and offices statewide operate in an equitable man-
ner for all Maryland citizens.

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL
Osceola Edmondson, Director
(410) 767-7485

The Office of Personnel was formed in 1970.
The Office is responsible for Department personnel
programs and assists departments of social services
in each county and Baltimore City with recruit-
ment, selection, classification, compensation, em-
ployer-employee relations, employee benefits, and
staff training.

CHILD-SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT
ADMINISTRATION

Clifford P. Layman, Executive Director
Louis Curry III, Deputy Director

311 West Saratoga St.
Baltimore, MD 21201—3521 (410) 767-7674

Enforcement of court-ordered child support
formerly was the duty of the Division of Parole and
Probation in the Department of Public Safety and
Correctional Services. Then, from 1979 to 1984,
the Income Maintenance Administration under the
Department of Human Resources became the pub-
lic agency through which support payments were
channeled. In 1984, the Child-Support Enforce-
ment Administration was created in the Depart-
ment of Human Resources to provide
child-support services for families (Chapter 296,
Acts of 1984).
Through local departments of social services,
State's Attorneys' offices, courts, and other agen-
cies, the Administration locates absent parents, de-
termines paternity; establishes, reviews, modifies,
and enforces support orders; and collects and dis-
burses support payments (Code Family Law Arti-
cle, sees. 10-106 through 10-117). Recipients of
Non-Public Assistance Medical Assistance receive
services at no charge and are required to cooperate
with the Administration in order to secure support.
For a one-time fee of $20 regardless of income, the
Administration also provides services to all other
families. Collections made on behalf of such fami-
lies are paid in full to the family.
The Administration is comprised of the Balti-
more City Office of Child-Support Enforcement,
and four offices: Intercepts and Adjustments; Inter-
state Operations; Program Initiatives; and Service
Delivery. The Executive Director is appointed by
the Secretary of Human Resources.

BALTIMORE CITY OFFICE OF
CHILD-SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT
Eddie Franklin, Jr., Acting Director
(410) 333-6540

The Baltimore City Office of Support Enforce-
ment began as the Baltimore City Bureau of Sup-
port Enforcement under the Baltimore City
Department of Social Services. Responsibility for
the City Bureau was assumed by State government
on October 1, 1990, when the Bureau transferred
to the Child-Support Enforcement Administration.
The Bureau in 1993 was renamed Baltimore City
Office of Child-Support Enforcement. In Balti-
more City, the Bureau collects child support pay-
ments from absent parents and distributes them to
their families.

OFFICE OF INTERCEPTS & ADJUSTMENTS
Karen A. Mayer, Director
(410)767-7426

Beginning in 1981, the Office of Central Opera-
tions oversaw intercept programs. The Office of Pol-
icy and Central Operations assumed that oversight in
1991. By reorganization in 1992, the Office of Inter-
cepts and Adjustments was created to intercept State
and federal tax returns, unemployment benefits, and
lottery winnings in order to deduct child support. The
Office also monitors the collection by local agencies
of child-support overpayments.

OFFICE OF INTERSTATE OPERATIONS
Roselyn B. Ushrv, Director
(410)767-7682

The Office of Interstate Operations began in
1981 as the Office of Central Operations. The
Office reorganized in 1991 as the Office of Policy
and Central Operations, and in 1993 under its
present name. The Office oversees the Central
Registry and the State Parent Locator Service.
Cases received from other states are processed by
the Office and referred to a local child-support
enforcement agency and an intercept program.

OFFICE OF PROGRAM INITIATIVES
Brian D. Shea, Director
(410) 767-7601

The Office of Program Initiatives was created in
1992 to assume duties formerly administered by the
Office of Program Development and Management,
and the Office of Policy and Central Operations.
The Office of Program Initiatives develops child-
support enforcement policy, legislation, and regu-
lations; plans program initiatives; interprets policy
and conducts training on new policy and proce-
dures; and coordinates its work with the Office of
Planning, Legislation, and Innovation under the
Secretary of Human Resources.