Online Parenting Classes
Washington 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.
OnlineBatterers Intervention Program (BIP)
(Behavioral Skills Plus+)
Focus on transforming abusive behaviors through accountability, healthy communication, and challenging harmful beliefs.
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 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
Washington County DSS
122 North Potomac Street
Hagerstown, Maryland 21740
Phone: 240-420-2100
Child Welfare: 240-420-2149
Adult Services: 240-420-2155
Abuse/Neglect Hotline: 240-420-2222
Main Line: 240-420-2100
Fax: 240-420-2125
Family Investment Phone: 240-420-2330
Family Investment Email: washington.fi@maryland.gov
Office of Child Support
122 North Potomac Street
Hagerstown, Maryland 21740
Mailing Address:
Washington County Department of Social Services
Office of Child Support
122 North Potomac Street
Hagerstown, Maryland 21740
Customer Service: 1-800-332-6347
Email: washingtoncounty.childsupport@maryland.gov
Automated Customer Service & Payment Information: 1-844-324-3855
Facsimile: 240-420-2112
James Gossard, Assistant Director for Child Support
Stephanie Kendall, Supervisor
Rebecca Dick, Supervisor
R. David Pembroke, Attorney
Jill Meyers, Fiscal Supervisor
Child Support Information and Resources
Washington County Sheriff’s Office
500 Western Maryland Parkway
Hagerstown, Maryland 21740
Douglas Mullendore, Sheriff
Washington County Clerk of the Circuit Court
Kevin Tucker, Circuit Court Clerk
