Linking Children and Families with Services

The Office for Genetics and Children with Special Health Care Needs supports a free information and referral network designed to link families and providers with resources for children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN), including health care and health insurance, therapeutic services, educational services, respite care, etc.  Please use the contact information below:

  • Call The Children’s Resource Line at 1-800-638-8864, located at the Office for Genetics and Children with Special Health Care Needs, or visit our website: /genetics/region_resources.cfm

ASK Program (Access for Special Kids)
Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland Hospital for Children
22 South Greene Street, N5W40, Baltimore, MD 21201
Contact: Joyce Hylton, RN      
Phone: 410-328-6879
E-mail: jhylton@peds.umaryland.edu

 

CSHCN Liaison at Children’s National Medical Center
Department of the Complex Care Program
Children’s National Medical Center
111 Michigan Avenue N.W., Washington, DC 20010
Contact: Michelle Jiggetts, MD, MS, MBA  
 Phone: 202-476-4904    
E-mail: mjiggett@cnmc.org

 

Regional Resource Center for Children with Special Needs
Wicomico County Free Library
122 South Division Street, Salisbury, MD 21801
Phone: 410-219-2886    
Website: http://www.regionalresourcecenter.org

 

Resource Finder
Kennedy Krieger Institute
707 North Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205
Contact: Jenny Jones     Phone: 1-800-390-3372
E-mail: resourcefinder@kennedykrieger.org
Website: http://www.resourcefinder.kennedykrieger.org

The Parents’ Place of Maryland (Maryland Family Voices)
801 Cromwell Park Drive, Suite 103, Glen Burnie, MD 21061
Phone: 1-800-394-5694
E-mail: info@ppmd.org 
Website: http://www.ppmd.org