![[photo, 100 Community Place, Crownsville, Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/17dhcd/images/1198-1-1316.jpg)
Ex officio: Helene T. Grady, Secretary of Budget & Management; Carol A. Beatty, Secretary of Disabilities; Laura Herrera Scott, M.D., Secretary of Health; Jacob R. Day, Secretary of Housing & Community Development; Rafael J. Lopez, Secretary of Human Services; Vincent N. Schiraldi, Secretary of Juvenile Services; Portia Y. Wu, Esq., Secretary of Labor; D. Paul Monteiro, Jr., J.D., Secretary of Service & Civic Innovation; Carey M. Wright, Ed.D., Interim State Superintendent of Schools; Sanjay K. Rai, Ph.D., Acting Secetary of Higher Education; Carmel M. Martin, Special Secretary, Governor's Office for Children.
100 Community Place, Crownsville, Maryland, February 2006. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
In 1987, Children's Cabinet was created by the Governor as the Subcabinet for Children and Youth. It became the Subcabinet for Children, Youth, and Families in 1990. Established by statute in 1993, the Subcabinet worked to improve the structure and organization of State services to children, youth, and families (Chapter 556, Acts of 1993). Authorization for the Subcabinet expired June 30, 2005, and in its place, the Governor authorized the Children's Cabinet in June 2005 (Executive Order 01.01.2005.34). The Children's Cabinet was reformed by the Governor on January 18, 2024 (Executive Order 01.01.2024.05).
The Children's Cabinet has eleven ex officio members. The Special Secretary of the Governor's Office for Children chairs the Cabinet (Executive Order 01.01.2024.05; Chapter 11, Acts of 2020).
Chair: Christina Drushel-Williams, Chief of Community Initiatives, Governor's Office of Crime Prevention & Policy
Ex officio: Carol A. Beatty, Secretary of Disabilities; Rafael J. Lopez, Secretary of Human Resources; Vincent N. Schiraldi, Secretary of Juvenile Services.
The Advisory Council to the Children's Cabinet first was authorized in June 2005 as the Advisory Council for Children (Executive Order 01.01.2005.34; Executive Order 01.01.2006.03). The Advisory Council recommends to the Children's Cabinet ways for the State to meet the policy and program goals of its own programs for children and families, and how those programs can be coordinated with programs operated by local governments, local management boards, and private agencies.
In July 2006, the Advisory Council was established by statute under its present name and was further mandated to recommend how to create more capacity to serve youths in their communities; reduce reliance on institutions as a primary intervention for at-risk youth offenders; promote positive outcomes for youth; fund best practices to deter juvenile crime and delinquency; and reduce the disproportionate confinement of minorities (Chapter 445, Acts of 2006; Code Human Services Article, secs. 8-201 through 8-202).
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