Community Programs in the School of Medicine

Title: Family Connections
Description: Family Connections Baltimore is a program of the University of Maryland School of Social Work Ruth H. Young Center for Families and Children The program develops, implements, and tests community-based family strengthening services that empower families who are vulnerable to achieve safety, well-being, and stability. Clients collaborate with staff members to identify family and community risk and protective factors and develop a plan for services tailored to meet their specific needs. Because many people have experienced traumas our assessments, service plans, and intervention strategies are trauma-informed. The program partners with families to help them address the following needs:
  • food, clothing and housing
  • education
  • employment and training
  • health and mental health
  • substance abuse
  • family violence
  • parent education and support
  • child behavior
  • trauma exposure
  • challenges related to grandparents raising grandchildren Services offered by the program include:
  • comprehensive family assessment
  • service planning
  • crisis intervention
  • emergency assistance-provision of concrete services
  • individualized outcomes based services
  • individual, family and group counseling
  • advocacy
  • case management

    Family Connections Baltimore works in cooperation with numerous agencies, schools, health care providers and the Department of Social Services. There is a strong connection to many School of Social Work endeavors to collaborate in providing services and education opportunities for Baltimore Community residents and stakeholders. In particular the Title IVE Public Education for Child Welfare Program preparing graduate social work students for family centered practice in public child welfare agencies. While community-based services continue to be the program's core focus, we are also committed to educating social workers and other professionals to use evidence-based models of practice that include attention to their own professional development and self-care. Central to this endeavor is addressing the demand of working with families exposed to multiple traumas over time. Since its inception in 1996 our staff and trainees have won numerous awards and prizes and the program has been continuously funded through government and foundation grants and contracts, as well as private donations.
    Website: www.family.umaryland.edu
    School(s): Social Work
    Contacts:
    Dr. Frederick H. Strieder
    410-706-5479
    fstriede@ssw.umaryland.edu

    Community Served: Baltimore City/ West Baltimore
    Services Provided: Behavioral intervention,Child protection,Clinical,Counseling,Mental health (school based),Parenting services
    Client type: Children,Teenagers,Adults
    Client Type Other: Families
    Physical Location: Off Campus
    School System Served: Baltimore City
    Office Location: 525 W. Redwood St, Baltimore, MD 21201
    Service Location: 1701 Madison Ave., Baltimore, MD 21217
    Program Timeframe: Continuous
    Health Fairs: None

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