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Provides education on and promotes activity and vitality for preventing and controlling chronic diseases, including cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, and more.

Public Education and Information, Advocacy

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- Offers resources in-person, online, or self-pace learning opportunities
- Includes technical assistance, training, and materials in various formats

Provides research assistance and information to consumer attorneys

Advocacy

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- Does not provide legal counsel or handle individual consumer complaints

Provides information, resources, education, and referrals addressing the root causes of sexual and intimate partner violence through primary prevention efforts, building awareness, and cultivating community leadership.

Helplines and Information, Advocacy

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- Offers prevention and education workshops, outreach and awareness events, youth leadership project, and more

Provides education to the public about organ, eye, and tissue donation and registers donors.

Advocacy

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- Works with hospitals and transplant centers to facilitate donations

Offers information, referrals, and support to the survivors and families of drunk or drugged driving victims.

Helplines and Information, Advocacy

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- Provides court accompaniment, victim impact panels, and help navigating the justice system
- Conducts public awareness campaigns and youth outreach to prevent drunk driving
- Offers workshops, public speaking engagements, and educational pamphlets

Assists with conservation and restoration by planting trees and improving forest landscapes.

Public Health and Safety, Advocacy

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- Works to make forests more resilient to extreme events like drought, wildfires, and diseases

Provides information, education, and advocacy services related to topics that affect women.

Advocacy

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- Helps connect people to local area services
- Hosts workshops and fairs to teach about different topics
- Looks at problems that affect women and suggests ways to make things better
- Supports changes in public policy that improve the status of women

Provides advocacy for children at the national and regional level

Advocacy

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- Areas of focus include education, mental health, physical health, and family income

Provides information and support to refugees and immigrants to establish housing, community connections, and learning United States culture, laws, and employment.

​Case Management, Advocacy

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- Includes immigration legal services, mental health services, children and family services, and more

Provides education, referrals, support, and advocacy to help eliminate heart health disparities.

Helplines and Information, Advocacy

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- Focuses on African-American women and women of color

• Works towards advancing civil rights and equal access on the local, state, and federal levels

• Offers tax assistance and coordinates agencies to help individuals who are struggling with poverty 
• Provides information to the community, including minority groups and isolated communities

Advises government agencies and advocates for ways to improve the lives of people with disabilities and ensure they have equal opportunities in all aspects of life.

Advocacy

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- Makes recommendations on policies, practices, and procedures

Provides assistance, learning opportunities, and resources.

Advocacy, Adoption and Foster Services

Provides policy advocacy services to help women participate fully in society.

Advocacy

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- Virtual meetings available

Promotes the protection and management of forest ecosystems through policy information, technology, and local action.

Public Health and Safety, Advocacy

Provides advocacy and training programs for community members to secure funding and resources for their neighborhoods.

Advocacy

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- Monitors contracts and grants for nonprofits
- Offers a free eight-month advocacy training program for lower-income community members

Provides advocacy, information, and resources for restaurant and service workers, employers, and consumers about fair wages.

Helplines and Information, Advocacy

Offers support groups, education, and advocacy for LGBTQIA+ individuals, their families, and friends.

Support Groups, Helplines and Information

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- Maintains a website to locate monthly meetings, speakers, and educational materials
- Lists virtual and in-person meetings
- Options for adult and youth meetings are listed
- Provides information and referrals for LGBTQIA+ resources

Assists with urban tree infrastructures to promote health, employment, and climate resiliency.

Public Health and Safety, Advocacy

Educates and advocates for fairness in the workplace, quality healthcare, and policies to help balance work and family.

Advocacy

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- Works with organizations in the community to educate the public and media on family issues
- Holds employers accountable to families, conducts legal research, and shapes legislation
- Offers publications on family matters, medical leave, healthcare, and preventing discrimination

Offers information and referrals, conducts research, analyzes policies, develops best-practices, and works to increase awareness of family caregiver issues.

Helplines and Information, Advocacy

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- Serves as a coalition of grassroots groups, government agencies, and corporations

Works with residents, groups, institutions, businesses, and agencies to decrease violence in the community and tackle its underlying causes.

Advocacy

• Hands out OraQuick Home HIV test kits at no-cost 
• Helps make policies and processes of local organizations; city, county, state, and federal commissions; working groups; and agencies more affirming 
• Partners with Frederick County Public Schools to better support LGBTQ+ students 
• Partners with Frederick Health Hospital and Frederick County Health Department to address healthcare inequities for LGBTQ+ individuals 
• Provides training for local government agencies, businesses, social service groups, and non-profit organizations

• Meets on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 7:00PM