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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 22-17 Trauma-Informed Care Task Force – Composition.">
  <section prefix="§" num="22-17" heading="Trauma-Informed Care Task Force – Composition.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">The Task Force comprises 37 members, 30 of whom are appointed by the Mayor under &lt;cite data-doc="City of Baltimore, Md., Charter" data-path="IV|§6"&gt;Article IV, § 6 of the City Charter&lt;/cite&gt; and 7 of whom are ex-officio members.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Appointed members.">Of the 30 members appointed by the Mayor:<para num="(1)">3 shall be youth representatives from a youth-led advocacy group in Baltimore City;</para>
      <para num="(2)">2 shall be individuals with at least one child enrolled in the Baltimore City Public School System;</para>
      <para num="(3)">1 shall be a licensed clinician with an expertise in trauma and healing;</para>
      <para num="(4)">2 shall be members of the research community with an expertise in trauma and healing;</para>
      <para num="(5)">1 shall be a representative of an organization with an explicit focus on racial equity in its organizational mission statement;</para>
      <para num="(6)">1 shall be an individual between 14 and 25 years of age;</para>
      <para num="(7)">1 shall be a individual licensed to practice in the State of Maryland as a physician with a specialty in pediatrics;</para>
      <para num="(8)">1 shall be a representative of an organization with an explicit focus on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) advocacy in its organizational mission statement;</para>
      <para num="(9)">1 shall be a naturalized citizen or a resident alien;</para>
      <para num="(10)">1 shall be an individual who has recently exited from the Maryland correctional system;</para>
      <para num="(11)">1 shall be an employee of the Baltimore City Public School System;</para>
      <para num="(12)">3 shall be representatives from community organizations, nonprofit organizations, or youth organizations that have an expertise in trauma and healing;</para>
      <para num="(13)">2 shall be educators within the Baltimore City Public School System;</para>
      <para num="(14)">2 shall be individuals licensed to practice in the State of Maryland as social workers; and</para>
      <para num="(15)">8 shall be recommended by the City Council President as follows:<para num="(i)">2 City Councilmembers as follows:<para num="(A)">1 Councilmember with experience as an educator within the Baltimore City Public School System, who shall serve as co-chair if appointed; and</para>
          <para num="(B)">1 Councilmember with experience as a parent of a student within the Baltimore City Public School System;</para>
        </para>
        <para num="(ii)">1 youth representative from a youth-led advocacy group in Baltimore City;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">1 representative of an organization with an explicit focus on racial equity in its organizational mission statement;</para>
        <para num="(iv)">1 licensed clinician with an expertise in trauma and healing; and</para>
        <para num="(v)">3 representatives from community organizations, nonprofit organizations, or youth-led or youth-oriented organizations that have an expertise in trauma and healing.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Ex-officio (or designate) members.">The 7 ex-officio members of the Task Force are:<para num="(1)">the Director of the Office;</para>
      <para num="(2)">the Commissioner of the Baltimore City Department of Health or the Commissioner’s designee;</para>
      <para num="(3)">the Director of the Department of Planning or the Director’s designee;</para>
      <para num="(4)">the Director of the Department of Recreation and Parks or the Director’s designee;</para>
      <para num="(5)">the Commissioner of the Department of Housing and Community Development or the Commissioner’s designee;</para>
      <para num="(6)">the City Council President; and</para>
      <para num="(7)">the Youth Commission Chair.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 20-341</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 20-403</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
