First Call for Help

President & CEO: Mark Furst Vice President for First Call for Help: Saundra Bond

Free, confidential, comprehensive information and referral service available to all Marylanders via an 800 number or 211 (except for Montgomery County). It operates 24-hour/seven days a week and offers an extensive database with resources from the states 24 jurisdictions, while concentrating on central Maryland. Multi-lingual access is provided through a translation service that supports over 140 languages. Trained Information and Referral Specialists provide information, guidance, referrals, advocacy and crisis intervention to private citizens as well as to other health and human service professionals.

For over 80 years, United Way of Central Maryland has connected people who need help with people who can help by uniting, focusing and mobilizing central Maryland’s most influential companies, non-profits, governments and caring citizens. United Way of Central Maryland’s mission is to improve people’s lives by mobilizing the caring power of our communities. We help people in crisis. But United Way goes much deeper than that. We take aim at the root causes of the toughest problems our community faces.

Location

100 South Charles St, 5th Floor
P. O. Box 1576
Baltimore, MD 21203-1576