![[photo, 311 West Saratoga St., Baltimore, Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/18dhr/images/i006219b.jpg)
Appointed by Governor: Alexandria Warrick Adams; Shirley E. Crawford; Heather Z. Lyons, Ph.D.; Angela Martin; Kirkland J. (Kirk) Murray.
Appointed by Senate President: Adelaide C. Eckardt
Appointed by House Speaker: Geraldine Valentino-Smith
Appointed by Senate Minority Leader: Johnny Ray Salling
Appointed by House Minority Leader: Richard W. Metzgar
Appointed by Maryland Association of Community Colleges: Alison E. Buckley
Department of Human Services, 311 West Saratoga St., Baltimore, Maryland, January 2002. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
Appointed by Maryland Association of Social Services Directors: Gloria Brown Burnett
Ex officio: Sylvia A. Lawson, Ph.D., designee of State Superintendent of Schools; Courtney G. McFadden, designee of Secretary of Health; Stuart P. Campbell, designee of Secretary of Housing & Community Development; Lourdes R. Padilla, Secretary of Human Services; Kelly M. Schulz, Secretary of Labor, Licensing, & Regulation; Jaclin R. Wagner Wiggins, Acting Executive Director, Governor's Office for Children.
Staff: La Sherra Ayala
c/o Office of Secretary, Department of Human Services
311 West Saratoga St., Baltimore, MD 21201 - 3521
(410) 238-1285; 1-800-332-6347 (toll free); 1-800-732-7850 (toll free, in Spanish)
e-mail: lasherra.ayala@maryland.gov
fax: (410) 333-0392; tty: 1-800-925-4434 (toll free)
web:
http://governor.maryland.gov/ltgovernor/two-generation-commission/
In March 2017, the Two-Generation Family Economic Security Commission was formed by the Governor (Executive Order 01.01.2017.03).
To mitigate multigenerational poverty in Maryland, the Commission was charged with identifying what current State services and policies can be used to address the needs of both parents and children in low-income families. Further, the Commission was to pinpoint program and service gaps, and any inconsistencies in federal, State and local policies.
Best practices currently in use were to be identified, tested, and recommended. Government agencies, private foundations, community action partnerships and welfare advocacy organizations with direct experience in the multigenerational approach were consulted by the Commission. Finally, the Commission had the option of establishing up to four pilot programs in areas with high percentages of children in multigenerational poverty.
Authorization for the Commission ended December 31, 2018.
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