Contents:

• 2008: Maryland Association of Local Management Boards FY 2008 Annual Report
• 2007: Baltimore Leadership in Action Program Five Year Plan Update
• 2007: Maryland Association of Local Management Boards FY 2007 Annual Report

Throughout the following pages, you will be presented with numerous examples of how Maryland’s 24 Local Management Boards (LMBs) are carrying out their legislative charge to ensure the implementation of a local interagency service delivery system for children, youth and families. This report will also demonstrate how the core functions of LMBs make it possible for them to contribute to the implementation of numerous recommendations in the Maryland Child and Family Interagency Strategic Plan. The goal of this plan is to implement a coordinated interagency effort to develop a youth service system that can more effectively meet the needs of youth and their families, in particular, those who are at risk for poor outcomes.

This document provides an overview of what LMBs are doing, and how well they’re doing it. There are jurisdictional highlights of programs that are positively impacting Maryland’s Results for Child Well-Being: Babies Born Healthy; Healthy Children; Children Enter School Ready to Learn; Children Successful in School; Children Completing School; Children Safe in their Families and Communities; Stable and Economically Independent Families; and, Communities That Support Family Life. This document details the initiatives that are funded through the Children’s Cabinet Interagency Fund (CCIF), with the support of the Governor’s Office for Children, and offers a synopsis of the creative strategies and initiatives that LMBs, along with their multitude of partners, have launched. The expenditure data provide an impressive illustration of the CCIF dollars ($31,847,851) and additional funds leveraged ($31,329,482) by LMBs, and the jurisdiction-specific addenda offer an in-depth presentation of ongoing efforts in the jurisdictions.

In September 2003, the Baltimore Leadership in Action Program (B-LAP) was launched by the Reason to Believe Enterprise and the Family League of Baltimore City, in collaboration with the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School for Public Service at New York University. Its mission: To accelerate the city’s efforts to ensure that all Baltimore City children enter school ready to succeed.

In 2006–07, 58% of students entering kindergarten in Baltimore City were assessed as fully ready for school—more that double the percentage of children rated as fully ready in 2003–04, and surpassing B-LAP’s 5-year goal of having 52% of children rated fully ready by the 2008–09 school year.

Throughout the following pages, you will be presented with numerous examples of how Maryland’s 24 Local Management Boards (LMBs) are carrying out their legislative charge to ensure the implementation of a local interagency service delivery system for children, youth and families. This interagency service system provides a continuum of care that is family and child oriented, emphasizes prevention, early intervention and community-based services, and gives priority to children and families most at risk.

This document provides an overview of what LMBs are doing, and how well they’re doing it. There are jurisdictional highlights of programs that are positively impacting Maryland’s Eight Results for Child Well-Being: Babies Born Healthy; Healthy Children; Children Enter School Ready to Learn; Children Successful in School; Children Completing School; Children Safe in their Families and Communities; Stable and Economically Independent Families; and, Communities That Support Family Life. There is an overview of initiatives that are funded through the Children’s Cabinet Interagency Fund (CCIF), with the support of the Governor’s Office for Children, as well as a synopsis of the creative strategies and initiatives that LMBs, along with their multitude of partners, have launched. The budget information provides an impressive illustration of the CCIF dollars ($31,851,102) and additional funds leveraged ($31,455,210) by LMBs, and the jurisdiction-specific addenda offer an in-depth presentation of ongoing efforts in the jurisdictions.