The YWCA legal services program administers a reduced-fee child custody representation project, matching private attorneys with low-income individuals seeking representation in contested custody matters.
- Counseling: Survivors (individual and group) and children
- Batterer’s Program
- Legal services: Ex parte (Civil Advocates in both Annapolis and Glen Burnie District Courts and Circuit Courts, as well as further matters with divorce & custody advocate in Circuit Court. Protective Order Representation (sliding scale according to gross income)
- Shelter (must call hotline first: only domestic violence)
- Counseling: Survivors (individual and group) and children
- No males over approximately 16 years.
- Will not accept survivors who have current substance abuse problems or who have severe medical or mental health needs (YWCA will provide referrals to other shelters)
- No limitations for legal services.
- Will accept shelter referrals from other jurisdictions