CHILDREN'S CABINET

Chair: Arlene F. Lee, Executive Director, Governor's Office for Children

[photo, 100 Community Place, Crownsville, Maryland]

Ex officio: David R. Brinkley, Secretary of Budget & Management; Carol A. Beatty, Secretary of Disabilities; Van T. Mitchell, Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene; Sam Malhotra, Secretary of Human Resources; Sam J. Abed, Secretary of Juvenile Services; Karen B. Salmon, Ph.D., State Superintendent of Schools.

100 Community Place, Crownsville, Maryland, February 2006. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

c/o Governor's Office for Children
100 Community Place, Crownsville, MD 21032 - 2023
(410) 697-9235; 1-877-MD YOUTH (639-6884) (toll free); fax: (410) 333-5248; tty: (410) 333-3098
web: http://goc.maryland.gov/cc/

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).

On the Children's Cabinet, seven ex officio members serve. The Executive Director of the Governor's Office for Children chairs the Cabinet. The Governor's Office for Children staffs the Cabinet (Executive Order 01.01.2005.34).

ADVISORY COUNCIL TO THE CHILDREN'S CABINET
Staff: William H. McCurry (410) 697-9246; e-mail:

william.mccurry@maryland.gov

Chair: Arlene F. Lee, Executive Director, Governor's Office for Children

Appointed by Governor to 3-year terms: Lindsay R. Ellenbogen, 2015; Jeffrey S. Gladhill, 2015; O'Melia V. James, Esq., 2016; Rachel Lemberg, 2016; Shelley L. Tinney, 2016; Brodrick Clarke, 2017; Donald A. Schlimm, 2017; Arleathia S. West, 2017.

Appointed by Secretary of Human Resources: Timothy W. Griffith

Appointed by Chair, Maryland Youth Council: one vacancy

Ex officio: Carol A. Beatty, Secretary of Disabilities; Sam Malhotra, Secretary of Human Resources; Sam J. Abed, Secretary of Juvenile Services; Nancy J. King, Senate Chair, & Geraldine Valentino-Smith, House Chair, Joint Committee on Children, Youth, & Families.

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).

INTERAGENCY LICENSING COMMITTEE
Staff: Patricia E. Arriaza (410) 697-9240; e-mail: patricia.arriaza@maryland.gov

Appointed by Children's Cabinet Results Team:
Vacancy, Co-Chair (chosen by Subcabinet)
Albert A. Zachik, M.D., Co-Chair (chosen by Subcabinet)
Marcia Andersen; Linda F. Bluth, Ed.D.; Deborah Cooper; William H. Dorrill; Arla A. Ely; Juanita Hoyle; William J. Lee; James McComb; William A. Towey; Beverly J. Ursic; Kimberly J. Wagner; Gwendolyn Winston; two vacancies.

The Interagency Licensing Committee began as the Licensing Policy Board created by the Subcabinet for Children, Youth, and Families in 1991. In 1998, it combined with the Resource Development Committee to form the Resource Development and Licensing Committee. The Children's Cabinet restructured the Committee under its present name in December 2009.

The Committee's goal is to provide a complete system of services for children that ensures their safety and assists their families, preferably without removing them from their homes. The Committee focuses on the coordination of the licensing and monitoring process for group homes licensed by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the Department of Human Resources, and the Department of Juvenile Services.

When children have been committed to the care of a local department of social services or through the courts, to the Department of Juvenile Services, they require a variety of services. Children placed in residential programs also have special social, educational, developmental or medical needs. The Committee identifies what services children might require and determines how the State can best provide those services. Assistance may include prenatal care, parenting education, medical care, family and individual counseling, mentoring, tutoring, dropout intervention, and recreation and enrichment. It also may address problems of substance abuse, domestic violence, and poverty.

STATE ADVISORY COUNCIL ON EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION & CARE
Vacancy, Chair (chosen by Governor)

Appointed by Governor to 4-year terms: Clara E. Martinez, 2011; T. Sky Woodward, Esq., 2011.

Beth Morrow, 2012; Maria Del Rosario Basterra, 2013; Paul G. Pittman, Jr., 2013.

Louise J. Corwin; Lisa J. Davis; Meena B. Gaafer; Rolf H. Grafwallner, Ph.D.; Mary L. LaCasse; Raymond P. Lorion, Ph.D.; Theresa W. Sanders. Terms expire 2014.

Janice M. Davis; Catharine A. (Kate) Garvey; Flora L. Gee; Brenda Hussey-Gardner, Ph.D.; Laura M. Barbee Mathews; Joseph S. McMahan; Kathleen S. Reif; Margaret E. Williams. Terms expire 2015.

George P. Failla, Jr.; Marcella E. Franczkowski; Pradip K. Ghosh; A. Blaine Hawley; Jennifer A. Nizer; Stephen H. Rohde; Anita T. Wilkins; Duane E. Yoder. Terms expire 2016.

Teresa L. Bridger, Ph.D.; Pamela M. Brown, Ph.D.; Sandra L. Drummond; Elizabeth A. Kelley; Claudia N. Simmons; Albert A. Zachik, M.D. Terms expire 2017.

Ex officio: Karen B. Salmon, Ph.D., State Superintendent of Schools; Arlene F. Lee, Executive Director, Governor's Office for Children; Linda C. Zang, Coorindator, Head Start Collaboration, State Department of Education.

To conform with federal law, the Early Care and Education Committee was restructured as the State Advisory Council on Early Childhood Education and Care in July 2008 (Executive Order 01.01.2008.09). The Advisory Council coordinates Maryland's programs for early childhood care and education; conducts needs assessments for those programs; and develops a statewide strategic report.