GOVERNOR

GOVERNOR'S COORDINATING OFFICES

GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF CRIME PREVENTION, YOUTH, & VICTIM SERVICES

ORIGIN & FUNCTIONS

100 Community Place, Crownsville, Maryland, July 2016. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

The Office works to improve public safety and the administration of justice and to reduce and prevent crime, violence, delinquency, and substance abuse. To these ends, it helps draft legislation, policies, plans, programs, and budgets.

All federal funding that comes to Maryland for criminal justice, juvenile justice, and victims' services is administered by the Office.

For nonprofit community groups and local and State government agencies, the Office provides access to State and federal grant programs that improve public safety. They include the Body Armor for Local Law Enforcement, the Maryland Victims of Crime Fund; the Edward J. Byrne Justice Assistance Grant Program; the Children's Justice Act Committee; the Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act; the Domestic Violence Unit Pilot Program (DVUP); the Gun Violence Reduction Grant Program; the Juvenile Justice Delinquency Program; the Law Enforcement Training Scholarship Program; the Project Safe Neighborhood Anti-Gang Initiative; Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners; the School Safety Enforcement Fund; Sex Offender and Compliance Enforcement in Maryland (SOCEM); the State Aid for Police Protection Fund; the Stop Violence Against Women Program; the Title V Delinquency Prevention Program; and the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Grant Program.

The Office administers grants for the Maryland Police Corps, a federal college scholarship program enacted in 1996. Maryland was one of the first states chosen by the U.S. Department of Justice to recruit and train college graduates to serve four years as community police officers. Maryland Police Corps officers presently serve in the police departments of Baltimore City, Hagerstown, and Anne Arundel, Howard, Prince George's and St. Mary's counties.

Criminal Justice Program. Under the Office, the Criminal Justice Program (formerly the Law Enforcement & Criminal Justice Program) stems from the Law Enforcement Program of the Governor's Drug and Alcohol Commission. That program became part of the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention in 1995. Renamed the Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Program in 1997, it adopted its current name in 2001.

The Criminal Justice Program administers funding and provides technical support to programs for law enforcement and the prosecution and adjudication of offenders. To improve the criminal justice system, the Program assists projects, such as community policing and alternatives to incarceration for nonviolent offenders. Support may include the use of electronic and other technology. In addition, the Program seeks effective means of coping with drug addiction and mental illness in the criminal justice system.

First located at Hampton Plaza, 300 East Joppa Road in Towson, Maryland, the Office moved to 100 Community Place in Crownsville, Maryland, in June 2016.

Appointed by the Governor, the Executive Director chairs the Maryland Violence Intervention and Prevention Advisory Council. The Executive Director also serves on the Behavioral Health Advisory Council; Maryland Behavioral Health and Public Safety Center of Excellence Advisory Group; Cease Fire Council; the Task Force to Study Crime Classification and Penalties; the Task Force to Study Maryland's Criminal Gang Statutes; the Criminal Justice Information Advisory Board; the Interagency Disabilities Board; the State Early Childhood Advisory Council; the Governor's Family Violence Council; the Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board; the Juvenile Justice Reform Council; the Council on Open Data; the Council for the Procurement of Health, Educational and Social Services; the Sexual Offender Advisory Board; and the State Board of Victim Services.

Formerly, the Office was organized under three units: Legislation; Policy and Planning; and Special Projects. In October 2016, the Office reformed under three divisions: Administration; Programs and Implementation; and Research, Analysis and Evaluation. The Office also is assisted by the Cease Fire Council, the Governor's Family Violence Council, and the Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board.

CEASE FIRE COUNCIL
On October 1, 2000, the Cease Fire Council was initiated within the Department of State Police (Chapter 2, Acts of 2000). On July 1, 2005, it transferred to the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention (now Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, & Victim Services) (Chapter 217, Acts of 2005).

The Council administers the Cease Fire Council Grant Program to reduce firearms violence through support for innovative and collaborative initiatives.

Eleven members serve on the Council. Seven are appointed to three-year terms by the Governor. Four serve ex officio. The Secretary of State Police chairs the Council (Code Public Safety Article, secs. 5-501 through 5-504).

GOVERNOR'S FAMILY VIOLENCE COUNCIL
The Governor's Family Violence Council originated in 1995 as the Family Violence Council, organized by the Lieutenant Governor and the Attorney General. As the Governor's Council on Family Violence Prevention, it was reformed by the Governor within the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention in January 2006 (Executive Order 01.01.2006.01). In October 2008, the Council received its present name (Executive Order 01.01.2008.16).

Through the Executive Director of the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services, the Council advises the Governor on issues related to family violence, and proposes policy, legislative and regulatory changes to reduce family violence, protect victims, and punish perpetrators. The Council also considers what State policies and programs are effective in preventing family violence; and the relationship between family violence and juvenile delinquency, alcohol and substance abuse, and other problems.

The Council consists of no more than twenty-eight members. Up to twelve members are appointed to three-year terms by the Governor; four members represent the Legislature, one represents the Judiciary; one represents the Maryland State's Attorneys' Association; and ten serve ex officio. The Governor designates the chair and any vice-chairs of the Council (Executive Order 01.01.2012.05).

JUSTICE REINVESTMENT OVERSIGHT BOARD
In October 2016, the Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board was formed within the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention (now Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, & Victim Services) (Chapter 515, Acts of 2016).

The Board is charged with reducing Maryland prison population, reducing spending on corrections, and reinvesting public funds to increase public safety and reduce recidivism.

Implementation of the recommendations of the former Justice Reinvestment Coordinating Council is overseen by the Board, which monitors that implementation, and ensures compliance with the Council's recommendations. Further, the Board evaluates recommendations from the Local Government Justice Reinvestment Commission, and makes its own legislative and budgetary recommendations for data-driven and fiscally sound criminal justice policy changes.

Data disaggregated by race and ethnicity concerning pretrial detainees from the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, the Maryland Parole Commission, the Administrative Office of the Courts, and the State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy is collected and analyzed by the Board. Further, with those entities, the Board creates performance measures that track and assess results from laws stemming from the recommendations of the Justice Reinvestment Coordinating Council. Also, the Board will create performance measures that gauge the effectiveness of grants from the Performance Incentive Grant Fund (Code State Government Article, secs. 9-3201 through 9-3212).

LOCAL GOVERNMENT JUSTICE REINVESTMENT COMMISSON
In October 2016, the Local Government Justice Reinvestment Commission started under the Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board within the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention (now Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, & Victim Services) (Chapter 515, Acts of 2016; Code State Government Article, secs. 9-3211).

The Commission advises the Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board on matters related to legislation, regulations, rules, budgets, and actions needed to implement recommendations of the former Justice Reinvestment Coordinating Council as they relate to local governments.

Membership of the Commission consists of one person from each county appointed to a four-year term by the governing body of the county. The Commission Chair is chosen by the Executive Director of the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services.

MARYLAND VIOLENCE INTERVENTION & PREVENTION ADVISORY COUNCIL
In July 2018, the Maryland Violence Intervention and Prevention Advisory Council was established in the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention (now Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, & Victim Services) (Chapter 148, Acts of 2018).

The Council consults with the Executive Director of the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services on the administration of the Maryland Violence Intervention and Prevention Program Fund. In establishing procedures for local governments to apply for funding and for distributing funding, the Council assists the Executive Director. The Council also advises the Governor and the Executive Director on implementing gun violence prevention programs in Maryland.

For nonsuppression-based violence intervention and prevention programs, the Council is to review and publish reports on their success or failure.

The Center serves as the statewide information repository for behavioral health treatment and diversion programs related to the criminal justice system.

A strategic plan to enhance community health and public safety, promote treatment, and reduce the detention within the criminal justice system of persons with behavioral health disorders is to be developed by the Center. Moreover, to prevent and minimize the involvement of those with behavioral health disorders in the criminal justice system, the Center provides technical assistance to local governments for creating effective behavioral health and community health systems of care. The Center also facilitates the development of local and regional sequential intercept models, and local or regional planning workshops using such models.

With the Maryland Department of Health and the Behavioral Health Administration, the Center coordinates the implementation and tracking of State behavioral health and community health systems of care for individuals in the criminal justice system (Code Health-General Article, secs. 13-4201 through 13-4206).

MARYLAND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH & PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER OF EXCELLENCE ADVISORY GROUP
Created by the Governor, the Maryland Behavioral Health and Public Safety Center of Excellence Advisory Group formed in March 2022 (Executive Order 01.01.2022.02).

The Advisory Group advises the Maryland Behavioral Health and Public Safety Center of Excellence on its action plan to provide those with mental illness, or intellectual or developmental disabilities with appropriate treatment, and divert them from the criminal justice system. The Group also supports the Center's sequential intercept model as a planning tool to inform legislation, policy, planning, and funding. In addition, the Advisory Group is to locate federal funding for the Center.

Eleven members constitute the Advisory Group. Of these, four serve ex officio. The Lt. Governor serves as Chair (Executive Order 01.01.2022.04).

The Victim Services Unit coordinates State responsibilities for victims, including collecting restitution and reimbursing victims for the cost of sexual assault forensic evidence examinations. The Unit is to collect data; develop best practices for restitution collection; and coordinate and improve the efforts of State and local agencies concerning restitution for victims. It also seeks to improve the collection of restitution, and to ensure that justice system databases are interoperable and have a data field for outstanding restitution orders. The Unit also oversees the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board.

CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION BOARD
6776 Reisterstown Road, Suite 312, Baltimore, MD 21215 - 2341

Instituted in 1968, the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board provides financial assistance to victims of crime (Chapter 455, Acts of 1968). The Board administers compensation for innocent persons suffering physical injury or death as a result of criminal acts or in their efforts to prevent crime or apprehend criminals. In July 2018, the Board transferred from the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention (now Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, & Victim Services) where it was placed under the Victim Services Unit (Chapter 422, Acts of 2018).

The Board maintains an office and staff to investigate and hear claims for awards filed with the Board. Claims may be filed with the Board by an innocent crime victim; a surviving spouse or child of a homicide victim; a person dependent for support on a homicide victim; a victim or surviving family of an international terrorist attack; a victim or surviving family of a hit-and-run or drunk driver; a person killed or injured while trying to prevent a crime and their surviving family; a person killed or injured while giving aid to a law enforcement officer performing official duties; or a person who paid for or assumed responsibility for the funeral expenses of a homicide victim. Awards are made for medical expenses, disability, total and partial dependency, funeral expenses, counseling, and crime scene clean up.

The Board is funded through fees assessed on defendants in Circuit and District courts and funds received through the federal Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) of 1984.

Five members constitute the Board. They are appointed to five-year terms by the Executive Director of the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services with the Governor's approval and Senate advice and consent. With the approval of the Governor, the Executive Director designates the chair. The Board appoints the Board's Executive Director with the approval of the Executive Director of the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services (Code Criminal Procedure Article, secs. 11-801 through 11-819) (Code Criminal Procedure Article, secs. 11-801 through 11-819).

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

MARYLAND DOMESTIC-VIOLENCE HEALTH-CARE SCREENING & RESPONSE INITIATIVE
The Maryland Domestic-Violence Health-Care Screening and Response Initiative began in September 2010 (Executive Order 01.01.2010.20).

Administered by the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services, the Initiative encourages and promotes the establishment of local domestic-violence health-care screening and response programs. To such local programs, the Office provides technical assistance and prioritizes them to receive State and federal grants.

DIVISION OF CHILDREN & YOUTH

100 Community Place, Crownsville, Maryland, July 2016. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

The Division strives to ensure a stable, safe and healthful environment for children and families in Maryland. For programs and services affecting children and their families, the Division identifies inefficiencies, duplications, and gaps in services and resources. The Division then analyzes departmental plans and budget requests; reviews federal, State, local and private funds used by and available to the State; and identifies items in the Governor's budget that affect programs and services for children and their families. In addition, the Division issues impact statements and makes planning and expenditure recommendations to the Governor and department heads. The Division also advises the General Assembly on the needs of youth and their families (Code Human Services Article, secs. 8-101 through 8-1004).

Goals for Child Well-being. Eight goals for child well-being have been set for the Division by the Children's Cabinet. They are defined as:

1) Babies Born Healthy;
2) Healthy Children;
3) Children Enter School Ready to Learn;
4) Children Successful in School;
5) Children Completing School;
6) Children Safe in their Families and Communities;
7) Stable and Economically Independent Families; and
8) Communities that Support Family Life.

In April 2015, the Governor assigned four initiatives to the Division. The Governor's charge was to reduce the impact of parental incarceration on children, families, and communities; improve outcomes for disconnected youth; reduce childhood hunger; and reduce youth homelessness.

Formerly located at 301 West Preston Street in Baltimore, the Governor's Office for Children relocated to 100 Community Place, Crownsville, Maryland, in May 2016.

The Division oversees two primary components: Finance and Operations, and Policy.

DEPUTY DIRECTOR

Appointed by the Governor, the Deputy Director chairs the Children's Cabinet and the Advisory Council to the Children's Cabinet, and serves on the Behavioral Health Advisory Council; the State Child Fatality Review Team; the State Early Childhood Advisory Council; the Children's Environmental Health and Protection Advisory Council; the Interagency Disabilities Board; the Governor's Family Violence Council; the Task Force to Study the Restraint, Searches, and Needs of Children in the Juvenile Justice System; and the Maryland Commission on Suicide Prevention.

FINANCE & OPERATIONS

Finance and Operations is responsible for Children's Cabinet Interagency Fund Administration, and Fiscal and Human Resources.

CHILDREN'S CABINET INTERAGENCY FUND ADMINISTRATION
Children's Cabinet Interagency Fund Administration oversees administration of the Children's Cabinet Fund. The Fund supports the work of local management boards in Maryland counties (Code Human Services Article, secs. 8-501 through 8-507).

POLICY

Policy is responsible for five main units: Disconnected Youth; Incarceration; Local Management Boards; Second-Generation Strategies, Youth Homelessness, and Racial Equity; and Youth Engagement and Homelessness. The office is aided by the State Coordinating Council for Children.

STATE COORDINATING COUNCIL FOR CHILDREN
In 1982, the State Coordinating Council for Children was authorized by the Governor as the State Coordinating Council for Residential Placement of Handicapped Children (Executive Order 01.01.1982.09). Within the Office for Handicapped Individuals, the Governor reestablished the Council in 1987 (Executive Order 01.01.1987.10). The Council moved to the Office for Children, Youth, and Families in 1990 and, was renamed the State Coordinating Council in 1993 (Chapter 419, Acts of 1990; Chapter 556, Acts of 1993). The Council adopted its present name in July 2002 (Chapter 282, Acts of 2002). Statutory authority for the Council expired July 1, 2005, and was reauthorized effective Oct. 1, 2006 (Chapter 243, Acts of 2006).

The Council has developed procedures for local care teams to ensure that children with disabilities in residential placement receive a complete plan of care. With the local care teams, the Council monitors services for children with disabilities who may need or are in residential placement. It also maintains an information system that assures agency accountability to children with disabilities and enables the State to plan for needed services.

Ten members constitute the Council. Seven are ex officio members, two of whom do not vote. Three members are appointed by the Children's Cabinet (Chapter 604, Acts of 2011; Code Human Services Article, secs. 8-401 through 8-404).

INCARCERATION

LOCAL MANAGEMENT BOARDS
Since 1990, each county in Maryland has been required to establish a local management board to plan, implement, and monitor child and family services. Each board determines what services are needed within the parameters of the eight Goals for Child Well-Being of the Children's Cabinet.

Originally, each board entered into a community partnership agreement with the Governor's Office for Children (now Division of Children and Youth). Today, the Division assists with training and technical assistance to develop resources, implement programs, and become fiscally accountable.

Reflecting the interagency nature of services for children and families, each board's membership must include representatives from the local health department, core service (mental health) agency, and department of social services; the local office of the Department of Juvenile Services; and the county public school system. Other members representing public and private community organizations also may serve on a board (Code Human Services Article, secs. 8-301 through 8-305).

SECOND-GENERATION STRATEGIES, YOUTH HOMELESSNESS, & RACIAL EQUITY
Second-Generation Strategies, Youth Homelessness, and Racial Equity originated as Positive Youth Outcomes. It reformed as Prevention Strategies in March 2008, and adopted its present name by February 2018.

Second-Generation Strategies, Youth Homelessness, and Racial Equity helps plan and implement local programs that prevent youths from dropping out of school, committing crimes, and engaging in other activities which bring them into the juvenile justice system. Such prevention and diversion programs should serve youth in their communities with alternatives to incarceration and institutionalization, help youth gain self sufficiency, accept personal responsibility for their actions, and be ready for adulthood at age 21.

YOUTH ENGAGEMENT & HOMELESSNESS

PROGRAMS & IMPLEMENTATION DIVISION

The Programs and Implementation Division helps local governments and agencies access federal and State grants to fund crime fighting strategies.

PLANNING & IMPLEMENTATION

ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING POLICY
Anti-Human Trafficking Policy began as Domestic Violence and Human Trafficking Policy and adopted its present name in August 2018.

ENFORCING UNDERAGE DRINKING LAWS (EUDL) PROGRAM

JUVENILE JUSTICE & VICTIM SERVICES
Juvenile Justice and Victim Services began when the Equal Justice and Policy Division merged with the Youth Services Division on January 31, 2007. Earlier, the Equal Justice and Policy Division had formed in 2005. The Youth Services Division originated as the Youth, Justice, and Community Service Division, and became the Youth Services Division in 2003. Many functions of the two divisions dispersed to regional offices in restructuring of August 2007. Those juvenile justice functions not dispersed to regional offices were assigned to the Juvenile Justice Policy Unit in August 2007. The Unit was restructured as Juvenile Justice and Victim Services in October 2016.

This unit staffs the Juvenile Grant Planning and Review Council, and the Children's Justice Act Committee.

JUVENILE GRANT PLANNING & REVIEW COUNCIL
In August 2005, the Juvenile Grant Planning and Review Council was formed by the Governor and reauthorized in March 2010 (Executive Order 01.01.2005.37; Executive Order 01.01.2010.06; Executive Order 01.01.2014.15).

The Council administers federal and State juvenile justice funds. Also, in keeping with the federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 2002, the Council serves as Maryland's State Advisory Group as required by the Act. By this law, the federal government sets standards for state and local juvenile justice systems, and provides funding for states from the federal Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Further, the Council works with the Juvenile Justice Compliance Monitor to ensure compliance with the federal Act.

A State three-year plan is developed and annually updated by the Council. The Council also reviews and makes recommendations on all juvenile and delinquency prevention grant applications; and advises the Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services on how to develop and expedite programs that divert juveniles from the juvenile justice system into community-based alternatives.

The Council is assisted by six subcommittees: Disproportionate Minority Contact; Executive; Grant Monitoring; Legislative; Recruitment, Training, and Regionalization; and Youth Engagement.

Appointed by the Governor to three-year terms, the Council consists of between 15 and 33 members. One-fifth of the members must be under age 24 when appointed, and three members must be or have been in the juvenile justice system. Serving as the Governor's designee on the Council, the Executive Director of the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services names the Chair.

LAW ENFORCEMENT PROGRAMS
Originally administered by the Department of State Police, the State Aid for Police Protection Fund transferred to the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention (now Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, & Victim Services) in July 2008 (Chapter 515, Acts of 2008; Code Public Safety Article, secs. 4-501 through 4-509).

The State Aid for Police Protection Fund is a formula-driven funding program used to supplement resources for police protection in local communities. State funds provide additional revenue to support the operational costs of municipal and county police agencies.

VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE INITIATIVES
The Victim Services Program began in 1988, later became the Victim Services and Domestic Violence Program, and adopted its present name in 1999. In December 2011, the Program moved under the Western Regional Office, which was disbanded in October 2016.

The Program administers funding and provides technical support for efforts to help victims of crime and those who suffer domestic and family violence.

Heading the Program, the Victim Services Coordinator is chosen by the Executive Director of the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services.

STATE BOARD OF VICTIM SERVICES
In 1988, the State Board of Victim Services was created within the Office of the Attorney General (Chapter 256, Acts of 1988). Reorganized in 1992, the Board transferred to the Office of Justice Administration (Chapter 270, Acts of 1992). In 1995, the Board became part of the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention (now Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, & Victim Services) (Executive Order 01.01.1995.18).

The Board advises the Governor on services needed by victims of crime. The Board also reviews the plans and annual reports of the Victim Services Coordinator as well as the implementation, operation, and revision of programs by the Coordinator.

To the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention, the Board makes recommendations on the uses of the Maryland Victims of Crime Fund and the Legal Services for Crime Victims Fund.

Twenty-two members compose the Board. Fourteen are appointed to five-year terms by the Governor. The Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals names a member of the Judiciary to a five-year term. Seven members serve ex officio. The Governor or Governor's designee serves as chair (Code Criminal Procedure Article, secs. 11-910 through 11-919).

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT PROGRAM
The Violence Against Women Act Program was authorized under the federal Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (P.L. 103-322). By that federal law, states administer funds to combat crimes of violence against women and improve legal protections for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.

Under the Program, law enforcement officers, court commissioners, "911" operators, judges, and state's attorneys are trained to respond effectively to violent crimes against women. Coordinated community responses to domestic violence, rape, and sexual assault are supported. In addition, the Program provides a uniform data collection system to track offenses and standardizes the processing of legal cases involving domestic violence, rape, and sexual assault.

Since 2000, the Program has administered the Domestic Violence Unit Pilot Program Fund. This fund is used by local law enforcement agencies to ensure the timely and accurate entry of civil protective and ex parte orders into databases.

Formerly under the Metro Regional Office, the Program in February 2011 transferred to the Western Regional Office, and then in November 2011 to the Eastern Regional Office, which disbanded in October 2016.

PLANNING & STRATEGY COMMITTEE
Since 1995, the Planning and Strategy Committee determines what programs and projects to support with federal funds. To develop priorities for funding, the Committee receives recommendations from the Governor's Family Violence Council.

Committee members represent government as well as nonprofit, private-sector programs for victims.

PROGRAMS

The Fund provides grants to local sheriffs' offices and police departments to create domestic violence units. Such units focus on the service of ex parte and protective orders, and keeping databases updated.

Formerly under the Metro Regional Office, the Program transferred to the Eastern Regional Office in February 2011, and then to the Western Regional Office in December 2011.

VICTIM RIGHTS COMPLIANCE

RESEARCH, ANALYSIS & EVALUATION DIVISION

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

RESEARCH & ANALYSIS

MARYLAND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS CENTER
In 1984, the Maryland Statistical Analysis Center originated as the Maryland Justice Analysis Center at the University of Maryland, College Park. It was reconstituted by the Governor as the Maryland Statistical Analysis Center within the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention (now Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, & Victim Services ) in March 2007 (Executive Order 01.01.2007.04).

The Center serves as a statewide information center and repository for criminal and juvenile justice statistics and information. It also coordinates research and technical assistance. To State and local agencies, it provides access to federal resources for criminal and juvenile justice statistical information. In addition, the Center assists the Criminal Justice Information Advisory Board.

Through its Research Program, the Center funds original research projects that seek out, analyze, and evaluate current Maryland policies and practices to improve public safety.

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