Parent's Guide to Howard County [2016]

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INFANTS – CHILD CARE
• Parents as Teachers Program
www.howardcountymd.gov/children
Howard County Office of
Children’s Services
410-313-1940
A homevisiting program
designed for parents with
children birth–5 years. Please
call for eligibility requirements.
• Sense-abilities Pediatric
Therapy Services
410-552-4044
Pediatric occupational and
speech therapy.
NEW PARENTS
SUPPORT GROUPS
See also the section on Support
Groups on page 50.
• Family Options Teen
Parenting Program
410-313-0613
A program of the Howard
County Health Department. Teen
parenting group for first time
mothers 18 years or younger
(pregnancy–age 2 years).
• Healthy Families
Howard County
10451 Twin Rivers Road
Columbia, MD 21044
410-715-3716
• Jewish Federation of
Howard County
10630 Little Patuxent Parkway
Suite 400
Columbia, MD 21044
410-730-4976
MEDICAL REFERRAL
SERVICES
• American Speech, Language,
and Hearing Association
800-638-8255
Speech Pathologist and
Audiologist Referrals
• Howard County
General Hospital
Physician Referral Website:
410-740-7750
• Howard County Medical
Society Referral Line
1385 Jay Road
Sykesville, MD 21784
410-781-6330
SAFETY INFORMATION
• KISS (Kids in Safety Seats)
Howard County 410-313-6090
or 1-800-370-SEAT
• Safe Kids Coalition
410-313-6090
Child Care
REFERRAL SERVICES
• The CARE Line
www.howardcountymd.gov/children
Howard County Office
of Children’s Services
3300 North Ridge Road, Suite 380
Ellicott City, MD 21043
410-313-CARE (2273)
The CARE Line for Child and
Adolescent Resources and
Education is a free information
and referral service to help
Howard County families identify
needs and link them to agencies,
programs and organizations.
• Howard County Family
Child Care Association
Parent Referral Line:
301-776-4841
• LOCATE: Child Care
877-261-0060
Referrals to licensed child care
programs statewide. If your
employer contracts with LOCATE:
Child Care, you’re a parent of a
child with special needs please
call LOCATE: Child Care Enhanced
Services at 800-999-0120.
BEFORE AND AFTER
SCHOOL CARE
On-site before and/or after care
programs for elementary and
middle school age children.
• Columbia Association
6310 Hillside Court, Suite 100
Columbia, MD 21046
410-715-3164
• Howard County Department
of Recreation and Parks
www.howardcountymd.gov/RAP
7120 Oakland Mills Road
Columbia, MD 21046
410-313-7275
FAMILY CHILD
CARE HOMES
• Howard County Family
Child Care Association
Parent Referral Line:
301-776-4841
DROP-IN CHILD CARE
• Kids Time Out
5809 Clarksville Square Drive
Clarksville, MD 21029
410-531-3858
IN-HOME CARE
• A Choice Nanny
3645 Ellicott Mills Drive, Suite 205
Ellicott City, MD 21043
410-730-BABY (2229)
• Au Pair in America
800-928-7247
• Cultural Care Au Pair
443-285-1109 (call or text)
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