Child Support

Child Support Enforcement Administration
1-800-332-6347
Purpose: Maryland's Child Support Enforcement Program enables, encourages, and enforces parental responsibility through innovative programs, partnerships, and technology, thereby contributing to child and family well-being. Their website has many useful tools from how to open a child support case to getting temporary medical coverage for you and your child.

Day Care

Maryland Child Care Resource Network
410-752-7588
Purpose: Maryland Child Resource Network is an advocate and catalyst for the development of a strong system of quality childcare, early education, and family support. Working with interested parties on local, state, and national levels, MCC is a private, non-profit organization that has a rich history of action in matters affecting children, families, and the childcare community of this state. This website can provide parents and employers with useful information and resources for children of all races, sexes, and disabilities.

Prince George’s County Daycare
Purpose: This link will bring you to a list of almost 60 different PG county daycare centers.

Support Groups

House of Ruth
Administration: 410-889-0840
Legal Office: 410-554-8463 or 888-880-7884
Purpose: The House of Ruth is a non-profit service that will provide emergency shelter, legal assistance, individual and group counseling, and advocacy for abused women and children.

Family Crisis Center
301-779-2100
Purpose: Provides domestic violence counseling.

United Cerebral Palsy
301-262-4993
Purpose: UCP provides services to children and adults. It is the belief of the Board of Directors and staff at UCP that individuals have the right to develop emotionally, intellectually, physically, socially, and vocationally to their fullest potential. UCP serves individuals of any age, race, color, national or ethnic origin, or developmental disability. Our services are not limited to individuals with cerebral palsy. Most of our program participants do not have cerebral palsy. This website will provide you with numerous programs and services that they provide for the community in the PG county area.

Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network
1-800-656-HOPE
Purpose: The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network is the nation's largest anti-sexual assault organization. This nationwide partnership of more than 1,100 local rape treatment hotlines provides victims of sexual assault with free, confidential services around the clock. The hotline helped 137,039 sexual assault victims in 2005 and has helped more than one million since it began in 1994.

Parents Anonymous of Maryland, Inc.
410-243-7377 or 909-621-6184
Purpose: As one of the nation's child abuse prevention organization, Parents Anonymous Inc. is a community of parents, organizations and volunteers committed to: strengthening families and building strong communities, achieving meaningful parent leadership and shared leadership while leading the effort to end child abuse and neglect.

Compassionate Friends
410-321-7053 or toll-free at 877-969-0010
Purpose: The mission of The Compassionate Friends is to assist families toward the positive resolution of grief following the death of a child of any age and to provide information to help others be supportive. The Compassionate Friends is a national nonprofit, self-help support organization that offers friendship, understanding, and hope to bereaved parents, grandparents and siblings. There is no religious affiliation and there are no membership dues or fees.

Prison Outreach Ministry
301-448-7026
Purpose: Mentors men and women returning to the community after incarceration.

Senior Services

Community Support Systems, Inc.
301-372-1491
Purpose: Provides food, housing, and is an advocate for low to moderate income senior citizens and families.

Episcopal Senior Ministries
202-414-6310
Purpose: Provides geriatric care in PG County and elsewhere.

Top Banana Home Delivered Groceries
301-372-3661
Purpose: Group that will deliver groceries and help the elderly and disabled with other small chores around the house.

Food and Clothing Aid

PG County Food Assistance
301-909-6343

Purpose: If applicable, (see website or call number for eligibility) this service acts as a distributor of donated food and will give you numerous canned, dried, and fresh foods.

Catholic Charities
301-568-9529
Purpose: CC offers a wide range of programs from grief counseling and support groups, to food pantries, to emergency housing assistance, to clothing aid.

Miscellaneous Social Services

Literacy Council of PG County
301-699-9770
Purpose: Small group instruction, one-on-one tutoring, computer assisted instruction in basic reading, writing, math, English, GED preparation, and EDP instruction.

Substance Abuse Assistance

Narcotics Anonymous
301-490-5551
www.webng.com/charmcityna/na.html (Baltimore Area Page)
Purpose: NA is a nonprofit fellowship or society of men and women for whom drugs had become a major problem. They meet regularly to help each other stay clean. They are not interested in what or how much you used, but only in what you want to do about your problem and how we can help.

Alcoholics Anonymous
301 587-6191 (Silver Spring Chapter)
410 663-1922 (Baltimore Chapter)
Purpose: Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking. There are no dues or fees for AA membership; we are self-supporting through our own contributions. AA is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization or institution; does not wish to engage in any controversy, neither endorses nor opposes any causes. Our primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics to achieve sobriety

Destiny, Power and Purpose, Inc.
301-333-5816
Purpose: Seeks to develop a human services support system to help break the repeated cycle of recidivism for individuals being released from prison and those with substance abuse problems.

Renaissance Medical Group
301-925-2255
Purpose: Provides substance abuse testing for the public.