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Baltimore
Mental Health Systems
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The goal of Baltimore Mental Health
Systems is to ensure that Baltimore City residents have easy access to
a range of mental health services.
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Baltimore
Substance Abuse Systems
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BSAS administers funding, monitors
treatment programs, collects client demographic and treatment data,
works in collaboration with other agencies to improve services, and
plans for the development of new services in Baltimore City. BSAS does
not provide treatment services directly but does provide INFORMATION
AND REFERRAL.
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State Resources
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Maryland Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene
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Alcohol
and Drug Abuse Administration
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Treatment services and centers listed by city/county
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Medical
Programs
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HealthChoice and MCHP Information
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Mental
Hygiene Administration
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Information about mental health
programs
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Other State Government Links
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COMAR
Online
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Complete listing of Maryland
regulations. Title 10 includes DHMH.
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Maryland
Health Care Commission
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The mission of the
Maryland Health Care Commission is to plan for health system needs,
promote informed decision-making, increase accountability, and improve
access in health care. Included on the site are HMO and Nursing
home report cards.
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MAPS-MD
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Information about public mental health services, authorizing
care, sliding fee schedules for the uninsured, and training schedules.
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Maryland
Infants and Toddlers and Early Intervention Programs
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Information from the Maryland Department of Education
about their early intervention programs.
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Maryland
Insurance Administration
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The Maryland Insurance
Administration (MIA) is an independent State agency that regulates
Maryland's insurance industry and protects consumers by ensuring that
insurance companies and health plans act in accordance with insurance
laws. The Insurance Administration also is responsible for
investigating and resolving consumer complaints and questions
concerning insurance companies operating in Maryland.
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Maryland
Health Insurance Plan
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Maryland's
high risk insurance plan for individuals who have been unable to
secure health insurance due to disease or disability or who have
inadequate insurance.
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Maryland
State Homepage
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Official Maryland site with news and information about
government, communities, General Assembly, etc.
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Maryland
WIC Program
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The Maryland WIC Program is a supplemental nutrition
program for women, infants and children under 5. Applications
and other information are available on the web site.
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Statewide Agencies and Organizations
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Advocates for
Children and Youth
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Statewide advocacy agency for children's
issues including health care, education, juvenile justice, welfare,
and economic well-being.
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American
Academy of Pediatrics - Maryland Chapter
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State chapter of the national American
Academy of Pediatrics offering local news and information for
providers and consumers.
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Associated Black
Charities
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Acts a coordinating body for delivery of health and
human services to Maryland's African American communities and fosters
coordinated leadership on pertinent issues
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Center
for Poverty Solutions
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The Center for Poverty Solutions is a nonprofit charitable organization dedicated to fostering
solutions to the causes of poverty. Through a variety of activities including direct service,
education, advocacy, and self-reliance, the Center for Poverty Solutions works
with the community to transform attitudes, whittle fear, invent opportunities, empower dignity, and create hope
for Maryland's poor.
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Coalition
to End Childhood Lead Poisoning
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The coalition provides education,
services, and advocacy to end childhood lead poisoning so that every
child has an opportunity to reach his or her full potential.
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First Candle
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SIDS Alliance - Help and support for families who have
lost an infant and ways to keep your baby safe.
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HealthCareforAll.com
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The Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative is a grassroots coalition committed to transforming Maryland's fragmented and costly health care
structure and to providing comprehensive health care coverage for all Maryland residents, regardless of economic, employment or medical
status.
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Maryland
Committee for Children
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Maryland Committee for Children works with parents, child care
providers, advocates, employers, and policymakers to expand and
enhance the early childhood education and child care available to
Maryland's children. On-line searchable database for parents
looking for day care, after-school care, and after school activities.
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The
Coordinating Center
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Nationally
accredited care management agency providing family and person
centered, comprehensive coordination of services through the Maryland
Model
Waiver
for children and adolescents with complex medical needs and
disabilities and Rare
and Expensive Case Management (REM) for people with special
health care needs as well as training around issues associated with
people with complex medical needs in the community.
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Public Justice
Center
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The
Public Justice Center is a non-profit legal services organization
dedicated to expanding the rights of the under-represented.
Established in 1985, the Public Justice Center has sought to focus its
attention on significant civil rights and anti-poverty issues.
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National Resources
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Annie E.
Casey Foundation
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The mission of the Annie E. Casey
Foundation is to foster public policies, improved human services, and
community supports that effectively meet the needs of vulnerable
children and families. The Foundation makes grants, funds
demonstrations, provides services, delivers technical assistance and
disseminates data and analyses.
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Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services(formerly HCFA)
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CMS provides federal oversight of the
Medicare and Medicaid programs.
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Center
for Studying Health System Change
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The Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) is a
nonpartisan policy research organization located in Washington, D.C.
HSC designs and conducts studies focused on the U.S. health care
system to inform the thinking and decisions of policy makers in
government and private industry.
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Children's
Defense Fund
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The mission of the
Children's Defense Fund is to Leave No
Child Behind®
and to ensure every child a healthy start, a head start, a fair
start, a safe start, and a moral start in life and successful passage
to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities. CDF
provides a strong, effective voice for all the children
of America who cannot vote, lobby, or speak for themselves.
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Covering Kids
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Covering Kids was created by The
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in 1997 to address the compelling
need to reduce the number of uninsured children. Covering Kids
helps states and local communities increase the number of eligible
children who benefit from health insurance coverage programs.
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Directory
of Prescription Drug Patient Assistance Programs
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Listing
of companies and private organizations that provide financial
assistance to consumers who need prescription medicines
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Families
USA
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National consumer advocacy group for
health care issues. For Medicaid information, click
"Medicaid" under Issues on the home page. This will lead to
the Medicaid Clearinghouse.
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Health
Systems Research
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HSR is a public policy research firm that
provides program and technical support to publicly-funded health and
human services agencies and other organizations. Their work focuses on
improving the well-being of vulnerable populations — including
low-income families, pregnant women, and children with special health
care needs.
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Insure.com
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Information for consumers about choosing
and using their health plans. Includes information about State
and Federal protections.
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Kaiser
Commission on Medicaid and Uninsured
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News, publications, and state-by-state
data about Medicaid and uninsured.
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Kaiser
Family Foundation State
Health Facts
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Health
facts for each of the 50 states including information about CHIP,
Medicaid, health insurance coverage, and other related topics.
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Mathematica
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Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., is a
public policy research that conducts studies of health care, welfare,
education, employment, nutrition, and early childhood policies and
programs in the United States.
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Medicare
Rights Center
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The Medicare Rights Center (MRC) is a
not-for-profit organization dedicated to ensuring that older adults
and people with disabilities get good, affordable health care. The MRC
website offers helpful and reliable Medicare information for consumers
and professionals.
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Medlineplus
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MEDLINEplus is a compilation of health
information from the world's largest medical library, the National
Library of Medicine. Health professionals and consumers alike can
depend on it for information that is authoritative and up to date.
MEDLINEplus has extensive information from the National
Institutes of Health and other trusted sources on about 500
diseases and conditions.
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Murphy's
Unofficial Medicaid Page
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A resource guide to Medicaid including links to State
programs and other sites related to Medicaid.
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National Health Law
Program
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The National Health Law Program is a
national public interest law firm that seeks to improve health care
for America's working and unemployed poor, minorities, the elderly and
people with disabilities. NHeLP serves legal services programs,
community-based organizations, the private bar, providers and
individuals who work to preserve a health care safety net for the
millions of uninsured or underinsured low-income people.
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TRICARE
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Information for active duty and retired military
personnel about the military's health plan and benefits.
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The Urban Institute
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The Urban Institute is a nonprofit policy
research organization established in Washington, D.C., in 1968. The
Institute's goals are to sharpen thinking about society's problems and
efforts to solve them, improve government decisions and their
implementation, and increase citizens' awareness about important
public choices.
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U.S.
Department of Labor - Health Care Information
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Health care
information from a federal perspective including information on COBRA,
choosing a health plan and updates to Federal health legislation.
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Welfare
Information Network
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A Clearinghouse for Information, Policy
Analysis & Technical Assistance on Welfare Reform.
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Click
here for our online Getting Help and Information guide - a
comprehensive listing of resources for families, teachers, and
advocates of children with special health care needs.
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