Section 8-102 – State Policy
(a) It is the policy of the State to promote a stable, safe, and healthy environment for children and families that provides access to necessary services and supports in the least restrictive, most appropriate, and most effective environment possible, thereby increasing self–sufficiency and family preservation. (b) This policy shall be achieved through a comprehensive and coordinated interagency […]
Section 8-408 – Attendance at Meetings
(a) A parent or guardian of a child and the child’s attorney may attend any meeting of the Council or the local care team at which the child’s care is discussed. (b) At least 10 days before the meeting, the Council or local care team shall notify each parent or guardian of the child and the child’s […]
Section 8-201 – Established
There is an Advisory Council to the Children’s Cabinet.
Section 8-501 – “Fund” Defined
In this subtitle, “Fund” means the Children’s Cabinet Fund.
Section 8-202 – Purpose
The purpose of the Advisory Council is to make recommendations to the Children’s Cabinet on: (1) methods for meeting the policy and program goals of the State for integrated children and family programs; (2) coordinating State programs with programs operated by local governments, local management boards, and private groups; (3) building capacity to serve youths in their communities […]
Section 8-301 – Local Management Boards
(a) Each county shall establish and maintain a local management board to ensure the implementation of a local interagency service delivery system for children, youth, and families. (b) A county may designate as the local management board: (1) a quasi-public nonprofit corporation that is not an instrumentality of the county government; or (2) a public agency that is an […]
Section 8-302 – Membership
A local management board may be composed of: (1) public and private community representatives who share the responsibility for implementing a community–based, interagency, family–focused service delivery system for children, youth, and families; (2) a senior representative or department head of the: (i) local health department; (ii) local office of the Department of Juvenile Services; (iii) core service agency or local […]
Section 8-303 – Duties
A local management board shall: (1) strengthen the decision-making capacity at the local level; (2) design and implement strategies that achieve clearly defined results for children, youth, and families as articulated in a local 5-year strategic plan for children, youth, and families; (3) maintain standards of accountability for locally agreed upon results for children, youth, and families; (4) influence […]
Section 8-304 – Regulations
The members of the Children’s Cabinet shall adopt regulations that: (1) specify the roles and responsibilities of local management boards; (2) establish minimum standards for the composition of local management boards; (3) establish fiscal and program accountability in the implementation of community partnership agreements and the use of other State resources by local management boards; (4) establish procedures to […]
Section 8-305 – Annual Report
On or before October 1 of each year, the Maryland Association of Local Management Board Directors shall, in accordance with § 2-1257 of the State Government Article, submit to the Senate Finance Committee, the House Committee on Ways and Means, and the Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, a report summarizing, with respect to […]