List/Grid Yearly Archives: 2011

Secretary Dallas fills three key leadership positions
BALTIMORE, MD (JULY 29, 2011) – Secretary Theodore Dallas, announced three appointments to his leadership team at the Maryland Department of Human Resources. The department manages Maryland’s fifth largest state…

Draft Social Services Block Grant report available for comment
BALTIMORE, MD (July 28, 2011). The Department of Human Resources’ Draft Social Services Block Grant Report for the period October 1, 2011 through September 30, 2012 is now available for…

Rotarians help furnish new foster family visitation center
Cecil Whig – Josh Sannon (July 25, 2011) Donations from the Elkton Rotary Club will help furnish the Cecil County Department of Social Services’ new foster family visitation center, set to…

“Women of Tomorrow” honorees will have tea with Maryland’s First Lady
At the invitation of First Lady, Katherine O’Malley, the Women of Tomorrow honorees will join her for tea on July 27, 2011 at 6:30 p.m. at the Government House located…

Harford Department of Social Services employees to staff a table at the 24th Annual County Farm Fair
HARFORD COUNTY (JULY 21, 2011): The Harford County Department of Social Services (HCDSS) will take its message to the 24th Annual Harford County Farm Fair along with television star Mario…

Experts Bring Attention To The Need For Foster Homes For Older Youth
BALTIMORE – Over half of the children in foster care in Baltimore City are teenagers, but foster parents are reluctant to take them in.

Sara Start Fund helps former foster kids with life as interns on Capitol Hill
Washington Post (July 15, 2011) The interns, all former foster kids, had aged out of the system and made their way through college. Now they were in Washington, on Capitol…

PG County’s DSS Partners to Provide Quality Service to County Residents Seeking Relief from the High Cost of Energy
Landover, MD- On July 5, 2011 the State of Maryland began serving customers for the 2011 – 2012 Office of Home Energy Programs’ (OHEP) Energy

New Laws Help Foster Teens Achieve Independence
BALTIMORE, MD. (July 12, 2011) – Teenagers have two major milestones that they anxiously await: securing a drivers license and going to college. These milestones mark their transition from dependency…

Carroll County teen receives the Women of Tomorrow Award
BALTIMORE ( JULY 1, 2011) – The Maryland Commission for Women (MCW) hosted its fourteenth annual Women of Tomorrow recognition ceremony on June 30, 2011 at the Maryland Yacht Club…