Montgomery Community Media

The Montgomery County Council Health and Human Services Committee held a meeting on Thursday to discuss resettlement programs for refugees and asylum seekers. The meeting took place in the third floor conference room at the Council office building in Rockville. According to data from the Maryland Office for Refugees and Asylees, 2,256 refugees and 2,181 […]

The Montgomery County Council’s Health and Human Services Committee will hold a meeting on refugees and people seeking asylum on Thursday. The committee will discuss available services for refugees, asylum seekers, and receive an update from resettlement organizations. Participants include the Ethiopian Community Development Council (ECDC), the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and Lutheran Social Services, all of […]

With the deadline fast approaching, Montgomery County Health and Human Services case workers have been busy assisting an influx of residents who need help applying and navigating the health insurance open enrollment process. County Cable Montgomery’s Lorna Virgili  reports. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

The Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is encouraging residents to bring reusable bags when holiday shopping in an effort to reduce waste and litter in the community. According to a news release, plastic bags are one of the top four litter items found in County streams. Reusable bags are eco-friendly and are a […]

The Department of Health and Human Services  announced today new income guidelines for the Working Parents Assistance (WPA) program that provides child care subsidies to eligible families. The cost of child care is a major expense for families and the WPA program provides subsidies to help eligible single and two-parent families pay for licensed child […]

Guests from the county’s Infants and Toddlers Program were on the Spanish-language radio show Montgomery Al Dia. The program helps families screen for developmental delays and obtain resources to address identified issues. For more information about the Infants and Toddlers Program, call 240.777.4809.

A Rockville mom is looking for the dog who bit her son as he arrived at Flower Hill Elementary School in Gaithersburg March 9, to make sure her son was not exposed to rabies. Rakiya Grant says her six-year-old first grader was outside the front of the school on March 9 when a medium-sized brown, […]

The number of whooping cough cases in Montgomery County has reached 41 as of Oct. 2, according to the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services. According to Mary Anderson, public information officer for the health department, 32 children and nine adults have been reported to the health department as having pertussis or whooping […]

The County’s Department of Health has received a financial boost to its child care subsidy, which assists working parents with funds for daycare. Lorna Virgili brings us the details. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming. For more information on the Working Parent Child Care Program, call Department […]