Health, Wellness, and Basic Needs

Your health and well-being play an important role in your college experience. We provide health and wellness resources and education to promote your mental, physical, and emotional health.

We're Here for You.

We’re here to help connect you with resources to overcome insecurity and hardship involving food, housing, transportation, and other basic needs. We can assist you with things like:

  • Applying for public benefit programs
  • "Help a Hawk" emergency cash grants
  • Housing and utility assistance
  • Other community or public support 

If you have additional needs or you would like more information about local resources, please send a request to hawksgethelp@csmd.edu. Please be sure to include your student identification number and contact information.

Campus Resources

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Personal Counseling

Confidential Counseling Services are available free of charge to help you manage your stresses and challenges.

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Hawk Pantries

Hawk Pantries are opportunity for students experiencing food insecurity to receive safely stored canned and packaged food items at no cost, at on-campus locations.

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CSM Connector Bus

CSM Connector, operated by VanGO, provides free bus service between the tri-county transportation hub in Charlotte Hall, the Regional Hughesville and La Plata campuses.

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Fitness Centers

CSM offers students free access to:

La Plata Campus Fitness Center

Leonardtown Campus Wellness and Aquatics Center

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Heroin and Opioid Addiction, Prevention, and Training

CSM is committed to educating students about the dangers of heroin and opioid addiction.

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On-Campus Access to Health and Wellness Items

CSM offers access to health and wellness items through campus vending machines, including over-the-counter contraception, pain relievers, and tech accessories.

Mamava Lactation Pod

Lactation/Nursing Areas

Lactation areas at our four campuses offer working and student mothers private, clean, and calm places to pump breast milk or nurse a baby. All lactation spaces are cleaned daily, and hand sanitizer and disinfecting wipes allow mothers to clean before and after their personal use. 

La Plata Campus:

Prince Frederick Campus:

Leonardtown Campus:

Regional Hughesville Campus:

Velocity Center:

How to Access Mamava Pods:

Download the Mamava app from your app store to unlock a pod when you're nearby. You can also reserve a time in advance—convenient, private, and easy to use.

Community Resources

General Assistance

Bill Assistance

Home Mortgage or Rental Assistance

Food Assistance

General Assistance

Rental/Utility/Mortgage Assistance

  • SMILE Ecumenical Ministries: 410-326-0009
  • Calvert Community Ministry: 410-414-8007
  • Mortgage, The HOPE Initiative: 877-462-7555
  • Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington D.C.: 301-274-0695
  • On Our Own of Calvert: 410-535-7576

Food Assistance

  • Bayside Baptist Church (Chesapeake Beach): 410-257-0712
  • Brooks Church Pantry (St. Leonard):  410-586-3972
  • Calvert Churches Community Food Pantry (Prince Frederick): 410-414-7474
  • Chesapeake Cares Food Pantry (Huntingtown): 410-257-0293
  • Crossroads Christian Church (St. Leonard): 410-586-1272
  • Department of Social Services (Apply for SNAP benefits): 443-550-6900
  • Emmanuel 7th Day Adventist Pantry (St. Leonard): 410-586-0889
  • Randle Cliffs Community Church (Chesapeake Beach): 410-257-0342
  • SMILE (Lusby): 410-326-0009
  • St. Anthony's Church, Ladies of Charity (North Beach): 410-286-7086
  • St. John Vianney (Prince Frederick): 410-257-3030

General Assistance

Homeless Services/Shelters

  • Robert J. Fuller House: 301-645-2933
  • Angel Watch Shelter- 301-274-0680

Rent and Utilities Assistance

  • Southern Maryland Tri-County Community Action: 301-274-4474
  • Salvation Army: 301-638-9532
  • Interfaith Community Connections: 301-374-9028
  • La Plata United Methodist Church: 301-934-2288
  • Catholic Charities: 202-772-4300
  • Community Support Systems: 301-372-1491
  • Neighbors Eager to Serve: 301-375-8576
  • Waldorf Jaycees: 301-645-4546
  • Marbury Baptist Church (Indian Head and Marbury residents only): 301-743-3701
  • Neighbors Eager to Serve (NETS)(Western Charles County only): 301-375-8576
  • Charles County Children's Aid Society: 301-645-1561

Housing Search Resources/Strategies

  • Charles County Dept. of Community Services: Housing Services 301-934-0112
  • Southern Maryland Tri-County Community Action (ask for housing counselor): 301-274-4474
  • Victory Housing (an ADW program):  301-493-6000

Food Assistance

  • Indian Head: Star of the Sea Pantry, St. Mary Star of the Sea Parish, 30 Mattingly Ave., 301-743-9471
  • La Plata: Mary’s/Loretta’s Food Pantry (please call first)  Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 201 St. Mary’s Ave., 301-934-2261
  • Christ Church, 112 East Charles Street (Friday 9-11 a.m.)  301-392-1051; New Life Church 9690 Shepards Creek (Monday 4-6 p.m.)
  • Nanjemoy: Community food Pantry: Joe’s Place (every Thursday night from 5-7 p.m.), Christ Episcopal Church, 8700 Ironsides Rd., 301-542-6380
  • Newburg: Wayside Food Bank, Inc., Holy Ghost Catholic Church, 15848 Rock Point Road, 301-259-2493
  • Waldorf: St Vincent de Paul Food Pantry of St Peter’s Church (located in St Peter’s school), 3310 St Peter’s Drive, 301-932-7713
  • Waldorf: Peace Lutheran Church Food Pantry (for Waldorf, White Plains, Bryantown), 1st and 3rd Saturday or 2nd and 4th Wednesday, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at 401 E. Smallwood Drive; 301-843-1832
  • Waldorf: Charles County Children’s Aid Society, 3000 Huntington Circle, 301-645-1561
  • Pomfret: St. Joseph Food Pantry, 4590 Joseph Way, 301-539-3903
  • Food Stamps (SNAP) apply at the Charles County Department of Social Services (DSS):  200 Kent Avenue, La Plata, MD; 301-392-6400

General Assistance

Rent/Mortgage/Utility Assistance

Food Assistance

  • HOPE of Southern Maryland: 301-737-2870
  • St. Cecilia Catholic Church: 301-862-4600
  • Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church: 301-863-8193
  • Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Church: 301-884-2502
  • Helping Hands: 301-247-2785
  • First Saints Community Church: 301-475-7200
  • Lexington Park Baptist Church: 301-863-8500
  • Trinity Lutheran: 301-863-9512
  • Zion United Methodist Church: 301-863-5161
  • WIC: 877-631-6182
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