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Maryland Collects a Record $549 Million in Child Support Payments

Maryland Collects a Record $549 Million in Child Support Payments

State moves into Top 10 for Collection of Past Due Payments Click here to download this press release as a pdf. BALTIMORE, MD (April 9, 2014)— Maryland set new records… Read more »

Washington County Department of Social Services Golden Fork

Washington County Department of Social Services Golden Fork

Herald Mail: June 19, 2013 —  Washington County Department of Social Services Golden Fork

Secretary Dallas And DHR Staff To Kick Off Week Of Volunteerism In Support Of The Stronger Together Campaign

Secretary Dallas And DHR Staff To Kick Off Week Of Volunteerism In Support Of The Stronger Together Campaign

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND (December 19, 2011) – This week, Secretary Dallas and Department of Human Resources (DHR) staff from across the state will be volunteering their time in support of Governor… Read more »

Picnic honors adoptive, foster families

Picnic honors adoptive, foster families

Herald Mail: July 30, 2011 —  Event was  hosted by the Washington County Department of Social Services and the Washington County League of Foster and Adoptive Families

Rotarians help furnish new foster family visitation center

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… Read more »

Experts Bring Attention To The Need For Foster Homes For Older Youth

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

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… Read more »

PG County’s DSS Partners to Provide  Quality Service to County Residents Seeking Relief from the High Cost of Energy

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

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… Read more »

Social services offices drastically understaffed while needs increased, study says

Social services offices drastically understaffed while needs increased, study says

MarylandReporter  June 10, 2011   By Megan Poinski Megan@MarylandReporter.com As state dollars got tighter and average incomes got lower, the state’s social services offices were nearly 1,100 employees and $50 million… Read more »

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