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People struggling with mental health issues may struggle economically as well.
Many of these sites offer help in that realm. Some of them have therapeutic resources as well. Are we missing a helpful link? Did one of these organizations let you down? Tell us: Email the Elthea Center Coordinator
211md.org - Housing Assistance
Adventist Community Services of Greater Washington (ACSGW) food, clothing, financial assistance, health and fitness programs, technology education, and job-training. Guidance to find other services.
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
Ample Harvest - Food pantry - Excess garden produce donations.
ARC (Guide to Disability Benefits (incl. Mental Illness) (a similar link exists for Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax & Falls Church)
ADHD Meetup - "Get Organized with ADHD" Support Group
Assertive Community Treatment (see also the SAMHSA Primer)
Benefits Data Trust (Help applying for food, shelter, healthcare, and prescriptions benefit programs)
Call N' Ride Transportation Program
CHADD - Children and Adults with ADHD
CHEER (work readiness and entrepreneurship training + health programs for residents of limited means)
Cornerstone (Housing and Employment Assistance)
Covenant House - (Food and Shelter)
DC Diaper Bank (diapers, formula, baby food & toddler snacks, new and unopened bottles and nipples, new and unopened pacifiers, non-perishable canned goods and dry goods, Pull Ups, wipes, diaper rash cream, tampons/Pads (and other unopened toiletries.) - NOTE: mostly helping parents already receiving support
Donation Centers (Places to receive donated goods and food, or to give them.)
DoRS (Maryland Employment Assistance for the Mentally Ill [among others])
Elizabeth House - Laurel - Soup Kitchen, Food Assistance
Family Services, Inc. (Medicaid Accepted) (Sheppard Pratt Hospital)
Gaithersburg HELP (Food, Infant Needs, Transportation, and Medicine)
Housing - Section 8 Subsidies (article and instructions from ProPublica)
Housing Opportunities Commission (HOC)
Housing Unlimited (Shelter Assistance)
I Support the Girls (Women's hygiene products and underclothing needs)
Mary's Center (Physical and Mental Health, Dental Care, Guidance in Getting Help)
Maryland Able (Save up for disability related expenses without getting disqualified for SSI or other assistance)
Maryland Public Assistance (Food Stamps, Medical Bills)
Meetup (Self-Harm Support)
Montgomery Crisis Center (four crisis beds as an alternative to hospitalization for the uninsured or insured within the public mental health system.)
NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness)
Narcotics Anonymous (NA)
On Our Own (Education, Social, and Support connections)
PEP - People Encouraging People (Vocational, Psychiatric Rehab, and Residential Services)
RICA - Regional Institute for Children and Adolescents (Montgomery County School with Mental Health Support)
Rockville Metro Club (an upbeat, supportive, social get-together with sobriety as a theme, rather than focus)
Safe Families - Care for Children When Parents Need Lengthy Treatment
Save.org (Suicide Prevention Support)
Shepherd's Table (Soup Kitchen, Clothing, Vision Testing, Crisis Assistance, Shelter and Support System Navigation)
Smart Recovery (Secular (non-faith-based) Addiction Help)
Stepping Stones Shelter - (Shelter, food, employment help focused at parents)
TARA (Borderline Personality Disorder Support Group) - (many resources, plus live meetings in New York, NY)
Ticket to Work (Employment While on SSI)
Tuerk House (Residential Services, Crisis Stabilization, Psychiatric Services, Detox/Addiction Help)
Washington Area Intergroup Association (Substance Use Help)
WIC (Women Infants and Children - Food, natal and pediatric health care)
Wider Circle (Furniture, Home Goods, Professional Attire, Food, Personal Care and Cleaning Supplies)
WMATA (Discounted transportation for some mentally ill patients (qualifies as "disabled", esp. SSI recipients.)
Outside Washington DC
The Apiary - (Austin TX, Chicago, Seattle) - The B Hive’s mission is to build an empowering community that creates authentic female friendships.
CHADD - Children and Adults with ADHD
TARA (Borderline Personality Disorder Support Group) - New York, NY
Support for Loved Ones
Support for Loved Ones
Caring Matters (Grief Support)
Compassionate Friends (Suicide Survivors Support)
NAMI (Learn more about mental illness, meet caring friends in your same situation)
Griefshare (Suicide Survivors Support)
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