City of Baltimore - File #: 11-0296R

• File #: 11-0296R
• Version: 0
• Name: Informational Hearing - Baltimore City Residents Use of 2-1-1 at UWCM
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Failed - End of Term
• File created: 6/13/2011
• In control: City Council
• Title: Informational Hearing - Baltimore City Residents Use of 2-1-1 at UWCM FOR the purpose of inviting the Senior Vice President for Impact Strategies and the Director of 2-1-1 MD, United Way of Central Maryland (UWCM) and the Commissioner of Health to report on Baltimore City residents’ use of 2-1-1; the coordination between the United Way 2-1-1 information and referral system and services offered by local government; and strategies to increase usage of 2-1-1 referral services to link people in need to available private and governmental community resources.
• Sponsors: William "Pete" Welch, President Young, Sharon Green Middleton, Warren Branch, William H. Cole, IV, James B. Kraft, Belinda Conaway, Mary Pat Clarke, Edward Reisinger, Robert Curran, Bill Henry
• Indexes: 211, Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/16/2011	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
6/16/2011	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
6/13/2011	0	City Council	Introduced
6/13/2011	0	City Council	Assigned

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Welch

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Informational Hearing - Baltimore City Residents Use of 2-1-1 at UWCM

FOR the purpose of inviting the Senior Vice President for Impact Strategies and the Director of 2-1-1 MD, United Way of Central Maryland (UWCM) and the Commissioner of Health to report on Baltimore City residents’ use of 2-1-1; the coordination between the United Way 2-1-1 information and referral system and services offered by local government; and strategies to increase usage of 2-1-1 referral services to link people in need to available private and governmental community resources.
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2-1-1 is a 3 digit phone number set aside by the FCC for community information and referral nationwide. 2-1-1 call centers can be found in 47 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. A pilot of 2-1-1 was launched in Maryland, in October 2006. 2-1-1 MD at UWCM is one of 4 call centers that comprise the 2-1-1 MD system. 2-1-1 MD at UWCM covers central Maryland, including Baltimore City and Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford, and Howard Counties.

2-1-1 MD is a free, 24-hour, statewide confidential information and referral service that links people in need to community resources through a reference database of over 4,500 local, state, and national community resources connected to over 2400 agencies, and 2-1-1 MD information and referral speci...