Description: 365DAD’s mission is to connect, equip and transform men with positive parenting practices to build better families through education, support, and services.
Services: Group & meeting facilitation, Program trainings, Outing coordination, Professional development for other providers, Consultations and Service referrals.
Service hours:Monday through Friday: 8:00am to 6:00pm
Languages: English, SpanishInformation on alcohol abuse and treatment. Meetings and hotline available.
VIRTUAL MEETINGS: Local on-line and in-person meetings listed on website. Listings of online meetings outside the area can be found at https://aa-intergroup.org/
Service hours:Monday through Friday: 9:00am - 9:00pm; Weekends and holidays: 12:00pm - 9:00pm
Languages: English, Spanish, PortugueseMembers commit to running/walking with one of their six teams in the Boston area Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings. After 3 mornings of participation they are able to receive team gear, including a pair of running shoes. After 30 days in the program, members with 90% attendance earn the opportunity to move into the second phase of the program called Next Steps, which provides educational support, job training programs, employment partnership referrals and housing resources. Members can earn financial assistance to remove barriers to employment and housing such as work supplies, transportation and security deposits.
All their group runs meet every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. New members and volunteers are always welcome!
– Team Hope @ 5:45 am outside of 8 Farnham Street, Boston
– Team Common Ground/Vets @ 5:45 am near the Park Street MBTA Station at Park / Tremont Streets, Boston
After 3 days of participation members are eligible to receive team gear. After 30 days participation they are able to enter the Next Steps Program to be eligible for financial aid.
All interested members and volunteers must complete paperwork prior to attending their first run.
Potential members must be clean and sober to participate. Cannot accept level 3 sex offenders.
Transportation Google MapsBay State Community Services is a comprehensive social services agency that provides counseling outpatient services, day programming, recovery center (peer support), recovery coaching, and child and family home-based services. BSCS hosts the Quincy and Plymouth Family Resource Centers.
Service hours:Please call main number 617-471-8400 or program(s) directly.
Other Locations:Quincy – A New Way Recovery Center
85 Quincy Avenue, Suite B
617-302-3287
Quincy – Family Resource Center
1120 Hancock Street
617-481-7227
Quincy – Outpatient Counseling and Recovery Support
1120 Hancock St.
Braintree – Home Based Child & Family Services
400 Washington Street
781-817-6675
Plymouth – Home Based & Child and Family Services
430-3 Court Street
Phone: 508-830-3444
Plymouth – Family Resource Center
430-3 Court Street
774-283-6531
Walpole – Turning Point Recovery Center
32 Common Street
508-668-3960
The BRN programs ensure that clients can maintain their commitments within and to the legal system and navigate programs to assist their transition as they leave incarceration.
The Boston Area Rape Crisis Center provides free, confidential support and services to survivors of sexual violence ages 12 and up and their families and friends. They work with survivors of all genders from the immediate crisis after sexual violence to years and decades later, and their goal is to empower survivors to heal and seek justice in ways that are meaningful to them. They assist survivors as they navigate the health-care, criminal justice, social service, and school systems.
Services include the following:
*Hotline: by phone 24-7 at 800-841-8371 and webchat at barcc.org/chat
*24-7 Medical Advocacy
*Case Management (assistance with housing, health care, and more)
*Individual and Group Counseling
*Legal Advocacy, including immigration services
Services in English and Spanish, with other languages upon request.
Service hours:Hotline and medical advocacy: 24-7
Office hours: Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Family Justice Center
989 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
Waltham Office:
24 Crescent Street, Suite 202
Waltham, MA 02453
Anyone 12 years or older welcome.
Languages: Services in English and Spanish, with other languages upon request Transportation Google MapsThere are 18 CJSC across the state. Clients attend CJSC to participate in programs designed to improve their lives and avoid further criminal justice involvement. Each CJSC offers about 15 different programs, including cognitive behavioral treatment for Substance Use Disorder (SUD) and to improve decision making, employment counseling, and Adult Basic Education, GED/HiSET, and post-secondary preparation.
Typically, CJSC attendance is ordered by the court pursuant to G. L. c. 211F § 3, but it can also be a condition of parole or pre-release supervision.
For people going home after being incarcerated, attending may be a choice.
Programs
Website provides additional resources for people returning to their communities.
Service hours:M 9am-4pm
T 9am-5pm
W 9am-12pm
Th 9am-5pm
F 9am-5pm
Sat. & Sun. CLOSED
Closed on all federal holidays
Boston Rescue Mission offers a variety of programs and resources that prevent and end homelessness and support the recovery, health, faith, and independence of those who have a history of substance abuse, incarceration, and homelessness. Programs offered include:
Varies by program
Transportation Google MapsBridge offers a comprehensive range of services to youth ages 14 to 24 in a positive and safe environment.
Street Outreach and Mobile Medical Van: Street Outreach is Bridge’s daily “foot patrol” of trained outreach workers who make regular consistent contact with homeless youth on the street throughout a range of neighborhoods in Boston and Cambridge. The Mobile Medical Van (MMV) connects with the street outreach team each weeknight. See specific hours below. The Van provides medical attention, survival kits, clothes, food and referrals.
Runaway Program: Bridge is the local respondent for the national runaway hotline offering 24-hour access to a counselor and a safe overnight accommodation away from the streets for homeless youth ages 14-17 for up to 72 hours.
Traditional Day Program (TDP): Visit the second floor of the Bridge building for a free breakfast or lunch. You can shower, use the lockers, do your laundry, attend a workshop, and see a case manager.
Medical Care: Bridge offers weekly free medical services staffed by healthcare professionals at the 47 West Street Facility.
Counseling and Support Services: Get help for substance abuse, family & peer relationships, survival needs and other crisis intervention services. Bridge counselors will support and listen to you.
Emergency Residence: Short-term transitional residence at the 47 West St. location for homeless youth ages 18 to 24. Youth commit to counseling, employment and continue their education. During the winter months, Bridge opens up the Warming Center, as an adjunct to the ER, each night to youth who need overnight shelter and survival each day from November through April.
Education and Career Development Program: Classes for youth to attain their HiSet. Takes place M – F from 9am – 12pm and 1pm – 4:00pm. Flexible schedule, rolling admissions, guidance counseling for youth who wish to enter or continue college or vocational program.
Transitional Living Program: Long-term transitional residential program. Residents are required to maintain employment, continue their education, and meet weekly with a counselor.
Single Parent Home: Transitional living program for pregnant and parenting homeless young women and their children. Serves up to 10 families at any given time and may stay for up to 2 years.
Housing: Bridge offers a variety of supportive services for youth seeking housing. Liberty House is the next step for young adults who have participated in their Transitional Living Program in Brighton. Bridge also currently participates in rapid re-housing programs for youth based on the “housing first” model. This program with the City of Boston is another avenue to prioritize youth for housing.
Service hours:Intake: Mon. - Fri. 9am - 4:30pm
Mobile Medical Van Hours: Mon. - Fri., 5pm-6:30pm @ Boston Common, 7pm - 8:30pm @ Harvard Square
Youth only, ages 14 to 24
Languages: Spanish, English Transportation Google MapsCommunity Programs:
Service hours:
Walk-in hours
Monday: 9:00am - 7:30pm
Tuesday - Thursday: 9:00am - 4:30pm
Friday: 9:00am - 11:30am
Casa Esperanza, Inc. is a bilingual/bicultural behavioral health facility that specializes in serving men and women with a history of substance abuse in Massachusetts.
Varies by program.
Requirements & Restrictions:Varies by program.
Waiting time: Varies by program Languages: Spanish, English Transportation Google MapsCasa Myrna is Boston’s largest provider of domestic violence awareness efforts and of shelter and supportive services to survivors. Their comprehensive range of services, available in both Spanish and English, provide survivors with tools to recover from the trauma of abuse and begin to build sustainable self-sufficiency.
Free Supports for Survivors
Supportive services are available by appointment during standard office hours.
Hotline is 24/7
Languages: English, Spanish Transportation Google MapsDOVE is a multi-service organization providing comprehensive direct services and support for victims of dating and domestic violence, as well as their children. DOVE’s services include crisis intervention, danger assessment and safety planning, supportive counseling, emergency shelter, legal advocacy and representation, and community outreach, education, and training.
Programs & Services Include:
Monday-Friday: 9:00am-5:00pm
Crisis hotline: 24/7
The Elizabeth Stone House partners with adult and child survivors of domestic violence and related trauma – mental illness, housing instability, and substance misuse – to achieve safety, stability, and overall wellbeing.
Service offerings include:
COVID-19 Update: The Elizabeth Stone House building is not open to non-residents, but staff are still available to assist individuals via phone.
Languages: SpanishEvery Wednesday at 6:00 pm those formerly incarcerated and those who care about them meet for dinner and sharing.
For more information contact office@fmcquaker.org with subject “attn. Patricia Wild”.
Due to COVID restrictions, be sure to call first to confirm; sometimes they are on Zoom only, sometimes in person and on Zoom.
Service hours:Wednesdays 6pm – 9pm
Languages: English Transportation Google MapsGamblers Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength, and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from a gambling problem.
Information about meetings is available on the website.
Service hours:24/7
Requirements & Restrictions:The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop gambling. There are no dues or fees for Gamblers Anonymous.
The Gavin Foundation operates more than a dozen adult and youth programs independently or in collaboration with other agencies. See more information below and on the website.
Residential Programs
Community Programs
Collaboration Programs
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Please feel free to reach out by calling the confidential GLT HIV/AIDS Service Helpline at (617) 740-9480.
Office hours: Tues-Fri: 9:30am - 5:00pm; Sun: 1pm-2pm
Transportation Google MapsHope House’s mission is to provide individualized treatment to those living with a substance use disorder (SUD). Individuals will receive education and support allowing them to pursue their life interests with families, employers, and be self-sufficient members of their communities.
Programs
Requirements & Restrictions:
Varies by program.
Transportation Google MapsJericho Circle schedules monthly reentry circles at the 2nd Church in Dorchester on Saturday evenings. Usually these occur on the 2nd Saturday of each month. They also hold bi-weekly virtual reentry circles to support returning citizens.
Jericho Circle has 20 years of history running emotional circles inside the walls of prisons in New England. Our reentry circles, mentoring and other support initiatives are designed to help returning citizens begin or continue their healing journey on the other side of the wall.
Other Locations:Virtual Circles via Zoom available.
Requirements & Restrictions:Men over 18 years old.
Louis D. Brown Peace Institute provides services that are consistent and compassionate for families of murdered loved ones and families of incarcerated loved ones to prevent cycles of retaliatory violence.
Services include:
The mission of MJE is to end neighborhood violence by empowering mothers and youth to challenge the normalization of violence and become effective catalysts for change in their homes, schools, and communities.
Programs
NEFA is a nationally recognized center for the evaluation and treatment of problematic sexual behavior.
NEFA provides:
Office Hours: M – Th 9am – 5pm
Requirements & Restrictions:Client needs to be accepted to treatment by a clinician
Waiting time: Less than a month for appointments Languages: English, Spanish Transportation Google MapsNA is a nonprofit fellowship or society of men and women for whom drugs had become a major problem. They are recovering addicts who meet regularly to help each other stay clean. NA is a program of total abstinence from all drugs. The only requirement for membership is the desire to stop using.
This website contains information for addicts and professionals about Narcotics Anonymous in the New England Region of NA. The New England Region currently encompasses most of Massachusetts, Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket, and Rhode Island.
You can call their helpline 1-866-NA-HELP-U (I-866-624-3578) or attend a meeting (in-person and virtual).
Service hours:Hotline is 24/7; Meetings as listed on website
Languages: English, Spanish, & VietnameseOWLL is a grassroots collective of BIPOC, White, and Differently Abled Artists who commit their art for racial and social justice. They bring together underrepresented voices from Boston’s urban communities in leadership workshops that culminate in theatre productions celebrating their cultural heritage and social experiences. Their collective works with community partners to ensure a focus on the social justice issues most relevant to the participants and serves as a basis for deep community listening, transformation, and the development of a new narrative for the participant’s and their community’s future
M-F 9am-7pm
Other Locations:1773 Dorchester Ave Suite 2c Dorchester, MA. 02124
Languages: English Transportation Google MapsParents Helping Parents (PHP) prevention philosophy is grounded in a self-help model based on the belief that parents are capable of developing their own solutions when given the space, encouragement, and community resource they need. Thus, it is the parents themselves who decide the direction a conversation will take during a Parent Support Group meeting or Parent Stress Line.
Programs
Waiting time: Hotline: 2 minutes; Groups: none Languages: Translation services available for Parental Stress Line calls.
The Massachusetts Parole Board operates regional reentry centers across the state. These centers help inmates make the transition from prison to the community. Staff help released inmates to:
These centers are open to released inmates with no post-release supervision. If you are a released inmate, members of their department may be able to bring you to the reentry center closest to your release address. This program is also available to former inmates at any time after they are released.
Other Locations:Locations:
Regions 1 and 2
60 Clayton Street, 1st Floor, Dorchester, MA 02122
(617) 376-6260
Region 3
100 Willow St., Lynn MA 01902
(978) 750-1900
Region 4
340 Main Street, Suite 380, Worcester 01608
(508) 753-7252
Region 5
436 Dwight Street, Springfield 01103
(413)-784-1210
Region 6
499 Essex Street, 1st Floor, Lawrence 01840
(978) 687-6342
Region 7
231 Main Street, 2nd Floor, Brockton 02301
(508) 587-0987
Region 8
1204 Purchase Street, New Bedford 02740
(508) 999-4820
Region 9
188 Concord Street, 2nd Floor, Framingham 01702
(508) 875-0621
Provides inclusive and fully accessible services to those whose lives have been impacted by sexual violence along with education geared toward ending sexual violence, across Central Massachusetts.
Rape and Sexual Assault Hotline is open 24/7.
RESPOND provides emergency shelter and a range of support services and educational programs to thousands of survivors of domestic violence each year including adults, children, and teens regardless of gender, race, religion, age, or other characteristics. RESPOND staff work with survivors of domestic violence to address their immediate and long-term needs, providing emotional support, counseling, financial resources, information, and referrals. Through RESPOND’s programs, individuals and families in crisis develop the concrete tools necessary to regain control of their own lives – from parenting skills and housing search to financial literacy, and the hands-on experience of advocating for themselves. Services are free, confidential, and currently offered in multiple languages.
RESPOND’s Supportive Services are available to all victims and survivors of domestic violence. They include:
RESPOND’s emergency shelter location is kept confidential to ensure the safety of program participants. Services are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. RESPOND’s shelter is wheelchair accessible, and ADA approved. Its spacious Children’s Learning Center offers a safe, colorful play space and programs that promote learning, encourage parental involvement, and connect children and teens to local in- and out-of-school enrichment activities. The average length of stay for residents is 4 months. RESPOND is proud to accept women and men (or any gender identity) into shelter as well as parents with teenage boys – a rarity in Massachusetts.
Service hours:Business office hours: Monday- Friday, 9am-5pm
Support and Intake Line: Monday-Friday, 8am-6pm; At all other times, callers can be connected to state and federal hotlines.
S.A.F.E.R. Program Suffolk County House of Correction at 20 Bradston St Boston, MA, 02118
Waiting time: None Languages: English, Spanish, Amharic, Portuguese, Haitian Creole,Roca’s mission is to be a relentless force in disrupting incarceration, poverty, and racism by engaging the young adults, police, and systems at the center of urban violence in relationships to address trauma, find hope and drive change.
Programs
Other Locations:Boston
845 Albany Street
Boston, MA 02119
617-442-3101
boston@rocainc.com
Lynn
52 Andrew Street
Lynn, MA 01901
781-780-9611
lynn@rocainc.com
Springfield
29 School Street
Springfield, MA 01105
413-846-4301
springfield@rocainc.com
Holyoke
384 High Street
Holyoke, MA 01040
413-437-7714
holyoke@rocainc.com
Roxbury Youthworks, Inc.’s mission is to help youth caught in cycles of poverty, victimization and violence transition successfully into adulthood.
Services:
The COA aims to promote and safeguard the health and independence of Cambridge seniors by providing information and referrals. The two senior centers provide a variety of services and classes including:
• Counseling and support groups
• Hot Dine & Stay Lunches
• Men’s group
• Computer classes
• Educational and recreational offerings
M 8:30 am - 8 pm
T-T 8:30 am - 5 pm
F 8:30 am - 12 pm
North Cambridge Senior Center
2050 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA. 02140
Requirements & Restrictions:Must be a senior over the age of 60
The EC provides a safe place for individuals to:
The EC spaces offers guests access to:
The Network provides a variety of services for members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community experiencing partner abuse. The organization also provides assistance and referrals to LGBT community members. The web site is in English and Spanish, is kept up-to-date, and has information helpful to the LGBT community.
During both phases, participants can receive a wide range of services, such as advocacy, referrals, supportive counseling, and support group
Hotline is 24/7
Requirements & Restrictions:Target population is battered members of LBT (lesbian, bisexual, and transgender) communities. Will also assist and provide referrals for gay and bisexual men.
Languages: Spanish, English Transportation Google MapsThe Trans Community of New England (TCNE) is a Boston area transgender support organization for the transgender community.
You can find information about Workshops here.
Service hours:Call on Tuesdays, from 7pm – 9pm or on Saturdays, from 7pm – 11pm to get a live voice
Requirements & Restrictions:Target population: transgender community.
Union of Minority Neighborhoods (UMN) is committed to fully engaging and training communities of color to be active participants rebuilding their communities.
UMN organizes and trains people of color and low-income people to end discriminatory policies and practices that limit their access to political, economic and social power.
Service hours:
M - F, 9am - 5pm
Transportation Google MapsWe envision creating communities with active and engaged fathers in their families and neighborhoods by having a Men’s Mental Health Group – more information is available on our website, where you can sign up.
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