The time commitment ranges from 10 to 15 hours per month. Responsibilities include interviewing children and families, monitoring court compliance, attending hearings and preparing reports. Training will be held in the fall. The Citizens' Review Board for Children, a Maryland advocacy group based in Baltimore, seeks board members to serve a four-year term. There are 62 boards statewide and each has seven members.
Recruitment is underway for local representatives to all the boards.
Members review case histories of children in foster care and make recommendations in the best interests of the children to the courts, the Department of Social Services and other entities involved. Meetings are once a month from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Work With Youth Seneca Sports Association, a nonprofit sports group, seeks volunteers who know cheerleading to coach girls age 6 to 14. Practice sessions meet twice a week on a flexible basis and coaches also work during games for two hours on Saturdays. Kensington Wheaton Youth Services, a program of the Mental Health Association, invites volunteer mentors age 21 and older to work individually with youngsters referred by the Department of Juvenile Justice.