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All-Options (formerly Backline) uses direct service and social change strategies to promote unconditional, judgment-free support for people in all of their decisions, feelings, and experiences with pregnancy, parenting, abortion, and adoption. We recognize that these issues are complex, but one thing is certain: Everyone deserves to have all options!

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The America’s promise Alliance has grown to become the nation’s largest multi-sector Alliance focused on the well being of young people

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The mission of th American Academy of Pediatrics is to attain optimal physical, mental, and social health and well-being for all infants, children, adolescents and young adults

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The mission of Art with a Heart is to enhance the lives of people in need through visual art. Art with a Heart brings its interactive visual arts classes to schools, community centers, group homes, shelters, hospitals, permanent housing facilities, and senior housing facilities. We also provide youth leadership programs for 10th and 11th graders and job programs for youth aged 14-24 years.

3355 Keswick Rd, Stable building Suite 104 Baltimore MD 21211

 (410) 366-8886

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AZIZA/PE&CE Youth Programming (10yrs) is a progressive, social, entrepreneurship model developed to improve the quality of life of marginalized youth ages 12-24. It serves as an in-school, OST (out-of-school time) and summer program. AZIZA/PE&CE uses fashion, fitness, arts, music, mentoring, entertainment, and education to develop social, emotional, cultural, life, and critical thinking skills.

3503 N. Charles St Baltimore MD 21218

 (410) 775-6652 

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The Baltimore City Child and Adolescent Response System (B-CARS) provides psychiatric crisis stabilization program for children and adolescents. We have an urgent care clinic and provide home based services for a limited time, then provide linkages to long term therapeutic services.

1118 Light Street 200 Baltimore MD 21230

 667-600-2880

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Baltimore City Child Care Resource Center (BCCCRC) serves as the hub for issues relating to the care and education of young children in the City of Baltimore. BCCCRC helps parents who are looking for child care, provides training and technical assistance for child care professionals, and assists employers interested in helping their employees to balance work and family life.

1001 Eastern Ave, 2nd Floor Baltimore MD 21202

 (410) 685-5150; 1 (877) 261-0060 Locate Child Care

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Mediation is a voluntary & confidential process in which a neutral mediator helps people find a win-win solution to their conflict or have a hard conversation. Mediation lets people speak for themselves and make their own choices.

3333 Greenmount Avenue Baltimore MD 21218

 (410) 467-9165

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Baltimore Healthy Start, Inc. recruits pregnant and postpartum women with a child less than six months old, who live in one of our targeted communities for our two home visiting programs. We assign new enrollees to a Neighborhood Health Advocate or Family Support Worker, a staff member who performs home visits and provides necessary, individualized support to the family until the newborn reaches 24 or 36 months of age (depending on the program).

610 N Chester St Baltimore MD 21205

 (410) 675-2125 

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Birth Companions support women before birth, during labor and birth, and after birth with their continuous presence and complementary interventions. They provide emotional, informational, and physical support to women and serve as an advocate during the entire childbirth process.

Before labor, birth companions will: meet with the woman (and her partner, friend or family member) to become acquainted, discuss priorities, explore any fears and concerns, and plan how they can work best as a team; and help develop a personal birth plan, including preferences regarding pain management, coping with pain and fatigue, and interactions between the woman, partner and family members.

During labor, they will: assist pregnant women in having a satisfying birth experience; advocate for the mother and support her decisions throughout the childbirth process; provide emotional support, physical comfort, and information women often need during labor; help with comfort techniques such as relaxation, massage and positioning; and work only at the woman’s request.

525 N Wolfe St Baltimore MD 21205

 410-614-6458

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Clinic focuses on primary care and family planning care. We are a community-based and hospital-based clinic. Youth-friendly services also offered.

200 N. Wolfe St Baltimore MD 21287

 (410) 955-5710

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CFUF maintains an unwavering focus on addressing the key challenges of Baltimore’s urban families by working to connect fathers to their children, creating opportunities for economic and financial security through work, and providing access to other key interventions and supportive services. Our unique service model, Family Stability and Economic Success (FSES), is an integrated and comprehensive approach to addressing the needs of our target population.  Services offered through the FSES Model target two critical areas: chronic unemployment and family instability. Programs include:

• Supportive Services – inclusive of case management.
• Economic Success – Pre-employment services to help low-income workers secure employment (STRIVE Baltimore); Job retention and advancement programs to help low-income workers stay employed, advance in the workplace, and move towards family-sustaining wages; Market-driven training and certification programs; Intensive career and family-focused case management; and, through leveraged support; Access to critical work supports and work-related benefits, including transportation subsidies, clothing assistance, and on-site access to a comprehensive supportive service referral system.
• Baltimore Responsible Fatherhood Project – aimed to increase fathers’ emotional and financial support of their children and families by Increasing child support awareness and management; Improving acquisition and demonstration of parenting skills; Increasing healthy relationships and effective communication & Increasing client job readiness and employability.
• Couples Advancing Together (CAT) – Provides healthy relationship skill building, employment assistance, and case management services, to couples with children who currently receive public benefits through the Department of Social Services.

2201 N Monroe St Baltimore MD 21217

 (410) 367-5691

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Community Advocates for You is a network of professionals, parents, and community advocates who have joined forces to provide person-centered support to individuals with disabilities and their families.  Most of our services are at no cost to our clients.

P.O. Box 113 Owings Mills MD 21117

 443-219-2883

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Diamonds On The Rise is 501c3 youth development organization located in Baltimore City. We provide youth development enrichment programs and services.
Diamonds On The Rise provides after-school, summer camp, enrichment services, mentoring and tutoring to youth (5-18) and community mental health services to youth and adults (5-18/ 18 and over)

1800 N. Charles St Suite 900 Baltimore MD 21201

 (410) 752-0700

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It is the mission of this organization to produce Dedicated, Responsible, Educated, Aspiring, and Motivated (DREAM) girls. Being a teenage mother is not an easy task; however, with the assistance of this program, young mothers will gain the support they need to become successful individuals in spite of their circumstances. Dream Girls is dedicated to uplifting, empowering, and educating teenage mothers. Our purpose is to instill positive self images that will enable young women to be confident and successful.

Baltimore MD

 (410) 635-4178

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DRU/Mondawmin Healthy Families Inc. (DRUM) is a non-profit home-visiting agency for families with pregnant women and children under the age of 5. Our holistic program is designed to improve birth outcomes, promote self-sufficiency, and empower caregivers with young children to foster optimal child development.

2100 Eutaw Pl Baltimore MD 21217

 (410) 225-3555

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Clinic focuses on family planning care. We are a public health department clinic.

1200 E. Fayette St Baltimore MD 21202

 (410) 396-9401

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Bon Secours Community Works’ Family Support Center serves pregnant mothers and families with children up to age three.The Center offers Early Head Start services. At the Center, families receive support, encouragement and resources, such as GED preparation, developmental child care, parenting classes, employment readiness, counseling, tutoring, life skills training and money management.

2000 W Baltimore St Baltimore MD 21223

 (410) 362-3000

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Maryland’s Network of 26 Family Support Centers provide free, comprehensive services to families, targeting parents and their children from birth through age three. The Centers work with parents and their young children to set and achieve goals including healthy social, emotional, cognitive, and physical development for the young child as well as continued education and job readiness for parents.

1001 Eastern Ave Baltimore MD 21202

 (410) 659-7701

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FAZAFAM is an innovative dance fitness program designed by Dance & Bmore to help families ‘Bmore’ fit, fun, creative, connected, and free. Packed with original music you’ll love to dance and sing along to as well as classic grooves that remind you of a backyard Family Jam. Fazafam integrates lively games and easy playful moves in styles like Salsa, Disco, Hip-hop Caribbean, Motown, and more. We work at several locations around Baltimore including Movement Lab in Remington and City Arts 2 in Station North

120 W North Ave Suite 201 Baltimore MD 21201

 410-871-8322

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The Liberty Rec And Tech Center provides a full slate of supports designed to provide services for students and parents.  The center has GED classes, a full service food pantry, workforce development seminars, after school programming, technology classes, parenting classes, a Head Start program, league basketball and volleyball, ceramics classes, visual arts programming, zumba, dance, aerobics, and fitness classes, a community pool, a sewing circle, and space available for community rentals.

3901 Maine Ave Baltimore MD 21207

 (410) 396-0571

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The mission of the Hampden Family Center is to enrich the lives of Hampden residents through education and professional support, and to encourage individual growth and community fellowship. We provide programs and support services for all who live, learn and work in the community. Here, children enjoy after-school and summer enrichment programs. Adults can participate in literacy classes to brush up on their math, reading and writing skills in preparation for the GED class and exam.

1104 W 36th St Baltimore MD 21211

 (410) 467-8710

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Clinic focuses on family planning care. We are a public health department clinic. Youth-friendly services also offered.

1515 W North Ave Baltimore MD 21217

 (410) 396-0353

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Historic East Baltimore Community Action Coalition Youth Opportunity Center (HEBCAC-YO) addresses the education, counseling, and career development and training needs of out of school youth in East Baltimore. Our caring and knowledgeable staff provides: on site GED and pre-GED classes; individual and group counseling; career training in high growth industries (such as healthcare, hospitality, and construction); life skills workshops and clubs and other fun social activities. YO! serves out-of-school youth and young adults by providing wide-ranging support services and opportunities for participants to reach their academic and career goals. We also connect youth to other needed wrap-around services such as housing, family support and healthcare by referral.

1212 N Wolfe St Baltimore MD 21213

 (443) 524-2800

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Adelante Familia is a bilingual program at the House of Ruth Maryland dedicated to the eradication of intimate partner violence in the Latino community. Adelante Familia serves Spanish-speaking immigrants living in Baltimore who are victims, or at risk of being victims, or are perpetrators of intimate partner violence. We provide services to people who have gone through Intimate Partner Violence. These include Counseling, Legal Services, Service Coordination, Abuse Intervention Programs and Outreach to the Latino Community

3734 Eastern Ave Baltimore MD 21224

 (410) 732-2176

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KidsHealth provides information about health, behavior, and development designed for parents and teens.

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Leaders of Tomorrow Youth Center (LTYC) supports youths, ages 5-18, in the state of Maryland with arts programs that empower them to excel in the arts, academics, and social development. By providing opportunities and resources that otherwise would not be available, LTYC programs build higher self-esteem and self-worth in young people who are yearning for success.

P.O Box 1213 Owings Mills MD 21117

 (443) 261-LTYC (5892)

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Loving Arms, Inc. is a 501 (c) (3) community based organization located in Baltimore City, Maryland. We provide short term, safe and nurturing shelter and supportive services (both residential and non-residential) to unaccompanied, homeless children, and young adults, age 12 to 24. These children are known as throwaways, runaways, homeless, or unstably housed children, many who are victims of human and Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking (DMST).

3313 Oakfield Ave Gwynn Oak MD 21207

 410-367-5869

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The Maryland WIC Program is a supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children under the age 5. WIC is a federally funded program that provides healthy supplemental foods and nutrition counseling for pregnant women, new mothers, infants and children under age five.

201 W Preston St Baltimore MD 21201

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The Men and Families Center improves the quality of relationships between fathers and their children, thus enhancing the preservation of families and community. The Center is a nexus of the Greater East Baltimore community, creating greater access to services and a community awareness for residents. We address specific needs through a holistic array of services that are designed to meet men or women where they are and move them towards self empowerment.

2222 Jefferson St Baltimore MD 21205

 (410) 614-5353

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The National Parent Helpline is here for you and is open to parents and caregivers of children and youth of all ages. Being a parent is a critically important job, 24 hours a day. It’s not always easy. Call the National Parent Helpline to get emotional support from a trained Advocate and become empowered and a stronger parent.

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National Pike Health Center offers mental health services throughout the Baltimore area for adults, adolescents and children through both outpatient therapy and psychiatric rehabilitation programs. We offer an Outpatient Mental Health Clinic (OMHC) and a Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program (PRP).

5411 Old Frederick Rd Suite 13 Baltimore MD 21229

 (410) 744-8100

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National Pike Health Center offers mental health services throughout the Baltimore area for adults, adolescents and children through both outpatient therapy and psychiatric rehabilitation programs. We offer an Outpatient Mental Health Clinic (OMHC) and a Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program (PRP).

1201 W Pratt Street Suite D Baltimore MD 21223

 (443) 449-5975

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National Pike Health Center offers mental health services throughout the Baltimore area for adults, adolescents and children through both outpatient therapy and psychiatric rehabilitation programs. We offer an Outpatient Mental Health Clinic (OMHC) and a Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program (PRP).

23 Shipping Place Dundalk MD 21222

 (410) 282-5401

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New Pathways educates and empowers disconnected young adults to overcome the obstacles placed in their path that prevent them from reaching their full potential. We help teenagers aging out of the foster care system and serve young adults between the ages of 16 and 24 who are at risk of falling behind, or worse, losing their way altogether.
We provide independent living programs for foster youth and foster parenting youth ages 17-21 (State-wide) and workforce development services for disconnected youth ages 18-24 in Baltimore City and County.

1045 Taylor Avenue Suite 21 Towson MD 21286

 (667) 206-5236

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Our Legacy facilities the growth and empowerment of upstanding, educated and productive young people through various programs for at-risk youth. Programs include EMERSE: Establishing a Mindset for Educational Resilience so Students can Excel; PRIDE: Parenting Resources Intended to Develop and Educate; and STARS, a 10-month literacy and English language learning program.

10 E North Ave Baltimore MD 21218

 (443) 351-8054

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The PYEP is designed to work with parents and guardians whose children are arrested in Baltimore City and deemed to be releasable; however, parents/guardians have either refused or are unavailable to pick up their children from the Baltimore City Juvenile Justice Center. PYEP staff works with the needs of the parents to enable reconnection with their children and assumption of parental responsibility. In addition, PYEP connects the parent and child with community-based services based on their needs.

300 N Gay St 1st Floor Intake Department Baltimore MD 21202

 (443) 263-2744 

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Love Our Children USA is a Go-To’ prevention organization fighting all forms of violence and neglect against children in the U.S. Love Our Children USA provides information about effective parenting solutions and fosters kid success by creating valuable programs that empower positive changes in parenting and family attitudes, bullying and cyberbullying prevention, Internet safety and school violence prevention through public education. The goal of Love Our Children USA is keeping children safe and strengthening families.

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The Baltimore City Community College Refugee Youth Project seeks to improve the lives of Baltimore’s youngest refugees by supporting their academic needs and making their integration simple and meaningful. RYP is committed to its mission of creating a safe environment for refugee children to improve their literacy skills, enhance their knowledge of American culture, engage in enriching extracurricular activities, and grow to be confident, caring individuals.

710 E Lombard St Baltimore MD 21202

 (410) 986-5464

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Maryland Family Network is the state’s foremost provider of services to the early childhood care community, and creator and sustainer of parent-child programs for families raising infants and toddlers.

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Soccer Without Borders uses soccer as a vehicle for positive change, providing under-served newcomer youth a toolkit to overcome obstacles to growth, inclusion, and personal success. SWB provides year-round soccer programming as well as English language support, academic enrichment, and leadership opportunities for youth participants. Additionally, SWB offers a Family Mentor program as well, working closely with families as they adjust to their new lives in Baltimore.

3700 Eastern Ave Baltimore MD 21224

 (410) 205-9792

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The Adult Learning Center provides Adult Basic Education (ABE) and English Language Acquisition (ELA) for adults 18 years of age and older who are officially withdrawn from school. In addition to classes, learners are also eligible for one-on-one tutoring, learner advocacy, and computer classes.

3503 North Charles Street Baltimore MD 21218

 (410) 261-3500

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As a parent, you want to help your kids stay safe and healthy. All kids learn about sex somehow, but it makes a difference when they hear it from you. Talk with your kids provides information about how to openly, honestly and often to help them learn how to prevent pregnancy and the diseases people can get from having unprotected sex.

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Our Philosophy is that all members of society need to be treated equally and exposed to the tools needed to live successfully. It is important for people of the community to be a part of the solution to the many problems we face today. The programs we offer touch on all developmental issues including finances, health, parenting and more. Programs available in Baltimore.

Baltimore MD

 (443) 623-5297

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The Family Tree is the leading authority in Maryland for the prevention of child abuse and neglect. Our Vision is that every family has the tools to raise children to become healthy, productive and competent adults. We do that through proven, research-based programs that strengthen families and break the cycle of abuse and neglect. These programs include: Parenting education programs, Family guidance programs, Support groups, Home visitation, Child and youth development programs, Family life workshops, and 24-hour Parenting HelpLine.

2108 N Charles St Baltimore MD 21218

 (410) 889-2300; 1 (800) 243-7337 Parenting HelpLine

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SAHM is pleased to announce a brand new app designed to empower parents to begin a dialogue with their teen or young adult on important health topics, and help manage their own health. Available on Apple and Android products, the THRIVE app can be downloaded for FREE. The app features an extensive library of teen health and wellness topics relevant to this transformative and often complex stage of life to help parents have important discussions with their teens and young adults. It also provides parents with conversation starters for difficult or sensitive topics; health exams and preventive health information, including vaccinations and well-visits; risk-oriented behavior, such as drinking, smoking or sexual health; social media and more.

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TPPI helps teens prevent pregnancy, access all forms of birth control, and learn about safe sex. This is a group made up of more than 40 community partners working collaboratively to improve resources for Adolescent Reproductive Health.
TPPI aims to reduce teen births in Baltimore City by ensuring that adolescents and young adults have access to
1) Age-appropriate and evidence-based sexual health education and information;
2) Access to effective family planning, youth-friendly and up-to-date clinical services and;
3) Community support to make informed sexual health decisions.

1001 E Fayette St Baltimore MD 21202

 (410) 396-0055

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The Westside Youth Opportunity Center (Westside YO) works with Baltimore City residents between 18 and 24 years old. We are primarily a career development program that includes a full academic program ranging from adult basic education all the way to GED preparation. We are youth development based with case management at or core.

1510 W Lafayette Ave Baltimore MD 21217

 (410) 545-6953

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Program provides services to primary and secondary victims of crime and violence. Services include case management, mental health services, support groups, educational, transportation and housing assistance.

1001 E Fayette St Office of Youth Violence Prevention Baltimore MD 21202

 (410) 396-2206

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