Online Parenting Classes
Howard 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
Howard County DSS
9780 Patuxent Woods Drive
Columbia, Maryland 21046
Phone: 410-872-8700
Email: howco.dss@maryland.gov
Hours of Operation:
Monday – Friday 8:00 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.
Office of Child Support
Child Support
Mon-Fri, 8:30am-4:00pm
Child Support Payments
Mon-Fri, 8:30am-2:00pm
Customer Service: 1-800-332-6347
Automated Customer Service & Payment Information: 1-844-324-3855
Facsimile: 410-872-4305
Child Support Information and Resources
Please call the Customer Service number, 1-800-332-6347, for more information, or any of our partner agencies listed below for more information on the enforcement or establishment of your case.
Howard County Sheriff’s Office
Circuit Court
8360 Court Avenue
Ellicott City, Maryland 21043
Marcus Harris, Sheriff for Howard County
410-313-2150
Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Howard County
Circuit Court
8360 Court Avenue
Ellicott City, Maryland 21043
Wayne A. Robey, Clerk of the Howard County Circuit Court
410-313-2111
