Maryland After School Program

The Program Development Branch administers the Maryland After School Opportunity Fund Program. The General Assembly, recognizing the importance of the after-school hours, passed the Maryland After-School Opportunity Act. The Act created the Maryland After School Opportunity Fund Program to help parents provide after school care and programs for youth throughout the state.

An advisory board oversees the program. Grants were made to Local Management Boards in all 24 jurisdictions and there were approximately 119 programs operating in 2001. The statewide program goal was to serve 27,041 youth. The number of youth actually served was 33,959.

Allegany County 301-777-2008	Anne Arundel County 410-222-7423	Baltimore City 410-662-5500
Baltimore County 410-887-4254	Calvert County 410-414-5997	Caroline County 410-479-3071
Carroll County 410-386-3600	Cecil County 410-620-0762	Charles County 301-609-9016
Dorchester Co 410-228-0281	Frederick Co 301-631-3534	Garrett Co 301-334-1189
Harford Co 410-638-3166	Howard Co 410-313-1926	Kent Co 410-810-2673
Montgomery Co 301-840-2890	Prince George’s Co 301-985-3850	Queen Anne’s Co 410-758-6677
Somerset Co 410-651-1876	St. Mary’s Co 301-475-4510	Talbot Co 410-822-2616
Washington Co 301-791-3486	Wicomico Co 410-546-5400	Worcester Co 410-632-3648

Contact Information

Linda Zang, Chief, Head Start Collaboration and Program Development Branch

Division of Early Childhood Development
Maryland State Department of Education

200 West Baltimore Street

Baltimore, MD 21201

Phone:

(410) 767-0140

Email:

lzang@msde.state.md.us

Rolf Grafwallner, Ph.D., Assistant State Superintendent

Division of Early Childhood Development
Maryland State Department of Education

200 West Baltimore Street

Baltimore, MD 21201

Phone:

410-767-0335

Email:

lscott@msde.state.md.us

Program Development Branch

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