Our Story

Named for a road. Built like a home.

Windsor Woods is named after the road Mary Bruce grew up on in Baltimore — a street where neighbors knew each other and nobody's door stayed closed for long. Twelve years ago she set out to build that street again, for adults who are too often offered a bed instead of a life.

12 yrs
Serving Maryland
1:3
Avg. staff ratio
3
Licensed homes
photo: Mary Bruce, founder portrait
Our Philosophy

"This is not a hospital, and it is not a hotel. It is a home — for adults whose lives deserve the same dignity, intention, and beauty as anyone else's."


Dignified care. Absolute reliability. Those four words are on our logo because they're the standard we ask families and case managers to hold us to.

What we believe, in practice.

I.

The person writes the plan.

Every support we provide traces back to the Person-Centered Plan — the individual's goals, not a program template.

II.

Staff are the service.

We hire slowly, train continuously, and keep ratios low, because in this work the relationship is the product.

III.

Honesty over occupancy.

If we're not the right fit, we say so on the first call. Placements that start with the truth are the ones that last.

The road so far

Twelve years, three homes, one street's worth of neighbors.

2014

The first house

Mary opens the first Windsor Woods home in Owings Mills with three residents and a kitchen table big enough for everyone.

2017

Personal Supports & Respite

Families kept asking for help before residential was needed — so we built the in-home services to meet them earlier.

2020

Second and third homes

Reisterstown and Randallstown. Same model: four bedrooms, real neighborhoods, staff who stay.

2023

Community Development Services

Our day program opens, organized around interests and real volunteer placements — not busywork.

Today

Still answering the phone

Mary still takes intake calls. Some things shouldn't scale.

The people behind the door.

Leadership you can actually reach. Every name here answers their own phone.

photo: Mary Bruce

Mary Bruce

Founder & Director

Founded Windsor Woods in 2014. Twelve years on, she still leads intake conversations and knows every resident by name.

photo: program director

Program Director

Residential & Day Services

Oversees the three homes and the day program — staffing, training, and the standard of care in every house.

photo: behavioral specialist

Behavioral Specialist

Behavioral Supports

Writes and reviews every behavior plan, and trains the staff who carry them out day to day.

Come see it for yourself.

The story is better in person. Tour a home, meet the team, stay for a meal.