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Multiple Needs The resources below provide help with multiple needs, such as financial help, food assistance, and/or other services.  Please also review the information underneath the icons of our Get Help landing page to find out how to search for help for multiple needs.  Contact each office directly for the most current information on services provided.  If you cannot find what you're looking for from the information below, call us at (240) 777-4940 (Mon to Fri, 9am—5pm) or visit us at one of our locations to ask about programs that can help you.

Services Provided Countywide

Organizations Serving Specific Communities

Although the organizations below target specific communities, many serve other communities as well.  Please contact each organization for specific information on services provided.
  • Identity: 301-963-5900; 620 East Diamond Ave., Suite K, Gaithersburg, MD, 20877; [email protected] 
    • Focuses on Latino youth and their families who live in high poverty areas of the County (also serves non-Latino youth and families). Provides youth development programs, academic support, workforce development, case management, mental health and substance abuse counseling, and more. Offers services in multiple locations throughout Montgomery County.
    • Website available in multiple language: Español (Spanish)  |  አማርኛ (Amharic)  |  français (French)  |  پښتو (Pashto)  |  Português (Portuguese)
    • To get help fill out the online referral form or call 301-800-5519.
  • CASA: 866-765-2272
    • Membership-based organization serving Latino and other immigrant communities. Provides English and Citizenship Preparation classes, tax preparation, legal services, vocational training, youth leadership development, and advocacy. Offices in MD, VA, PA, and GA.
    • Learn more about the programs offered in Maryland.
  • Spanish Speaking Community of Marlyand: 301-587-7217; 8519 Piney Branch Rd., Silver Spring, MD 20901 (also has office in Frederick); [email protected]
    • Provides services to low-income families & immigrants from diverse backgrounds through programs in community development, immigration support services, healthcare, landlord/tenant intervention, and more.
  • Chinese Culture and Community Service Center (CCACC): 301-820-7200; 9318 Gaither Road, Suite 215, Gaithersburg, MD 20877
    • Serves the Chinese American community and other communities by providing educational, healthcare, recreational, and other services to children, seniors, the low-income, non-native English speakers, and anyone who is in need of assistance. 
    • Website available in Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and English. 
  • Korean Community Service Center of Greater Washington (KCSC): 
    • Multiple locations in Gaithersburg (240-683-6663; 847 Quince Orchard Blvd., Suite J, Gaithersburg, MD 20878) and Silver Spring (240-847-7177; 700 Buckingham Drive, Silver Spring, MD 20901), in addition to Columbia, MD and Virginia.
    • Assists Asian Americans and new immigrants by providing  immigration and health services, and programs for seniors, families, and victims of domestic violence.  Also offers classes in English, citizenship preparation, and computers. Office locations throughout VA and MD.
  • Maryland Vietnamese Mutual Association (MVMA): 301-588-6862; 10770 Columbia Pike, Silver Spring, MD 20901; info@mdvietmutual.org 
    • Provides senior programs, educational programs for youth, parent support programs, immigration support, translation and interpretation services, public benefit programs application assistance, and health insurance enrollment.
  • Vietnamese American Services: 301-646-5852; 12621 Old Columbia Pike, Silver Spring, MD 20904; [email protected]
    • Provides English classes, healthcare and senior programs, medical interpretation, and immigration and employment services.
  • American Diversity Group: 240-330-9421; 12850 Middlebrook Road, Suite 400, Germantown, MD 20874; [email protected]
    • Provides free health clinics, health insurance enrollment, case management and referrals, senior clubs for South Asians, food distributions, voter registration, and cultural programs.
    • Clinic Address: 12210 Plum Orchard Drive, Suite 214, Silver Spring, MD 20904
  • Montgomery County Muslim Foundation (MCMF): 301-760-7447; 15746 Crabbs Branch Way, Derwood, MD 20855; [email protected]
    • Provides food assistance, holiday giving, clothes distribution, refugee services, senior and youth programs and more, to Muslim and other communities.
  • Islamic-American Zakat Foundation: 301-907-0997; 4641 Montgomery Avenue LL-30, Bethesda, MD 20814; [email protected]
    • Provides financial assistance for food, clothing, shelter, transportation, and medical care for Muslims in need. Also provides social services and referrals.
  • Caribbean Help Center: 301-593-6922; 10140 Sutherland Rd.,
    Silver Spring, MD 20901; [email protected]
    • Assists immigrants and other low-income residents in the areas of: education, employment, information and referrals, interpretation, food assistance, immigration, public services, and finding health care.
  • Francophone Africans Alliance: 10770 Columbia Pike, Suite 300-W-4
    Silver Spring, MD 20901; [email protected] 
    • Offers community education to Francophone Africans. Provides free English classes, educational workshops on how to navigate the American school system, and collaborates with other local organizations on free activities focused on health and wellness, entrepreneurship, arts, and environment.

Organizations Serving Specific Neighborhoods

Visit each website for most current information on services provided and service areas. Information below was adapted from the Montgomery County Emergency Financial Assistance Desk Guide.
  • Bethesda Cares: 301-907-9244; 7728 Woodmont Ave., Bethesda, MD 20814; [email protected]
    • Provides homelessness prevention services, rent and utility support, clothing, and hot meals. 
    • Serves zip codes: 20812, 20814, 20815, 20816, 20817, 20818
    • May serve other zip codes if a referral from a public or private service provider is received.
  • Bethesda Help (English) (Español): 301-365-2022 
    • Provides food assistance and financial help with rent, utilities, and prescription medications.
    •  Serves zip codes: 20812, 20814, 20815, 20816, 20817, 20818, 20852 (partial), 20854 (partial), 20895, 20896, 20902 (partial), 20906 (partial), and 20910 (partial)
  • Clarksburg Community Assistance Network (C-CAN): 240-308-0867; 21925 Frederick Road, Boyds, MD, 20841; [email protected]
    • Supplemental food pantry for clients who live in or have children who attend school in the 20871 zip code.
  • Community Reach of Montgomery County: 301-637-0730; 1010 Grandin Avenue, #A1, Rockville, MD, 20851; [email protected]
    • Provides financial assistance to Rockville residents for rent, utilities, prescription medication, and medical procedures. Also has a medical clinic, housing and senior programs, and classes for English and Citizenship Preparation.
    • Serves greater Rockville area (within and outside of city limits): 20850, 20851, 20852, 20853, 20854, 20855
  • Damascus Help: 301-253-4100; [email protected]
    • Provides food assistance, holiday giving, transportation, furniture, and emergency financial assistance.
    • Service area: 20871 east of I-270, 20872, 20882 north of Brink Road, 20876 from Rt 27 north of Brink Road, Monrovia (Frederick County) on a case-by-case basis, 20841 only at Rt 355 to I 270
  • Eastern Montgomery Emergency Assistance Network (EMEAN): 301-879-2688; 14015 New Hampshire Av. Silver Spring, MD 20904; [email protected]
    • Provides financial help with rent, evictions, utilities, and prescription medication.
    • Serves zip codes: 20866, 20868, 20903, 20904, 20905 
  • Gaithersburg Help (English) (Español): 301-216-2510; 301 Muddy Branch Rd., Gaithersburg, MD 20878
    • Provides food assistance, infant needs, transportation to medical and other appointments, and financial assistance with prescription medications.
    • Serves all of zip codes 20877, 20878, 20879, 20880, and 20886, plus parts of 20850 (west of Shady Grove Rd and north of Piney Meetinghouse Rd), 20855 (west of Redland Rd/Muncaster Rd), and 20882 (south of Brink Rd and west of Olney-Laytonsville Rd)
  • Germantown Help: 301-482-1320; [email protected]
    • Provides emergency food delivery, medical prescription assistance, and supports the Montgomery County Holiday Giving Project for zip code 20874. 
  • Mid-County United Ministries (MUM) (English) (Español): 301-929-8675; 11002 Veirs Mill Road, 7th Floor, Silver Spring, MD 20902; [email protected]
    • ​Provides food assistance and financial help with rent, eviction, utilities, prescription medications.
    • Serves zip codes: 20853, 20895, 20896, 20901, 20902, 20906, 20910, and 20912
  • Olney Help: 301-774-4334; [email protected]
    • Provides food assistance, and financial help with rent, foreclosure, utilities, and medications.
    • Serves zip codes: 20832, 20833, 20855 (partial), 20860, 20861, and 20862
  • Rockville Help (English) (Español): 301-564-0800 (call and leave a message); [email protected]
    • Provides food assistance and limited financial help (referral needed) with rent or mortgage, utilities, prescription medications, and medical bills.
    • Serves: City of Rockville, 20850 (partial), 20851, 20852 (partial), 20853 (partial), 20854 (partial), and 20855 (partial)
  • Upper Montgomery Assistance Network, Inc. (UMAN): 301-926-4422; [email protected]
    • Provides financial help with rent and utilities.
    • Serves zip codes: 20855, 20874, 20876, 20877, 20878, 20879, and 20882 
  • Western Upper Montgomery County Help, Inc. (WUMCO): 301-972-8481; 17821 Elgin RoadDon, Poolesville, MD 20837; [email protected]
    • Provides food assistance, medical transportation, access to healthcare services, English classes, and funds for utilities and similar daily living expenses. 
    • Serves zip codes: 20837, 20838, 20839, 20841, 20842
  • TESS (Takoma East Silver Spring) Community Action Center: 270-773-8260; 8703 Flowers Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20901 
    • Provides information and referrals, social service assistance, interpretation and translation, education, Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) and legal services in partnership with nonprofits, public agencies and community groups. 
    • A walk-in site serving Montgomery County residents