Official State Website: http://www.maryland.gov

President and Vice President: www.whitehouse.gov

State Representative: http://www.house.gov/

Senators: http://www.senate.gov/

Local Child Abuse Number: 800-332-6347 (in state)

Children's Rights Foundation:
1-800-329-KIDS
http://www.preventchildabusenow.org/

National Child Traumatic Stress Network:
http://www.nctsnet.org/nccts/nav.do?pid=abt_ntwk
Kennedy Krieger Family Center Trauma Intervention Program
Contact: Elizabeth Thompson
Phone: (443) 923-5918
Email: thompsone@kennedykrieger.org
Web: http://www.kennedykrieger.org/kki_cp.jsp?pid=2258

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Contact: Malcolm Gordon
Phone: (240) 276-1856
Email: mgordon@samhsa.gov
Web: http://www.samhsa.gov/

Shelters

Four States Christian Mission
125 N. Prospect Street
Hagerstown, MD 21741
Phone: (301)739-1165
FAX: (301)739-1169

Frederick Union Rescue Mission
419 West South Street
Frederick, MD 21701
Phone: Beacon House: 301-695-6633, ext. 100
Phone: Faith House: 301-662-3032, ext. 101

Helping Up Mission
1029 East Baltimore Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
Phone: (410)675-5003
FAX: (410)675-0808

Shepherd's Cove
1400 Doewood Lane
Capital Heights, MD 20743
Phone: 301-322-3093

Westminster Rescue Mission
658 Lucabaugh Mill Road
Westminster, MD 21157
Phone: (410)848-2222

Women's Shelters

Domestic Violence:
http://www.mnadv.org
http://www.sboard.org/resources.htm?

Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence
6911 Laurel-Bowie Road, #309
Bowie, MD 20715
(301) 352-4574 Fax: (301) 809-0422
(800) 634-3577 Nationwide
Email: mnadv@aol.com
Website: http://www.mnadv.org

National Domestic Violence Hotline:
http://www.ndvh.org/help/help_in_area.html

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence:
http://www.ncadv.org

National Network to End Domestic Violence:
http://www.nnedv.org

Directory of Women's Shelters:
http://wedirectyou.com/womennmr/women.htm

Sounding Board Counseling Center:
http://www.sboard.org then click on shelters in your State

Community Action Program:
http://www.smtccac.org/
http://www.garrettcac.org/cd/homebase.html
http://www.ncaf.org/linkcaas.htm

Head Start Program:
http://www.mdk12.org/instruction/ensure/readiness/headstart.html
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/hsb/hsweb/index.jsp
http://www.headstartinfo.org/infocenter/ehs_tkit1.htm

State Listings of Charities

Federal Trade Commission:
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/tmarkg/charity.htm

Office of the Secretary of State
Charities/Legal Services Division
State House
Annapolis, MD 21401
410-974-5534
http://www.sos.state.md.us/Charity/Charityhome.htm

Search by State

Family and Youth Services:
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/fysb/

Human Services
http://www.hhs.gov/

Government Grants:
http://www.firstgov.gov/
http://www.grants.gov/
http://www.govbenefits.gov/govbenefits_en.portal

Housing Grants:
http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/communitydevelopment/programs/
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/csbg/

Health Care: For the Uninsured
http://ask.hrsa.gov/pc/

Help finding healthcare in your area:
http://www.healthfinder.gov/healthcare/

Emergency Food and Shelter:
http://www.efsp.unitedway.org/EFSP/WC.DLL?EFSP~FundedStates