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Community Resources
COMMUNITY RESOURCES & SUPPORT GROUPS
FOSTER CARE AND
ADOPTION
• Adoptions Together
5750 Executive Drive, Suite 107
Baltimore, MD 21228
410-869-0620
Adoption resources, information,
support and counseling
• Building Families for Children
(formerly Baptist Family
& Children’s Services)
7161-A Columbia Gateway Drive
Columbia, MD 21046
410-872-1050
Services include treatment foster
care, transitional housing and
comprehensive family services.
• Catholic Charities
Center for Family Services
2601 N. Howard Street, Suite 200
Baltimore, MD 21218
410-659-4050
410-659-4032 Adoption
& Birth Certificates
Assists families in planning
processes from pregnancy
through adoption
• Center for Adoption Support
and Education (C.A.S.E.)
4000 Blackburn Lane, Suite 260
Burtonsville, MD 20866
301-476-8525
Empowers foster and adoptive
families while promoting adoption
awareness and sensitivity
• Howard County Department
of Social Services
See page 38
• KidsPeace
5575 Sterrett Place, Suite 200
Columbia, MD 21044
410-964-9329 or 877-
266-8460 (toll free)
Foster care, adoption services,
therapeutic foster care, teen
mother and baby foster care.
• National Adoption Center
1500 Walnut Street, Suite 701
Philadelphia, PA 19102
800-To-Adopt 800-862-3678
Committed to finding
children in foster care a
permanent loving family
LEARNING DISABILITIES
• CHADD of Greater Baltimore
(Children of Attention
Deficit Disorder)
410-458-6500
Bringing together children and
adults with AD/HD, educators,
and healthcare professionals
• Family Support and
Resource Center
Howard County Public
School System
10910 Clarksville Pike
Ellicott City, MD 21042
410-313-7161
Provides services to families
of children with special needs
including workshops, IEP
assistance, newsletters, a lending
library, facilitation of parent support
groups and service referrals
• Howard County Office
of ADA Coordination
Howard County Department
of Community Resources
and Services
6751 Columbia Gateway Drive
Columbia, MD 21046
410-313-6402
Maryland Access Point
410-313-1234
Contact Maryland Access Point
(MAP) the Howard County Aging
and Disability Resource Center
(ADRC) for information, assistance
and referral for older adults
and persons with disabilities.
• Individual Differences in
Learning Association
Information, training and
support services
• The International
Dyslexia Association
40 York Road, 4th Floor
Baltimore, MD 21204
410-296-0232
LEGAL ISSUES
• Family Court Services
Coordinator
Howard County Circuit Court
410-313-2225
Answers procedural or
general questions regarding
family law cases
• Family Law Hotline
800-845-8550
• Howard County Lawyer
Referral Service
410-313-3853
• Legal Aid Bureau
3451 Courthouse Drive
Ellicott City, MD 21043
410-480-1057
Free or low-cost civil legal
services to low-income individuals
throughout Maryland
NEW PARENTS
SUPPORT GROUPS
• Family Options
Howard County Health Department
410-313-0613
www.howardcountymd.gov/
Departments/Health
Teen parenting group for first
time mothers 18 years or younger
(pregnancy-age 2 years)
• Healthy Families
Howard County
10451 Twin Rivers Road, Suite 100
Columbia, MD 21044
410-997-3557
• Jewish Federation of
Howard County
10630 Little Patuxent Pkwy, Suite 400
Columbia, MD 21044
410-730-4976
Connecting with the Jewish
Federation is a simple way to get
involved in Jewish life through
Shabbat Tots, teen programs,
volunteer opportunities and more.
PARENTING
INFORMATION
AND CLASSES
• The Arc of Howard County
11735 Homewood Road
Ellicott City, MD 21042
410-730-0638
• Building Families for Children
(formerly Baptist Family
& Children’s Services)
See page 42
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