The Maryland Sickle Cell Disease Ssociation

To improve the quality of life of those affected by sickle cell disease by promoting advocacy, education, research and excellent healthcare delivery.

Patient Transportation: Our transportation program provides rides to persons with sickle cell disease (SCD) to their clinic appointments. Our clinic partners have found that transportation is a major barrier to persons accessing consistent health care and this has a devastating impact on the health outcomes of persons with SCD. We provided just over 198 rides in total.

Sickle Cell Awareness: This is an ongoing program to raise awareness about SCD. We believe that raising awareness is the key to bringing about change to improve the lives of persons living with SCD. This program included expenditures on hosting our Annual Education Day Conference. Over 100 people attended the conference. We also update and use our website as a mechanism to raise awareness about SCD.

The Maryland Sickle Cell Disease Ssociation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 20-5906340) based in Columbia, MD.