and matches adult adoptees, birth parents, and
birth siblings who wish to be reunited

OFFICE OF FEDERAL FUNDING INmATIVES
Margaret Jeanne Sisk, Director
(410) 767 7587

Functions of the Office of Federal Funding
Initiatives date to the 1930s when the federal gov
ernment first provided funds to State social welfare
programs In 1991, the Office of Federal Program
Reimbursement was created Later that year, it was
renamed the Office of Federal Funding Initiatives
The Office directs four federal programs
Emergency Services to Families with Children pays half
the administrative costs for programs to alleviate child
abuse, neglect, or abandonment, or the threat of those
conditions It also pays for the first six months of foster
care for children removed from their homes due to such
conditions (federal Social Security Act.Tide IV-A)
Foster Care and Adoption Assistance pays half the
administrative and maintenance costs for foster care
and adoptive children who meet federal income
requirements and removal criteria (federal Social
Security Act, Tide IV E)
The Social Services and Institutional Time-Study
Program is a mechanism the State employs to ac
count for the use of staff resources when it claims
funds from the federal government to support its
programs The Study is a means of characterizing
the activities carried out by social services staff
without minute-by minute logs of the work day
Conducted once every three years, the Insntu
nonal Time Study is a tool the State uses to determine
the percentage of time staff m institutional and group
foster-care programs engage m activities for which the
federal government will reimburse the State under the
federal Social Security Act (Title IV E)
Supplemental Security Income for Foster Care Chil-
dren screens disabled or functionally delayed children
m State foster care or adoption programs to determine
their eligibility for Supplementary Security Income
(federal Social Security Act, Tide XIII)

OFFICE OF PLANNING & PROJECTS
MANAGEMENT
Gloria Valentine, Acting Director
(410) 767 7686

The Office of Planning and Projects Manage
ment formed in 1993 as the Special Projects Dm
sion It became the Office of Planning and Special
Projects Management in 1994 and received its
present name in 1996
The Office coordinates interagency efforts to
plan, fund, and implement new human service
projects that address the needs of Department cli-
ents Current projects focus on drug addiction,
HIV/ AIDS, targeted case management for the

Welfare Reform Office, child abuse and prevention
grants, the Family to Family Initiative, and Family
Support Program grants

OFFICE OF PROGRAM REVIfcW
& MONITORING
Grace C dark, Dwector
(410) 767 7210

The Office of Program Review and Monitoring
started m 1980 as the Ofhce of Program Support and
adopted its present name in 1991 The Office provides
technical, automation, statistical and monitoring
functions for Administration programs The Office
also conducts research and evaluates programs

OPERATIONS

Lois Y Whitaker, Deputy Secretary for Operations

311 West Saratoga St
Baltimore, MD 21201—3521 (410) 767 7107

The Deputy Secretary for Operations is rcsponsi
ble for the major admimstranve and support functions
of the Department Under the Deputy Secretary are
the Child-Support Enforcement Administration, and
four offices Administrative Services, Budget and Fi
nance. Equal Opportunity, and Personnel

OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
Delores A Burton, Director
(410) 767 7699

Established in 1987, the Office ofAdmmistra
tive Services oversees two units Facilities Services,
and Office and Technical Services Facilities Serv
ices is responsible for lease coordination and en
forcement and supports the operations of the
Department's facility Office and Technical Services
coordinates records and forms, and manages the
pnntshop, warehousing, and inventory

OFFICE OF BUDGFT & FINANCh
Theodore V Martin, Budget Director
(410) 767 7504

The Office of Budget and Finance was organized
in 1989 The Office manages and controls the fiscal
systems of the Department These systems assure that
the Department operates within its budget and meets
mandates of federal and State government

OFFICE OF EQUAI OPPORTUNITY
Bruce C Moore, Director
(410) 767 7861

Created in 1968, the Office ofhqual Opportu
nity works to ensure that Department programs