Cambridge Empowerment Center (CEC)

615B Pine Street Cambridge, MD 21613

Email: info@cambempowermentcenter.org

Phone:  410-901-1397

CEC works in partnership with the diverse community of Cambridge, Maryland to provide underserved youth and adults in the City with education, health and wellness, work skills, and cultural enrichment programs. The Center serves basic needs as well as social and recreational opportunities for the entire community, regardless of age. Programs are developed to help in times of emergency with food, clothing, children’s programs, and other resources.

 

Chesapeake College – Cambridge Center

416-418 Race Street Cambridge, Maryland; 

(410) 228-5754 or (410) 820-6058

Chesapeake College empowers students from diverse communities to excel in further education, employment, and participation in an interconnected world.

 

Choptank Habitat for Humanity

29349 W. Maple Avenue Suite 3 Trappe, MD 21673

info@habitatchoptank.org

(410) 476-3204

Habitat for Humanity works together with families, local communities, volunteers and partners from around the world so that more people are able to live in affordable and safe homes. Our advocacy efforts focus on policy reform to remove systemic barriers preventing low-income and historically underserved families from accessing adequate, affordable shelter.

 

Crossroads Community – Vocational Services

404 LeCompte Street Cambridge, MD 21613

Phone: (410) 221-7540 

Fax: (410) 221-7541

Crossroads Community’s Evidence-Based Supported Employment Program helps individuals to secure meaningful employment. This program is designed to develop the skills to obtain and maintain competitive employment in a chosen field of interest. Individuals must be 16 years of age. Services include but are not limited to vocational assessments, preparation for job search, job coaching, training, and job support

 

Dorchester County Public Schools Career and Technology Center:

2465 Cambridge Beltway Cambridge, MD 21613

Mrs. Anna Howie, Principal howiea@dcpsmd.org

(410) 901-6950 or (410) 221-8589. 

The Dorchester Career and Technology Center (DCTC) is a “Shared-Time-Center” located in the educational park on the corner of Egypt Road and Cambridge Beltway.  Situated between Cambridge-South Dorchester High School and Maple Elementary School, the Career and Technology Center provides 17 programs of study within the 10 Maryland Career Clusters Framework.

 

Eastern Shore Area Health Education Center (ESAHEC)

814 Chesapeake Dr, Cambridge, MD 21613

esahec@esahec.org;

(410) 221-2600

ESAHEC provides educational resources and support through equitable community-based activities and services in order to recruit, retain and train health care professionals on the Eastern Shore by way of collaborative and innovative partnerships.

 

Harvesting Hope Youth and Family Wellness, Inc.

204 Cedar Street, Ste. 102 Cambridge MD 21613

(443) 351-4846

MENTORING

We provide mentoring to children in many different ways and it is a part of the overall structure of the organization. Mentoring is offered 1:1 or within a group. Our literacy program is another way we mentor youth. We offer school-based and community-based mentoring. We also have an athletic mentoring program for boys in 9th-12th grade.

YOUTH JOB TRAINING PROGRAM

We offer a six-week job training program for youth ages 14-20. The program provides youth with employment skills to prepare them for employment, volunteer work, and college. The program covers interview skills, communication skills, resume writing, and financial education. They are encouraged to apply to local jobs including with our partners or with us. They are followed for one to two years to document their progress and to provide support if needed.

 

Maryland Workforce Exchange

 

This site is a powerful online job seeker/workforce services system, accessed as a website on the Internet or an Intranet at a OneStop Center. It was specifically designed for job seekers, students, case managers, employers, training providers, workforce professionals, and others seeking benefits and services. The system provides fast access to a complete set of employment tools in one website. Surveys have proven that users find it convenient and very useful.

 

Robbins Family YMCA

201 Talbot Ave. Cambridge, MD 21613 

Please contact Nicolette Peterson at 410-479-3060 or at npeterson@ymcachesapeake.org for more information.

 Are you interested in coaching? Want to help with youth programs for a volunteer opportunity your whole family can participate in? When we all join, we rise together! Contact us at (410)221-0505 or visit us at 201 Talbot Ave. Cambridge, MD 21613.

 

STARTUP Maryland

Startup Maryland is a peer-driven, high-growth, and tech venture-focused initiative leveraging ecosystem building for economic development. Striving to connect innovation communities, entrepreneurs, ecosystem builders, investors, and great ventures through its 4C mission elements: 

Celebration | Coaching | Curation | Capital