People and Families > Maryland Resources, Support, and Services > Advocacy and Community Engagement
Center for Jewish Education Special Needs Advocacy Program
- cjebaltimore.org
- 410.735.5000
- TTY: 1.800.735.2258
- Free educational advocacy services
Disability Rights Maryland (DRM)
Governor’s Office of Community Initiatives
- goci.maryland.gov/ethnic-commissions/
- 410.697.9260
- Oversees eight ethnic cultural commissions, established to connect those ethnic communities to state resources and to address their social, business, education , and health needs.
MD Developmental Disabilities Council
- md-council.org
- 1.800.305.6441
- TTY: 1.800.735.2248
- Engages in advocacy, capacity building and systems change activities to bring about lasting change to improve the lives of MD’s living with developmental disabilities
Mental Health Association of MD
The Parents’ Place of MD
- ppmd.org
- 1.800.394.5694
- MD’s Parent Training & Information Center and Family-to-Family Health Information Center that helps families through information and referral, workshops, resources and partnerships.
MD Center for Developmental Disabilities
MD Coalition for Families
- mdcoalition.org
- 410.730.8276
- Helps families of young people with behavioral health needs
Pathfinders for Autism
- pathfindersforautism.org
- 443.330.5341
- Helps families to navigate the coplex array of services, treatment, and programs available to them.
Self-Directed Advocacy Network of Maryland, Inc. (SDAN)
The Arc Maryland
- http://www.thearcmd.org/
- 410.571.9320
- Works to create a world where children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities have and enjoy equal rights and opportunities
Project HEAL
