Baltimore City's Summer Food Service Program provides free nutritious meals and snacks to children in low-income areas during the summer vacation. PARENTS: To find a meal serving site near you visit
www.baltimorehousing.org/food and enter your zip code, or call 443-984-3612. Program Dates: June 16 - August 15. To become a meal serving site, visit the Summer Food Service Program Office at 1051 W. Saratoga St., Baltimore; call 443-984-3612 (or -3613); or submit an online application on the website mentioned above.
The United Health Care Children's foundation has announced that grants of up to $5,000 will be awarded to parents and legal guardians of disabled children for health care services and medical equipment inadequately covered by insurance. UHCCF provides grants to families to help pay for services such as speech therapy, physical therapy, occupational therapy sessions, prescriptions, and medical equipment such as wheelchairs, orthotics, and eyeglasses. Parents and legal guardians may apply for grants of up to $5,000 each for child medical services and equipment by completing an online application at the UHCCF Web site:
www.uhccf.org/apply.html. To be eligible for grants, children must be 16 years of age or younger. Families must meet economic guidelines, reside in the United States, and be covered by a commercial health benefit plan. Deadline: Open
New Tool to Find Local Programs and Resources
The Center for Substance Abuse Research (CESAR) at the University of Maryland
recently launched a new website, the Maryland Community Services Locator (MDCSL).
The Maryland Community Services Locator (MDCSL) website was created to help
Maryland service providers and the general public more easily access local programs
and resources. This website helps users quickly find detailed resource listings for a
variety of services, including maps and directions to program sites, using a single
website.
The current website includes listings of substance abuse treatment services: Alcoholics
Anonymous meeting lists, Narcotics Anonymous meeting lists, Buprenorphine certified
physicians, housing services (such as drop-in centers and shelters), parole and
probation offices, public schools, and victim services, searchable by proximity to a
given address.
In the future, the MDCSL’s program service listings will be expanded to include other
community services, including health/mental health services, education/job readiness
programs, emergency food assistance and more!
We invite you to visit the MDCSL beta website at:
www.mdcsl.org
