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COLLEGE PREP EMPLOYMENT FAMILY PLANNING MENTAL HEALTH Youth Enrichment Services YMCA of Greater Boston ABCD Rxbry/ N. Dorchester NOC ABCD Jamaica Plain APAC Cambridge Teen Health Center Sidney Borum Jr. Health Center* Sidney Borum Jr. Health Center* Youth on Fire* 617-436-7750 617-552-4250 South End Community 617-457-8140 617-457-8140 617-661-2508 617-267-5877 Upward Bound 617-445-5900 YMCA of Greater Boston 617-665-1548 Health Center 1 Church St. 412 Mass Ave. 776 Washington St. 565 Warren St. 315 Centre St. 459 Broadway 75 Kneeland St. 75 Kneeland St. HEALTH RESOURCES FOR Dorchester, MA 02124 JP, MA 02130 Boston MA 02111 Boston MA 02111 Cambridge, MA 02138 Boston, MA 02118 617-287-5845 Roxbury, MA 02021 617-436-7750 Cambridge, MA 02138 617-425-2010 Harvard Sq. Sympony, Mass Ave 100 Morrissey Blvd. http://ymcaboston.org/ Bus: 14, 19, 22, 23, 28 776 Washington St. Jackson Sq. Harvard Sq. 1601 Washington St. Chinatown Chinatown teenprograms www.bostonabcd.org/ www.sidneyborum.org/ www.sidneyborum.org/ http://www.facebook.com/ BOSTON TEENS www.yeskids.org/ Boston, MA 02125 www.bostonabcd.org/ Dorchester, MA 02124 www.challiance.org/ Boston, MA 02118 YouthOnFireMA Compiled by the Health Resource Center at the Boston Public Health Commission JFK, U-Mass http://ymcaboston.org/ Mass Ave. www.umb.edu/ teenprograms www.sechc.org/ Strive Bottom Line Boston Youth Fund ABCD Dorchester NSC DotHouse Health Codman Sq. Health Center Cambridge Teen Health Center Boston GLASS* 617-825-1800 617-514-6483 617-635-4202 617-288-2700 617-288-3230 x 2339 617-825-9660 ex. 8116 617-665-1548 857-399-1920 651 Washington St. 1912 Dorchester Ave. 1483 Tremont St. 110 Claybourne St. 1353 Dorcehster Ave. *HRC staff endorse this program 637 Washington St. 459 Broadway 75 Amory St. Dorchester, MA 02124 Dorchester, MA 02124 Boston, MA 02120 Dorchester, MA 02124 Boston, MA 02122 as a SAFE SPACE for LGBTQ+ Dorchester, MA 02124 Cambridge, MA 0138 Boston, MA 02119 Shawmut Ashmont Rxbry Crossing, Brigham Cr. Fields Corner Fields Corner youth Shawmut youth LGBTQ+ for SPACE SAFE Harvard Sq. Jackson Sq. www.bostonstrive.org www.bottomline.org http://youth.boston.gov/ www.bostonabcd.org/ http://www.dorchester- www.codman.org/ *HRC staff*HRC endorse as a this program www.challiance.org/ http://www.jri.org/glass house.org HOUSING HIV/STI SCREENING SUPPORT GROUPS FOOD ASSISTANCE The Health Resource Center (HRC) is a program in the Youth on Fire* Division of Child and Adolescent Health at the Boston Bridge Over Troubled Waters Project Trust Boston HAPPENS* ABCD Jamaica Plain APAC FoodSource Hotline Public Health Commission (BPHC). The HRC delivers 617-423-9575 617-661-2508 617-355-5411 800--645-8333 comprehensive health education to students in eight 1 Church St. 617-414-4495 Sidney Borum Jr. Health Center* 617-552-4250 ABCD Rxbry/ N. Dorchester NOC BAGLY* HBGC* Boston GLASS* 47 West St. 721 Mass Ave. 333 Longwood Ave., BOS 315 Centre St. Call for referrals for local Boston Public high schools. HRC health educators teach Boston, MA 02111 Cambridge, MA 02138 75 Bickford St., JP food assistance 617-227-4313 671-487-4242 857-399-1920 classes on topics like healthy relationships, sexual health, Harvard Sq. Boston, MA 02118 617-457-8140 JP, MA 02130 617-445-5900 Downtown Crossing, Park St. www.bostonprojecttrust. 75 Kneeland St. http://childrenshospital. Jackson Sq. 565 Warren St. 14 Beacon St. 3rd Floor 25 Kingston St. 75 Amory St. gender and sexuality, substance abuse prevention, and www.bridgeotw.org/ http://www.facebook.com/ org/happens www.projectbread.org/ Boston, MA 02108 Boston, MA 02112 Boston, MA 02119 preventing/coping with depression and anxiety. They also YouthOnFireMA com/ Boston, MA 02111 www.bostonabcd.org/ Roxbury, MA 02021 Chinatown Bus: 14, 19, 22, 23, 28 Park St. Downtown Crossing Jackson Sq. provide a confidential drop-in space for students seeking www.sidneyborum.org/ www.bostonabcd.org/ www.bagly.org/ www.hbgc-boston.org/ http://www.jri.org/glass free one-on-one health education and counseling. Y2Y* Boston GLASS* BAGLY* Boston GLASS* Food Not Bombs Youth on Fire* 617-227-4313 857-399-1920 617-423-9575 617-661-2508 http://www.bphc.org/whatwedo/teens/ 617-864-0795 857-399-1920 1 Church St. *HRC staff endorse this program as a SAFE SPACE for LGBTQ+ youth 1 Church St. 75 Amory St. 14 Beacon St. 3rd Floor *HRC staff endorse this program 75 Amory St. Check website or call for *HRC staff endorse this program SAFE SPACE for LGBTQ+ youth LGBTQ+ for SPACE SAFE Cambridge, MA 02138 Cambridge, MA 02138 Boston, MA 02119 Boston, MA 02108 as a SAFE SPACE for LGBTQ+ Boston, MA 02119 rotating location as a SAFE SPACE for LGBTQ+ youth youth Harvard Sq. *HRC staff*HRC endorse as a this program Harvard Sq. Jackson Sq. Park St. Jackson Sq. http://fnbboston.org/ www.bagly.org/ http://www.jri.org/glass http://www.facebook.com/ http://y2yharvardsquare.org/ http://www.jri.org/glass YouthOnFireMA.
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