East County Regional Office Services and Partnerships

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

East County Citizens Advisory Board

The East County Citizens Advisory Board advises the County government on neighbor- hood priorities and suggests ways to tailor services to area residents. The Board is composed of 18 residents from the Eastern Montgomery area appointed by the County Executive and approved by the County Council. The service area includes the Master Plan areas of Clovery, Fairland, and White Oak. The regular monthly meetings of the Advisory Board are open to the public and are held the first Wednesday of each month at 7:00 pm at the Eastern Montgomery Regional Services Center. Any resident may address the Board on a topic of interest during the first 15 minutes of the meeting.

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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.

East County Food Hub

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.

Kingdom Cares: Is the leader of the East County Food Hub. This 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 offered by Kingdome Cares:

  • Grab & Go Food Distribution
  • Diaper Distribution
  • COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics & Testing
  • SNAP Registration
  • Rental & Utilities Assistance
Some food distribution members include: Every month, they produce a distribution calendar for East County residents to know where to seek food and other resources to assist them with improving their quality of life.

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

East County Coordination Program, HHS

The East County Coordination program is a program through the Department of Health and Human Services'Childre, Youth and Families department. This program connects residents of East County with accessing both county services & community resources. Examples of these services include assistance with applications for state and federal benefits, referrals for clothing and employement and submission of requests for emergency financial assistance. Coordinators connect families and individuals with resources in East County on-site at the East County Regional Services Center and off-site in the community or virtually. Services are free of charge and open to East County residents. For more information, contact Danielle Alvarado-Davis.

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