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Assistive/ Accessible Technology
Centers for Independent Living
Domestic Violence
Employment
Housing
Low-Income Resources/ Assistance
Magazines
Medicaid
Medicare

Assistive/ Accessible Technology

  • Information Technology Technical Assistance and Training Center: www.ittatc.org
  • Maryland Technology Assistance Program (MDTAP): http://www.mdtap.org/
  • Maryland Workforce & Technology Center (WTC): http://www.dors.state.md.us/DORS/ProgramServices/Business2
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    Centers for Independent Living

    Maryland Statewide Independent Living Council (MSILC)
    8605 Cameron Street, Suite 510
    Silver Spring, MD 20910
    Phone: 301-585-9771 Fax: 301-585-6619
    Email: Kimball.gray@verizon.net

    Eastern Shore Center for Independent Living, Inc. (ESCIL)
    Counties: Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne’s, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico, Worchester
    9 Sunburst Center
    Cambridge, MD 21613-2050
    Phone: 410-221-7701 Fax: 410-221-7714
    TTY: 410-221-5140 Toll Free: 800-705-7944
    Email: escil@comcast.net

    The Freedom Center, Inc.
    Counties: Carroll and Frederick
    Rose Hill Plaza, Unit A-20
    1560 Opossumtown Pike
    Frederick, MD 21702
    Phone: 301-846-7811; Fax: 301-846-9070
    Email: jameygeorge@thefreedomcenter-md.org
    www.thefreedomcenter-md.org

    Independence Now, Inc.
    Counties: Montgomery, Prince George’s
    Calvert Building, 6811 Kenilworth Avenue
    Suite 504 Riverdale, MD 20737-1333
    Phone: 301-277-2839 Fax: 301-277-4587
    Email: craggio@innow.org
    www.innow.org

    Making Choices for Independent Living, Inc.
    Counties: Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Harford, Howard
    3011 Montebello Terrace
    Baltimore MD 21214
    Phone: 410-444-1400 Fax: 410-444-0825
    TTY: 711 Email: mcil@mcil-md.org
    www.mcil-md.org

    Resources for Independence, Inc.
    (formerly Potomac Highlands)
    Counties: Allegany, Garrett, Washington
    708 Fayette Street
    Cumberland, MD 21502
    Phone: 301-784-1774 Fax: 301-784-1776
    TTY: 711 Toll Free: 800-371-1986
    Email: lorimagruder@verizon.net
    www.rficil.org

    Southern MD Center for L.I.F.E., Inc.
    Counties: Calvert, Charles, St. Mary’s
    30265 Charlotte Hall Road, #3
    Post Office Box 657
    Charlotte Hall, MD 20622
    Phone: 301-884-4498/5110 TTY: 711
    Fax: 301-884-6099
    Email: cflife@comcast.net

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    Domestic Violence
    House of Ruth: http://www.hruth.org/engine/content.do

    Employment for People with Disabilities

    Finding Jobs

  • Department of Labor for job seekers/ unemployed: www.dol.gov/dol/audience/aud-unemployed.htm

  • Department of Rehabilitation Services (DORS): www.dors.state.md.us/dors
  • Federal Employment of People with Disabilities- Selective Placement Program Coordinator (SPPC) Directory: http://apps.opm.gov/sppc_directory/
  • One Stop Career Centers: www.dllr.state.md.us/county/

    Job Accommodations
  • Job Accommodation Network: www.jan.wvu.edu

    Legal Rights
  • Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security (PABSS): http://www.ssa.gov/work/ServiceProviders/PADirectory.html
  • U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC): http://www.eeoc.gov/

    Resources
  • WorkSupport.com Resources: http://www.worksupport.com/resources/index.cfm

  • Social Security Work Incentives
  • Benefits Planning, Assitance and Outreach: http://www.ssa.gov/work/ServiceProviders/BPAODirectory.html
  • Red Book on Employment Support: http://www.socialsecurity.gov/redbook/redbook.htm
  • The Work Site: http://www.ssa.gov/work/

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    Housing:

  • Subsidized Apartment Search (Section 8 funded buildings): www.hud.gov/apps/section8/index.cfm

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    Low Income Resources/ Assistance:

    Health Resources

  • Baltimore City Directory of Health Services for Persons of Low Income: http://www.bhca.org/pdf%20and%20Word/BaltimoreCityDirectoryofHealthServices.pdf
  • Consumer Guide to Low Cost and No Cost Health Care in Baltimore City http://www.bhca.org/pdf%20and%20Word/Low-No%20cost%20health%20care.pdf
  • Department of Social Services: "Am I Eligible"? http://www.dhr.state.md.us/how/aie/
  • Maryland Oral Health Resource Guide 2003: http://www.fha.state.md.us/oralhealth/pdf/2003_Resource_Guide.pdf
  • Women, Infants and Children (WIC): http://www.fns.usda.gov/wic/

    Paying Bills
  • BG&E Purple Book: http://www.bge.com/portal/site/bge/menuitem.a129bd0631281f9409c031e0da6176a0/
  • Department of Social Services: "Am I Eligible"? http://www.dhr.state.md.us/how/aie/
  • Food Stamps: http://www.dhr.state.md.us/how/cashfood/fstamp.htm
  • Lifeline and Link Up (telephone bill assistance): http://www.lifelinesupport.org/li/low-income/lifelinesupport/

    Magazines

  • Disabled Dealer: http://www.disableddealer.com/

    Medicaid

  • Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services, Medicaid: www.cms.hhs.gov/home/medicaid.asp
  • Maryland Medical Assistance Program: www.dhmh.state.md.us/mma/mmahome.html
  • Medicaid Matters! Maryland: www.medicaidmattersmd.org

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    Medicare

  • Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Medicare: www.cms.hhs.gov/home/medicare.asp
  • Make Medicare Work Coalition: www.hdadvocates.org/MMW/index.htm
  • Medicare.gov: www.medicare.gov
  • The Medicare Rights Center (MRC): http://www.medicarerights.org/
  • Senior Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) www.mdoa.state.md.us/ship.html

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    Baltimore, MD 21214

    Phone: 410-444-1400
    Toll Free: 1-888-560-2221

    TTY: Use 711

     

     
         
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