YOUTH SUCCESS THROUGH EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
Previously known as Youth Connections
Family Partnership of Frederick County
(301) 600-2206 or https://www.frederickcountymd.gov/FP
This program provides strength-based services to youth/young adults aged 16-24 who are neither employed nor enrolled in school, as well as youth who are in jeopardy of disconnecting from school. Those services include: adult education, employment readiness, career exploration, intensive case management, transportation, social and peer support, and workshops focusing on different topics.
BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUCCESS FOR UNACCOMPANIED HOMELESS YOUTH
Previously known as New Horizons
Student Homelessness Initiative Partnership (SHIP)
(240) 415-8971 or https://shipfrederick.com/programs/new-horizons/
The program offers personalized counseling, case management, and service linkage for unaccompanied homeless students attending Frederick County public high schools and homeless youth/young adults not enrolled in high school/college. The program provides homeless students and young adults with access to resources needed to achieve an on-time graduation including: access to personal health, economic, educational, enrichment services and post-secondary supports to secure employment.
GETTING AHEAD
The Religious Coalition
(301) 631-2670 or https://thereligiouscoalition.org/need-help/after-shelter-programs/
This is an immersive 16-session workshop offering participants the opportunity to create their own individual plans to help them create a path toward self-sufficiency. The program helps people identify and recognize their own strengths and establish a strong support network.
SYSTEMS NAVIGATION
Mental Health Association
(301) 663-0011 or https://fcmha.org/how-we-help/systems-navigation
Systems Navigation services provide intensive supports, linkage, and coordination for
families who require assistance beyond resources and referrals. Systems Navigation services are
provided to families whose child is involved with multiple child serving agencies or who has intensive behavioral, educational, developmental, and/or mental health needs. Systems Navigators provide
assessment, care coordination, assistance in identifying strengths, needs, and linkages to appropriate
services and supports.
BUILDING RESILIENCY FOR FAMILIES IMPACTED BY INCARCERATION
Previously known as Families Impacted by Incarceration Program
Mental Health Association
(301) 663-0011 or https://fcmha.org/how-we-help/families-impacted-by-incarceration-program
This program is a partnership with the Mental Health Association (MHA) and Children of Incarcerated Parents Partnership (COIPP) to expand services to children and parents impacted by incarceration. The program aims to strengthen the bond between parents, children, caregivers, and the community through a variety of evidence supported activities including; parenting classes for incarcerated or formerly incarcerated individuals, community workshops, free one-on-one family advocacy services for formerly incarcerated parents and caregivers of children of incarcerated parents. Services also include case management, referrals to community resources and supports.
HEALTHY FAMILIES FREDERICK
Mental Health Association
(301) 663-0011 or https://fcmha.org/how-we-help/healthy-families
Healthy Families Frederick (HFF) is a home visiting program targeting first time parents and their children who are assessed to be at-risk for negative child outcomes. Based on the national Healthy Families America model HFF is a strengths-based service that supports families to become self- sufficient and promotes children entering school healthy, nurtured, and ready to learn.