Title 8. Children, Youth, and Families — Subtitle 3. Local Management Boards
Statutes in effect as of October 1, 2026.
Md. Code Ann., Hum. Servs. § 8-301 (2026)
Title 8. Children, Youth, and Families
Subtitle 3. Local Management Boards
§ 8–301LinkCopy Citation
(a)
Each county shall establish and maintain a local management board to ensure the implementation of a local interagency service delivery system for children, youth, and families.
(b)
A county may designate as the local management board:
(1)
a quasi-public nonprofit corporation that is not an instrumentality of the county government; or
(2)
a public agency that is an instrumentality of the county government.
Md. Code Ann., Hum. Servs. § 8-302 (2026)
Title 8. Children, Youth, and Families
Subtitle 3. Local Management Boards
§ 8–302LinkCopy Citation
A local management board may be composed of:
(1)
public and private community representatives who share the responsibility for implementing a community–based, interagency, family–focused service delivery system for children, youth, and families;
(2)
a senior representative or department head of the:
(i)
local health department;
(ii)
local office of the Department of Juvenile Services;
(iii)
core service agency or local behavioral health authority;
(iv)
local school system; and
(v)
local department of social services;
(3)
family members or family advocates; and
(4)
youth or youth advocates.
Md. Code Ann., Hum. Servs. § 8-303 (2026)
Title 8. Children, Youth, and Families
Subtitle 3. Local Management Boards
§ 8–303LinkCopy Citation
A local management board shall:
(1)
strengthen the decision-making capacity at the local level;
(2)
design and implement strategies that achieve clearly defined results for children, youth, and families as articulated in a local 5-year strategic plan for children, youth, and families;
(3)
maintain standards of accountability for locally agreed upon results for children, youth, and families;
(4)
influence the allocation of resources across systems as necessary to accomplish the desired results;
(5)
build local partnerships to coordinate children, youth, and family services within the county to eliminate fragmentation and duplication of services; and
(6)
create an effective system of services, supports, and opportunities that improve outcomes for all children, youth, and families.
Md. Code Ann., Hum. Servs. § 8-304 (2026)
Title 8. Children, Youth, and Families
Subtitle 3. Local Management Boards
§ 8–304LinkCopy Citation
The members of the Children’s Cabinet shall adopt regulations that:
(1)
specify the roles and responsibilities of local management boards;
(2)
establish minimum standards for the composition of local management boards;
(3)
establish fiscal and program accountability in the implementation of community partnership agreements and the use of other State resources by local management boards;
(4)
establish procedures to ensure the confidentiality of information shared by local management board members and employees in accordance with State and federal law; and
(5)
generally relate to the operation of local management boards.
Md. Code Ann., Hum. Servs. § 8-305 (2026)
Title 8. Children, Youth, and Families
Subtitle 3. Local Management Boards
§ 8–305LinkCopy Citation
On or before October 1 of each year, the Maryland Association of Local Management Board Directors shall, in accordance with § 2-1257 of the State Government Article, submit to the Senate Finance Committee, the House Committee on Ways and Means, and the Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, a report summarizing, with respect to the programs implemented under § 8-505(d) of this title:
(1)
each local management board’s activities;
(2)
the amount of money spent on the programs; and
(3)
the effectiveness of the programs.
Md. Code Ann., Hum. Servs. § 8-306 (2026)
Title 8. Children, Youth, and Families
Subtitle 3. Local Management Boards
§ 8–306LinkCopy Citation
(a)
On or before January 1, 2018, the Prince George’s County Local Management Board shall:
(1)
develop and implement a strategic plan to raise revenues to match the total funding provided by the Governor’s Office for Children; and
(2)
submit the strategic plan to:
(i)
the County Executive of Prince George’s County;
(ii)
the County Council of Prince George’s County;
(iii)
the Prince George’s County Senate Delegation of the General Assembly; and
(iv)
the Prince George’s County House Delegation of the General Assembly.
(b)
On or before January 1 each year, the Prince George’s County Local Management Board shall submit a report on the total revenue received in the previous fiscal year and the total revenue from each source to:
(1)
the County Executive of Prince George’s County;
(2)
the County Council of Prince George’s County;
(3)
the Prince George’s County Senate Delegation of the General Assembly; and
(4)
the Prince George’s County House Delegation of the General Assembly.