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SECTION 8 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE / SEXUAL ASSAULT RESOURCES – NATIONAL
National Sexual Violence
Resource Center
123 N. Enola Drive
Enola, PA 17025
717.909.0710
877.739.3895
717.909.0715 | TTY
717.909.0714 | Fax
Collection and distribution center for information,
statistics, and resources related to sexual violence.
RAINN (Rape, Abuse, and
Incest National Network)
1220 L Street, NW, Suite 505
Washington, DC 20005
202.544.1034
800.656.HOPE (National Sexual
Assault Hotline)
202.544.3556 | Fax
(includes an online-hotline)
An anti-sexual violence organization that carries out
programs to prevent sexual assault, helps victims,
and ensures that rapists are brought to justice.
SECTION 9
Education
Arrow Center for Education
214 Creswell Road
Bel Air, MD 21015
877.426.7841
410.734.0560
410.734.0561
Special Education services.
Catholic Charities Family
Center and Early Head Start
• EDGEWOOD
1980 Brookside Drive
Edgewood, MD 21040
410.612.1760
410.612.1763 | Fax
• HAVRE DE GRACE
422 South Stokes Street
Havre de Grace, MD 21078
443.526.1940
and-families/head-start/harford-county
Early Head Start is a child and family development
program that enables children from low-income
families to be better prepared when entering
kindergarten, thereby improving the likelihood
of their success in school and in life.
Friends School of Harford
2232 Rock Spring Road
Forest Hill, MD 21050
443.640.6300
Friends School of Harford is a non-profit, independent
private elementary and middle school, K–8th grade,
guided by Quaker values. Located in just minutes
from Bel Air, their rich program of academic and
hands-on learning develops the entire child and
emphasizes problem solving and leadership skills.
Harford Community College
401 Thomas Run Road
Bel Air, MD 21015
443.412.2000
Offers credit and non-credit courses for
academic degrees and for personal enrichment
and development. The college also provides
general financial aid information and general
educational counseling. The Speakers Bureau
is available free of charge to civic groups,
non-profit organizations, and schools.
• ADULT BASIC EDUCATION/
LITERACY
443.412.2054
443.412.2616
This free program is for adults 16 and older who have
withdrawn from school who want to improve their
basic, reading, writing, and math skills. A one-on-one
literacy tutoring program is offered for beginning
readers. Students are able to work at their own pace.
• CREDIT BY EXAM
443.412.2352
This program allows adults to receive
college credits for life experiences.
• DISABILITY SUPPORT SERVICES
443.412.2402
443.412.2199 | TTY
Services are provided to students with documented
physical, learning, psychological, or other disabilities.
Services include assistive technology, assistance with
improving study skills, specialized career counseling,
tutoring, and other additional support services.
• ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE -
ESL
443.412.2152
443.412.2054
Course is for foreign-born adults ages 16 and over
who want to improve their English skills. Students
will have the opportunity to improve their speaking,
listening, reading, and writing skills. Classes are free.
• FINANCIAL AID OFFICE
443.412.2257
443.412.2169 | Fax
Offers financial aid, scholarships, and grants to
qualifying Harford Community College students.
• GED TEST PREPARATION
443.412.2152
Classes are for people age 16 and
over who did not complete high school
and want to take the GED exam.
Harford County Council of PTAs
P.O. Box 435
Bel Air, MD 21014
Promotes the welfare of children and youth in
home, school, community and place of worship
Harford County Public Schools
Board of Education
102 S. Hickory Avenue
Bel Air, MD 21014
410.838.7300
Harford County Public Schools
Homeless Services Liaison
Office of Pupil Personnel Services
102 S. Hickory Avenue
Bel Air, MD 21014
410.588.5282
HomelessServicesLiaison.aspx
The homeless services liaison serves as one of
the primary contacts between homeless families
and school staff, district personnel, shelter
works and other service providers. The liaison
coordinates services to ensure that homeless
children and youth enroll in school and have
the opportunity to succeed academically.
The Highlands School
2409 Creswell Road
Bel Air, MD 21015
410.836.1415
443.412.1098 | Fax
The Highlands School identifies and serves
children who have the potential for average or
above average achievement, in grades K–10,
who are struggling to learn by conventional
methods and who manifest learning differences
in one or more areas of skill development.