LOCAL GOVERNMENT

SOCIAL SERVICES

Local Departments of Social Services

In Maryland, social services include adoption, foster care, protective services to children and families, and services to families with children. Throughout Maryland, the Social Services Administration of the Department of Human Resources administers social services in each county and Baltimore City through local departments of social services. These local departments also receive applications for Food Stamp Benefits, Medicaid, and Public Assistance.

Frederick County Department of Social Services, 100 East All Saints St., Frederick, Maryland, July 2003. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

[photo, Dept. of Social Services, 122 North Potomac St., Hagerstown, Maryland]

Local departments of social services additionally offer child care subsidy; child support enforcement; emergency food provision; and housing and employment assistance. Social services departments work with local organizations to provide emergency shelter and transitional housing; drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs; and even GED courses.

Washington County Department of Social Services, 122 North Potomac St., Hagerstown, Maryland, June 2004. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

LOCAL DEPARTMENTS OF SOCIAL SERVICES

Allegany County Department of Social Services
Anne Arundel County Department of Social Services
Baltimore City Department of Social Services
Baltimore County Department of Social Services
Calvert County Department of Social Services
Caroline County Department of Social Services
Carroll County Department of Social Services
Cecil County Department of Social Services
Charles County Department of Social Services
Dorchester County Department of Social Services
Frederick County Department of Social Services
Garrett County Department of Social Services
Harford County Department of Social Services
Howard County Department of Social Services
Kent County Department of Social Services
Montgomery County Department of Health & Human Services
[Social Services]*
*Since Oct. 1, 1996, State social service and public assistance programs have been administered by Montgomery County Government under a grant agreement with the Dept. of Human Resources (Chapter 476, Acts of 1996).

[photo, Carter M. Hickman District Court/Multi-Service Center, 120 Broadway, Centreville, Maryland]

Prince George's County Department of Social Services

Queen Anne's County Department of Social Services

Queen Anne's County Department of Social Services, Carter M. Hickman District Court/Multi-Service Center, 120 Broadway, Centreville, Maryland, November 2004. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

[photo, Worcester County Dept. of Social Services, 299 Commerce St., Snow Hill, Maryland]

Worcester County Department of Social Services, 299 Commerce St., Snow Hill, Maryland, August 2000. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

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