Our Resource Room includes a library of books on child development, curriculum, business skills and other useful topics to enhance your program.

Stormwa­ter runoff accounts for over twenty per­cent of the pol­lu­tion impact­ing our local streams and the Chesa­peake Bay. 

Gardening with storm water in mind will reduce rain runoff and keep pollutants from entering our streams and the Chesapeake Bay.

The CARE Line - part of the Child and Adolescent Resources and Education service for Howard County Families - is a resource and referral service for a wide range of family and parenting issues. Explore more below.

Annual Comprehensive Financial Report – ACFR, Popular Annual Financial Report - PAFR, Annual Single Audits of Federal Grant Expenditures, and Audits of the General Employees and Police and Fire Employees Retirement Plans. 

The Division of Miscellaneous Billings is responsible for the invoicing and collection of taxes, fees and charges.

County collection of Recordation & County Transfer Tax and the stamping of deeds for satisfaction of county obligations.

The Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services and Safe Kids Howard County team up on a variety of programs to keep kids safe.

The Historic Preservation Commission reviews several types of applications, including applications for Certificates of Approval to make exterior alterations to properties within a local historic district, applications for Historic Property Tax Credits and applications for Advisory Comments to properties under going subdivision or site development plans that contain a historic property.