Great Places to Donate Your Time, Talent, Money, and Keep it Local!
If you would like more information, contact the number listed with each of the organizations.
Help for the Homeless
Food and Clothing
Youth and Family Services
Health Services
Cultural Diversity
Emergency Funds
Chase Partnership House
- 36-bed shelter for homeless men who are recovering from drug and alcohol abuse and who may have a chronic mental illness.
- Services include: housing, hygiene/laundry facilities, a structured evening program, a computer lab, recreational activities, case management and coordination of services.
Contact person: Ferework Fuje Phone: 301-340-1349 Web address: www.catholiccharitiesdc.org
Dorothy Day Place
- A program of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington.
- 24-hour, seven-day a week, year-round transitional shelter for 45 homeless women. Provides beds, three meals a day, laundry, showers and telephone.
Contact person: Ferework Fuje Phone: 301-340-1349 Web address: www.catholiccharitiesdc.org
Helping Hands Center
- A program of Mount Calvary Baptist Church
- Provides emergency shelter to approximately 140 homeless women and young children 24 hours a day throughout the year.
- Services include case management, three meals a day, private bedrooms, laundry facilities, workshops on money management, parenting, job preparation and search.
Contact person: Ann L. Chapman or Tammy Holland
Phone: 301-340-2796
Home Builders Care Assessment Center
- A program of the Montgomery County Coalition for the Homeless.
- Provides a safe place throughout the year for vulnerable men awaiting placement in another community shelter or for those not eligible for other shelters.
- Offers a warm, safe environment, shower and toilet facilities, laundry, hot beverages, snacks and a bed.
Contact person: Darrell Butler
Phone: 301-917-6665
Web address: www.mcch.net
Hope Housing
- A program of Montgomery County Coalition for the Homeless.
- Three Rockville sites provide permanent housing services to 16 formerly homeless men and women with physical and/or mental disabilities.
Contact: Nili Soni
Phone: 301-917-6646
Web address: www.mcch.net
Horizon House
- A program of Interfaith Works, 114 W. Montgomery Ave., Rockville.
- Five houses provide case management and support to 25 men and women. All have physical and/or mental disabilities and fixed or very low incomes.
Contact person: Fatmata Kamara
Phone: 301-208-2373
Web address: www.iworksmc.org
Jefferson House
- A program of Community Ministries of Rockville, 1010 Grandin Ave, Rockville.
- Provides permanent supportive housing services for formerly homeless men who have completed a formal addiction treatment program.
- Offers six men personal living quarters, support services and social and recreational activities.
Contact: James Booker
Phone: 301-637-0208
Web address: www.cmrocks.org
Montgomery Avenue Women’s Center
- Daytime program for homeless women.
- Helps homeless women find jobs and assists with computer training, relocation assistance and prescription costs.
Contact person: Robert E. Dorsey
Phone: 301-257-5180
Web address: http://www.mawctr.info/
Rainbow Place
- Provides a warm, safe, caring environment for homeless women during the winter months of November through March.
- Women receive a warm bed, a hot supper, breakfast and a bag lunch, access to showers and laundry facilities and case management.
Contact person: Director Phone: 301-762-1496
Web address: www.rainbowplace.org
Stepping Stones Shelter
- Provides safe emergency shelter, food, clothing, case management and supportive services to families.
- Services include individual budget and financial counseling, employment and job workshops, computer training, domestic violence education, parenting classes and health education.
Contact person: Denise Fredericks
Phone: 301-251-0567
Web address: www.steppingstonesshelter.org
Welcome Homes
- A program of Interfaith Works, 114 W. MontgomeryAve., Rockville.
- Two houses provide case management and support to 10 elderly women. All have physical and/or mental disabilities and fixed or very low income
Contact person: Priscilla Fox-Morrill
Phone: 301-770-2413
Web address: www.iworksmc.org
Wilkins Avenue Assessment Center
- A program of Interfaith Works, 114 W. Montgomery Ave, Rockville.
- A 30-bed emergency shelter and assessment center for homeless women with issues related to mental illness, domestic violence and long-term disabilities.
- The facility is open from 6 p.m. to 8 a.m. and offers professional case management, meals, laundry, showers and programmatic meetings.
Contact person: Priscilla Fox-Morrill
Phone: 301-770-2413
Web address: www.iworksmc.org
Interfaith Clothing Center
- Distributes donated clothes, housewares, school supplies, infant items, toys and children’s books to low-income Montgomery County residents. Donation hours: Mondays - Saturdays 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 751 Twinbrook Pkwy.
- The ICC’s work is accomplished by thousands of volunteers who annually provide more than 22,000 hours of service.
Contact person: Sabrina Wilson
Phone: 301-424-3796
Web address: www.iworksmc.org
Manna Food Center, Inc.
- Distributes food to Rockville residents and to Rockville shelters, pantries and the Lincoln Park Community Center.
- Provides each household with a box of staples and perishables to feed a family for three to four days.
- Located at 9311 Gaither Road in Gaithersbur; accepts food donations.
Contact person: Angela Whitmal Phone: 301-424-1130
Web address: www.mannafood.org
Friends in Action
- A program of Interfaith Works, 114 W. Montgomery Ave., Rockville.
- Bilingual program that recruits, trains and supports teams of volunteer mentors who commit to working with low-income families for at least one year.
- Case management services are provided by professional staff.
Contact person: Monica Barberis-Young
Phone: 301-315-1103
Web address: www.iworksmc.org
Healthy Families Montgomery
- A program of Family Services Agency, 610 East Diamond Ave., Suite 100, Gaithersburg.
- First-time parents receive home visits, case management, health education, child development and parent education/support groups. All services are available in both English and Spanish.
Contact person: Janet Curran
Phone: 301-840-3232
Web address: www.familyservicesagency.org
Famiily Fun Game Night
- A program of Rockville Housing Enterprises, 621-A Southlawn Lane, Rockville.
- High risk youth living in the David Scull Community of Rockville and surrounding area are able to learn basic technology, computer skills and develop positive social interactions at a twice monthly evening program that also provides refreshments and craft activities.
Contact person: Florence Cole
Phone: 301-424-6265
Web address: www.rockvillehe.org
Elderly Ministries
- A program of Community Ministries of Rockville, 1010 Grandin Ave., Rockville
- Provides case management, assistive devices and homemaker service for the elderly by certified aides
- Offers free repair, maintenance and modifications to the homes of low-income seniors and persons with disabilities
Contacts: Barbara Smith-Brady, director
Phone: 301-637-0171 or 301-637-0172
Web address: www.cmrocks.org
Mansfield Kaseman Health Program
- A program of Community Ministries of Rockville, 1010 Grandin Avenue, Rockville.
- Serves uninsured adults with comprehensive primary care, health education and social services.
- Located at 8 West Middle Lane in Rockville.
- Services are available in both English and Spanish; additional translation services are available on request.
Contact person: Agnes Saenz Phone: 301-251-0812 Appointments: 301-917-6800
Web address: www.cmrocks.org
Pan Asian Health Program
- A program of the Chinese Culture and Community Service Center
- Provides free primary care to low income residents without health insurance
- Distributes information and provides eduation to improve the understanding of personal health, the importance of preventive care and other health-related topics.
Contact person: Kate Lu Phone: 301-820-7200 Web address: www.ccacc-dc,org
Chinese Culture and Community Service Center: English Literacy Program
- Provides English literacy instruction to newly immigrated adults.
- Three levels of classes include instruction on naturalization, citizenship and intensive pronunciation for elderly immigrants who rarely have the opportunity to speak English in their daily lives.
Contact person: Chaio Chaio Liu Phone: 301-820-7200
Web address: www.ccacc-dc,org
Korean Community Service Center of Greater Washington, Inc.
- Provides information and referral services, welfare, health and immigration case management services and counseling.
- Provides translation and interpretation services and educational services including ESL classes, computer classes, civics education, five-week summer school for students K-12.
Contact person: Julia Chang
Phone: 240-683-6663
Web address: www.kcscgw.org
Latino Outreach Program
- A program of Community Ministries of Rockville, 1010 Grandin Ave., Rockville.
- Provides English as a Second Language classes to Hispanic adults and tutoring to children of adult participants.
- While parents attend classes, preschool and school-age children participate in enrichment classes staffed with bilingual instructors. Childcare is provided for children under age 2.
Contact person: Cecilia Rojas
Phone: 301-251-2136
Web address: www.cmrocks.org
Rockville Emergency Assistance Program (REAP)
- Provides financial assistance to residents faced with an emergency relative to shelter, utilities and medical prescriptions. Also provides assistance with getting IDs and job-related transportation. To be eligible for assistance, persons must have resided within the corporate city limits of Rockville for at least six months and provide documentation of their emergency.
- Contributions to REAP can be made directly through a designation on City water bills.
Contact person: Monica Ramos
Phone: 301-917-6811
Web address: www.cmrocks.org
Rockville FISH/Help
- All-volunteer organization serving residents of the City of Rockville.
- Provides emergency financial assistance for prescriptions, housing, utilities and food.
Contact person: Nell Hubbard
Phone: 301-564-0800
Division of Community Services
20 Courthouse Square • Suite 205
Rockville, MD 20850
240-314-8310
