Caring Communities -
- Street address
- 1341 W. Liberty Rd.
Sykesville, Maryland 21784
- Phone number
- 410-549-5490
- Fax number
- 410-549-6467
- Office hours
- Mon-Fri 9-5
- Contact 1
- Mona Freedman
Executive Director
410-549-5707, 866-227-4644 - voice
mona@caringcommunities.org
- Purpose
- To offer disability related training, education, publications, and events for children and adults with disabilities, their families and caregivers, and healthcare and education professionals.
- Service
- Members work to enhance quality of life regardless of the nature or severity of the disability, empower individuals with disabilities to achieve economic self-sufficiency and independent living, and promote inclusion to enjoy full participation in society. Offers the World of Possibilities Expos in Timonium, the largest disabilities expo in the mid-Atlantic region; the Caring Kit, which shows individuals how to start a community-based respite care training program; the Caring Network, a registry to match parents seeking temporary or respite care for their children with disabilities with a trained caregiver, and local respite care trainings. All caregivers have been trained by Caring Communities. Publications include the World of Possibilities magazine and About Our Family, a respite care workbook. Please call for additional information.
- Eligibility
- Open to all families of children, adults, seniors and veterans with disabilities statewide.
- Fees
- No fees are charged for the Caring Network registry services; nominal entrance fee for Expo.
- Ages served
- Care is provided for individuals with disabilities from infant to 21 years old.
- Area served
- Serves Maryland.
- Subjects
- Day Care - Training, Developmental Disabilities, Disabled - Children, Information And Referral, Respite Care
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