The Maryland Department of Human Services (DHS) said that it is ending the practice of housing minors in hotels.

Local social services agencies have been directed by the secretary of the Maryland Department of Human Services to end the ...

Local social services agencies have been directed by the Maryland Department of Human Services to end the practice of housing foster care children in hotels.

BALTIMORE — Maryland will no longer house foster youth in hotels, a much-criticized practice even before a 16-year-old foster ...

Details are being ironed out, and state officials said they’re working toward preventing changes that could boost health care ...

The University of Maryland School of Social Work plans to launch a new Doctor of Social Work program in fall 2026, the school ...

Gov. Wes Moore announced the appointment of the Walter L. Simmons as acting secretary for the newly established Maryland Department of Social and Economic Mobility. He will assume the post on Oct. 20.

The Maryland Department of Human Services says that it has directed all local departments of social services to stop setting ...

A teen girl who was in the custody of Maryland's Department of Human Services (DHS) died from suicide in a Baltimore hotel, the Chief Medical Examiner's Office said Tuesday. Ward died from ...

This follows Health and Social Services Department lead Josette Manning's departure, which took effect Oct. 1.

A former official with the Maryland Department of Labor was indicted on 36 counts Monday, accused of favoring his friends in contracts to clean state facilities during the coronavirus pandemic. The ...

Some 42 million Americans who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to buy food are concerned about the ...