Online Parenting Classes
Carroll County (MD)
OnlineLevel 1 – Parenting Skills
(Foundations for the Future)
Provides parents a foundational understanding of basic parenting skills in order to raise children from infancy to adulthood.
24 Hour Ages 0-18 - Comprehensive Course Outline
12 Hour Ages 0-5 - Comprehensive Course Outline
OnlineLevel 2 – Parenting Skills
(Thrive)
The primary goal is to minimize the risk of child maltreatment while optimizing child developmental outcomes.
Comprehensive Course Outline
2 Hour Support Modules
Working With Child Welfare
Children and Transition
Assessing Your Resources
12 Hour Online High-Conflict / Anger Management
(High Conflict Behavioral Skills Training)
High-Conflict Behavioral Skill Training programs are for adults who have been mandated to take an anger or conflict class by employer, for legal reasons, domestic violence and is not related to co-parenting.
4 Hour Online Youth Coping With Separation/Divorce
(Children Of Divorce - Coping With Divorce)
Specifically developed for youth ages 10-18. This skills-based intervention program addresses feelings, communication, and problem-solving techniques. It teaches children of divorce/separation essential coping skills and healthy behaviors that foster a brighter future.
12 Hour OnlineLevel 2 – High‑Conflict Co‑Parenting Class
(Co-Parenting Without Conflict)
Level 2 skills-based co-parenting class for potentially high-conflict families. These life skills teach parents how to manage emotions in order to protect their children during transition and moving forward.
Target: Divorcing, separating or never married parents in conflict or contested cases.
Maryland’s Department of Human Services is the state’s human services provider. They help vulnerable Marylanders buy healthy foods, pay energy bills, and obtain medical assistance. They also provide stable environments for at-risk children and adults.
Main call center at 800-332-6347.
Department of Human Services
Carroll County DSS
1232 Tech Court
Westminster, Maryland 21157
Phone: 410-386-3300
Fax: 410-386-3429
Email: dlcarrolldept_dhr@maryland.gov
Hours of Operation:
8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Office of Child Support
Carroll County Department of Social Services
Bureau of Child Support
1232-D Tech Court
Westminster, Maryland 21157
Mailing Address:
P. O. Box 930
Westminster, MD 21158
Customer Service: 1-800-332-6347
Email: Carroll.CSA_DHS@maryland.gov
Julie Smith, Assistant Director
More Information and Resources
Phone: 443-929-4846
Email: FIA.CarrollCo@maryland.gov
The Honorable Kathryn Brewer Poole
Magistrate
Circuit Court Courthouse – Court Street
Westminster, Maryland 21157
410-386-2380
Carroll County Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff: James T. DeWees
100 North Court Street
Westminster, MD 21157
Main # 410-386-2900
Child Support Unit: 410-386-2391 &/or 410-386-2583
Website: https://sheriff.carrollcountymd.gov/
Clerk of the Circuit Court
Heather DeWees
55 North Court Street
Westminster, Maryland 21157
410-386-8710
