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CONTENT
Gov’t & Gommunity
• Child Find—National
Runaway Hotline
800-426-5678
• ChildHelp—National
Child Abuse Hotline
800-422-4453
Crisis prevention, information,
literature, and referrals to services
• Christ Church Link
See page 82
• Department of Transportation
Auto Safety Hotline
Recall Information: 800-424-9393
Complaints: 888-327-4236
www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/ivoq
• The Family Tree/
The MENS Program
See page 38
• FIRN (Foreign Born
Information and
Referral Network)
Columbia: 410-992-1923
Multi-Service Center:
410-880-5917
Provides career development,
health care navigators,
immigration counseling,
information & referral, literacy
(Club LEAP after school
program), minority outreach and
technical assistance (MOTHA)
and language connection
& interpreting services.
• Grassroots Crisis
Intervention Center
See page 84
• Hearing and Speech Helpline
800-638-8255
• HopeWorks (formerly
Domestic Violence Center)
See page 38
• Howard County Office
of ADA Coordination
Howard County Department
of Community Resources
and Services
See page 42
• Howard County
Health Department
See page 50
• Jewish Information
and Referral Service
5750 Park Heights Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21215
410-466-9200
• KISS (Kids in Safety Seats)
See page 44
• Maryland Poison Center
800-222-1222
Education and information
about poison prevention
• Maryland Youth
Crisis Hotline
800-422-0009
• National Child Safety Council
800-327-5107
• National Human Trafficking
Resource Center
888-373-7888
www.acf.hhs.gov/trafficking
• Poison Control
Information Center
800-222-1222
LIBRARIES
• Howard County
Library System
Administrative Branch
9411 Frederick Road
Ellicott City, MD 21042
410-313-7750
• Central Library
10375 Little Patuxent Parkway
Columbia, MD 21044
410-313-7800
• East Columbia Library
6600 Cradlerock Way
Columbia, MD 21045
410-313-7700
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