Maryland’s Network of 24 Family Support Centers provide free, comprehensive services to families, targeting parents and their children from birth through age three. Funding is provided by the Maryland State Department of Education, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, private foundations, corporations, and individuals.
Family Support Centers:
- Promote the optimal development of young children through the provision of parent/child activities and a wide range of child development services;
- Assist parents to develop more effective parenting skills and fulfill their aims related to school, employment and family life;
- Provide supportive networks among parents in local communities; and
- Connect parents and their children to public and private agencies and informal community resources that can help them.