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Maryland Commission on Civil Rights seeks staff additions to cut case backlog as complaints rise
Summary
The Maryland Commission on Civil Rights told the House appropriations subcommittee it needs 11 permanent positions, one contractual conversion and three additional contractual staff in the governor’s fiscal 2026 allowance to address a growing complaint caseload and a backlog that averaged more than a year for many case types.
The subcommittee heard Jan. 29 that the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights (MCCR) plans to use the governor’s fiscal 2026 allowance to add staff aimed at reducing an escalating backlog of discrimination complaints and expanding statewide outreach.
Cleveland Horton, acting executive director of the commission, said the agency currently has about 39 employees to cover statewide work and is seeking additional staff because the existing workforce cannot resolve complaints within statutory benchmarks. “With this governor's allowance we will be able to fight through that backlog and be able to respond to complaints of discrimination in a much more timely fashion,” Horton said, noting the commission’s internal benchmark is about 180 days but typical cases were taking “about a year and a half to two years.”
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