Who We Are

Welcome to
ACIDD in Maryland

ACIDD is a social enterprise with a social mission. ACIDD in Maryland provides mental health services and Intellectual Disability services to persons with ID and co-occurring mental illness. ACIDD takes an integrated care approach to support these individuals in the community.

As a mental health provider, ACIDD in Maryland focuses on various services to address mental health issues. Our services include Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program (PRP), Mental Health Vocational Program (MHVP) aka Employment services (SE), psychotherapy, and most recently – an Integrated virtual Health Services system. PRP has been temporarily suspended due to the pandemic and will be revived in 2023.

ACIDD supports youth above 18 years and who are behaviorally challenged, for a period of 3 years until they turn 21.  Besides providing residential services and support services, these youths attend school. They would learn community skills that make them socially responsible adults when they become adults. ACIDD prefers that they find independent living and be supported by another DDA provider when they turn 21.

As a licensed provider under the Maryland State Department of Health, ACIDD in Maryland is capable of providing developmental disability services. ACIDD prefers to support high-functioning dually diagnosed individuals in our residential homes, and day services. However, it chooses to be selective in our services in 2023 as part of its strategic plan and growth in services.  ACIDD in Maryland also provides Personal Support services to those in need, medically fragile as well as behaviorally challenged, in their homes.

Our MISSION is “To embrace, empower and help promote mental health and well-being of people with severe mental illness and promote independence to individuals who have a dual diagnosis of Intellectual Disabilities and Mental Disorders”.

Our VISION, to which we make every effort to honor, is “to provide mental health services and support individuals with mild to moderate Intellectual Disabilities who have co-occurring Mental Illness to live a healthy life and wellness, to be free of stigma, gain employment and sustain it, and to live independently and freely with determination, dreams and aspirations”. We endeavor to embrace all people with mental illness and intellectual disability and empower them “one person at a time, one country at a time”.

ACIDD in Maryland operates two offices in Prince Georges’s County in Maryland. The administrative office is located at 300 Thomas Drive in Laurel, Maryland. We recently opened a Welcome Center at 310 Gorman Avenue, Laurel, MD 20707. The Center will work with Mainstreet Pharmacy to provide pharmacy services to the public. It is likely to open in February 2023. We also operate our Resource Center located at 14203 Park Center Dr, Ste 307/308 in Laurel, The RC is located opposite the renovated  Laurel Regional Hospital, now known as Maryland Medical System. At the Park Center Resource Center, we provide Day Services- CDS, Day habilitation, and Employment services. Community-based meaningful day services (CDS) are offered to those in need from PG County, Montgomery County, and nearby counties, However, ACIDD also provides virtual services as an option to individuals who wish to stay back home and not attend in-person CDS due to COVID-19. To know more about our programs, please visit us on Programs and Services on this site.

ACIDD in Maryland takes an integrated care approach that is positive and cost-saving to all Marylanders. Our experience in the past has resulted in opening our new Integrated Heath Services Center. It also enables us with a neo-approach of clinical treatment to individuals with dually diagnosed individuals. Achieving high-quality individualized treatment of all people that are affected by persistent mental disorders has the potential outcome of social inclusion, independence, protection of rights, equality, and self-worth.

Our core principle is universal well-being.

We envision our future that is based on the above guiding principle. We strive to establish the personal health status of all our individuals in Maryland within a framework of a balanced socio-economic and cultural environment. Through AWAIYR, formerly known as ACIDD, we recognize the strengths and needs of millions of people with disabilities in the world. We draw ongoing inspiration from our organization.

Our commitment to people and our passion to work with them allows us to be free for innovative ways of change. We are determined to do so. We are an equal opportunity provider that lends its hands to all individuals of different statuses, ages, colors, and disabilities.

Call our Laurel office Monday through Friday at 301-377-0750, if you like to join any of our programs in PG, AA, or Montgomery Counties. Call us 24/7 at 1-844-ACIDD-US. We will be glad to schedule a virtual tour of our programs and services when you are ready to hear us at your convenience. If you have a question, Contact Us Today online.