Contact Information

9180 Rumsey Road
Suite D2
Columbia, Maryland 21045
Telephone: (410)884-4420
FAX: (410)884-4425
E-mail:
Web Address: www.emergeinc.org

Other Office Location:
Emerge Vocational and Day Habilitation
700 Evelyn Avenue
Linthicum, MD 21090
Telephone: (410)789-6045

Emerge Employment Services
1583 Sulphur Spring Road Suite 112
Linthicum, MD 21090
Telephone: (410)242-0730

Emerge Greenhouses
8734 Gerst Avenue
Perry Hall, MD 21128
Telephone: (410)931-2009

Services Offered

Supported Employment, Family Support Services, Individual Support Services, Community Supported Living Arrangements, Residential Services, Vocational Day Program/Sheltered Workshop, Day Habilitation Program, Respite Care, Transportation, Behavioral Support Services.

Individuals Have the Following Types of Disabilities:
AIDS, Mental Retardation, Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Deafness/Severe Hearing Impairment, Epilepsy/Seizure Disorder, Orthopedic Impairment, Specific Learning Disability, Behavioral Problems, Blindness/Severe Visual Impairment, Head Injury, Chemical Dependency, Mental Disorder, Spina Bifida, Speech/Language Impairment, other Neurological Disorders.

Number of Individuals Currently Being Served: 350

Ages Served: 10 through adult

Home Region of DDA: Central

Counties Served: Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Anne Arundel County, Howard County Carroll County, Haword County, Montgomery County, Prince George's County.

Year Established: 1976

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Mission Statement

The mission of Emerge is to create supportive environments and individualized services for people with disabilities.

Unique and Distinctive Qualities

There are so many things that distinguish Emerge as not just another agency care provider. Perhaps foremost is the ability of Emerge to treat each customer as an individual - planning with the customers and their support teams exactly what they need and want in life. These plans are then put into actions so as to ensure that each customer has a completely individualized plan for their lives.

Emerge helps individuals served, their families, and friends to determine what they want and then build supports around the individuals. It also assists people in a wide array of ways to remain in their own home or their family's homes. Emerge uses creative supports to assist families. This may include assisting therapists and staffing options from skill trainers to nannies. Emerge also provides many options for people to receive work or meaningful day services. Emerge offers assistance in finding jobs, including resume writing and interviewing, individual skill training.

Emerge has the expertise with co-occuring mental illness. In fact, Emerge believes that every individual with disabilities, no matter how complex their personal situation, has aplace at Emerge. And, Emerge believes in making lifetime commitments to its customers. This commitment can be best be encapsulated in a simple statement: "We never say die!"

Discuss How Your Agency Has Utilized The "Ask Me!" Survey Results.

Along with a comprehensive internal Quality Assurance initiative, Emerge utilizes the "Ask Me!" survey results by review and evaluation of trends toward customer overall satisfaction with service delivery.

The "Ask Me!" Survey Results is available for the general public

Discuss your quality assurance practices, including any agency accreditations

Emerge has submitted a DDA required Quality Assurance Plan with annually approved revision. Quality Assurance practices include independent review of service location with an individually designed plan of correction to identify any needed enhancements of services

How Does Your Agency Support People In Becoming Active Members Of Their Community?

The mission of Emerge is to create supportive environments and individualized services for people with disabilities. Emerge's vision – that individuals with disabilities will lead lives of optimum quality and independence – will guide its decisions in the years to come. Its values best exemplify what makes Emerge so very unique. Emerge believes that each person with a disability deserves the right to quality services in a safe and caring environment. And lastly, Emerge believes that each person with adisability has the right to a full life, is a vital part of society, has potential and is worthy of respect.

Emerge actualize its Mission and Vision through myriad programs to ensure that each customer plays a role in his/her communinity as desired. Emerge opportunities in its Residential Program by becoming active in community organizations. Staff and customers participate in many community activities and are often involved in planning and implementation of events. Emerge's Employment Program offers individuals many ways to interact in the community at large. Through individualized placements of customers in the workplace or through group/enclave contracts, Emerge's customers are actively engaged in work experiences that guarantee interaction and involvement in the community. Finally, its Day Program has developed a wide spectrum of programs that ensure customers have ample opportunities to connect with the community. Whether through trips to malls, museums, sporting and entertainment events, or through its extensive involvement with community non-profit agencies serving a wide variety of people, Emerge customers participate in and make contributions to the community at large.

Steps Individuals Must Take To Apply For Services

To apply for services a customer must be eligible for services through the Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA). The customer must complete an application for services and submit the application to Emerge. Upon receipt of the application an individual will be offered the opportunity to take a tour of Emerge and the opportunity to talk with various program directors within the agency to determine which program services the potential customer is interested in receiving.

Special Considerations/Comments: None

Funding Sources: DDA

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