Community Resources

Domestice Violence Resources

House of Ruth (Baltimore)
24-hour Hotline (410) 889-7884 (RUTH)
Hispanic voicemail line (410) 554 -8480
Administration Office (410) 889-0840
Community Advocates (410) 554-8493 (office)
(410) 935-2314 (cell – days)
(443) 257-3306 (cell – after 4 pm)
Hotline Office (410) 554-8442


Domestic Violence Legal Clinic
Toll-free Legal Hotline 1-888-880-7884
Main Office (410) 554-8463
Baltimore District Court Office (410) 385-2263
Hyattsville Courthouse (301) 985-3588
Prince George's County Main Office (301) 699-7790
Upper Marlboro Courthouse Office (301) 952-4302
Montgomery County Office (240) 777-9077

National Domestic Violence Hotline - 1-800-799-7233

Ayuda, Inc.
1707 Kalorama Road N.W.
Washington, DC 20009
(202) 387-4848

Domestic Violence Center of Howard County, Inc.
(410) 997-0304
The Overlook Center
5457 Twin Knolls Road
Suite 310
Columbia, MD 21045
Hotline No. : 410-997-2272
Provides 24-hour Crisis Intervention Hotline, confidential shelter and counseling for battered women; licensed social worker, individual family and couple counseling, weekly support group for battered women. Counseling for women's, men's, and elderly groups. Open 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Law Enforcement

Baltimore County Police Domestic Violence Unit
(410) 887-3376
Or contact Wilkens Pc01 Field Office at (410) 744-1584
Call 911 if it is an Emergency

Howard County Police Department
3410 Courthouse Drive
Ellicott City, Md 21043
(410) 313-3200
Victim/Witness Assistance Unit - (410) 313-2929

Counselors

Your Employee Assistance Program is a good resource to help you locate a counselor who can best assist you. However, the professional associations for social workers and psychologists also offer referral directories. See below:

National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
NASW offers a provider directory to locate practitioners by geographic location and specialty area. You can access this directory online at http://www.helppro.com/aspdocs/naswbsearch1.asp.

Maryland Psychological Association (MPA)
MPA offers a provider directory to locate practitioners by geographic location and specialty area:
You can access this directory online at http://www.marylandpsychology.org/directory/referral.cfm

you may consider selecting one of the following choices in the "areas of expertise:" (in the drop-down menu)

  • anger, abuse, violence
  • domestic victims
  • rape/incest victims
  • sexual abuse
  • sexual harassment/stalking
  • suicide
  • violence
  • workplace violence

You may also contact MPA by calling one of these numbers (MPA maintains a number of telephone lines that provide local calling from various areas of the state.)

Columbia, Baltimore (410) 992-4258
Columbia, Baltimore County, some
Anne Arundel County		 (410) 995-0499
Columbia, Laurel, Silver Spring, D.C. (301) 596-3999

American Psychological Association (APA)
APA offers a provider directory to locate practitioners by geographic location. You can access this directory online at http://locator.apahelpcenter.org/ or by phone at 1-800-964-2000.