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A Peer-run support network for present and past recipients  of mental health services living in or receiving services in Howard County, Maryland

How We Got Started and Who We Are.

On Our Own of Howard County, Inc. was originally founded in 1985 as a self-help advocacy organization for individuals who are or have been consumers of mental health services.  On Our Own has had a presence in Howard County in various forms and times since then.  In 1999, On Our Own of Howard County, Inc. was re-organized and re-established in it’s present form in Howard County.

Established as a not-for-profit membership organization, On Our Own of Howard County, Inc. is run by mental health consumers.  It is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors