Article: A sanctuary for families: House provides friendly environment.

Byline: ROCHELLE McCONKIE

Jun. 10--It looks like a typical three-bedroom home, with a nursery, a teen game room and fully stocked refrigerator in the kitchen -- the works. The only thing different about Harmony House is that no one will live there.

On Tuesday, the Anne Arundel County Department of Social Services will reopen the old parsonage of a Pasadena church as a place where birth parents can spend supervised time with their children in a homelike environment, receive training in being better parents and learn how to put their families back together.

Part of the county's effort to improve foster care, Harmony House will be the first ...

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