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Vision Statement

Parents and caregivers will have the resources to create nurturing, stable environments for the county's children.

Community Partnership for Children, Youth and Families

The Local Management Board (LMB) of Allegany County, Inc. was established as part of the Systems Reform Initiative (SRI) initiated by Governor William Donald Schaefer. SRI was created in order to restructure the human service delivery system to an interagency basis in order to assist Maryland's children and families to build their capacity to become self-sufficient, safe and healthy.

Local Management Boards in each of Maryland's twenty-three counties and Baltimore City facilitate collaborative partnerships in communities and work to break down any barriers that prevent effective service delivery to their community's children and families.

The Local Management Board (LMB) of Allegany County was originally established in July 1993 as a public entity under the auspices of the County Commissioners. In July 2005, the Local Management Board of Allegany County, Inc. was incorporated as an independent Quasi-Public Private Nonprofit organization and empowered by theAllegany County Commissioners to act as the county's Local Management Board.

The Local Management Board identifies priorities and targets resources for improved services based on community needs assessments. Strategies for success are then negotiated with the State to produce improved results in the eight areas of child and family well being. The eight areas of child and family well being are:

Babies Born Healthy
Healthy Children
Children Enter School Ready to Learn
Children Successful in School
Children Completing School
Children Safe in Their Families & Communities
Stable & Economically Independent Families
Communities Which Support Family Life

This strategic plan to improve results in the eight areas of child well being, expand and enhance programs, and establish accountability is known as our Community Partnership for Children and Families.

Local Coordinating Council

Purpose:
The State Coordinating Council for Residential Placement of Disabled Children (SCC) and the Local Coordinating Councils (LCCs) were established in the 1980’s as a result of the State’s long-standing concern for children who are placed in residential treatment. The SCC is comprised of Cabinet-level Secretaries of Maryland’s child-serving agencies, or their designees. The LCCs include local representatives from each of the child-serving agencies and may also include a parent from the community and a member of a local parent-advocacy group. The goals of the SCC and LCCs are to:

· combine the resources of various agencies to improve services to these children;

· foster the development of resources necessary to serve children with special needs in Maryland;

· promote interagency coordination in the provision of services;

· ensure that State funds for the residential placement of children with special needs are allocated in accordance with Article 49D (Annotated Code of Maryland), House Bill 1386 (2003 session), and other relevant State and federal laws;

· develop interagency plans-of-care for children to assure placement in the least restrictive environment appropriate; and

· recommend and facilitate the development of new and enhanced community-based programs to serve children with disabilities who might otherwise remain in restrictive placements that are geographically distant from their families and communities.

MEMBERSHIP:

The LCC consists of representatives from the following public and private child-serving agencies as well as a parent advocate or the parent of a child with special needs.

· Allegany County Department of Social Services (DSS)

· Allegany County Public Schools (ACPS/LEA)

· Department of Juvenile Services (DJS)

· Mental Health Systems Office (MHSO) of the Allegany County Health Department, serving as the Core Service Agency (CSA)

· Health Officer for Allegany County Health Department, or designee (ACHD)

· Local Management Board of Allegany County, Inc. (LMB)

· Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA)

· Substance Abuse/Addictions Unit of the Allegany County Health Department

· Division of Rehabilitation Services (DORS) of the Maryland State Department of Education

Each entity identified above and the identified parent advocate will be entitled to one vote in LCC proceedings.