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Gov’t & Gommunity
GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY SERVICES
• Grassroots Crisis
Intervention Center
6700 Freetown Road
Columbia, MD 21044
410-531-6677
Youth Crisis Hotline:
800-422-0009
24 hour resource to individuals
and families in need of immediate
assistance with a personal, mental
health, family, or shelter crisis.
• Howard County Food Bank
9385 Gerwig Lane
Columbia, MD 21045
410-313-6185
Perishable and non-perishable
foods for low-income families and
individuals in Howard County
• Howard County WIC Program
Howard County Health Department
Ascend One
8930 Stanford Blvd.
Columbia, MD 21045
410-313-7510
www.howardcountymd.
gov/Departments/Health
Nutrition education with
healthy supplemental foods
• Maryland Medicaid
Pharmacy Program
410-767-5800 ext. 3
or 410 767-1455
Medical assistance, healthcare,
family planning, Medicare Part D
• Maryland Primary Adult
Care Program (PAC)
800-226-2142
Health insurance program for
those who do not qualify for
Medicaid but are still unable to
afford standard medical services.
• Salvation Army
Howard County Service Center
3267 Pine Orchard Lane
Ellicott City, MD 21042
443-656-3376
Emergency financial assistance,
food & nutrition programs,
seasonal services
INFORMATION SERVICES
AND HOTLINES
• 211 of Central Maryland
Call 211 or 800-492-0618 (24 hours)
Free, confidential information
and referral to health and
human services, 24 hours
a day, 7 days a week.
• The CARE Line
Howard County Office of
Children and Families
3300 North Ridge Road, Suite 380
Ellicott City, MD 21043
410-313-CARE (2273)
www.howardcountymd.gov/children
A free information & referral service
to help Howard County families
identify needs and link them to
agencies, programs & organizations.
• CASA de Maryland
Multicultural Center
Baltimore’s Welcome
& Worker Center
2224 East Fayette Street
Baltimore, MD 21231
410-732-2694
Resources, information and
advocacy for low-income
families and immigrants.
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