East County Regional Services Office Services

The following services are available at the East County Regional Services Office.

East County Gilchrist Immigrant Resource Center 

Tuesdays, 9am – 5pm, Thursdays, 9am – 5pm, except holidays  
Phone: 240-777-8406
English Classes, Computer Classes      
Call for more information regarding other upcoming programs.

The Gilchrist Immigrant Resource Center is to help make Montgomery County a thriving multicultural community where every resident feels welcomed, participates civically, and contributes positively to the economy.

The Gilchrist Center for Cultural Diversity is to be Montgomery County Government's welcome center where the County's diverse population can be connected to public and private services, volunteering, civic engagement, cross cultural activities, and economic empowerment.

The East County location serves as Montgomery County Government's welcome center where the County's diverse population in East County can be connected to public and private services, volunteering, civic engagement, cross cultural activities, and economic empowerment.

The Goals of the Gilchrist Immigrant Resource Center is to

• Provide the most needed services to immigrants in the County through partnerships with other organizations or by utilizing skilled volunteers (information and referral to services, English as a second language, workforce development, civic engagement, computer literacy, citizenship, and pro-bono legal assistance).
• Provide Civic engagement academies to help residents get oriented to life in the County, understand their rights and responsibilities, and engage immigrant leadership.
• Assist Regional Service Centers to staff (via AmeriCorps) and create programs for Gilchrist Welcome Centers (set up classes, find partners and volunteers, materials, etc).
• Be a resource for agencies in terms of finding partners to offer programs, referring volunteers, etc.
• Increase coordination and build the network of immigrant service providers.
• Promote Diversity/Cross Cultural Understanding and Awareness via activities where people see each other as individuals and not as members of broad social categories. These activities include working together on community issues/problems, language classes, volunteering, and multicultural events.

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Manna Food Center

Manna Food Center, a nonprofit organization, strives to eliminate hunger in Montgomery County through food distribution, education, and advocacy.
Manna Food Center is the main food bank in Montgomery County, and nearly every county nonprofit organization relies on Manna to provide essential food to their clients. Manna is that rare organization that actually achieves synergy by bringing together government, corporations, nonprofit organizations, schools, faith-based organizations, community groups, and individuals with the common cause of fighting hunger in Montgomery County.
Manna has three primary programs, including Food Distribution to Families, Smart Sacks, Food Distribution to Agencies. For more information visit Manna Food Center website.

Questions contact : Manna Food Center
9311 Gaither Road 
Gaithersburg, MD 20877
301-424-1130  |  [email protected] (Just 2 blocks off of Shady Grove)

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East County Food Hub

Kingdom Cares: East County Food Hub is a community-based effort that has engaged with surrounding schools, senior living communities, low-income, and affordable housing to provide a variety of services to individuals, families, and children that will nourish the mind, body, and soul.
Services:

• Grab & Go Food Distribution
• Diaper Distribution
• COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics & Testing
• SNAP Registration
• Rental & Utilities Assistance

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Mobile Med Clinic

Mobile Med has a clinic in East County at the East County Regional Services Center, 3300 Briggs Chaney Road, Silver Spring, MD 20904! Previously, Mobile Med took a van to that site but the county has made a nice clinic space with 5 exam rooms and other medical services available here. This is a high needs area with French-speaking African and diaspora, low income patients and a variety of other underserved populations. Their multilingual staff and volunteers are well prepared to work with the un/underinsured individuals who come there for primary health care.

Previously, Mobile Med took a van to that site but the county has made a nice clinic space with 5 exam rooms available for our use. This is a high needs area with French-speaking African patients and a variety of other population groups. Their multilingual staff and volunteers are well prepared to work with the uninsured individuals who come there for primary health care.

The Mobile Med clinic is open as follows:

Mondays: 1pm – 5pm
Tuesdays: 8:30am – 5pm
Wednesdays: 1pm -8pm
Thursdays: 8:30am – 5:30pm
Fridays: 8:30am – 5:30pm

For over forty years, the mission of MobileMed's volunteers, supporters and staff has been to provide quality health care to the uninsured, low income, working poor and homeless in Montgomery County, Maryland. All patients who arrive at the beginning of the clinic session are assessed by the clinic nurse. Mobile Med makes every effort to see all walk-in patients, depending upon the volume of people seeking care on a particular day.

Patients are seen by the provider in an order based upon: their medical need; the need for and availability of an interpreter and order of arrival.

For list of clinic services provided at other locations, visit Mobile Medical Care Locations page. 

For a list of Dental services being provided visit Dental Services page.

More information visit Mobile Medical Care website

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Montgomery College Community Engagement Center

Montgomery College partners with the East County Regional Center by offering classes, information, and workshops to county residents. Montgomery College staff at the Center provide information on classes taught at the College, financial aid, admissions and academic counseling as coordinate classes on site.  The objective is provide easier access to Montgomery College information and services. The College also partners with the Regional Center and events, college fairs, etc. in ways that are mutually beneficial to the College, the Regional Center, and other nonprofit partners.  To contact the College staff at East County.

Work Source Montgomery

WorkSource Montgomery (WSM) is the county’s fiscal agent responsible for local administration of the Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act (WIOA) program and coordination of the local workforce development system in Montgomery County. To put it simply, WSM connects jobseekers to employers and employers to jobseekers. WSM provides local job seekers with comprehensive employment and training services to promote economic sufficiency. For employers, WSM provides a robust set of business services and programs to help meet the talent needs of today and tomorrow. The WSM American Job Centers and satellite H.I.R.E. location at the East County Regional Services Center allows local and community organizations to work together to provide employment and training assistance and community support services to job seekers and employers in one place. WorkSource Montgomery provides employment and training services to local job seekers.

WSM-H.I.R.E Services Hours: Monday – Wednesday, 8:30am – 5:00pm

Telephone: 240-283-1597

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Montgomery County Bar Foundation Pro Bono

Hours: 1st and 2nd Thursday of each month:  5:30pm – 8:30pm
Contact: 301-424-7651 

Our Mission

We Support the Mission of the Bar Association of Montgomery County, Maryland

• We educate legal professionals and the public
• We provide pro bono legal services and charitable support to the community