Montgomery Community Media

You are invited to attend a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Progress Place homeless facility on October 1. The ceremony is scheduled to take place at 11:30 a.m., at 8110 Georgia Avenue in Silver Spring, behind Fire Station #1. County Executive Isiah Leggett will be joined at the event by Council President George Leventhal, Councilmember […]

Lt. Governor Boyd Rutherford today joined with members of the The Heroin and Opioid Emergency Task Force, elected officials, law enforcement, and substance abuse advocates for the sixth regional summit to address Maryland’s growing heroin crisis. The summit was held in Silver Spring at the Montgomery College Cultural Arts Center. The Heroin and Opioid Emergency […]

Montgomery County Council President George Leventhal and Councilmember Marc Elrich are raising questions about response procedures for calls to police about an unattended child. In a memo dated April 16, the Councilmembers pose 16 questions to Police Chief Thomas Manger and Health and Human Services Director Uma Ahluwalia. “The recent responses by the Montgomery County […]

The “free range” parenting issue is a hot topic across the county and across the country today. During his weekly briefing with reporters on April 13th, Council President George Leventhal said he has some questions for Health and Human Services officials, and he shared that he’s hearing from a lot of constituents on both sides […]

UPDATED At his weekly briefing on April 13, Montgomery County Council President George Leventhal read a statement about the latest developments in the “free range” parenting case in Silver Spring. Watch it here: Council President George Leventhal’s statement follows: “This morning in the HHS Committee, which I chair, I asked department director Uma Ahluwalia for […]

At least 400 homeless individuals attended the Homeless Resource Day held in Gaithersburg last week, about 100 more than attended the event last year. According to Mary Anderson, spokeswoman for the county’s Department of Health and Human Services, 492 households were represented at the event. Households could mean an individual, a couple or a family attended. Last […]

With the goal of creating a single workforce development authority, members of Montgomery Moving Forward recently announced a call to action that details what steps to take during the next two years to close the gap between good jobs and the number of skilled people. A diverse coalition of leaders calls for accountability to ensure […]

County Executive Ike Leggett announced the results of the 2014 Homeless Point in Time survey. There is a 11.25 percent decrease in the number of homeless persons in Montgomery County. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming. Related:

The third annual Homeless Resource Fair is scheduled for Nov. 7 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Bohrer Park Activity Center, 506 South Frederick Avenue. County Executive Isiah Leggett and County Councilmember George Leventhal will attend to observe first-hand the variety of programs and services offered for residents experiencing homelessness. More than 60 […]

The Affordable Care Act is changing the landscape of healthcare in Montgomery County and across the country.  MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports from a local leadership summit, entitled “Healthcare Reform in Action,” which addressed implementation efforts that are now underway. In Maryland, the place to shop for health insurance is the Maryland Health Connection or call […]