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CABLE TV
Cable Complaints
240-773-2288
COMCAST
301-424-4400, 800-COMCAST
RCN (formerly Starpower)
800-726-3000, 800-RINGRCN
CANCER (see also BREAST CANCER)
Information and Counseling
American Cancer Society
301-933-9350
Candlelighters
301-962-3520, 1-800-366-2223, Fax: 301-962-3521, www.candlelighters.org
(support program for parents of children with cancer)
Cancer Information Service
1-800-4CANCER
Women's Cancer Control Program
240-777-1750
CENSUS (M-NCPPC)
301-495-4700
CHEST X-RAY/TB CLINIC
Tuberculosis Control, Health and Human Services
240-777-1800
(skin test screening)
CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT
Report Suspected Child Abuse or Neglect
Children's Help Center, Health and Human Services
240-777-4417
Call 240-777-4000 after hours
Parents Anonymous
1-800-243-7337
(self-help for parents who need help with angry feelings toward their children)
Self-help and Supportive Listening Groups Hotline
301-738-2255
(24-hour anonymous listening service)
CHILD CARE
Information
Locate Child Care
301-279-1773
Child Foster and Adoptive Care Recruitment Line
240-777-1664
Child Welfare Division
240-777-3500
Children's Resource Center
301-279-1260
Working Parents Assistance Program (WPA)
240-777-1155 (recorded information)
(subsidies for child care)
Licensing Agencies
Child Care Administration, State of Maryland
240-314-1400, Fax: 240-314-1444
Health and Human Services
240-777-3986
(private schools, camps)
Special Needs
Community Ministries
301-762-8682
Respite Care Unit
301-294-8055
(short-term care for children with disabilities)
CITIZENSHIP
Citizenship Test Preparation
301-649-8050
(classes, tutoring and practice interviews)
US Citizen & Immigration Services
1-800-375-5283
12331 Georgia Ave, Glenmont Plaza, Wheaton, MD 20906
CLOTHING
C-4 Clothes Closet & Baby Closet
301-989-8742
(open Tuesday & friday from 9-11 must have County ID and proof of need)
Interfaith Clothing Center
301-424-3796
COMMISSIONERS, DISTRICT COURT (issue warrants, protection orders, set bond)
Rockville, 1307 Seven Locks Rd
301-610-7217
Silver Spring, 8552 2nd Ave
301-563-8550
COMMUNITY ACTION BOARD, (DHHS)
Division of Community Action
301-565-7460, Fax: 301-565-7457
CONSERVATION CORPS, (DHHS)
301-929-5554
CONSUMER COMPLAINTS & PROTECTION
Cable TV
240-773-2288
Consumer Product Safety Commission
1-800-638-CPSC
(child and consumer safety)
Consumer Protection, Mont. Co.
240-777-3636, Fax: 240-777-3768
Public Service Commission
1-800-492-0474
(regulates utility companies)
COOPERATIVE EXTENSION
301-590-9638, Fax: 301-590-2828
COURTS
Circuit Court, 50 Courthouse Square, Rockville, MD
Adoptions
240-777-9422
Child Support Enforcement Division
1-800-332-6437
Civil Dept.
240-777-9401
(handles divorce, sale of real estate, change of name, guardianship, foreclosure, liens)
Clerk of the Court
240-777-9466
Jury Commissioner
240-777-9090
Land Records
240-777-9477
(copies of land records from 1777)
Licensing Dept.
240-777-9450
Recording Dept.
240-777-9470
(record deeds and trusts)
District Court, 27 Courthouse Square, Rockville, MD
Criminal Division
301-279-1406
Juvenile Division
301-279-1447
(process matters relating to youths)
Landlord Tenant Court
301-279-1556
Small Claims/Civil Division
301-279-1502
Traffic Division
301-279-1403 (process traffic violations)
Satellite District Court, 8552 2nd Avenue, Silver Spring, MD
301-563-8500
CRISIS INTERVENTION
Addiction and Mental Health Center, Mont. General Hospital
301-774-8800
(Psychiatric Emergency Unit)
Community Crisis Center
240-777-4000, TTY: 240-777-4815
(family crisis, sexual assault and spouse abuse)
Hotline, Mont. Co. Mental Health Assoc.
301-738-2255
Poison Information Center Maryland
1-800-222-1222, www.mdpoison.com/Site/AboutUs/Facts.htm
(identification information on treatment after ingestion of poisons, drugs or plants)
DEATH/BEREAVEMENT
Bereaved Parents (JSSP)
301-881-3700
Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation
301-657-8401 or 1-800-366-2223
(for parents of children or adolescents with cancer)
Compassionate Friends, Trinity Presbyterian Church
(202) 244-1026
(supports in grief resolution on the death of a child)
Make Today Count
301-933-9350
(self-help group for persons with terminal illness and for their families)
Montgomery Hospice
301-921-4400
Seasons
301-493-8300
(for those who have experienced the death of a loved one through suicide)
Shady Grove Adventist
301-460-6222
(Infant death & stillborn, Support Group, Recording)
Widowed Persons Service
301-949-7398
Death Certificate
Maryland Health Dept. (Recording)
1-800-832-3277
Public Health Services, Dept. of Health & Human Srvs
240-777-1755
Probate Court
240-777-9600
Inheritance & Gift Taxes
Register of Wills, Circuit Court
240-777-9600
Memorial Societies
Maryland Suburban Memorial Society
301-564-0006
(information on alternatives to traditional funerals; Living Will)
DEEDS
Recording Dept., Circuit Court
240-777-9470
DENTAL CARE
Dental Care Clinics
Dental Health Clinic, Health and Human Services
240-777-1875
(dental services for low-income families)
Shady Grove Dental Center
301-217-5450
Private Dentist Referral
Southern Maryland Dental Society
301-345-4196
DIABETES
American Diabetes Assoc.
(703) 549-1500
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation
(202) 371-0044
(parent-to-parent counseling)
DISABILITY
Information
Human Rights Commission
240-777-8452, Fax: 240-777-8460, TTY: 240-777-8480
Commission on Persons with Disabilities
240-777-1246
240-777-3000 (information and referral)
Programs
Brain Injury Association of Maryland
1-800-221-6443
(formerly Maryland Head Injury Foundation)
Self Help for Hard of Hearing
301-657-2248, TTY: 301-657-2249, Fax: 301-913-9413
Treatment and Learning Centers
301-424-5200
(testing, occupational therapy and audiology)
Vocational Rehabilitation (southern Mont. Co.)
301-949-3750
Recreation
Therapeutic Recreation
240-777-6960, TTY: 240-777-6974
(social activities)
Visually Disabled
Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind
(202) 462-2900
(programs for infants and children)
Early Childhood Learning Center for Visually Impaired
301-929-2006
(services for parent-infant interaction; language development class)
Metropolitan Washington Ear
301-681-6636
Services for the Visually Impaired, Inc.
301-589-0894, Fax: 301-589-7281
(recreation & cultural groups, readers available, braille classes)
DISASTER & EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
Coordination
Emergency Management
240-777-2300
Relief
American Red Cross
301-588-2515
DISCRIMINATION
Consumer Affairs
240-777-3636, Fax: 240-777-3768
Human Rights Commission, Mont. Co.
240-777-8450, Fax: 240-777-8460, TTY: 240-777-8480
NAACP
301-657-2062
(civil rights organization for minorities)
DIVORCE
Counseling/Self-Help
Commission for Women
240-777-8300, Fax: 301-279-1318, TTY: 301-279-1034
Fathers United for Equal Rights
301-927-7638
Divorce Records
Civil Dept., Circuit Court
240-777-9401
(processes divorce papers)
Parents Groups
Parents Without Partners
301-588-9354 (information for Montgomery County, PG County and Washington D.C.)
DRIVER'S LICENSE
1-800-950-1682
DRUG ADDICTION
Counseling Self-Help
Adult Addiction Problems
240-777-1680
Addiction Services Coordination
301-279-1332
Counseling Services and Systems
301-330-9198
Narcotics Anonymous
1-800-543-4670
Information, Education & Referral
Child and Adolescent Programs
240-777-1345
Residential Programs
Karma Academy
301-340-8880
Laurence Court Halfway House
301-279-1202
Second Genesis
301-563-1545
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