Parenting, Children and
Adolescent Resources

• Young Parent Support Center - A comprehensive family support and development center that strives to strengthen families.
  
  
• School-Based Services - Provides mental health intervention to students and their families in several area county schools.
  
  
• Services to Pregnant and Parenting Adolescents - Provides help with parenting skills, pregnancy prevention and more.
  
  
• Services to Families with Children - Is your family emotionally overwhelmed and in need of counseling?
  
  
• Maryland Children's Health Program (MCHP) - Health Insurance Program for Children and Pregnant Women.
  
  
• BC Teen - Get Involved - BCteen.info provided teenagers with information on school & jobs, health & sexuality, entertainment and ways to get involved in your community.
  
  
• Police Athletic League (PAL) Centers - Since 1977 the Baltimore County P.A.L. Centers have provided a safe, constructive alternative to idle boredom. The P.A.L. Centers are staffed by Baltimore County police officers and recreation coordinators who, along with community volunteers, try to enhance the positive moral development of the youth through enjoyable activities.
  
  
• Baltimore County Public Schools
  
  
• Other Related Services from the Maryland Department of Human Resources.
  
  
• Baltimore County Police Department Counseling Team - For information and/or to schedule an appointment, please call 410-887-5823.

Childcare Assistance

• Baltimore County Childcare Services - Find answers to your frequently asked questions, income guidelines and application tips.
  
  
• Maryland Committee for Children - Maryland Committee for Children works with parents, child care providers, advocates, employers, and policymakers to expand and enhance the early childhood education and child care available to Maryland's children.
  
  
• Maryland Department of Human Resources - The Purchase of Child Care (POC) program helps eligible families pay for child care. Vouchers, issued to eligible families by local deparments of social services, are used to purchase care from any regulated child care center or home or from an informal provider approved by the local deparment.

Revised October 30, 2006