For Families

Adult Vocational and Community Living Supports

Our Adult Services include Vocational and Community Living supports to help men and women pursue and achieve their dreams for employment, education, recreation, good health, and a happy home life.

Parent to Parent Mentoring and Parent/Caregiver Meetings

Our Parent 2 Parent program, launched in January 2009, provides networking and parent-to-parent mentoring to help families dealing with common challenges.

P2P is currently recruiting mentors and welcomes referrals of families looking for support.

SEEC holds monthly Parent/Caregiver Meetings on the fourth Tuesday of each month. Meetings are held at SEEC's Headquarters from 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. Topics address issues affecting adults with developmental disabilities. These meetings are open to the public, but do require pre-registration. Please contact Nancy Householder for registration and information on meetings.

Important Information Regarding Our Family Support Services

For the past decade SEEC’s Family Support Services provided financial assistance and information referral to hundreds of Montgomery County families to ease the financial strains of raising a child with significant disabilities.Our involvement in the distribution of what was then called Rolling Access Funds was extremely rewarding. SEEC was able to help families cover the costs of assitive equipment and technologies, therapies not covered by health insurance, in-home supports, camp tuitions, and more. In the fall of 2009 the Maryland Developmental Disability Administration (DDA) changed the administration of providing funds to Marylanders who have children with significant developmental disabilities. The Rolling Access program has been changed and SEEC is no longer able to provide this service to county residents.

As an alternative to the Rolling Access funds that supported SEEC's Family Supports Services, the DDA now funds a statewide program called Low Intensity Support Services (LISS). Information regarding eligibility and application for this program is listed below: We urge families in need to apply for these resources. Remember to send your application to the address noted below, and not to SEEC.

Eligibility for LISS:

Be a Maryland Resident
Have a Developmental Disability
Currently not receiving funding for full residential services

To apply for LISS:

Complete LISS application and provide documentation within 10 business days
Provide Valid Identification
Copy of Social Security Card
Verification of Maryland Residency
Documentation of Disability

For additional information, contact:

Montgomery County
Karen Patterson
11600 Nebel Street
Rockville, MD 20852
301-984-5792 ext. 241
karenp@arcmontmd.org

Montgomery County Transitioning Youth Roundtable

SEEC has also spearheaded a Montgomery County Transitioning Youth Roundtable to coordinate efforts between local schools educating children with developmental disabilities and providers of adult services to better prepare students and families for life after the school years.

Please visit our resources and links page to access information and services that may be of value to your family.

Contact Information

Stay informed! Help us keep our records up to date. Please send us an email, if any of your contact information should change, or call 301-576-9024.