ST/victim.cm                          Contact:  Kathy Zieger, (30l) 2l7-2500


DUNCAN SEEKS APPLICANTS FOR    
VICTIM SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD       For Immediate Release (October 28, 1996)


     County Executive Douglas M. Duncan is seeking applicants to fill four
vacancies on the Victim Services Advisory Board.  Three vacancies are for
citizens-at-large; one incumbent is eligible for reappointment.  One partial-
term vacancy, ending in December 1997, must be filled by a representative from
the mental health, medical, dental, nursing or legal profession.  Applicants
must be Montgomery County residents.
     The board advises the Division of Crisis, Income and Victim Services
which assists victims of sexual assault, domestic violence and other crimes. 
The board consists of l8 voting members.  Members serve three-year terms and
do not receive compensation. 
     The primary responsibility of the board is to review available services
for crime victims and their families; determine program needs and gaps for
victim and family services; and submit at least one report annually to the
County Executive and the County Council on the progress of programs to crime
victims and their families and necessary improvements.  The board also makes
recommendations for appropriate funding allocations based on priorities and 
available resources; assists the director of the Division of Crisis, Income
and Victim Services in developing an annual victim and family service plan;
and acts as a local advocate for crime victim services programming.
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VICTIM SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD                                     2-2-2-2

     The board meets the fourth Thursday evening of each month in Rockville. 
Also, an average of five hours per month of board-related committee work is
expected.  
     Interested citizens should write by November 22 to County Executive
Douglas M. Duncan, at the Executive Office Building, l0l Monroe St.,
Rockville, MD  20850.  A brief resume, including home and work phone numbers,
should be enclosed.  Members of County boards, committees and commissions may
not serve on more than one such group at a time.
     Duncan's appointments are subject to confirmation by the County Council. 
Applications of those selected for appointment are made public as part of the
confirmation process.
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