The Montgomery County Board of Education voted to delay students’ return to buildings until at least March 15. If schools begin reopening on March 15, students would have about three months of in-person classes before the end of the academic year on June 16. The school board will meet again in January and February to review […]

Governor Hogan introduced an emergency legislative package designed to provide more than $1 billion in direct stimulus and tax relief for Maryland working families, small businesses, and those who have lost their jobs as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Direct stimulus payments for low-to-moderate income Maryland residents, with benefits of up to $750 for families, and […]

Maryland Legal Aid provides a full range of free civil legal services to financially eligible individuals from 12 office locations. Our legal work helps to protect peoples’ basic needs and human rights.

Montgomery County has leveraged federal COVID-19 funding to install outdoor public Wi-Fi at 10 Public Library (MCPL) locations: Aspen Hill, Davis (N.Bethesda), Gaithersburg, Germantown, Maggie Nightingale (Poolesville), Marilyn Praisner (Burtonsville), Rockville Memorial, Twinbrook, Wheaton, and White Oak branches; and in front of the Silver Spring Civic Building at Veterans Plaza. This free service is available 24 hours a day in parking lots adjacent to the library buildings. […]

Eligible individuals will automatically receive an Economic Impact Payment of up to $600 for individuals or $1,200 for married couples and up to $600 for each qualifying child. Generally, if you have adjusted gross income for 2019 up to $75,000 for individuals and up to $150,000 for married couples filing joint returns and surviving spouses, […]

The state of Maryland has more than $154 million in energy assistance funds for residents to help residents cover current and past-due heating, electric, and gas utility bills. The assistance is offered through the following programs: Maryland Energy Assistance Program, Electric Universal Service Program, and Electric and Gas Retirement Assistance Programs.

On December 27, the federal COVID-19 relief package, called the “Continued Assistance for Unemployment Workers Act” that extends the CARES Act programs and provides additional federal unemployment benefits, was signed into law. View flyer and more information here.

Testing is free. If you have insurance, we will ask for your information, but there are no co-pays or deductibles. We do not require a government ID or a doctor’s order. More information here.