2016 Maryland Code
Family Law
Title 4 - Spouses
Subtitle 4 - Services to Families With Children
§ 4-402. Program established

(a) In general. --

(1) To implement the policies set forth in this subtitle, the Secretary shall establish in each local department a program of services to families with children.

(2) The program shall be available to:

(i) those families who are receiving temporary cash assistance or Supplemental Security Income; and

(ii) those families whose gross income is 80% or less of this State's median income adjusted for family size in accordance with regulations adopted by the Social Services Administration.

(b) Services to families with children enumerated. -- For purposes of this subtitle, services to families with children are:

(1) functional services to help a family resolve a situational crisis brought on by catastrophe, deprivation of income, lack of shelter, physical illness, mental illness, death, desertion, or abandonment;

(2) family counseling:

(i) to resolve marital conflict, familial conflict, and parent-child relationship problems; and

(ii) to teach child care and development and parenting skills;

(3) information and referral services to teach families how to locate and use community services, including health care services; and

(4) home management services to teach the management of household duties and responsibilities, including budgeting skills.