Project Echo
http://www.somd.lib.md.us/echohome/
300 Main Street
P.O. Box 2764
Prince Frederick, MD 20678
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410-257-0003   

Project ECHO, Inc. is a nonprofit agency that provides emergency assistance to homeless people in our community 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. With a capacity of 25 beds, ECHO offers a safe, sober place to stay overnight to homeless men, women, and children on a short-term basis. The maximum time of residence is 90 days, the average is 15 days. Residents of Calvert County must be given preference. Clients are required to actively pursue goals for housing, employment, treatment, education, etc. as needed. Meals are also provided; dinner is supplied by vounteers each evening. Limited counseling, referral to other social service agencies, medical prescriptions, rental, and mortgage assistance, and recommendations for permanent housing are also available. Since opening its doors in 1992, Project ECHO has helped more than 1,000 homeless clients.

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