ACDS Financial Empowerment Classes are back in session and we will be hosting classes at our office located in Annapolis, MD. Beginning at the end of March, ACDS will offer our fourth series of FREE workshops to help residents move toward financial stability and success! The series, which will be taught by experts in […]
Read MoreBrooklyn and Curtis Bay Homeowners…ACDS is coming to you.
Now Accepting Applications! ACDS is pleased to announce that we will be administering a Property Rehabilitation Program in the Brooklyn and Curtis Bay regions of Baltimore City, similar to the program we offer in Brooklyn Park. Financial Assistance will be available to income eligible homeowners who are in need of major rehabilitation work. State funding […]
Read MoreSpring Meadows Community Roof Project
ACDS is excited to be working with the Spring Meadows community, located in Severn, MD, to strengthen their capacity and preserve the community’s housing stock through roof and gutter improvements. Built in the 1970s, Spring Meadows is a common ownership community located near the Fort Meade Military Base and is a mix of homeownership […]
Read MoreFinancial Empowerment Classes are back!
ACDS Financial Empowerment Classes are moving to a new location, the Chesapeake Art Center! Brooklyn Park, MD- Beginning at the end of September, ACDS will offer our third series of FREE workshops to help residents move toward financial stability and success! The series, which will be taught by experts in the field, will include two […]
Read MoreACDS is Changing Lives One Family at a Time
Travis is a veteran with disabilities living in Anne Arundel County who contacted ACDS seeking assistance through our Property Rehabilitation Program. Travis’s family home suffered major damages due to a fire and was deemed an unsafe structure. The veteran and his wife were ordered to move out until these unsafe conditions were fixed. With Travis’s […]
Read MoreHappy National Homeownership Month
In honor of National Homeownership Month, ACDS would like to share a success story. I have been a legal assistant at a foreclosure law firm for almost 7 years. Purchasing a home was definitely something I did not think would ever happen to me being a single mother of three until I discovered the MAP program […]
Read MoreFinancial Empowerment Spring 2018 Classes are here!
ACDS is pleased to announce that we will be offering a second series of FREE workshops to help residents move toward financial stability and success in Spring 2018! The series, which will be taught by experts in the field, will include five evening workshops on a variety of important financial topics. You can attend just one workshop, a few, or all five […]
Read MoreAttention all Homebuyers!
Meet Mr. Gantt- one of our newly graduated Homeownership Counseling Program clients who just utilized the ACDS Mortgage Assistance Program (MAP). Mr. Gantt showed initiative both prior and during the HOC program, diligently saving his money, and with our MAP funds he was able to purchase his first home. With the combination of a dedicated […]
Read MoreACDS Working With Community Partners
ACDS staff teamed up with Civil Justice, a non-profit corporation that helps low & moderate income families with legal services, to present information on the foreclosure process to employees of the Department of Aging and Disabilities. This presentation was important because there are many people who do not understand the timing of the foreclosure process or how the correct […]
Read MoreACDS Featured at Veterans Affairs Commission Expo
On Saturday, April 22, 2017, the Veterans Affairs Commission had an Expo to provide attendees information about benefits, services, and resources available to military families in the Anne Arundel County community. This expo had approximately 150 people attend and 50 vendors were stationed to provide resources. ACDS was there to promote our Homeownership […]
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