Accessibility Bridge Corporation 4660 Crain Hwy #1622, White Plains, MD 20695
Caregiver and Family Resources
For Families
People who care for people with disabilities face many challenges and can benefit from support and assistance. Appropriate supports are crucial to the lives of many parents caring for a person with a diagnosed disability. Support is associated with better family quality of life, functioning, satisfaction, and a reduction in stress. Family support across the lifespan strengthens capacities to support family members with disabilities in achieving equal opportunity, independent living, full participation, and economic self-sufficiency.
We've added a few resources that families may be eligible to take advantage of.
Food Pantry
Each night in the United States, 17.4 million families go to bed hungry.
An additional 6.9 million families live on the verge of food insecurity. That means they don’t always know where their next meal is coming from. In order to expand our outreach and service areas, Accessibility Bridge established a food pantry for the purpose of providing supplemental food to families composed of people with disabilities and limited financial resources.
For our local communities (MD, VA, DC), we are able to provide food and drink items as they are available.
We are always in need of nonperishable food items or toiletry items. You may drop off your donations Monday - Friday, 10am - 3pm at our office in Prince George's County: 9006 Woodyard Rd, Clinton, MD 20735 (Inside of the Diversified Counseling Services Building)
Healthy Outcomes Initiative
Did you Know:
Adults living with disabilities are more likely to be obese, smoke, have heart disease and diabetes:
- 38.2 percent of adults with a disability are obese while 26.2 percent of adults without a disability are obese.
- 11.5 percent of adults with a disability have heart disease while 3.8 percent of adults without a disability have heart disease.
- 16.3 percent of adults with a disability have diabetes while 7.2 percent of adults with a disability have diabetes.
Health care access barriers for working-age adults include
- 1 in 3 adults with disabilities 18 to 44 years do not have a usual health care provider
- 1 in 3 adults with disabilities 18 to 44 years have an unmet health care need because of cost in the past year
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, adults with disabilities report experiencing frequent mental distress almost 5 times as often as adults without disabilities. Due to our co-location and partnership with Diversified Counseling Services, we are able to offer mental health services, social skills training and educational assessments through several of our programs.
Join Accessibility Bridge and its partners as we work together to improve the health of people living with disabilities. We regularly offer programs or classes with a goal of improving health outcomes. Check our calendar of events to see what we have planned!
Winter's Closet
Winter's closet is an initiative where Accessibility Bridge provides needed clothing to people with disabilities and their families.
TO DONATE ITEMS TO OUR CLOSET
Your generous donation of new clothing, shoes, accessories, hygiene products, washcloths, towels, underwear, socks, sheets, comforters and blankets help improve the lives of people with disabilities and strengthens the fabric of our community.
BASIC DONATION GUIDELINES
While we appreciate all donations, we only accept new, unworn/unused items.
When shopping online, please have your items shipped to:
Accessibility Bridge Corporation
4660 Crain Hwy, #1622
White Plains, MD 20695
When shopping on Amazon, use Amazon Smile. When you shop through our Amazon Smile link, in addition to your donated items, we'll get a percentage of your money spent. It's a 2 for 1 bonus! To shop for us through Amazon Smile, Click here.
FAQ
Is your Winter Closet in need of any specific items?
We appreciate all new, cold weather-appropriate apparel, accessories, handbags, shoes, undergarments, socks, sheets, comforters and blankets. However, our greatest needs are for adult items (winter coats, undergarments, socks, hats, gloves, electric blankets, comforters weighted blankets).
Do you accept men’s clothing?
Absolutely! We accept product donations for men, women and children.
Do you accept monetary donations?
Absolutely! Financial contributions enable us to offer a wide range of programs designed to further our mission of encouraging and supporting differently-abled individuals in the areas of independence and inclusion. You can click here to make an online tax-deductible donation to the Accessibility Bridge Corporation.
Checks can be made out to:
Accessibility Bridge Corporation and sent to 4660 Crain Hwy, #1622, White Plains, MD 20695.
Show your support this Back to School Month!
Celebrate diversity and inclusion this Back to School Month by supporting Accessibility Bridge. Your donation directly supports life-changing initiatives that promote acceptance and support for students with disabilities!