Adults

There are times in every family’s life that a little extra support can make all the difference. There are so many challenges that can make raising a family difficult: a lack of parenting skills, limited education, language barriers, inability to navigate the school system maze and minimal job skills. That’s why the Family Services Agency staff link parents to resources they need to be involved in their children's education and to build healthy and happy families.

Services

Ed Bohrer Parent Resource Center provides parents with information and referrals to community resources; individual, group and family counseling; and literacy classes in English and Spanish.

Frameworks for Families provides services to families referred by Child Welfare Services. Services include family skills training and referrals to community resources.
(links to Frameworks for Families program page)

Latino Case Coordinator assists Hispanic residents of the city of Gaithersburg with access to a broad variety of community resources.

Montgomery Station provides services to individuals with serious and persistent mental health illness and their families through Day, Residential, Outreach and Vocational programs.

Outpatient Mental Health Clinic is a community-based clinic at which licensed mental health professionals provide outpatient counseling and medication assessment and monitoring services for children, adults, couples and families. Should medication be needed, psychiatrists and staff provide comprehensive assessment for the use of medication and education and monitoring to achieve optimal clinical outcomes for the consumer.

Parents as Teachers focused on birth to kindergarten, Parents as Teachers is an evidenced- based program that helps parents learn practical ways to be their child’s first teacher. Trained professionals meet one -on -one with families, in their homes and in group meetings, providing them with child development information, encouragement and health and developmental screenings.

Parent Leadership Institute provides training to parents who have or will have children in Maryland public schools and would like to learn more about working with educators and other parents to help students succeed.

The Family Works operates Maryland’s Parent Information and Resources Center, which includes the Parents as Teachers state office, the Parent Leadership Institute, the National Network of Partnership Schools, and statewide workshops, seminars, conferences  to help families become involved in their children’s education.