department administers
social services locally subject to the supervision,
direction, and control of the State Administration.
The Social Services Administration supervises all
public and private institutions that have the care,
custody, or control of dependent, abandoned, or
neglected children, except those placed under su-
pervision of another agency It licenses agencies and
institutions having the care and custody of minors
and registers private homes giving day care services
to children. The Administration maintains a central
registry of reported child abuse cases.
The Executive Director of Sodal Services is ap-
pointed by the Secretary ofHuman Resources with the
Governor's approval (Code 1957, Art. 88A, sec. 2).
In each county, the local department of social
services has a nine-member board of social services.
Board members are appointed to three-year terms
by the local governing authority One member is a
member of the local governing body, designated to
serve ex officio. In Baltimore City, the board is called
the social services commission. The Mayor appoints
its members to six-year terms. The Mayor and the
Commissioner of Health serve ex officio (Code
1957, Art. 88A, sees. 1, 2, 4,14,14A).

OFFICE OF CHILD WELFARE SERVICES
Linda M. Heisner, Director
333-0208

Created in 1980, the Office of Child Welfare
Services provides rehabilitative services to children
who are in crisis or who have been removed from
the home of their parents. The Office works to
restore such children to their homes.

OFFICE OF FAMILY & CHILD
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
Sondra M. Jackson, Acting Director
333-0175

The Office of Family and Child Development
Services was established in 1987 to focus the
Department's effort to strengthen families and at-
tack welfare dependency.

OFFICE OF PROGRAM SUPPORT
Vacancy, Director
333-0184

Formed in 1980, the Office of Program Support
provides technical, automation, statistical and
monitoring functions that are vital to the
Administration's varied programs.