Contact Information

41 North Philadelphia Blvd.
Aberdeen, Maryland 21001
Telephone: (410)575-7125 or (410)272-4929
FAX: (410)273-9736

Services Offered

Residential services.

Individuals Have the Following Types of Disabilities:
Mental Retardation, Physical Disabilities, Autism, Blind, Cerebral Palsy, Deaf, Epilepsy, Mental Illness, Traumatic Brain Injury.

Number of Individuals Currently Being Served: 27

Ages Served: N/A

Home Region of DDA: Central

Counties Served: Baltimore City, Baltimore County and Harford County.

Year Established: N/A

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Mission Statement

The objective of Caring Hands, Inc. is to provide the individuals they serve an atmosphere that enables each to enjoy a life of dignity and which encourages each to achieve individual goals, dreams, and full potential.

Unique or Distinctive Qualities

Ability to provide services that are designed to meet the needs of the individual. Able to provide quality care for a broad range of medical issues. Promote a family atmosphere. Relatively small agency. Caring Hands operates on the principle of respect for all humanity. Caring Hands turns houses into homes. Caring Hands promotes the services in a normalized lifestyle. This will be achieved by ensuring consumers are well integrated into the communities in which they live. Activities should never be limited by a person's disability. Persons should be assisted in surmounting barriers to mobility. By focusing on strengths, abilities, and interests, Caring Hands seeks to empower and enable people. Staff are selected on the basis of skills and their sincere commitment to providing quality and caring services to individuals with disabilities. The individual and their family are the best resource when developing a service plan for the individual. Therefore, the family is welcome to participate as much as they wish.

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Steps Individuals Must Take to Apply for Services

• Contact agency either directly or through Service Coordination
• Complete application
• Arrange meeting between individual and/or family
• Visit one of the agency homes
• If interested, secure funding and admission approval

Special Considerations: Will not provide services to individuals with a history of criminal activity which causes serious bodily harm to others. Examples include arson, forced sexual contact, and assault. Individuals must be eligible for services under the DDA system for permanent residential care. Respite services can be arranged for anyone in the community privately.

Funding Sources: DDA

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