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SECTION 6 DISABILITY RESOURCES
Home Remodeling for Disability
and Special Needs
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Hospital Outreach Program (HOP)
Harford County Health Department
1321 Woodbridge Station Way
Edgewood, MD 21040
410.612.1779
HOP is a nursing service of the Harford County Health
Department. Services include locating community
resources, completing referrals, identifying
barriers in the community, follow up visits, agency
coordination and patient discharge adherence.
Staff accepts referrals from discharge planners
for hospitalized individuals over the age of 18 who
are at-risk for long-term placement. The program’s
registered nurse provides information about available
community resources and identifies barriers that
prevent the client from returning to the community.
Enrolled clients are either presently eligible for
Maryland Medicaid, or who would be eligible within
180 days after a nursing facility placement.
Humanim, Inc.
9380 Gerwig Lane
Columbia, MD 21046
410.381.7171
Humanim provides services to individuals with
disabilities in the areas of Workforce Development,
Human Services, and Social Enterprise.
The IMAGE Center
300 E. Joppa Road, Suite 312
Towson, MD 21286
410.982.6311
The Image Center supports individuals with
disabilities to become independent through offered
services of Peer Mentoring, Independent Living
Skills, Information and Referral, Individual Advocacy,
Education Transition Program, and Travel Training.
In-Home Aides Services
Maryland Department of
Human Resources
Mary E. W. Risteau DC/MSC
2 S. Bond Street, Suite 300
Bel Air, MD 21014
410.836.4987
410.836.4945 | Fax
www.dhr.maryland.gov/office-of-adult-
services/in-home-aides
Provides in-home aide services for Adults aged 18
or older who have functional disabilities and need
assistance with personal care, chores and other
daily activities in order to remain in their homes.
The John Archer School
100 Thomas Run Road
Bel Air, MD 21015
410.638.3810
410.638.3840 | Fax
This public special education school serves
Harford County students with disabilities.
The League for People
with Disabilities, Inc.
1111 E. Coldspring Lane
Baltimore, MD 21239
410.323.0500
410.323.3298 | Fax
Maryland Relay 711 | TTY
Serves people with physical and intellectual
disabilities directly and through effective
partnerships with community organizations.
Facilities consist of a large heated pool and
fitness center. Services include workshops,
training classes, and adult day care.
LOCATE: Child Care
Special Needs Services
Maryland Family Network
410.659.7701, ext. 279
800.999.0120
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Maryland Family Network is a nonprofit agency
that offers LOCATE, which helps families who
have children with disabilities locate child care,
preschool, school age care, and summer programs.
Maryland Department
of Disabilities
217 East Redwood Street, Suite 1300
Baltimore, MD 21202
410.767.3660
Toll free/TTY: 800.637.4113
www.mdod.maryland.gov
MDOD advances the rights and interests
of people with disabilities so they may
fully participate in their community.
Maryland Foundation of
Dentistry for the Handicapped
6410 Dobbin Road, Suite F
Columbia, MD 21045
877.337.7746
410.964.9978 | Fax
Provides comprehensive dental care at no
charge to people of all ages who, because
of a serious disability or impaired health lack
adequate income to pay for needed dental care.
Maryland Office of Genetics
and People with Special Health
Care Needs (OGPSHCN)
201 West Preston Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
800.638.8864
www.phpa.dhmh.maryland.gov/
genetics/Pages/home.aspx
Maryland OGPSHCN assures a comprehensive,
coordinated, culturally competent and consumer-
friendly system of care that meet the needs
of Maryland children and youth with special
health care needs and their families.
Maryland Relay
State of Maryland
Department of Information Technology/
Telecommunications Access of
Maryland
301 W. Preston Street, Suite 1008A
Baltimore, MD 21201
Maryland Relay 711 | TTY
Maryland Relay is a telephone communication
system that connects telephone conversations
between people who can hear and those
who are deaf, hard of hearing, late deafened,
deaf-blind, or speech disabled by using
text telephones (TTYs). Call for details.
Maryland Society for Sight
1313 W. Old Coldspring Lane
Baltimore, MD 21209
410.243.2020
800.MSS.EYES
410.889.2505 | Fax
The Maryland Society for Sight aims to prevent
blindness and preserve sight for Marylanders
through vision screenings for preschoolers,
visual acuity and glaucoma screenings for
adults, mobile eye care for the homeless, and
eye health and safety education programs.