omerset ounty S C Resource Guide 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS Sponsoring Organizations Somerset County Local Management Board 4 Somerset County Core Service Agency 4 Family Services Programs for Somerset County Circuit Court 5 About the Resource Guide 3 Somerset County Court System Bar Association 6 Court Appointed Attorneys to Represent Children 7 Clerk of the Court 8 Domestic Violence Resources 34-35 Domestic Relations Mediation Guidelines 36 Property Mediation Services 36-37 Circuit Court Appointed Mediators 37-38 Information Available from Court Staff 38 Self-Help Legal Assistance Programs 39-40 Supervised Visitation & Monitored Exchange 40-42 Interpreter Services 29-30 Somerset County Departments Health Department 8 Social Services Department 8 Developmental Disabilities Administration 8 Juvenile Services Department 8 Recreation and Parks 8 Local Management Board 9 Public Libraries 9 Quick Telephone Reference Directory 9 Community Resources Somerset County Safety & Protection Services 10 Somerset County Law Enforcement 10-11 State and Federal Agencies 11 Rehabilitation & Employment Services 12-15 Mental Health Providers 16-18 Consumer Assistance Services 18-19 Transportation Services 20 Addiction Programs 21-22 Anger Management Programs / Mental Health 23 Aging & Elderly Services 24 Crisis Services 25 Housing Assistance/Transitional & Emergency Crisis 25-27 Hospital & Nursing Home Facilities 27-28 24 Hour Hot Lines 29 Day Care Services and Programs 43 Veteran Services 44 Education Programs Co-Parenting & Parenting Education Programs - Court 30-32 Prevention Programs 32-33 After-School & Mentoring Programs – BOE / Public Schools 33-34 2 2010 SOMERSET COUNTY RESOURCE GUIDE TABLE OF CONTENTS Faith Based & Community Outreach Programs 44-46 Somerset County Churches & Faith Centers Crisfield, MD 46-47 Deal Island/Oriole/Dames Quarter, MD 47 Marion, MD 48 Marcumseo/Rehobeth, MD 48 Princess Anne, MD 49-50 Smith Island, MD 50 Westover, Kingston, Upper Fairmont, MD 50-51 Somerset County Public Schools 51-52 Landlord Listing 52-55 Index 56-58 About the Resource Guide The Somerset County Resource Guide of 2010 offers local County information on Family Services Program, Somerset County Circuit Court information and services; local Behavioral & Health programs; Community Services, Consumer Protection, Employment and Training Services, Food/Clothing General Referral Services, Housing Services, Transportation, Utilities/ Weatherization/Mail, and Veterans Services. The Resource Guide is considered a living document accessible on the Somerset County Local Management Board website at www.sclmb.org and we expect changes to occur. If you have changes within your organization or wish to be listed in our next publication, please email us at [email protected]. 3 SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS SOMERSET COUNTY LOCAL MANAGEMENT BOARD 8928 Sign Post Road, Suite 1, Westover, Maryland 21871 Phone: 410.651.2824, Fax: 410.651.2963 With the primary focus of early intervention, the mission of the Somerset County Local Management Board (SCLMB) is to a promote a safe, healthy, and stable environment for all Somerset County children and families by achieving a comprehensive system of education, health, and human services through public and private interagency collaboration. Somerset County is a community in which the entire family feels safe, supported and involved, youth are active and involved, adults excel in the workforce, and people from all socioeconomic levels contribute to the community. The SCLMB programs highlighted through the Resource Guide include: Somerset Family Navigator Communities Mobilizing for Change on Alcohol Voyage to Excellence After-School and Summer Programs Crisfield Youth Center / Targeted Outreach Healthy Families Seasons 4 Success Princess Anne Youth Center / Targeted Outreach SOMERSET COUNTY CORE SERVICE AGENCY 7920 Crisfield Highway, Westover, Maryland 21871 Phone: 443.523.1810, Fax: 410.651.2572 Core Service Agencies (CSA) are the local mental health authorities responsible for planning, managing, and monitoring public mental health services at the local level. CSA’s exist under the authority of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) and are also agents of the county government that approve their organizational structures. The functions of CSA’s are to plan, develop, and manage a full range of treatment and rehabilitation services for persons with serious mental illness in their jurisdiction as stipulated by the Health General Article, 10.10.1201.10.1203, Annotated Code of Maryland. The mission of the Somerset County Core Service Agency (SCCSA) is to continually improve the provision of mental health services through effective collaboration with consumers, family members, providers, and community leaders. SCCSA believes our mental health system should assure quality, cost-effective services that meet the needs of the consumers and empowers individuals, consumers, family members and all persons to develop to their fullest potential. The SCCSA links with other human services agencies to promote comprehensive services for individuals in the Mental Hygiene Administration’s priority population who have multiple human needs. 4 2010 SOMERSET COUNTY RESOURCE GUIDE The Somerset County Core Service Agency programs highlighted in the Resource Guide include: Project for Assistance in Transition from Lower Shore Friends, Inc. Homelessness (PATH) Jail Mental Health Shelter Plus Care Mental Health Case Management Consumer Support Assistance including Network of Care – statewide website of pharmacy/lab; transportation, rent/start-up, available services community and professional education FAMILY SERVICES PROGRAM FOR SOMERSET COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT P. O. Box 279, Princess Anne, Maryland 21853 Phone: 410.651.4618, Fax: 410.651.1878 The Department of Family Administration is responsible for assisting Maryland's courts in developing a comprehensive family law system. Family Administration has overseen the creation of family divisions in Anne Arundel County, Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Montgomery County and Prince George's County, and family services programs in the remaining 19 counties. Judges, masters, court administrators and family services coordinators work to develop family law policy and to identify and promote best practices in the handling of domestic and juvenile cases. The following services and programs available through the Somerset County Circuit Court Family Services Program: Property/Child Support/Alimony Mediation Custody/Visitation Mediation Child Custody Investigation/Home Study Juvenile Drug Court Co-Parenting Program KidShare Court Appointed Attorney for Minor Child Child Advocacy Center (Children) Self Help Legal Program Domestic Violence Consultations Somerset County Parenting Plus+ Supervised Visitation/Monitored Exchange Substance Abuse Evaluation – Lower Shore Family Center Truancy Reduction Pilot Program 5 SOMERSET COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION MEMBERS www.co.somerset.md.us * Family Issues FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT OF MARYLAND ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE FOR SOMERSET COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT Honorable Daniel M. Long P O Box 279, Princess Anne, MD 21853 410.651.1630, fax 410.651.1878 JUDGE FOR SOMERSET COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT Honorable Richard R. Bloxom 1 West Market St., Snow Hill, MD 21863 410.632.1232, fax 410.632.5603 The following hear Family Law cases and make recommendations to the Judge: Master Robert E. Laird, Jr. P O Box 279, Princess Anne, MD 21853 410.651.4618, fax 410.651.1878 OFFICE OF THE STATE’S ATTORNEY 30500 Princess William Street, Princess Anne, MD 21853 410.651.3333 □ Kristy M. Hickman, State’s Attorney □ Karen M. Dean, Assistant State’s Attorney □ Kendra E. Hayward, Assistant State’s Attorney □ Joseph A. Riley, Assistant State’s Attorney CHILD SUPPORT DIVISION 11791 Somerset Avenue, Princess Anne, MD 21853 410.651.3333 □*Edmund L. Widdowson, Jr., Asst. State’s Attorney □ Philip C. Widdowson, Assistant State’s Attorney CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT DIVISION 11961 Somerset Avenue, Princess Anne, MD 21853 410.651.3335 □ Alice Bromley □ Crissy Parkinson PUBLIC DEFENDER’S OFFICE FOR SOMERSET COUNTY 30509 Prince William Street, Princess Anne, MD 21853 410.651.3271, fax 410.651.3802 □ James Murray, Public Defender – Regional □ John P. Rue, II, Assistant Public Defender *John K. Phoebus, P.O. Box 70, 904 W Main St, Crisfield, MD 21817 410.968.9200, fax 410.968.9292 *Anna Mae Rounds, P.O. Box 898, 11745 Somerset Ave, 410.651.4960, fax 410.651.4962 Princess Anne, MD 21853 *Catherine Carroll-Fischer, 65B Richardson Ave, Crisfield, MD 21817 410.978.0041, fax 410.968.0042 *Kirk G. Simpkins 410.651.1400 *Dana S. Boston, 30489 Broad Street, Princess Anne, MD 21853 *Paula A. Price, 207 West Main St, Salisbury, MD 21801 410.860.9798, fax 410.860.9737 *Melvin J. Caldwell, Jr. 410.651.4400, fax 410.651.2270 *Kathryn Ann Whitehead *Andrew A. Whitehead, P.O. Box 42, 11765 Somerset Ave, Princess Anne, MD 21853 6 2010 SOMERSET COUNTY RESOURCE GUIDE COURT APPOINTED ATTORNEYS TO REPRESENT CHILDREN C. Bruce Anderson, Esquire 108 W. Main Street, Salisbury, MD 410.742.7100 Mark P. Brennan, Esquire 313 Lemmon Hill Lane, Salisbury, MD 410.546.1750 Steven Cox, Esquire 105 W. Main Street, Salisbury, MD 410.742.6970 Angela B. DiPietro, Esquire 116-118 W. Main St., Suite 207, Salisbury, MD 410.749.5919 Dianne K. Keauchamp, Esquire 108 W. Main Street, Salisbury, MD 410.742.7100 Heather R. Konyar, Esquire 313 Lemmon Hill Lane, Salisbury, MD 410.546.1750 Susan J. Land, Esquire 212 W. Main Street, Suite