The Anne Arundel County Government consists of Departments and Offices as well as Boards & Commissions and other entities. These entities work together to serve our Citizen's needs.
With almost 54,000 businesses, Anne Arundel County is a major hub of commerce and development. With a $35 billion economy, low taxes, a vast multi-modal transportation system, highly skilled workforce and excellent educational institutions, Anne Arundel County is the premier location to do business.
Our mission is to assess community human services needs and identify gaps in service, convene a neutral group of diverse stakeholders to build partnerships and develop solutions, fund services for children and families by leveraging State funding and increasing local resources, and advance the Governor’s priorities of reducing the impact of parental incarceration on children, families and communities; improving outcomes for disconnected youth; reducing childhood hunger; and reducing youth homelessness.
The Anne Arundel County Systems of Care is a multi-tiered approach to providing individualized information and support to connect children, youth, and their families to appropriate resources in the community.
Read the sixth edition report from the Community Foundation of Anne Arundel County. The report is written by the Executive Director, Pamela M. Brown, Ph.D.
Have you ever wanted to serve on a board or commission? Now is your chance! Several AACO Boards and Commissions currently have vacancies to be filled.
Who are we?
The Anne Arundel County Partnership for Children, Youth and Families was created in 1993. Each County in Maryland was charged by the Governor's Office for Children to convene a collaborative board to manage the implementation of a local, inter-agency, community based human service delivery system for children, youth and families.
Partnership funded activities are driven by the needs outlined in a comprehensive Community Needs Assessment that is updated every three years. This year the planning process included a focus on four target populations identified by Governor Hogan - Children and Families Impacted by Incarceration, Disconnected Youth, Homeless Youth, and Hungry Children. The current Community Plan (FY2017-2020) identifies the following priorities:
assess community human services needs and identify gaps in services
convene a neutral group of diverse stakeholders to build partnerships and develop solutions
fund services for children and families by leveraging State funding and increasing local resources, and
advance the Governor’s priorities of reducing the impact of parental incarceration on children, families and communities; improving outcomes for disconnected youth; reducing childhood hunger; and reducing youth homelessness.
