AGING SERVICES
Name changed to Planning in March 2007.
CLIENT SERVICES & LONG-TERM CARE DIVISION
In Oct. 1998, consolidated with Nutrition and Community Services Division to form Client and Community Services Division.
GUARDIANSHIP ADVISORY BOARD
Abolished in 1997 (Chapter 7, Acts of 1997).
INNOVATIONS IN AGING SERVICES ADVISORY COUNCIL
Staff: Lisa M. Guderjohn (410) 767-1064
Chair: Jean W. Roesser, Secretary of Aging
Appointed by Senate President: Katherine A. Klausmeier
Appointed by House Speaker: Adrienne A. Mandel
Appointed by Secretary of Aging: Judith G. Cato; David J. English, D.B.A.; Garret A. Falcone; Marshal Greenblatt; W. Lee Hammond; Carmen L. Morano, Ph.D.; Robyn Stone, Dr. P.H.; Marjory Taylor; Virginia A. Thomas; one vacancy.
Ex officio: Mark A. Leeds, designee of Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene; Louise L. Gulyas, Chair, Commission on Aging.
In October 2001, the Innovations in Aging Services Advisory Council organized within the Department of Aging (Chapter 394, Acts of 2001). The Council was to advise the Secretary of Aging on the annual Innovations in Aging Services Program Plan. The Plan sets forth priorities for funding innovative aging services and the training of personnel who serve the elderly.
The Secretary of Aging chaired the fourteen-member Council (Code 1957, Art. 70B, sec. 36).
Because the Program has not been funded, the Advisory Council last met in 2003.
MANAGEMENT DIVISION
In July 1997, merged with Planning and Evaluation Division to form Planning and Operations Division.
NUTRITION
Became Nutrition and Health Promotion in 2006.
NUTRITION & COMMUNITY SERVICES DIVISION
In Oct. 1998, consolidated with Client Services and Long-Term Care Division to form Client and Community Services Division.
OFFICE ON AGING
Effective July 1, 1998, restructured as Department of Aging (Chapter 573, Acts of 1998).
PLANNING & EVALUATION DIVISION
In July 1997, merged with Management Division to form Planning and Operations Division.
PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT DIVISION
In 1998, the Program Development Division was created. Reporting directly to the Secretary, the Division oversaw new projects and services administered by the Department and identified new funding sources for them.
To enhance aging services, the Division establishd partnerships with public and private agencies. It also created new aging services and products, and helped local agencies on aging identify and obtain grants and other sources of support. Abolished in March 2007.
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