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Helps communities and neighbors achieve social and economic mobility through services, partnerships, and advocacy.

Community Action Programs

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• Serves as a grantee for the County Head Start Program
• Monitors contracts and grants for nonprofits
• Offers a free eight-month advocacy training program for lower-income community members

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

Provides assistance with ADA compliance, guidance on accessibility issues, and employee training on ADA regulations.

Helplines and Information

• Offers a 24-hour crisis line, counseling for victims and abusers, referrals, and emergency shelter 
• Helps victims seek legal protections for themselves and their children 
• Sends speakers to community groups and events to raise awareness on domestic violence

• Makes recommendations on policies, practices and procedures

Tracks the status of MACO-sponsored legislative initiatives and publishes an annual legislative summary.

Political Participation

Advocates for disabled veterans, specializing in spinal cord and neurological disease. Also assists ​veterans wounded outside of service.

Advocacy

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

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

Advocacy

• Meetings are held on the 2nd Wednesday of each month and are open to the public

• Offers educational courses and peer support groups 
• The NAMI National Helpline is available Monday through Friday 9AM to 5PM

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Maintains an online policy action center that connects residents to legislators and provides alerts

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

• Offers support groups for families, friends, transgender individuals, Spanish-speaking, and youth 
• Advocates for legislation and public policies that ensure equal rights for all