Community Resources

Below are a variety of community resources and their contact information 
that you may find beneficial. 

-VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES-

There are many opportunities for volunteering in the community whether at 
your church, neighborhood activities, or Parks and Recreation events, to 
name a few. Colleges love to see students involved in community service 
activities. They fulfill the Service Learning graduation requirement as well 
as the service requirement for the National Honor Society and several 
scholarships. 

Columbia Volunteer Center
(410)715-3712
volunteerhoward.org

Howard County Office on Aging 
(410)313-6410

Howard County Recreation and Parks Department
(410)313-4700
recparks@co.ho.md.us

-TEEN CENTER- 

Columbia Teen Center
(410)992-3726

-FAMILY SERVICES-

Family Life Center 
10451 Twin Rivers Road 
Columbia, MD 21044
(410)997-3557
www.fcsmd.org
Provides information, referral service and counseling for individuals, 
families and couples on a sliding fee. Administration hours 9:00am-5:00pm 
Monday through Friday. Counseling hours 9:00am-9:00pm Monday through 
Thursday. 

Social Services 
3451 Courthouse Drive, Suite 2400 
Ellicott City, MD 21043
(410)461-0282
Child Protective Services: (410)461-0268
Provides child and adult protective services. Accepts and investigates 
reports of suspected child abuse. Provides services and referrals for abused 
children, adults and their families. Provides financial and placement 
services as well as counseling services. 

Growth Center
7101 Riverwood Drive 
Columbia, MD 21046
(410)313-6200
Provides individual and group psychological counseling by staff or 
psychiatrists, psychologists and psychiatric social workers. Open 8:00am-
8:00pm Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. Open 8:00am-5:00pm Tuesday and 
Friday. 

Catholic Charities Counseling
(410)252-4700

Sheppard Pratt at Ellicott City (formerly know as Taylor Manor Hospital)
(410)465-3322/(800)888-3322
taylorhealth.com 
Sheppard Pratt at Ellicott City, formerly know as Taylor Manor Hospital, has 
operated continuously as an independent private psychiatric hospital since 
1907. High quality, cost-effective psychiatric treatment and special 
programs are provided in a campus setting. 

Howard County Police Department
Youth Services Section 
3427 Rogers Avenue
Ellicott City, MD 21043
(410)313-2612

-SUBSTANCE ABUSE-

Al-Anon/Alateen
(410)832-7094

Howard County Bureau of Addictions 
(866)313-6300

Howard County Office of Substance Abuse 
(410)312-DRUG

Partnership for a Drug Free America
www.drugfree.org

Pathways
(800)322-5858
pathwaysprogram.org
Pathways offers innovative inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation programs 
for adolescents and adults with alcohol and/or drug addiction. Situated on a 
wooded eight-acre parcel of land in Annapolis, Maryland, the center's 
residential areas include 24 adolescent beds and a separate 16-bed wing for 
adults.

-CRISIS INTERVENTION- 

Grassroots Crisis Intervention
6700 Freetown Road
Columbia, MD 21044
(410)531-6677
Hearing Impaired TDD: (410)531-6080
Grassroots is a multi-service crisis intervention center.  They provide 24-
hour crisis intervention services, shelter, transitional housing, and 
community education.

-SEXUAL ASSAULT COUNSELING SERVICES-

Sexual Assault Center
10015 Old Columbia Road 
Columbia, MD 21046
24-hour hotline: (410)997-3292
Provides advocacy/accompaniment to hospital, police and court proceedings. 
Provides individual counseling for children and adult sexual assault/abuse 
victims and support groups for adult rape and incest victims. Counseling 
hours 9:00am-6:00pm Monday through Friday.