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Community Resource Guide 1

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Agencies

1. BCYF…………………………………………………………………………..Pgs.2-4 2. BPHC………………………………………………………………………....Pgs.4-10 3. VIAP………………………………………………………………………...Pgs.10-11 4. Youth Options Unlimited……………………………………………………...Pgs.11 1. More Than Words……………………………………………………………...Pgs.12 2. MAPs…………………………………………………………………………...... Pg.13 3. Dorchester Youth Collaborative……………………………………………...... Pg.13 4. Mission Safe ………………………………………………………………...... Pg.14 5. Smart From the Start ………………………………………………………..…Pg.14 6. Reengagement Center ………………………………………………………..…Pg.14 7. X-CEL, Inc…………………………………………………………………..Pgs.14-15 8. Notre Dame Academy………………………………………………………Pgs.15-16 9. College Bound Dorchester…………………………………………………..…..Pg.16 10. E.S.A.C……………………………………………………………………….....Pgs.16 11. Youth Advocacy Division……………………………………………………Pg.17-18 12. Trinity Foundation………………………………………………….Pg.18-19 13. Project Right……………………………………………………………….……Pg.19 14. Roxbury Defenders…………………………………………………………...…Pg.19 15. Youth Build Boston………………………………………………………….Pg.19-20 16. Healthy Baby Health Child…………………………………………………Pg.20-22 17. Catholic Charities Saint Peters……………………………………………..Pg.22-23 18. Father Friendly……………………………………………………………...Pg.23-24

Additional Resources

1. Education …………………………………………………………………...Pgs.25-43 2. Employment/Job Readiness………………………………………………..Pgs.43-56 3. Mental Health/Therapy/Health ……………………………...... Pgs.56-63 4. Family Service ……………………………………………………………..Pgs.63-78

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Boston Centers for Youth & Families 1483 Tremont Street Perkins Community Center Boston, MA 02120 155 Talbot Ave., Dorchester 617-635-5146 Telephone: 617-635-4920 - Fax: 617-635- Contact Troy Smith 4524 Email: [email protected] Hyde Park Community Center www.cityofboston.gov/BCYF 1179 River St., Hyde Park 617-635-5178 Contact Winston Lloyd

The Mission of Boston Centers for Youth Curtis Hall Community Center and Families is to enhance the quality of life 20 South St., 617-635-5193 for Boston residents by partnering with Contact Jeanette Ayala community center councils, agencies and Community Center business to support children youth 6 Cummins Highway, Roslindale 617-635- individuals and families through a wide 5185 range of comprehensive programs and Contact Johnnie Kind ell services according to neighborhood needs. Vine St. Community Center Contact: Varies by center, see Services 339 Dudley St., Roxbury 617-635-1285 description below for contacts. Contact Louise Sowers

Services: Boston Centers for Youth & Shelburne Community Center Families (BCYF) is the main administrative 2730 Washington St, Roxbury 617-635- office for the various adult education classes 5213 provided by the City of Boston in Contact Warren Chase neighborhoods throughout the City. Condon Community Center Individual BCYF centers. 200 D St., S. Boston 617-635-5100 Contact Judy Ryan Centers offering Adult Education, Adult Basic Education, and/or Adult Literacy Ohrenberger Community Center Programs 175 W. Boundary Rd., W. Roxbury 617- Jackson/Mann Community Center 635-5183 500 Cambridge St., 617-635-5153 Contact Judie Mercer Contact John Vitale Centers offering GED classes Charlestown Community Center GED testing is available in various 255 Medford St., Charlestown 617-635- neighborhoods in the City of Boston 5169 throughout the academic year. Call for Contact Maryanne Wren registration information.

Grove Hall Community Center 51 Geneva Ave., Dorchester 617-635-1484 Contact Aidee Pomades

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Jackson/Mann Community Center 20 South St., Jamaica Plain 617-635-5193 500 Cambridge St., Allston 617-635-5153 Contact Jeanette Ayala Contact John Vitale Roslindale Community Center Grove Hall Community Center 6 Cummins Highway, Roslindale 617-635- 51 Geneva Ave., Dorchester 617-635-1484 5185 Contact Aidee Pomades Contact Johnnie Kind ell

Perkins Community Center Shelburne Community Center 155 Talbot Ave., Dorchester 617-635-5146 2730 Washington St., Roxbury 617-635- Contact: Troy Smith 5213 Contact Warren Chase Shelburne Community Center 2730 Washington St, Roxbury 617-635- Condon Community Center 5213 200 D St., S. Boston 617-635-5100 Contact Warren Chase Contact Judy Ryan

Condon Community Center Boston Center for Youth and Families Key 200 D St., S. Boston 617-635-5100 initiatives: Contact Judy Ryan · ACES (Arts, Character, Education & Centers offering ESOL classes Sports), BCYF's new core program strategy, Jackson/Mann Community Center is designed to provide quality and 500 Cambridge St., Allston 617-635-5153 consistency across programming citywide, Contact John Vitale while also adapting to meet the specific interests and needs of individual Perkins Community Center communities through arts, character, 155 Talbot Ave., Dorchester 617-635-5146 education and sports programming. Contact: Troy Smith The GIRLS Initiative Centers offering Computer/Other Classes (Growth, Intervention, Respect, Leadership BCYF offers a variety of computer classes & Support for girls) is designed to expand and open access hours in Computer the BCYF programs, services and Learning Center Labs throughout the City. opportunities available to Boston's girls, Access is available for all ages with a prioritizing girls most in need - girls living reasonably-priced valid BCYF membership in public housing, gang-involved girls and card. Special classes and programs are disconnected girls. The GIRLS Initiative offered at reasonable rates. also includes the "No More Drama," girls' violence-free summer campaign. Charlestown Community Center 255 Medford St., Charlestown 617-635- The Grove Hall/North Dorchester Family 5169 Opportunity Network (FON) is Contact Maryanne Wren collaboration, led by BCYF and funded by Boston Connects, Inc. to serve families and Curtis Hall Community Center individuals residing in the Grove Hall and

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North Dorchester neighborhoods of the tuberculosis, to name a few. But there is still Boston Empowerment Zone. FON works to work to do. These days of economic stress remove barriers to "economic self- and fear of new and unknown viruses and sufficiency" and support individuals in disease have reminded many of the obtaining and maintaining Living Wage Jobs. importance of a sound public health system. Public health is here for the city of Boston, Through the Hubs Initiative, BCYF is now more than ever. working to establish our community centers as neighborhood hubs for programming, Key initiatives: The Addictions Prevention services and resources. By working with Treatment and Recovery Support Services community non-profits and other City of set the direction and priorities for the City’s Boston departments, we are bringing new addiction services, to restore health, sustain services and resources to our community recovery, and support reintegration and centers including elder support services, active participation into family life for the home buying classes and workshops and the residents of Boston ravaged by substance Animal Control Spay Wagon as well as a abuse. , advocacy, harm reduction and variety of basic city services. treatment to serve the needs for highly vulnerable populations in the City of · The BCYF Street worker Program Boston. has been hailed as one of the most effective youth prevention and early intervention Community Prevention Services utilizes services provided to Boston's youth. partnerships with neighborhood-level Initiated in 1990, the program has received coalitions to increase knowledge and national and international praise. The goal of awareness of substance abuse, to address the program is to connect "hard-to-reach" environmental barriers to risk reduction and youth to needed services and resources treatment, and to build long-term capacity through direct, targeted street outreach within Boston neighborhoods for addressing substance abuse.

Boston Public Health Commission No Drug Coalitions www.bphc.org The No Drug Initiative funds fifteen coalitions to carry out substance abuse Our mission is to protect, promote, and prevention activities in local communities. preserve the health and well-being of all No Drug Coalitions are active in the Boston residents, particularly the most following communities: Allston-Brighton, vulnerable. Charlestown, Chinatown, Dorchester, , East Dunmore, Grove Hall, Jamaica We strive to fulfill our mission through a Plain, , the North End, Roslindale, wide range of health initiatives that target Roxbury, , the South End. preventable disease and injury. Through the Contact: Devin Larkin at [email protected]. years, public health has made great strides Opiates Overdose Prevention when it comes to infant mortality, childhood The Opiates Overdose Prevention Project is immunization, cancer, heart disease, and a targeted initiative to reduce unintentional

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fatal and nonfatal opiates overdoses in. The Mom's Project/MORE Program, and the Neighborhood Coalitions working on this Collaborative Center. project are the South End Healthy Boston Coalition, the Jamaica Plain/ Roxbury No School Based Health Centers (SBHC): The Drug Coalition, the Charlestown Substance mission of the BPHC SBHC program is to Abuse Coalition, and the South Boston provide easily accessible, culturally and Hope and Recovery Coalition. developmentally appropriate health care services for Boston youth in their schools. Underage Drinking Prevention Our services address the medical and social The Environmental Strategies to Reduce health problems that frequently interfere Underage Drinking Project is a targeted with academic success. Our SBHCs, satellites of , are initiative to reduce underage drinking in four currently located in 8 Boston Public High neighborhoods. The Coalitions working on Schools. Our team includes a Nurse this project are the South Boston CAN Practitioner, Mental Health Clinician, Health Coalition, the Dorchester Substance Abuse Educator and Health Coalition, the Chinatown/Boston Asian YES Coordinator/Administrative Assistant who Coalition, and the Allston-Brighton work together to assure enrolled students Substance Abuse Coalition have access to the information and services they need to remain healthy, Services available include: The Opiates Treatment Program offers medically monitored treatment services for Medical: Preventive care, routine annual opiate addicted individuals, combining sports/employment physical exams, medical and pharmacological interventions diagnosis and treatment of episodic illness with outpatient counseling and education. (like strep throat); immunizations, chronic illness care (including asthma) and Acupuncture Treatment Services provides sexual/reproductive health education and effective detoxification and relapse management (including STI prevention for clients currently in substance testing/treatment) are offered. abuse treatment who are looking to utilize additional supportive services. Mental Health: Counseling is provided by Licensed Mental Health Counselors or Entre Familia is a year-long residential Licensed Clinical Social Workers. The addictions treatment program for Latina mental health clinician provides a range of women and their children. Entre Familia clinical social work services to students and engages partners, fathers, and extended families including: Psychosocial assessment family members in supporting each and case management for individuals or woman’s recovery. groups; intervention in crisis situations; provision of information, referral and Outpatient Counseling Services provide: resources for individual, family, and school evidence-based addiction treatment personnel within the school and community. Specialized Outpatient Counseling Services SBHC clinicians also work in partnership include Drug Free Counseling, the with schools in response to traumatic events Men's Health and Recovery Program, the that impact large numbers of students

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through crisis intervention ad group work as Members of the Youth Advisory Board needed. work on planning, research, curriculum development, and outreach activities. Sexual Health/Reproductive Health: The Peer Leadership Institute (PLI) trains Sexual/Reproductive Health educators provide one-on-one counseling and and supports high school students to become classroom education to high school students role models and leaders who promote including information on healthy bodies positive behavior change in their schools and communities, the program prepares The Boston Area Health Education Center young people to be peer leaders in health (BAHEC) aims to increase middle and high promotion and public health practice. The school students’ awareness of health issues PLI focuses on include sexual health, professions, and public health issues and concepts. Through its Youth to Health substance abuse, and fitness and nutrition. Careers (Y2HC) program, BAHEC provides academic enrichment, job shadowing, Health CREW is a 15-month training leadership training, and college preparation program for men of color between the ages for middle and high school students. of 18 and 25. The mission of the Health BAHEC is located on the Boston Medical Community Resources for Empowerment Center campus. and Wellness (CREW) program is to address health disparities among African American BAHEC offers multiple programs, and Latino males, empowering them to take including: control of their health by engaging in 1. Our Introduction to Community Health and preventative practices, accessing health care Health Careers program is offered in school services, advocating for their own health to 8th grade students at selected middle schools throughout Boston and after school needs, and providing health education to to high school students at BAHEC. peers in their communities, while pursuing their own health career goals. Participants 2. Our Youth to Health Careers (Y2HC) Summer Enrichment Program is a 7-week complete a 9-month training component intensive program for middle and high followed by a 6-month internship in a public school students. Students take courses in health, community or hospital setting. math and science, as well as various public health topics. Participating students also CREW participants are paid a weekly have an internship in a medical or public stipend both during the training and in their health setting. internships. 3. The Youth to Health Careers (Y2HC) Afterschool Program offers a combination Training & Development (T&D) supports the of practical internships, projects, academic Youth Development and Health Promotion coaching, college preparation, and life skills programs by providing best practice public training. health education, training, and professional 4. The BAHEC Youth Advisory Board (YAB) development for youth workers and young offers students a specific forum for people. We ensure all youth related participation and advocacy at both programming is reflective of health education programmatic and organizational levels. standards of practice. T&D provides access and

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referrals to promising practices and evidence- A community-based program designed to based health education resources and curricula promote infant survival, positive birth to schools, community based organizations and outcomes, oral health, and family unity. The parent organizations. HBHC program provides home visiting to pregnant and parenting families with a child T&D provides information and resources under age of five who reside in Boston. All specifically related to the advancement of services are free, voluntary, and young people's empowerment, leadership confidential. Public health nurses, public skill, advocacy, education and health issues health advocates, and social workers help and much more! prepare parents (via a strength-based model) for healthy deliveries and successful Youth Development Network (YDN) is a parenting within the scope of their own school-based case management program culture and language. Clients are linked to a committed to reducing the rates of chronic range of services and health care facilities. absenteeism among Boston Public School (BPS) high school students. Inspired by the The HBHC program collaborates with vision of Mayor Thomas M. Menno to meet community-based organizations; the formative needs of youth, YDN seeks to neighborhood health centers; hospitals; early increase healthy behaviors associated with intervention programs; certified home health successful school attendance and care agencies; Women, Infants and Children achievement. Youth Development (WIC) nutrition programs; and other social Specialists (YDS) work with students and service agencies to ensure that clients families to working toward reducing and receive holistic, surround-care services. preventing chronic absenteeism. YDN focuses on successful overall youth SERVICES: development and adopts its strategies form • Health • youth development best practices. Oral Health • Nutrition • Prenatal Education Boston Healthy Start Initiative • Fetal Growth and Development The mission of BHSI is to eliminate • Breastfeeding Counseling disparities in prenatal health by working in • Family Planning partnership with individuals, community- • Home Safety based agencies and government • Injury Prevention organizations. Our goal is to empower and • Parenting Education • build neighborhood support for Boston Child Growth and Development • Immunization families by developing a partnership with • Community Based Women’s Health Groups service providers, to increase access to • Sudden Infant Death health services, and by establishing a forum • Syndrome (SIDS) Grief Counseling where we can educate ourselves and speak ELIGABLILITY: out on own behalf. • Are pregnant • Have a child between the ages of birth to 5 The Healthy Baby/Healthy Child • Live in the City of Boston • Program (HBHC) Loss of a pregnancy after 20 weeks gestation (617) 534-5832 or (800) 711-1180 • Loss of a child - birth to 3 years of age

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INFORMATION, REFERRALS, AND HBHC Food Pantry The food pantry ADVOCACY FOR SERVICES SUCH AS: provides emergency food assistance • Primary Health Care to Boston residents. Hours of operation are • Health Insurance Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays 10:00 • Transitional Assistance a.m. to 2:45 p.m. For more information, • Food Stamps • Emergency Food please contact 617 534-2032. The food • WIC pantry is also a member of the Project Bread • Fuel Assistance Food Source Hotline, which coordinates and • Housing search provides referrals for the general public. • Child support Please contact 1-800-645-8333 for a referral. • Father’s program • Education Partners in Parenting (P.I.P.) Partners in • Childcare services • Early Intervention Parenting are a mentoring program that • Parenting and Support Groups offers parenting support to pregnant and • Mentoring Programs parenting women. Clients are connected • ESL and GED Classes with volunteer "partners" from their • Immigration Issues community who serve as mentors, • Legal Services advocates, and community liaisons. The • Mental Health partners encourage individual • Substance Use empowerment, provide peer leadership, and • Workforce development • Early Literacy support the women in their goal of self- Languages: sufficiency and decreasing social isolation. • We speak English For more information, please contact 617 • Hablamos Espanol 534-5832 • Falamos Portuguese • Waa Ku Hadalnaa Somali Summer Enrichment Program (SEP) The • Nous Parlons Francais Family Summer Enrichment Program is a • Nou Pale Kreyol diverse program operated one day per week for seven weeks from July through August. HBHC SUBPROGRAMS The program offers enriching recreational AND ADDITIONAL SERVICES: and learning activities to families who receive services from the HBHC program. Enhanced Prenatal Case Management The goal is to reduce social isolation, This program is funded by Boston Healthy provide education, and expose families to Start Initiative (BHSI). HBHC delivers activities they may otherwise be unable to enhanced prenatal case management to participate in. For more information, please Black women and infants in the Boston contact 617 534-5832 Healthy Start Initiative (BHSI) project area: Roxbury, Mattapan, Dorchester, South End, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Hyde Park, and Jamaica Plain with the Program HBHC collaborates with the ultimate goal of eliminating disparities in Center for Sudden Infant prenatal health by reducing the Black infant Death Syndrome/The Massachusetts Center mortality rate in Boston through for Infant and Child Death Bereavement individualized case management, care Program, located at the Boston Medical coordination, and referrals. For more Center. HBHC nurses and social workers are information please contact 617 534-5832

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trained by the Center. They provide services provision of education, training, and in the home to women who have technical assistance for health and social experienced a SIDS death. They provide service providers, educators, clergy, bereavement counseling, information, and employers, criminal justice professionals linkage to parents support groups for and youth. families in Boston whose babies and young children (0-3 years) have died suddenly and The Family Justice Center (FJC) of Boston unexpectedly. The services are available up fosters collaboration in service to victims of to one year after the death. child abuse, domestic violence and sexual assault. We provide a safe and welcoming Women Circles HBHC provides spring and environment where individuals and families fall community-based health, social, and benefit from the availability of services offered educational sessions to women and their by diverse nonprofit and governmental partner families. These sessions are designed to organizations. We are committed to decrease social isolation and to promote complementing and enhancing the health of victim service organizations throughout Boston. community awareness, health and As a hub of cooperative activity, the FJC mobilization in an informal and safe facilitates continuous learning and serves as a environment held at various locations resource center for professional development. throughout Boston. It is also an avenue for We strive to coordinate violence intervention networking, collaboration, and sharing and prevention services that are culturally resources. For more information, please responsive and accessible to all victims groups contact 617 534-5832 including Relapse Prevention, Spirituality, Men's Trauma, 12 Step, and Peer The mission of the Domestic Violence Team Leadership. is to increase awareness about domestic violence in the City of Boston and to support community efforts to address the problem. Service hours: Intake hours: M & Th: 10am This mission is met primarily through the - 3pm The Program provides: Individual substance Boston Public Health Commission: Men's abuse counseling; Recovery support Health and Recovery Program services; Medication assisted counseling 774 Albany Street, 3rd Fl. (suboxone); Links to educational and Boston, MA 02118 vocational resources; Psycho-educational Telephone: 617-534-2185 - Fax: 617-534- 2014 Requirements / Restrictions: Must be a man www.bphc.org 18 years of age or older, a resident of Boston or surrounding neighborhoods, have a Contact: Intake history of substance abuse or active use with the intention of seeking treatment, and have Services: Men's Health and Recovery is a insurance coverage. The staff can assist men short-term outpatient substance abuse in accessing insurance coverage counseling program with supportive case management for adult males in Boston, No methadone patients particularly men of color. Cost: No cost, insurance may be accessed

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Languages: English (counseling & groups), California, we don't have a moment to Spanish (counseling & groups), Haitian waste. Creole (case management), TNT trains high school students and young Massachusetts Violence Intervention adults called – Peer Educators – from Advocacy Program neighborhoods with high levels of violence www.bphc.org/programs/cafh/violencepreven to present interactive violence prevention tion/viap/ workshops to middle and high school students. The Peer Educators also work with The Violence Intervention Advocacy community leaders and policy makers to Program (VIAP) is unique in that it is both develop solutions to violence. one unified state program and also three distinct programs at three hospitals in Some of the Peer Educators are in Massachusetts. VIAP serves communities wheelchairs from being shot, and most have through emergency departments at Boston experienced or are at great risk for Medical Center, Massachusetts General experiencing violence first hand. Hospital, and Bay state Medical Center. They undergo extensive twelve-week after- VIAP’s services are tiered to reflect levels of school training on how to educate their peers recovery and development. Clients successfully and speak about the impact of violence in complete the program by moving through these tiers. The services covered under each tier are: their lives. Facilitated by staff, they continue 1. Injury and recovery: Hospital care to meet 2-3 times a week after school navigation and appointments, medical throughout the school year to support one equipment needs, physical therapy, mental health, alcohol or substance abuse, state another and continue their training. They victim’s compensation awards. also receive a monthly stipend for their 2. Basic Needs: Housing/relocation, transitional assistance/food, family and child work. For most, this is their first real job support, legal advocacy and support. experience. 3. Personal Development and Growth: Education assistance, job readiness training, To date, over 900 young people have been employment assistance, counseling (individual and family). trained to be Peer Educators. These young 4. Maintenance: Check-in, maintaining jobs people have reached over 45,000 students in and school, personal development. Oakland and Los Angeles with workshops

that enable students to participate in making Since 1989, TEENS ON TARGET (TNT) their lives, their neighborhoods and their has been offering young people who live in communities more healthy and safe. neighborhoods with the highest rates of Youth ALIVE! Didn’t just change my life. It violence positive alternatives, and training saved my life. And now I want to do the them to play leadership roles in violence same for my friends and my community. prevention efforts. With gun homicides as a VIAP’s additional programs: leading cause of death for children in

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Caught in the Crossfire prescription" for how to stay safe As Youth Options Unlimited soon as a young person is admitted to the 7 Palmer St hospital with a violence-related injury, Roxbury, MA 02119 hospital staff call in the Intervention (617) 541-2600 http://www.bostonredevelopmentauthority.or Specialist, who arrives within one hour g/yoboston/en/ at the hospital room, helping the injured patient and his or her families and Youth Options Unlimited (Y.O.U.) is Boston's Youth Re-entry program providing friends cope with the injury and start a broad range of services to court-involved talking about alternatives to retaliation. youth from 14 to 24 years of age. Located in The Intervention Specialist coordinates Dudley Square, Y.O. Unlimited works with assistance from social services providers, young people from every Boston neighborhood at our Center and within the probation officers, teachers, community. In collaboration with our administrators, guidance counselors, partner agencies, Y.O. Unlimited focuses on hospital social workers, and other youth providing the following services: service professionals. This results in a • Intensive Case Management • Development of Individual Service Plans for network of wrap-around aid to the youth. each youth The Intervention Specialist, on an • Assistance, Referral, Placement to educational options ongoing basis, links the young person • Transitional Jobs programs and leading to and his or her family with local resources employment opportunities Now in its 8th year, Y.O. Unlimited that meet participants’ basic needs and (formerly Youth Opportunity Boston) promote healthy, nonviolent lifestyles, continues its mission to empower and such as: motivate young people so they may gain the Referring patients to the Caught in the education, employment, and career Crossfire program • medical coverage and follow-up care advancement to be successful in the • educational programs workplace, in the community, and in their • job training programs lives. A partnership of educators, law • employment opportunities enforcement officials, and business and • counseling • life skills training community leaders has come together to • legal assistance maximize the services necessary for the • recreational programs growth and success of Boston's young • substance abuse intervention • anger management classes people. • safe housing Youth Options Unlimited is operated under the Mayor's Office of Jobs and Community Services, a division of the Boston Redevelopment Authority.

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Partnering Agencies The MAP program is free. There The Hull Life Saving Museum may be a waiting list. The Moving Ahead Program includes (M.A.P.) classes five days a week. The classes cover: 22 Drydock Avenue, • resume writing Boston, MA • interviewing skills (617) 443-1900 • how to behave in the workplace www.lifesavingmuseum.org/martimeapprenti • other social skills ceprogram.html • ESL and literacy instruction • In addition to the classes, students get: The Hull Lifesaving Museum's • a small stipend for basic living expenses • treatment for substance abuse or other Maritime Apprentice Program (MAP) is a disorders Career Exploration program offering • free housing intensive, year-round training for young men • image consulting services and business and women in the custody of the clothing Department of Youth Services. • opportunities for internships MAP runs a non-profit employment Moving Ahead Program creates agency, Hire Power, to help its students find viable, entry-level employees for the vibrant jobs after they finish the training program. Marine Trades industry in the of Hire Power matches students with jobs, Boston. Caseworkers are invited to inquire provides weekly follow-up, provides other about program openings. The Moving support services, and helps employers get Ahead Program (MAP) is 14-week life skills the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. and job readiness program for unemployed MAP's housing counselors help students ex-offenders and other individuals with find permanent affordable housing. Housing histories of substance abuse, homelessness, services include referrals, applications for or mental illness. About 85% of MAP subsidized housing, direct financial support, students have histories of incarceration or budgeting, moving assistance, and other involvement with the courts. support services.

MAP helps ex-offenders change their Dorchester Youth Collaborative outlook and behavior, develop positive relationships, and identify long-term goals. 1514 Dorchester Ave The focus of MAP's job training is to help Dorchester, MA 02122 ex-offenders start on a career path, not just (617) 288-1748 find a stop-gap job. http://dorchesteryouthcollaborative.org/

The Moving Ahead Program (MAP) The Dorchester Youth Collaborative is a is for people with histories of incarceration, multi-racial, multi-ethnic, multi-lingual homelessness, substance abuse, or mental community based youth agency in the Fields illness who need help finding a meaningful Corner area of Dorchester. The agency's job. MAP is especially interested in helping mission is to provide comprehensive people who get little support from their services to high risk youth in the area, with a family and community, and who face many special emphasis on racially and barriers to employment. linguistically isolated, low socio-economic,

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youth for whom the more traditional social school readiness initiative that has as its services have proven ineffective. mission to empower underserved families raising young children with the tools, Mission Safe resources and support they need, to break 1481 Tremont St cycles of chronic school underachievement Boston, MA 02120 and generational poverty. Our programming (617) 427-0377 is holistic, family and community driven, www.missionsafe.org/ customized to fit the unique needs of each specific community, and reflects the rich Mission SAFE works with highly and cultural diversity of the populations we proven at-risk youth and young adults from serve. challenged situations and communities, Program Sites: Dorchester, Mattapan, working with them to gain the skills and Charlestown, Jamaica Plain, South End, confidence they need to succeed and thrive, Roslindale and Lower Roxbury/Mission not merely survive, and to be agents for Hill. We reach several thousand more with positive change in their communities and the our community unity initiative that places larger world. play-to-learn materials and information in We work primarily with youth from low- local businesses and agencies families income communities, including youth from frequent. the following Boston neighborhoods: Mission Hill, Roxbury, lower Roxbury, Re Engagement Charlestown, south Dorchester and Center: Mattapan. These youth and young adults (age 11-24) are often from single-head-of- Madison Park Complex* household families, are struggling/failing in 55 Malcolm X Blvd. school, may have behavior issues or are Roxbury, MA 02120 disengaged, may have experienced or www.bostonpublicschools.org/school/re- witnessed ongoing domestic or street engagement-center violence, drug and alcohol abuse, poverty, court or gang involvement, mental or The Re-Engagement Center provides physical illness. support for struggling high school students, These youth are often not achieving particularly former dropouts, and offers their full potential. The participants we work services to help students get back on track to with are diverse: black, white, Latino, Asian, graduation fe ma l e , male, encompassing various religions and sexual orientation. They also X-CEL, Inc. encompass a variety of talents, skills and 7 Glenvale Terrace, #2 interests. Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 Smart from the Start 617-522-2590 66 Annunciation Rd www.x-celeducation.org/ Roxbury, MA 02120 Services: The X-CEL School offers GED 617-635-5030 and College Prep classes at several sites in www.smartfromthestartboston.org/ Roxbury and Dorchester. Most of the classes Smart from the Start is a strengths-based have "rolling admissions" so that students family support, community engagement and can begin at any time. This was done in part to make it possible for ex-offenders to begin

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classes no matter when their incarceration date. ended. Classes are small and each student Orange line: Roxbury Crossing. Green line: advances through the skill levels at his or Longwood. her own pace. Requirements / Restrictions: Must be 18 or Walk-ins are registered during class days older. For GED: must be able to read at 3rd and hours for the Evening GED classes at grade level. For College Prep: must have Log School and STRIVE/Ruggles. GED or High School Diploma.

Evening GED Class: M-W, 6:30pm-9pm Languages: All classes taught in English. STRIVE/Ruggles (inside Ruggles Station) English, Spanish, Haitian Creole 150 Forsyth Street, Roxbury Call: 617-522-2590 for information. Notre dame Academy Orange line: Ruggles Station 200 Old Colony Ave, South Boston, MA 02127 Evening GED Class: Tu/Th, 6:30pm–9pm 617-268-1912 Log School Settlement House http://www.ndecboston.org/ 222 Bowdoin Street, Dorchester Call Baker Sandoval at 617-522-2590 for Services: information. Adult Basic Education (ABE) Bus: #15 or #17. ABE 1 offers instruction in basic reading to adult non-readers. Morning GED Class: M-Th, 10am–12:30pm MissionWorks, Mission Hill ABE 2 offers instruction in writing, math, Located at 39 Smith Street, 2nd floor, reading, and computer for students. Roxbury After successfully completing the ABE Call Mirza Martinez at 617-879-1620 for program, students can choose to continue next registration date. their education in a Pre-GED program Orange line: Roxbury Crossing. Green line: provided the grade equivalency is Longwood. appropriate. Pre-GED program offers instruction in reading, writing, English, Evening College prep classes: M/W, 6pm– math, and computer. This course of study 9pm prepares students to go on to the GED STRIVE/Ruggles (inside Ruggles Station) providing the grade equivalency is 9.0-12.0. 150 Forsyth Street, Roxbury. Call: 617-522-2590 for information and Alternative High School Programs registration date. General Educational Development (GED) Orange line: Ruggles Station. This program prepares adult students working at the high school level to take the Morning College Prep Class: M/W, 10am– 5 GED tests in literature, writing, math, 1pm science, and social studies. The intense MissionWorks, Mission Hill course of study sharpens critical thinking Located at 39 Smith Street, 2nd floor, skills necessary to pass these tests. Roxbury Call at 617-879-1620 for next registration

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For more information about these programs, Services: College Bound Dorchester offers a please contact Anna Fernandez-Buehrens, College Connections program with an ESOL 617-268-1912, x247. track. The program, which operates both weekdays High School Diploma Program and during the weekends, is open to High School students can apply to the learners, aged 18 to 30 who have the program by completing an interview and ultimate goal of attaining their college bringing a copy of their high school degree. Enrolled students have access to a transcripts. This program is designed for computer lab, academic advising, drop-in students who need to finish credits for a full childcare, and referrals to other support high school diploma. services within both College Bound To be eligible, a student must have earned Dorchester and in the community. enough credits to be considered a high school junior. Tuition is $400.00 per class. Through high-quality instruction, the ESOL Limited financial aid is available. program equips English language learners Courses include: with the skills needed to successfully navigate different systems and services and • Science: Biology, Earth Science to serve as advocates for their families. Humanities: Art, World Religions, Life Through four levels of ESOL instruction, Skills students gain the English language • Literature: World, British, American Social Studies: US History, World History Math: proficiency required to take next steps Geometry, Algebra II academically, such as obtaining high school credentials and transitioning to college. Classes are held Monday through Thursday from 1:15 pm-3:15 pm and 3:15pm-5:15 Service Hours: For information, call M- F: pm, as needed for thirty-six weeks over two 9am - 5pm semesters. Waiting time: 6 month wait period Each course meets twice a week for two hours. Languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Cape Verdean, Creole, Cantonese Contact: Case Manager, K. Toussaint Lacoste, at Transportation: Bus: #17 from Fields 617-268-1912, x239 Corner or Andrew Station on Red line Program Coordinator, Donna Pomponio, at 617-268-1912, x245 or via email at Ecumenical Social Action Committee INC College Bound Dorchester 3313 Washington St 222 Bowdoin Street Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 Dorchester, MA 02122 617-524-2555 Telephone: 617-506-5960 www.esacboston.org/ Fax: 617-474-1230 www.collegebounddorchester.org ESAC is dedicated to ensuring the stability of neighborhoods and improving the quality of life Contact: College Readiness Advisor for their most vulnerable residents. Valuing

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innovation, collaboration, and prudent • Defense attorneys stewardship, ESAC creates healthy and • Education attorneys sustainable solutions including: • Social workers • Foreclosure prevention programs • Community outreach workers • Senior Home Repair Legal Representation • Youth programs The Youth Advocacy Division offers legal • GED programs and advocacy representation and advocacy to children • Community Organizing under 17 years old who are charged as Youth Advocacy Department delinquents or youthful offenders. The Youth Advocacy Division provides these 7 Palmer Street, Suite 302 services at a number of stages, including: Roxbury, MA 02119 • Arraignment: If a child has been arrested Attorney in Charge: Cecely Reardon and must appear in court the next business 617.445.7581 (p) day, the Youth Advocacy Division can be www.youthadvocacydepartment.org/ appointed to represent the child. If the child is being arraigned in Boston, Roxbury, Dorchester, or Juvenile The mission of the Youth Advocacy Courts, you may request that the Youth Division is to ensure that every child in Advocacy Division be appointed to the case, Massachusetts has access to zealous legal even if we are not present at the time. representation that incorporates a Youth • Summons to Court: If a child receives Development Approach resulting in both notice in the mail that he or she must appear legal and life success. Accordingly, YAD in court on a future date, either for arraignment or a hearing, you may contact will lead, train, and support a diverse and the Youth Advocacy Division to arrange for collaborative juvenile defense bar across the representation prior to appearing in court. state. Through individual representation and • Probation Surrenders: If a child receives systemic advocacy, YAD also will partner notice in the mail that he or she must appear with community organizations and local in court on a future date, either for arraignment or a hearing, you may contact agencies to work toward creating safer and the Youth Advocacy Division to arrange for healthier communities. representation prior to appearing in court. • Warrant Removals: If there is a warrant Currently, the Youth Advocacy Division has pending for a child, either for arrest or offices in Fall River, Hyannis, Lowell, default, you may contact the Youth Advocacy Division for assistance in Quincy, Roxbury, Salem, Somerville, removing the warrant. Springfield and Worcester. If you are in • Police Questioning: If a child is wanted for need of legal services or advice or are an police questi0oning, either as a potential attorney working with youth, please contact defendant or witness, you may contact the the YAD office nearest you. Youth Advocacy Division for legal representation or advice. YAD provides legal representation to young Children’s Law Center of people facing delinquency and youthful offender proceedings. YAD's first priority is Massachusetts criminal defense, which it provides using a Ten Malcolm X Boulevard holistic approach. YAD combines social Roxbury, MA 02119-1776 services with legal services to better tel. (617) 989-8100 represent clients and incorporates [email protected] contributions from a team including:

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The mission of the Children's Law Trinity Boston Foundation's mission is to Center of Massachusetts is to promote and change the odds for Boston youth. We work secure equal justice and to maximize to increase rates of high school graduation, college matriculation and completion, and to opportunity for low-income children and strengthen families and improve community youth by providing quality advocacy and health and safety. The Foundation offers legal services several innovative programs that empower youth and their families, increase The Law Center maintains a collaboration and coordination within the statewide phone helpline through which it non-profit sector, and build public appetite logs 1200-1500 calls per year from parents, and capacity to create positive, lasting, youth, attorneys, and helping professionals social change. We ground our work – with seeking assistance and guidance on legal youth, families, non-profit partners, matters that impact children. Information volunteers, and donors –in personal relationships that are holistic, values-based, and referrals are provided through the and long-term helpline. The number is 1-888-KIDLAW8 (1-888-543-5298). The helpline is in operation from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Programs: Monday through Friday. Bilingual • TEEP (Trinity Education for Excellence assistance is available. Issues routinely Program) is a six-year leadership addressed through intake calls include, but development, character formation and are not limited to, children who are out of college access program engaging 140 youth school or not receiving the educational and their families. services to which they are entitled under • Sole Train: Boston Runs Together is a non- competitive running and mentoring program federal and state law; emancipation; that builds a safe and inclusive community immigration; rights of children who have to support youth and mentors as they train "aged out" of foster care or other state for and complete a half-marathon. In 2012, human service systems; and, collateral 157 youth and 78 mentors have run with consequences of juvenile court involvement. Sole Train. • Trinity Boston Counseling Center offers Services: spiritually informed and trauma-sensitive • Education counseling and mentoring services primarily • Care and Protection to youth, their families, and staff of youth- • Child in need of services serving organizations. The Counseling • Juvenile Justice Center will deliver more than 1,400 hours of clinical care in 2012. Trinity Boston Foundation • Bostonians for Youth seeks to eliminate 206 Clarendon St, youth violence and unlock opportunity for Boston, MA 02116 youth by generating resources for and 617.536.0944 increasing collaboration among youth- www.trinityinspires.org/ serving neighborhood-based non-profit organizations

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• Boston Ten Point Coalition • Assistance, Referral, Placement to • Diamond Educators Mentoring educational options Friends of: • Transitional Jobs programs and leading to • Y.O.U. employment opportunities • FUEL Now in its 8th year, Y.O. Unlimited • InnerCity Weightlifting (formerly Youth Opportunity Boston) • Justice Resource Institute continues its mission to empower and • Louis D. Brown Peace Institute • Roxbury Presbyterian Church Social Impact motivate young people so they may gain the Center education, employment, and career • Urban Improv. advancement to be successful in the Project Right workplace, in the community, and in their 320A Blue Hill Avenue lives. A partnership of educators, law Grove Hall MA 02121 enforcement officials, and business and 617-541-5454 community leaders has come together to www.projectright.org/ maximize the services necessary for the Project RIGHT promotes growth and success of Boston's young involvement in neighborhood stabilization people. and economic development within the community of Greater Grove Hall (Roxbury Youth Options Unlimited is operated under and North Dorchester). We train and support the Mayor's Office of Jobs and Community emerging leadership by providing an Services, a division of the Boston inclusive network for resident organizations Redevelopment Authority. to engage in community building efforts within Grove Hall. Youth Build Boston 27 Center St Youth Options Unlimited Roxbury, MA 02121 7 Palmer St 617-445-8887 Roxbury, MA 02119 www.youthbuildboston.org/ (617) 541-2600 www.bostonredevelopmentauthority.org/ Description of Services: yoboston/en/ • 6-7 month training Youth Options Unlimited (Y.O.U.) is • Workforce Development Boston's Youth Re-entry program providing • GED Training a broad range of services to court-involved • Occupational training certificates in OSHA, CPR First Aid and Preapproved certificate youth from 14 to 24 years of age. Located in training Dudley Square, Y.O. Unlimited works with • Life skills training: Job Interviews, young people from every Boston Resumes, Professional Behavior and neighborhood at our Center and within the additional soft skills community. In collaboration with our • Receive Stipend 300 for GED participant partner agencies, Y.O. Unlimited focuses on 150 for non GED program • Build houses (see the fruits of your labor providing the following services: take life) • Intensive Case Management • Landscaping • Development of Individual Service Plans for • Community service each youth • DOL youth get Foodservices (Food stamp)

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• GED program half class room half field health advocates, and social workers help work prepare parents (via a strength-based model) • Strict attendance policy 4x late or absence for healthy deliveries and successful and you are out of apprenticeship but are eligible for additional services parenting within the scope of their own • Voucher GED culture and language. Clients are linked to a • 14-17 Architecture program range of services and health care facilities. • 17-24 construction program • DOL- court involved youth get 24-7 case The HBHC program collaborates with worker community-based organizations; • 16-18 must be without GED neighborhood health centers; hospitals; early • Must be out of school • Must have Social Security card intervention programs; certified home health • Information sessions every Wednesday @ care agencies; Women, Infants and Children 1:30pm (WIC) nutrition programs; and other social • Must write an essay of why they want to be service agencies to ensure that clients part of Youth Build receive holistic, surround-care services. • DOL clients- can opt to meet directly with case worker • Must take educational assessment to SERVICES: determine educational level • Health • Participants must have at least 6th grade • Oral Health education • Nutrition • DOL may have at least 4th grade education • Prenatal Education • Must have strong interest in construction • Fetal Growth and Development • Orientation 6 weeks • Breastfeeding Counseling • Participants are eligible for AmeriCorps post • Family Planning secondary educational scholarship up to • Home Safety 2,500.00 for school upon completion of • Injury Prevention 600+ hours of program • Parenting Education • If clients are aging out of DYS may apply • Child Growth and Development • Youth must be out of court system no longer • Immunization the 12 months • Community Based Women’s Health Groups • Sudden Infant Death The Healthy Baby/Healthy Child • Syndrome (SIDS) Grief Counseling Program (HBHC) ELIGABLILITY: • Are pregnant 35 Northampton St #5 • Have a child between the ages of birth to 5 Boston, MA 02118 • Live in the City of Boston (617) 534-5832 • Loss of a pregnancy after 20 weeks www.bphc.org/hbhc gestation • Loss of a child - birth to 3 years of age A community-based program designed to INFORMATION, REFERRALS, AND ADVOCACY FOR SERVICES SUCH AS: promote infant survival, positive birth • Primary Health Care outcomes, oral health, and family unity. The • Health Insurance HBHC program provides home visiting to • Transitional Assistance pregnant and parenting families with a child • Food Stamps under age of five who reside in Boston. All • Emergency Food services are free, voluntary, and • WIC confidential. Public health nurses, public • Fuel Assistance • Housing search

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• Child support provides referrals for the general public. • Father’s program Please contact 1-800-645-8333 for a referral. • Education • Childcare services Partners in Parenting (P.I.P.) Partners in • Early Intervention • Parenting and Support Groups Parenting are a mentoring program that • Mentoring Programs offers parenting support to pregnant and • ESL and GED Classes parenting women. Clients are connected • Immigration Issues with volunteer "partners" from their • Legal Services community who serve as mentors, • Mental Health advocates, and community liaisons. The • Substance Use partners encourage individual • Workforce development empowerment, provide peer leadership, and • Early Literacy Languages: support the women in their goal of self- • We speak English sufficiency and decreasing social isolation. • Hablamos Espanol For more information, please contact 617 • F a l a m o s Portuguese 534-5832 • Waa Ku Hadalnaa Somali • Nous Parlons Francais Summer Enrichment Program (SEP) The • Nou Pale Kreyol Family Summer Enrichment Program is a diverse program operated one day per week HBHC SUBPROGRAMS for seven weeks from July through August. AND ADDITIONAL SERVICES: The program offers enriching recreational and learning activities to families who Enhanced Prenatal Case Management receive services from the HBHC program. This program is funded by Boston Healthy The goal is to reduce social isolation, Start Initiative (BHSI). HBHC delivers provide education, and expose families to enhanced prenatal case management to activities they may otherwise be unable to Black women and infants in the Boston participate in. For more information, please Healthy Start Initiative (BHSI) project area: contact 617 534-5832 Roxbury, Mattapan, Dorchester, South End, Hyde Park, and Jamaica Plain with the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) ultimate goal of eliminating disparities in Program HBHC collaborates with the prenatal health by reducing the Black infant Massachusetts Center for Sudden Infant mortality rate in Boston through Death Syndrome/The Massachusetts Center individualized case management, care for Infant and Child Death Bereavement coordination, and referrals. For more Program, located at the Boston Medical information please contact 617 534-5832 Center. HBHC nurses and social workers are trained by the Center. They provide services HBHC Food Pantry The food pantry in the home to women who have provides emergency food assistance experienced a SIDS death. They provide to Boston residents. Hours of operation are bereavement counseling, information, and Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays 10:00 linkage to parents support groups for a.m. to 2:45 p.m. For more information, families in Boston whose babies and young please contact 617 534-2032. The food children (0-3 years) have died suddenly and pantry is also a member of the Project Bread Food Source Hotline, which coordinates and

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unexpectedly. The services are available up Service hours: Intake hours: M & Th: 10am to one year after the death. - 3pm

Women Circles HBHC provides spring and Roxbury Defenders fall community-based health, social, and 7 Palmer St Suite 302 educational sessions to women and their Roxbury, MA 02119 families. These sessions are designed to 617-445-7581 decrease social isolation and to promote www.publiccounsel.net/ community awareness, health and mobilization in an informal and safe Massachusetts public defender agency had environment held at various locations focused on representing adults in Superior throughout Boston. It is also an avenue for Court. The agency, however, started to networking, collaboration, and sharing recognize the importance of representation resources. For more information, please in juvenile court in the 1980s with a one- contact 617 534-5832 person initiative, the Juvenile Law Advocacy Program (JLAP), spearheaded by The mission of the Domestic Violence Team Public Defender Jay Blitzman. The goal of is to increase awareness about domestic the JLAP was to create a modest CPCS violence in the City of Boston and to support presence in the juvenile court and to develop community efforts to address the problem. training for the private bar. Blitzman began This mission is met primarily through the representing juveniles charged with provision of education, training, and homicide and met with juvenile defenders technical assistance for health and social around the state. service providers, educators, clergy, employers, criminal justice professionals YAD provides legal representation to young and youth. people facing delinquency and youthful offender proceedings. YAD's first priority is The Family Justice Center (FJC) of Boston criminal defense, which it provides using a fosters collaboration in service to victims of holistic approach. YAD combines social child abuse, domestic violence and sexual services with legal services to better assault. We provide a safe and welcoming represent clients and incorporates environment where individuals and families contributions from a team including: benefit from the availability of services offered • Defense attorneys by diverse nonprofit and governmental partner • Education attorneys organizations. We are committed to • Social workers complementing and enhancing the health of • Community outreach workers victim service organizations throughout Boston. • Legal Representation As a hub of cooperative activity, the FJC facilitates continuous learning and serves as a The Youth Advocacy Division offers legal resource center for professional development. representation and advocacy to children We strive to coordinate violence intervention under 17 years old who are charged as and prevention services that are culturally delinquents or youthful offenders. The responsive and accessible to all victims groups Youth Advocacy Division provides these including Relapse Prevention, Spirituality, services at a number of stages, including: Men's Trauma, 12 Step, and Peer Leadership.

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Arraignment: If a child has been arrested laws affecting juveniles, juvenile rights, and and must appear in court the next business the Massachusetts juvenile justice system day, the Youth Advocacy Division can be appointed to represent the child. If the child Catholic Charities /Saint Peters is being arraigned in Boston, Roxbury, 278 Bowdoin Street Dorchester, or West Roxbury Juvenile Dorchester, MA 02121 Courts, you may request that the Youth (617) 282-3614 Advocacy Division be appointed to the case, www.ccab.org/ even if we are not present at the time. A program of Catholic Charities Greater Summons to Court: If a child receives Boston, the Teen Center at St. Peter’s serves notice in the mail that he or she must appear teens ages 15 to 19 from the in court on a future date, either for Bowdoin/Geneva neighborhood of arraignment or a hearing, you may contact Dorchester. There are approximately 200 the Youth Advocacy Division to arrange for members of the Teen Center, with as many representation prior to appearing in court. as 80 participating in educational or recreational activities daily. Probation Surrenders: If a child receives Through the center, adolescents of the mid- notice in the mail that he or she must appear Dorchester corridor are provided with work in court on a future date, either for opportunities, have access to various support arraignment or a hearing, you may contact services, and have a safe place to recreate. the Youth Advocacy Division to arrange for Work and activities aim to provide the skills representation prior to appearing in court. necessary for academic success, while also increasing self-esteem and enhancing the perception of teens as a positive force in the Warrant Removals: If there is a warrant community. pending for a child, either for arrest or Catholic Charities’ Teen Center at St. default, you may contact the Youth Peter’s is part of a unique collaboration with Advocacy Division for assistance in St. Peter’s School and the Bowdoin Street removing the warrant. After-School Program. The three programs, all housed in St. Peter’s School, have worked together to serve the families of the Police Questioning: If a child is wanted for Bowdoin Street neighborhood for five years. police questioning, either as a potential Programs and Activities defendant or witness, you may contact the Activities at the Teen Center begin at 4 p.m. Youth Advocacy Division for legal with focus groups and homework help and representation or advice. Consultation The continue into the evening with recreational Youth Advocacy Division can offer advice activities. and consultation on general delinquency Homework Help: Teens have a supervised issues. Training the Youth Advocacy time for homework, peer tutoring, and set Division can offer training to staff, parents, times in the computer lab. School performance is reviewed and monitored. youth, and community groups. The Youth MCAS Preparation: Specialized and Advocacy Division provides training on: remedial tutoring is provided twice a week

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in math and English to prepare high school Recreational Activities: Planned activities students for graduation requirements. include sports, dances, fashion shows, College Preparation: Tutoring is offered in tournaments, cultural activities, and special both math and verbal skills to help with field trips. standardized tests. Workshops are provided on topics such as financial aid and Youth Mediation: Trained by the Attorney application assistance. Tours of local General’s Office, teens help their peers colleges are arranged. resolve conflicts and disagreements without Computer Literacy: Classes focus on basic violence. This program offers students the principles of word processing, spreadsheets, skills needed to interact with each other at internet research, and web page design. school, home, and in the community. Focus Groups: A male and female focus group meets once a week to address Counselors in Training: Counselors in adolescent developmental issues and the Training are paid positions with job multiple challenges that confront youth responsibilities in the St. Peter’s after-school today such as sexual activity, drugs/alcohol, program and the Teen Center, working 10- family conflict, immigration issues and 15 hours a week. Counselors help with the deportation, diversity and racism, gang supervision of youth, homework, arts and participation, violence, and planning for the crafts, and other projects. Counselors in future. Training are expected to perform well in school and take advantage of the Teen Economic Literacy: These classes focus on Center’s services. managing money wisely. Teens set up a no cost bank account and learn to cut spending Community Service: All teens have the and increase savings. opportunity to carry out supervised community service Teen Center Council: Teens meet regularly projects to increase their knowledge of the to discuss pertinent issues affecting youth, community and its needs, foster a sense of seek resolution to conflict among members, investment in their neighborhood, and and help develop and implement programs. develop positive values of service and Chosen leaders participate in the Teen contribution. Center Council and selected members will participate in the community’s Youth Family Fun Night: Events are held Council. periodically offering games, cultural activities, and refreshments to involve Performing Arts: Artistic programming members’ families. throughout the year includes classes in African Dance and expression through Family Support: Referrals for community poetry and music. services are offered to the families of participating teens in need of outreach, Outdoor Education: In partnership with the mediation, and other services. Sierra Club, the Teen Center participates in hiking, canoeing, and overnight camping trips in all of the New area.

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20 South St., Jamaica Plain 617-635-5193 EDUCATION Contact Jeanette Ayala Boston Centers for Youth & Families 1483 Tremont Street Roslindale Community Center Boston, MA 02120 6 Cummins Highway, Roslindale 617-635- Telephone: 617-635-4920 - Fax: 617-635- 5185 4524 Contact Johnnie Kind ell Email: [email protected] - Web site: Vine St. Community Center www.cityofboston.gov/BCYF 339 Dudley St., Roxbury 617-635-1285 Contact Louise Sowers

The Mission of Boston Centers for Shelburne Community Center Youth and Families is to enhance the quality 2730 Washington St, Roxbury 617-635- of life for Boston residents by partnering 5213 Contact Warren Chase with community center councils, agencies and business to support children youth Condon Community Center individuals and families through a wide 200 D St., S. Boston 617-635-5100 Contact Judy Ryan Centers offering Adult Education, Adult Basic Education, and/or Adult Literacy Ohrenberger Community Center Programs 175 W. Boundary Rd., W. Roxbury 617- Jackson/Mann Community Center 635-5183 500 Cambridge St., Allston 617-635-5153 Contact Judie Mercer Contact John Vitale Centers offering GED classes Charlestown Community Center GED testing is available in various 255 Medford St., Charlestown 617-635- neighborhoods in the City of Boston 5169 throughout the academic year. Call for Contact Maryanne Wren registration information.

Grove Hall Community Center Jackson/Mann Community Center 51 Geneva Ave., Dorchester 617-635-1484 500 Cambridge St., Allston 617-635-5153 Contact Aidee Pomades Contact John Vitale

Perkins Community Center Grove Hall Community Center 155 Talbot Ave., Dorchester 617-635-5146 51 Geneva Ave., Dorchester 617-635-1484 Contact Troy Smith Contact Aidee Pomades

Hyde Park Community Center Perkins Community Center 1179 River St., Hyde Park 617-635-5178 155 Talbot Ave., Dorchester 617-635-5146 Contact Winston Lloyd Contact: Troy Smith

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2730 Washington St, Roxbury 617-635- coaching, college preparation, and 5213 life skills training. Contact Warren Chase 8. The BAHEC Youth Advisory Board Condon Community Center (YAB) offers students a specific 200 D St., S. Boston 617-635-5100 forum for participation and advocacy Contact Judy Ryan at both programmatic and organizational levels. Members of Boston Public Health Commission the Youth Advisory Board work on The Boston Area Health Education Center planning, research, curriculum (BAHEC) aims to increase middle and high development, and outreach activities. school students’ awareness of health professions, and public health issues and The Peer Leadership Institute (PLI) trains concepts. Through its Youth to Health and supports high school students to become Careers (Y2HC) program, BAHEC provides role models and leaders who promote academic enrichment, job shadowing, positive behavior change in their schools leadership training, and college preparation and communities, the program prepares for middle and high school students. young people to be peer leaders in health BAHEC is located on the Boston Medical Center campus. promotion and public health practice. The issues PLI focuses on include sexual health, BAHEC offers multiple programs, substance abuse, and fitness and nutrition. including: Health CREW is a 15-month training 5. Our Introduction to Community program for men of color between the ages Health and Health Careers program of 18 and 25. The mission of the Health is offered in school to 8th grade Community Resources for Empowerment students at selected middle schools and Wellness (CREW) program is to address throughout Boston and after school to high school students at BAHEC. health disparities among African American and Latino males, empowering them to take 6. Our Youth to Health Careers control of their health by engaging in (Y2HC) Summer Enrichment preventative practices, accessing health care Program is a 7-week intensive services, advocating for their own health program for middle and high school needs, and providing health education to students. Students take courses in math and science, as well as various peers in their communities, while pursuing public health topics. Participating their own health career goals. Participants students also have an internship in a complete a 9-month training component medical or public health setting. followed by a 6-month internship in a public health, community or hospital setting. 7. The Youth to Health Careers CREW participants are paid a weekly (Y2HC) Afterschool Program offers a combination of practical stipend both during the training and in their internships, projects, academic internships.

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Training & Development (T&D) supports the health services, and by establishing a forum Youth Development and Health Promotion where we can educate ourselves and speak programs by providing best practice public out on own behalf. health education, training, and professional development for youth workers and young Re Engagement Center: people. We ensure all youth related Madison Park Complex* programming is reflective of health education 55 Malcolm X Blvd. standards of practice. T&D provides access and Roxbury, MA 02120 referrals to promising practices and evidence- based health education resources and curricula www.bostonpublicschools.org/school/re- to schools, community based organizations and engagement-center parent organizations. The Re-Engagement Center provides support for T&D provides information and resources struggling high school students, particularly former specifically related to the advancement of dropouts, and offers services to help students get young people's empowerment, leadership back on track to graduation skill, advocacy, education and health issues and much more! X-CEL, Inc. 7 Glenvale Terrace, #2 Youth Development Network (YDN) is a Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 school-based case management program Telephone: 617-522-2590 committed to reducing the rates of chronic Email: [email protected] - Web absenteeism among Boston Public School www.x-celeducation.org (BPS) high school students. Inspired by the vision of Mayor Thomas M. Menno to meet Services: The X-CEL School offers GED the formative needs of youth, YDN seeks to and College Prep classes at several sites in increase healthy behaviors associated with Roxbury and Dorchester. Most of the classes successful school attendance and have "rolling admissions" so that students achievement. Youth Development can begin at any time. This was done in part Specialists (YDS) work with students and to make it possible for ex-offenders to begin families to working toward reducing and classes no matter when their incarceration preventing chronic absenteeism. YDN ended. Classes are small and each student focuses on successful overall youth advances through the skill levels at his or development and adopts its strategies form her own pace. youth development best practices.

Boston Healthy Start Initiative Walk-ins are registered during class days The mission of BHSI is to eliminate and hours for the Evening GED classes at disparities in prenatal health by working in Log School and STRIVE/Ruggles. partnership with individuals, community- based agencies and government Telephone for registration information for organizations. Our goal is to empower and the MissionWorks GED and College Prep build neighborhood support for Boston classes. families by developing a partnership with Evening GED Class: M-W, 6:30pm-9pm service providers, to increase access to STRIVE/Ruggles (inside Ruggles Station)

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150 Forsyth Street, Roxbury Notre dame Academny Call: 617-522-2590 for information. 200 Old Colony Ave, Orange line: Ruggles Station South Boston, MA 02127 617-268-1912 Evening GED Class: Tu/Th, 6:30pm–9pm www.ndecboston.org/ Log School Settlement House Services: 222 Bowdoin Street, Dorchester Pre-Literacy classes emphasize the basics of Call Baker Sandoval at 617-522-2590 for reading and writing for those students who information. are just beginning to learn those skills. Bus: #15 or #17. These classes also work on strengthening speaking and listening skills. Morning GED Class: M-Th, 10am–12:30pm MissionWorks, Mission Hill ESOL 1 provides beginning-level speakers Located at 39 Smith Street, 2nd floor, of English with the most important Roxbury vocabulary and grammar needed to Call Mirza Martinez at 617-879-1620 for communicate in English at a basic level. next registration date. Instruction is presented in a realistic way Orange line: Roxbury Crossing. Green line: using everyday life situations. Longwood. ESOL 2 continues the work of ESOL 1 Evening College prep classes: M/W, 6pm– helping students to develop stronger 9pm speaking and listening skills and a larger STRIVE/Ruggles (inside Ruggles Station) vocabulary. Grammar, reading, and writing 150 Forsyth Street, Roxbury. skills are developed as well using real life Call: 617-522-2590 for information and topics and texts. registration date. Orange line: Ruggles Station. ESOL 3 offers Intermediate level students expanded vocabulary development and more Morning College Prep Class: M/W, 10am– complex grammar. Students will have 1pm extensive practice in speaking, listening, MissionWorks, Mission Hill reading, and writing. Located at 39 Smith Street, 2nd floor, Roxbury ESOL 4 builds on skills developed in the Call at 617-879-1620 for next registration prior levels. There is a major emphasis on date. further developing reading and writing skills Orange line: Roxbury Crossing. Green line: and continuing practice of speaking, Longwood. pronunciation, and listening. Classes are offered Monday through Friday, Requirements / Restrictions: Must be 18 or 8:30AM to 11:00 AM; 11:30AM to 2:00PM older. For GED: must be able to read at 3rd and 5:30PM to 8:00PM. grade level. For College Prep: must have Evening classes meet two times each week GED or High School Diploma. from 5:30 to 8:00 PM. For further information about any of these Languages: All classes taught in English. programs, please contact Michele Moore, English, Spanish, Haitian Creole ESOL Program Coordinator, at 617-268-

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1912, x231 or email instruction in reading, writing, English, [email protected]. math, and computer. This course of study prepares students to go on to the GED Citizenship Program providing the grade equivalency is 9.0-12.0. Citizenship classes are offered to students who are in the process of Naturalization. Alternative High School Programs The program includes preparation in the General Educational Development (GED) basics of US History, the role of the US This program prepares adult students government, responsibilities of US citizens, working at the high school level to take the and writing practice from dictation. 5 GED tests in literature, writing, math, Classes are offered on Tuesday mornings science, and social studies. The intense and Wednesday evenings. course of study sharpens critical thinking Morning classes meet from 9:30 -11:00 AM. skills necessary to pass these tests. Evening classes meet from 5:30-8:00 PM. For more information about these programs, For further information about NDEC?s please contact Anna Fernandez-Buehrens, Citizenship program, please contact Sr. 617-268-1912, x247. Gerry Stanton, SND, Immigration Counselor, at 617-268-1912, x223 or email High School Diploma Program at Gerry Stanton. High School students can apply to the program by completing an interview and Literacy Programs bringing a copy of their high school Students interested in registering for a class transcripts. This program is designed for in the Literacy Department should call the students who need to finish credits for a full main office or come in person to fill out a high school diploma. Literacy Information Form. Upon receipt of To be eligible, a student must have earned the form, the student will be notified about enough credits to be considered a high registration dates, when to take a placement school junior. Tuition is $400.00 per class. test, and do a writing sample. Limited financial aid is available. The Literacy Department offers three levels Courses include: of adult education with intensive instruction in reading, math, writing, and computer • Science: Biology, Earth Science classes. Humanities: Art, World Religions, Life Skills Adult Basic Education (ABE) • Literature: World, British, American Social Studies: US History, World ABE 1 offers instruction in basic reading to History Math: Geometry, Algebra II adult non-readers. Classes are held Monday through Thursday ABE 2 offers instruction in writing, math, from 1:15 pm-3:15 pm and 3:15-5:15 pm, as reading, and computer for students. needed for thirty-six weeks over two After successfully completing the ABE semesters. program, students can choose to continue their education in a Pre-GED program Each course meets twice a week for two provided the grade equivalency is hours. appropriate. Pre-GED program offers

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Contact: Languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Case Manager, K. Toussaint Lacoste, at Cape Verdean, Creole, Cantonese 617-268-1912, x239 Program Coordinator, Donna Pomponio, at Transportation: Bus: #17 from Fields 617-268-1912, x245 or via email at Corner or Andrew Station on Red line

College Bound Dorchester Ecumencial Social Action Committee 222 Bowdoin Street INC Dorchester, MA 02122 3313 Washington St Telephone: 617-506-5960 - Fax: 617-474- Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 1230 617-524-2555 www.collegebounddorchester.org www.esacboston.org/

Contact: College Readiness Advisor ESAC is dedicated to ensuring the stability of neighborhoods and improving the quality of Services: College Bound Dorchester offers a life for their most vulnerable residents. Valuing College Connections program with an ESOL innovation, collaboration, and prudent track. stewardship, ESAC creates healthy and sustainable solutions including: The program, which operates both weekdays • Foreclosure prevention programs and during the weekends, is open to • Senior Home Repair learners, aged 18 to 30 who have the • Youth programs ultimate goal of attaining their college • GED programs and advocacy degree. Enrolled students have access to a • Community Organizing computer lab, academic advising, drop-in childcare, and referrals to other support WAITT House, Inc. services within both College Bound 117 Mount Pleasant Ave. Dorchester and in the community. Roxbury, MA 02119 Telephone: 617-445-5510 Through high-quality instruction, the ESOL waitthouseinc.org program equips English language learners with the skills needed to successfully Contact: Aileen Scott navigate different systems and services and Services: to serve as advocates for their families. • Offers classes in Career Resource Training Through four levels of ESOL instruction, • Resume writing students gain the English language • Basic computer tutoring proficiency required to take next steps • Job search assistance • Adult Basic Education (ABE), academically, such as obtaining high school • Adult Diploma Program (ADP). credentials and transitioning to college. • Tutoring assistance WAITT collaborates with: Service Hours: For information, call M- F: • La Alianza Hispana 9am - 5pm • Dudley Library • Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative Waiting time: 6 month wait period • The Dimock Center • Roxbury Community College, • and other groups in Dudley area of Roxbury.

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WAITT also offers a program, "College management, youth program administration, Connection," to assist students in making the and direct services administration are also transition to college. Call 617-445-2520 for available. information. Classes are given M–F, from 9am–1pm. Classes are given at downtown locations Information & Registration: Thursdays after during evening hours (6pm-9pm) with some 11am. Saturday morning classes (9am-1pm). Assessments for all programs: Fridays after 2pm. Tutorial assistance is available and free for Urban College students. Service hours: Office Hours: M-F 9:30am- 5pm Best times to apply: July before September term begins, or in November before January Requirements / Restrictions: Must be 22 term begins. years old and are able to speak/understand a reasonable amount of English Service hours: M-F: 9am-6pm

Languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese- Requirements / Restrictions: High School Creole, French, Haitian Creole, and Cape diploma required for an associate degree. Verdean High School diploma recommended for certificate program. No international Other locations Classes are held at WAITT admissions. House, Dudley Library/Literacy Center, and the Vine Street Community Center. Cost: $10 student registration fee. Cost per credit is $296/$888 per 3 credit course Transportation: Orange line to Ruggles stop, take Bus #'s 15, 41 or 45 to Blue Hill Languages: Spanish, Chinese Avenue and Dudley Street, or any bus going to via Dudley. Transportation: Green line: Boylston St. stop; Red line: stop; Urban College of Boston Orange line: Chinatown stop; Silver line: 178 Tremont Street Temple St. (end of line). Boston, MA 02111-1093 Telephone: 617-348-6330 Somerville Center for Adult Learning www.urbancollege.edu Experiences (SCALE) 167 Holland Street Services: Two-year program leading to Somerville, MA 02144 Associate of Arts degree in Early Childhood Telephone: 617-625-6600, x6910 Education, Human Services Administration, www.somerville.k12.ma.us/scale or General Studies. Urban College also collaborates with area colleges and Contact: Front Office universities to offer higher degrees through articulation agreements with other colleges. Services: Offers classes and support services for adult students in Adult Basic Education, Courses and certificates in computers, case GED, ESOL, and the Adult Diploma

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Program (ADP). Class times are mornings Services: and evenings. Evening classes meet on M- Services provided include case management, Th, 6pm-9pm. Morning classes are given M- in-home therapy, therapeutic mentoring, F, usually from 9am-12:30pm. Most classes family stabilization, tutoring for grades 1-5, meet two to four times a week. and a nurturing program. Service hours: All classes are given at the Holland Street M-F: 9am-5pm site. Call to find out how to register. Some Requirements / Restrictions: classes require registration in person and for Only as required by State or Federal others registration can be done by telephone. requirements Languages: SCALE now offers Next Step: For those that English, Spanish, French, Cape Verdean, receive a GED from SCALE and want to Haitian Creole move ahead with their college education, #45 to Blue Hill Avenue and Dudley Street. SCALE may be able to provide assistance in making that transition. Jamaica Plain Community Center, Adult Learning Program Requirements / Restrictions: English High School 144 McBride Street All students must be residents of Boston, MA 02130 Massachusetts. For ADP, students must be 617-635-5201 18 or older. For all other classes, students jpccalp.weebly.com/ must be 16. All students except ESOL must have withdrawn from high school and show Services: letter of proof. ADP students should call Free day, evening, and online classes. 617-625-6600, x6906, for information on Classes offered include: orientation. ESOL -English for Speakers of Other Languages. All levels offered Waiting time: • GED - Prep classes available. ALP is ESOL: 1 year waitlist also a GED testing center. Email or call for more information Languages: Portuguese, Haitian Creole, • Computer Literacy Spanish, French, and Russian. • Distance Learning - ESOL classes are available via the internet, Transportation: Red line: Davis Square Learning English at a Distance. stop; Green line: Lechmere stop and bus #'s Contact Linda: 617-635-5201, 87/88. [email protected] for more information Roxbury Multi-Service Center 434 Warren St. Boston, MA 02121 617-989-0276

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East Boston Adult Education Center • Preparation for college or a training 119 London Street program East Boston, MA 02128 • Preparation for the U.S. Citizenship Telephone: 617-567-7873 Test Email: [email protected] - Web site: • Learn how to use a computer www.ebaec.com Classes are run year-round; please call to get Contact: Main Line class days and times.

Services: Classes offered in: English, Service hours: English & Spanish GED; Computers; Public Notary, CDL Truck Driving, and Office hours: M-Th 8:30am - 9:30pm; F Citizenship. 8:30am - 5pm. Walk-ins OK

Service hours: M-F 2:30pm-4:30pm and Requirements / Restrictions: 6:30pm to 10pm; Sat. 9am to 4pm Residents of Cambridge or 13 surrounding Languages: English, Spanish, French, cities that are over the age of 16 and no Portuguese longer attending high school can come to classes at CLC. Transportation: Blue line: Maverick Station, walk 3 blocks on Meridian Street to ESOL only open to Cambridge residents. corner of London and Meridian. Other restrictions may apply for specific Community Learning Center programs. 19 Brookline Street, 2nd floor Cambridge, MA 02139 Transportation: Telephone: 617-349-6363 - Fax: 617-349- 6339 Red line - Central Sq stop; bus #1 from www.cambridgema.gov/DHSP/programsfora Dudley Square or Harvard Sq. dults/communitylearningcenter.aspx

Contact: Receptionist Charlestown Adult Education Program Services: 76 Monument Street Charlestown, MA 02129 Provides free classes in basic education, Telephone: 617-635-5221 English language and employment skills for [email protected] adults. Classes include: Lori Iannuzzi-D'Alleva, Executive Director • English as a Second Language (ESOL) Services: • Basic reading, writing, or math skills • GED examination preparation Instruction in Adult Basic Education, ESOL, Basic Math, Computer Literacy, pre-GED

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and GED, Life Coping Skills, and assistance Cost: in job searches and readiness and a Bridge to College course. Classes are given in Yes. Ask about cost of specific course. mornings. Transportation: Service hours: Red line: Harvard Square M - F: 10am to 2pm Bunker Hill Community College Requirements / Restrictions: 250 New Rutherford Avenue Charlestown, MA 02129 Must be 18 or older for ESOL, but may 617-228-2000 accept students as young as 16 if officially Admissions: 617-228-3398 withdrawn from high school. Fax: 617-228-3481 www.bhcc.mass.edu Cambridge Center for Adult Education Contact: Admissions Office 42 Brattle Street Cambridge, MA 02238-9113 Services: Offers Associate of Arts and Telephone: 617-547-6789 - Fax: 617-876- Associate of Science degrees and certificate 2755 programs in a wide range of academic areas Email: [email protected] - Web site: including liberal arts, accounting, business, www.ccae.org computer science, media technology, criminal justice, culinary arts, engineering, Contact: Registrar and several health-related occupational areas (medical radiography, nursing, pharmacy Services: Wide variety of adult education technology, medical lab assistant, surgical courses are offered, including courses such lab assistant, and diagnostic sonography). as Entrepreneurship: Starting and Not all programs are available at all Succeeding in Any Type of Business; locations. Some credits can be transferred to Spanish Conversation; Public Speaking; and a B.A. degree program at a four-year college Cartooning Workshop. Call about specific or university. interests or go on-line and view catalog which lists course descriptions, days and The College publishes an extensive catalog times, teachers, classroom sites, and tuition listing all courses and other information costs. relevant to admission, eligibility requirements, tuition and financial Service hours: assistance, and other issues. Call Admissions to request a catalog. Office Hrs: M-Th: 9am-9pm; F: 9am-7pm; Sat: 9am-2pm; Sun 12pm-5pm Cost:

Requirements / Restrictions: $141 per credit for MA residents, $347 per credit for non-residents Must be 18 or older.

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Other locations: The Family Literacy Program is a member Chelsea Campus of the Dorchester Adult Literacy Coalition. 175 Hawthorne St., Bellingham Square For information on other Adult Literacy 617-228-2101 Programs, check these websites: www.dalcboston.org and East Boston Satellite www.bostonadultliteracy.org E. Boston Neighborhood Health Center Service hours: Education and Training Institute M - F: 8:30am - 2:40pm 155 Addison St. Requirements / Restrictions: 617-568-6444 Must be 16 years or older and a parent of a child in Boston Public Schools. Malden Satellite Malden High School Waiting time: 77 Salem Street Usually six months; best to add name to wait list as classes fill quickly Somerville Satellite Other locations: Mystic Activity Center, 535 Mystic Ave. Boston Central Adult High School 617-228-2420 55 Malcolm X. Blvd. Roxbury 02120, 617- 635-9827 South End Campus Evening classes in ESOL, Secondary IBA, 405 Shawmut Ave. Education, & Adult Diploma Program 617-228-2390 Transportation: Red line: Transportation: Station. Orange line: Community College Station. Boston Public Schools Adult Diploma Boston Public Schools Adult Learning Program Center 55 Malcolm X Blvd. 60 Geneva Avenue Boston Central Adult High School Dorchester, MA 02121 Roxbury, MA 02120 Telephone: 617-635-9300 Telephone: 617-635-9300 Fax: 617-635-6748 Fax: 617-635-9045 www.boston.k12.ma.us/adulted boston.k12.ma.us/adulted Instruction is given in: Adult Basic Education (Reading Contact: Assistant Director Comprehension, Math and Language Arts) Services: Boston Central Adult High School is • ESOL an evening school program located within the Madison Park Education Complex. The program • GED Preparation offers a choice of a 16-unit program (College • Family Literacy Preparatory and General), leading to a high • High School Diploma school diploma issued by Boston Public • College Transition Program Schools. This specialized school for mature and serious-minded people allows students to Call to sign up and find out more participate in comprehensive programs of study information. and to complete diploma requirements during

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evening hours while maintaining full-time jobs. social/recreation, education, and financial issues) The Adult Diploma Program (ADP) is an • Assisting with information and alternative route to a high school diploma. referrals (affordable and accessible Adults work at their own pace in this flexible housing, health insurance, CORI, program. It includes take home projects, civil rights for disabled persons, performance assessments, frequent interviews, and library research. Graduates receive a Boston transportation, home modifications, Central Adult High School diploma. ADP hours equipment, and other related are Tue & Thu: 6:30pm-9:30pm. services) • Peer mentoring Boston Central Adult High School now • Individual advocacy offers an ESOL program on Tue & Thu: • Personal Care Assistance Progra m 6:30pm-9:30pm. (PCA) – for people with a disability who need physical care assistance Service hours: and have standard MassHealth M - F: 9am - 4pm for information on classes coverage Requirements / Restrictions: • Youth Services Program for Must be 23 years or older. There may also individuals ages 14 to 22 that be some individual skill requirements for includes Peer Mentoring, Skills some classes. Call for more specific Training, Information and Referral, information. and Advocacy Cost: Boston residents currently pay a $5 Service hours: registration fee per semester plus the cost of M - F: 8:45am - 5pm books. Transportation: Requirements / Restrictions: All schools are accessible by public Any individual/family member with a transportation. verifiable disability Waiting time: Boston Center for Independent Living, Appointments are recommended but walk- Inc. ins are not turned away. 60 Temple Place, 5th floor Languages: Boston, MA 02111-1324 French, Haitian Creole, Spanish, Portuguese, 617-338-6665, ASL, website now translated to Russian & www.bostoncil.org Farsi and several additional languages.

Contact: Carole Hall-Herborg, ext.208 ASA College Planning Center Services: Assisting people with a disability 700 Boylston Street, Boston Public to live as full a life as possible through: Library Boston, MA 02116 • Adult skills training assistance 617-536-0200 (including areas such as www.asa.org/plan/centers/default.aspx employment, housing, Services:

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ASA College Planning Centers promote 87 Tyler Street, Boston; 617-426-9492 educational opportunities for all, especially low-income individuals and those who are Dorchester - Codman Square Branch the first generation in their families to attend Library college. Their programs provide guidance 690 Washington Street and information directly to adults, students and their families on planning and paying East Boston – College Planning Center in for college. The types of higher education East Boston include technical, vocational and business- oriented schools in addition to four-year Hyde Park - Hyde Park Branch Library liberal arts colleges. 35 Harvard Avenue, Boston

ASA has advised many ex-offenders in the Roxbury - Egleston Square Branch Library past and is familiar with the kinds of 1044 Columbus Avenue assistance which ex-offenders may require in accessing higher education. ASA provides South Boston - South Boston Branch help with completing college and financial Library aid applications and with career planning. 646 East Broadway

ASA can also provide college application Transportation: fee waivers to qualified low-income participants. Copley Square Library site: Green line to Copley Square; Orange line to Back Bay The web site has links to colleges and Station; Bus routes #9, #10, #39, #55, and scholarship search databases. #502.

Service hours: M - Th: 9am - 7:30pm; F & Clemente Course in Humanities Sat: 9am - 5pm Codman Square Tech Center 450 Washington Street Languages: English, Chinese, Spanish, Dorchester, MA 02124 Creole, and French

Other locations: The Clemente Course provides a comprehensive introduction to the *For each location, please call the main humanities through the study of literature, office first at 617-536-0200 for details and art history, philosophy and American to schedule an appointment. history. Students are also coached in writing and developing critical thinking skills. The Brockton - Career Works Course is accredited by Bard College and qualifies students for six college credits Chelsea - Bunker Hill Community College upon successful completion of the program. 175 Hawthorne Street, Bellingham Square Our goal is to expose students to the humanities and its riches while building Chinatown - Asian-Ame r i c a n Civic their confidence to meet the demands of a Association

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college education and encourage them to Cost: pursue a college degree. Free For more information, please contact: Eligibility requirement: 617-822-8268 18 years and up; must complete an application and admission interview BATEC Codman Square Tech Center Cost: 450 Washington Street, Dorchester Full scholarship awarded to all accepted students BATEC is a nine-month course in Information Systems that meets twice a For more information, please contact: week. The course introduces students to the Doreen Treacy fundamentals of computers, including Director, Civic Health Institute operating systems, system architecture, data 617-474-1409 storage/capacity, and software configuration. The course is accredited by Roxbury Community College and UMass Boston; however classes are held in a Public Access familiar community setting, math and Codman Square Tech Center English tutoring supplements IT learning, 450 Washington Street, Dorchester and all students are provided a full scholarship, including funds for books and materials. The goal of the program is to give aspiring students the opportunity to Our on-site staff coaches individuals who experience college in a community setting have never used a computer in our on-site and foster a sense of security that will help computer lab. This highly individualized them move to the next level and continue on coaching assists students in achieving skills in a traditional academic setting. After such as logging onto the Internet, navigating successful completion, all participants will with a mouse, and setting up and using an receive six college credits. email account. Students also learn how to use a search engine and the basics of Eligibility requirement: Microsoft Word. 18 years and older, must complete an application and placement test Location and Hours: Codman Square Tech Center Cost: 450 Washington Street, Dorchester Full scholarship awarded to all accepted students Monday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. For more information, please contact: Eligibility requirement: Doreen Treacy Public Access is open to all ages, however, Director, Civic Health Institute users under age 14 must be accompanied by 617-474-1409 a parent or guardian.

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Transitional Year Program/ www.yearup.org/

Brandeis University Year Up's mission is to close the 415 South Street Opportunity Divide by providing urban Waltham, MA 02453 young adults with the skills, experience, and 781-736-2000 support that will empower them to reach www.brandeis.edu/typ their potential through professional careers and higher education. Brandeis’ Transitional Year Program (TYP), part of the Office of Academic Services, is Year Up is a one-year, intensive training an integral part of the University’s founding program that provides low-income young and enduring commitment to social justice. adults, ages 18-24, with a combination of Founded in 1968, the TYP is one of several hands-on skill development, college credits, ways that students may gain admission to and corporate internships. the Brandeis undergraduate program. The program is targeted toward students who Challenging students to reach their have developed the skills for college success potential. by practicing leadership in their life experiences. The TYP experience allows these students to learn about new Our program emphasizes academic and possibilities for their lives, and to apply the professional rigor, setting expectations high focus, energy, tenacity, perseverance, and for quality of work and professional maturity previously devoted to prevailing in behavior. A strong structure guides students the face of personal challenges, to now through the steps necessary for achieving pursuing academic success. success in the classroom and the workplace.

The intelligent and talented students selected For the first six months of the program, to participate in the TYP typically have not students develop technical and professional had access to AP and honors courses in their skills in the classroom. Students then apply previous schooling experiences. For this those skills during the second six months on reason, the TYP guarantees small classes, an internship at one of Year Up's 250+ rigorous academics, and strong academic corporate and government partners. Students support. earn up to 23 college credits and a weekly stipend, and are supported by staff advisors, Students who enter Brandeis through the professional mentors, dedicated social TYP have a life-changing experience, and services staff, and a powerful network of have their stories of success added to the community-based partners. university’s thousands of living testimonies of true ambition, resilience, courage, and Since its founding in 2000, Year Up has triumph. served over 6,000 young adults

Our results Year Up/ North Eastern University 93 Summer St 100% placement of qualified Year Up students into Boston, MA 02110 internships Over 90% of corporate partners would recommend (617) 542-1533 the Year Up program to a friend or colleague

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84% of graduates are employed or attending college promote positive, active members of the full-time within four months of completing the community. program. Employed Year Up graduates earn an average of $15 Services Offered per hour – the equivalent of $30,000 per year. • Job placement Technical skills classes at Year Up might include: • Voter education • Desktop and Network Support • Resume preparation • Help Desk • Adult Education • Hardware Repair • Family planning • Operating Systems • Mentoring • Disk Formatting, Partitioning and Ghosting • Peripherals • Software Installation Boston Day & Evening Academy • Viruses and Malware 20 Kearsarge Avenue • Microsoft Office and Outlook Roxbury, MA 02119 • Networking and TCP/IP • Investment Operations (T) 617-635-6789 • Customer Service (F) 617-635-6380 • Fund Accounting [email protected] Professional and communication skills classes at Year Up might include: • Business Writing Skills Boston Day and Evening Academy (BDEA), • Time Management a unique, innovative, year-round alternative • Career Networking public high school, serves students who are • Communicating Clearly and Effectively over-age for grade level and who are either • Conflict Resolution and Negotiation at high risk for dropping out or have already • Working in Teams • Presentation Skills dropped out of high school and are returning • Workplace Norms to earn a BPS diploma. Working with • Introduction to Business experienced faculty in an environment that • Personal Finance blends strong academics and wrap-around supports, BDEA gives students the tools to • Workplace Legal Issues reach their fullest potential through a • Work/Life Balance competency-based curriculum, and to inspire critical and creative thinking, Director of Admissions independent learning, and active citizenship [email protected] (617) 542-1533 ext. 1063 BDEA provides a combination of strong academics and relevant social and human African American Men Persistence services that contribute to the academic and Project personal success of BDEA students. We Boston Adult Literacy Fund have designed three academic programs to 1 Milke St meet the needs of students who are both Boston, MA 02109 overage for high school and at risk of (617) 482-3336 dropping out. Each of the three—the Day www.balf.net Program, the Evening Program and the Organizational Mission Distance Learning Program—share To provide comprehensive and innovative curriculum and services, but address needs programs for traditional literacy skill and which are specific to each group of at-risk

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• The Distance Learning Program serves 30 students whose life circumstances prevent • The Evening Program serves 160 over-age them from attending classes on a regular students (aged 16-23 years old) who have basis. Supported by technology and a strong attended high school, who have had an team of teachers, the program is for unsuccessful or interrupted experience, and particularly motivated, over-age students who are now returning to earn their who are unable to come to school regularly diploma. Many of these students have because of health restrictions, employment significant gaps in their learning, especially responsibilities, or significant family in the core areas of literacy and numeracy. commitments. Apprenticeship However, some students come to the

program with strong skills and are attracted to the school’s small, community-based Life skills are often the topic in daily educational environment. advisory sessions during which teachers • The Day Program serves 160 over-age help students to address their individual students (ages 16-18) from Boston’s middle growth and to develop essential skills such schools who have failed to meet 8th grade as self-discipline, goal setting, and anger- benchmarks for numeracy and literacy yet have been promoted to high school. management. Advisory also focuses on Generally, these students start at BDEA health and wellness, personal/civic younger than the students in the Evening responsibility, career success, social and life Program and have significant academic and, skills, and college/post-graduate planning in many instances, behavioral challenges. • Case Management Services Job • Career Development Services • Health Services Training/Employment • Peer Support Services Clients in some Span programs may also Span Inc have access to short-term rental assistance 105 Chauncy Street, 6th Floor depending on qualifications and the Boston, MA 02111 availability of funds. 617-423-0750 www.spaninc.org/ Case Management Services Case management is integrated into most of Mission: Span's program services. Case managers Assist people who are or have been in prison work directly with clients to assess needs, to achieve healthy, productive and develop service plans, assist with discharge meaningful lives. planning, and provide hands-on assistance as needed. In addition to providing direct When a client begins a relationship services, case managers also help clients to with Span Inc., a Span case manager makes access services they may need at other an initial assessment and works with the agencies and programs, procure entitlements client to develop a specific service plan. they are eligible for, such as MassHealth , This plan is customized to meet the Social Security and food stamps. Case individual's needs in order to ensure that he managers can also assist clients in securing or she has the tools needed to build a new affordable housing, employment, food, life, and achieve their goals. clothing, transportation, and other basic Plans can include any combination of resources. services in the following categories:

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Span case managers also help clients health issues and help clients access health who need health and/or mental health care, care services. substance abuse treatment, and other critical Case Management for HIV+ Clients services by assisting clients to access Span offers short- and long-t e r m collaborating providers. Clients are also health-service specific case management for assisted to take steps toward reaching clients living with HIV. Span works with personal goals related to enriching their individuals who are being released from quality of life, such as becoming involved in prison or who have been in the community their community through social activities, for some time. Clients are assisted in their volunteering, etc. own efforts to achieve and maintain healthy Career Development Services outcomes after release from prison. Case Pathways to Employment managers work to ensure that medical and Pathways to Employment (PTE) is social services are in place upon designed to assist recently released clients in resettlement in order to guarantee continuity finding work and developing career goals. of care and preserve the health of the client. PTE supports clients in achieving these Clients receiving HIV case management goals by offering an optional two-week may be eligible for up to 3 months of rental stipend-based job-training program and by assistance depending on funding referring clients to The Workplace - a Span availability. partner that serves as a One-Stop Career Substance Abuse Counseling Center for the City of Boston. Clients also For clients with histories of have the opportunity to work toward substance abuse, Span’s clinicians offer reaching their PTE goals with the help of substance abuse assessment as well as Span-trained volunteer mentors. individual and group substance abuse Health Services counseling. Span clinicians also provide Criminal Justice Substance Abuse specialized counseling to clients who are The Criminal Justice Substance dealing with both mental health and Abuse (CJSA) program provides substance addiction issues. Clients are referred to abuse assessment, individual counseling, substance abuse counseling from Span’s and group counseling for people on parole, other programs, from prisons, and by self- federal probation, or who have been referred referral. by a regional re-entry center. CJSA also The Adolph Grant Center provides case management to support the Named after a long-time Span staff process of transition and treatment. member and former client, the Adolph Grant Treatment lasts for a period of twelve Center is a safe place for clients to develop weeks, after which long-term aftercare is social and recreational skills that can offered in a group format. enhance their ability to nurture a lifestyle Health Education free from crime and drugs. At the Center, Span improves public health and the Span provides nutritious family-style meals, health of clients by providing education- activities, events, and access to job search based programs and workshops to teach tools in a safe and drug-free environment. clients how to prevent contracting or Peer Support Services spreading sexually transmitted diseases Support Groups (STDs). Span offers individual and small Span staff members offer support group learning sessions that address various groups where peers can support each other

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and address issues including relapse also supported the reform bill, as they prevention, reintegration and development understand first-hand that without a job, a of social skills. former offender’s options are severely Individual Peer Support limited, and recidivism is often the result. Clients with HIV have the Even with the passage of CORI reform, opportunity to work with Span’s peer Span’s work to break the cycle of support advocate who assist CORI (Criminal incarceration by providing comprehensive Offender Record Information) refers to the discharge and transitional services is crucial Massachusetts policy of keeping a record of to offenders and communities in every criminal court appearance in a Massachusetts. Massachusetts state or federal court. In addition to convictions, case dismissals and Youth Options Unlimited findings of ‘not guilty’ are included in a 7 Palmer St person’s CORI. Roxbury, MA 02119 People with CORIs face extreme (617) 541-2600 difficulty in obtaining housing, jobs, loans, www.bostonredevelopmentauthority.org/yobo and other necessities vital to their ston/en/ reintegration with society. Until recently, a felony remained on a person’s CORI for 15 Youth Options Unlimited (Y.O.U.) is years and a misdemeanor for 10 years; Boston's Youth Re-entry program providing further, any citation during that period a broad range of services to court-involved would delay the sealing of the record by youth from 14 to 24 years of age. Located in another 15/10 years. Without reasonable Dudley Square, Y.O. Unlimited works with access to housing or jobs, many people with young people from every Boston CORIs fall back into the prison system. neighborhood at our Center and within the In May 2010, the Massachusetts community. In collaboration with our House approved bill S.2220 also known as partner agencies, Y.O. Unlimited focuses on the CORI reform bill by a 138-17 vote. This providing the following services: reduces the amount of time until records are • Intensive Case Management sealed to 10 years for a felony and 5 for a • Development of Individual Service Plans for each youth misdemeanor. A CORI will only include • Assistance, Referral, Placement to convictions. The measure also prohibits job educational options applications from including a question about • Transitional Jobs programs and leading to a candidate’s criminal record (employers employment opportunities may still ask during interviews); prior to Now in its 8th year, Y.O. Unlimited this, asking the question “Do you have a (formerly Youth Opportunity Boston) criminal record?” in effect destroyed former continues its mission to empower and offenders’ chances of finding work. motivate young people so they may gain the This is a great victory for all the education, employment, and career associations in favor of CORI reform, like Boston Workers Alliance, The Boston advancement to be successful in the Foundation, Neighbor to Neighbor, and workplace, in the community, and in their Span Inc. We know all too well what this lives. A partnership of educators, law means for our clients who want to rejoin the enforcement officials, and business and workforce. Massachusetts police officers community leaders has come together to

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maximize the services necessary for the participants job training, case management, growth and success of Boston's young and mentorship, in addition to the hands-on people. art skills they gain. Youth in Transitions

This is our full-time youth employment Youth Options Unlimited is operated under program for youth ages 19-25 who have the Mayor's Office of Jobs and Community “aged out of the system”, but are still in Services, a division of the Boston need of support and guidance. As MWP Redevelopment Authority. staff members, they are exposed to professional development and leadership Medicine Wheel Production Inc training opportunities. 110 K St Art in The School Boston, MA 02127 MWP runs art classes in the Edwards 617-268-6700 Middle School in Charlestown as a part of www.mwponline.org/ their Extended Learning Time program. We bring various types of art—visual art, Our mission is to transform communities poetry, music, and dance—to hundreds of from the inside out by inviting all members middle school students each year. to participate in the healing and transcendent power of public art. We are forging a Cushing House Program Common Path—one of inclusion and civic The Cushing House, a program of the Gavin engagement—using art as a threshold to Foundation, is a residential treatment help individuals gain awareness of self, program for youth ages 16-20. Each week, community, and the human condition. participants visit Medicine Wheel to engage The objectives of MWP are to: in healing art classes 1) Launch intimate and large-scale public art projects that respond to the needs of the Artist Retreats community, Medicine Wheel offers Artist Retreats in New 2) Engage young people and adults in community building activities and England, Tuscany and Ireland discussions around inclusion, 3) Offer young people year-round employment More than Words opportunities in the creative sector, and www.mtwyouth.org 4) Be a leader in redefining the role of art in culture. More Than Words (MTW) is a nonprofit social

enterprise that empowers youth who are in the Medicine Wheel Productions offers foster care system, court involved, homeless, or multiple programs: Public Art Interns out of school to take charge of their lives by This is a paid employment program for taking charge of a business young people ages 14-25 years old. There are two sessions that run during the course By working as a team to manage their own of the year: 1) after-school (October-May) and 2) summer time (July-August). Young retail and online used book business, café, people are referred to this program through and community space, youth develop the Department of Youth Services, Boston employment skills, leadership, and self- Youth Fund, and ABCD. We offer all confidence they need to successfully

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transition to adulthood. In addition to store- homelessness, substance abuse, or mental based job training, youth are engaged in illness who need help finding a meaningful personal transition planning and case job. MAP is especially interested in helping people who get little support from their management to support their progress family and community, and who face many towards employment and education. barriers to employment.

The MAP program is free. There may be a The Hull Life Saving Museum waiting list. (M.A.P.) The Moving Ahead Program includes 22 Drydock Avenue, classes five days a week. The classes cover: Boston, MA • resume writing (617) 443-1900 • interviewing skills • how to behave in the workplace www.lifesavingmuseum.org/martimeappr • other social skills enticeprogram.html • ESL and literacy instruc t io n The Hull Lifesaving Museum's • In addition to the classes, students get: Maritime Apprentice Program (MAP) is a • a small stipend for basic living expenses Career Exploration program offering • treatment for substance abuse or other intensive, year-round training for young men disorders and women in the custody of the • free housing • image consulting services and business Department of Youth Services. clothing • opportunities for internships Moving Ahead Program creates viable, MAP runs a non-profit employment agency, entry-level employees for the vibrant Marine HirePower, to help its students find jobs Trades industry in the . after they finish the training program. Caseworkers are invited to inquire about HirePower matches students with jobs, program openings. provides weekly follow-up, provides other The Moving Ahead Program (MAP) is a 14- support services, and helps employers get week life skill and job readiness program for the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. unemployed ex-offenders and other MAP's housing counselors help students individuals with histories of substance find permanent affordable housing. Housing abuse, homelessness, or mental illness. services include referrals, applications for About 85% of MAP students have histories subsidized housing, direct financial support, of incarceration or involvement budgeting, moving assistance, and other with the courts. support services.

MAP helps ex-offenders change their Project Place outlook and behavior, develop positive 1145 Washington Street relationships, and identify long-term goals. Boston, MA 02118 The focus of MAP's job training is to help 617-542-3740 – ex-offenders start on a career path, not just Fax: 617-542-3860 find a stop-gap job. www.projectplace.org

The Moving Ahead Program (MAP) is for Contact: Polly Hanson, Director of Client people with histories of incarceration, Services

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business offers transitional employment for Services: Clean Corners… Bright Hopes six months. Starting pay is $8/hour, with Clean Corners… Bright Hopes is a facilities potential for performance-based increases. maintenance service that employs homeless individuals to perform maintenance and Project 90 landscaping. This business offers Project 90 is a three-month job readiness transitional employment for six months. program for homeless individuals. It Starting pay is $8/hour, with potential for provides a combination of classroom performance-based increases. instruction in job readiness skills with a community-based internship. Project 90 Community Re-entry for Women (CREW) offers professional and personal skills Program development in preparation for job search, CREW provides job readiness and life skills as well as computer training through training to incarcerated women at the supportive case management. Classes and Suffolk County House of Correction. internships are M-F. Through linking the participants with case management, career coaching and health care, the program seeks to foster the strength Project Pepsi and independence of participants in Project Pepsi partners with the Pepsi preparation for positive re-entry into the Bottling Company to employ homeless community. This program is only available individuals to service vending machines to incarcerated females at the SCHOC. throughout . Project Pepsi hires loaders and drivers. This business offers transitional employment for six Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program months. Starting pay is $8/hour, with (HVRP) potential for performance-based increases. An employment, job-training, and job- placement program providing tailored Work Ready services specific to veterans. Client are Work Ready is a 30 day job readiness assessed for veteran benefit eligibility, and training program focused on the basics of a through case management and wraparound successful employment search. Clients will services, veterans can be referred to various learn to develop resumes, write cover letters, agencies for specific employment, housing perform a focused job search with internet and medical needs. Assistance is provided to and on-the-street job searching, and prepare help obtain discharge (DD214) papers. for the interview process. Upon successful completion of this program, clients will be HomePlate assigned an employment specialist to assist Home Plate employs homeless individuals in designing a focused employment plan to prepare and sell wholesome and with ongoing support and resources. Classes convenient meals for people on the go. This are M-F.

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accessible for individuals with disabilities, Homeless Resource Center and are focused on placing them on a path to Our oldest program, The Homeless employment in the workforce and independence. Participants are recruited on Resource Center, provides basic services to an ongoing basis throughout the year. individuals living on the street or in an unstable situation. It provides resources and Develop an individual training and referrals to individuals needing emergency employment plan, and choose trainings and care and guidance. Through case supports. Case managers meet with participants regularly and participants move All programs are CORI friendly. through the employment services Service hours 9am-5pm Programs: The Human Service Employment Ladder Requirements / Restrictions: Program (HELP): runs quarterly, for eight weeks, Monday-Friday from 9am-3pm. Must be sober for 90 days.

The schedule and duration of training for Clients are required to have stability in the those in longer term, on-the-job training areas of physical and mental health, legal programs in retail, housekeeping and issues, and sobriety for 90 days. Enterprise maintenance, food service and light employment requires 90 days sobriety. assembly are more individualized and

services are offered in accordance with an Exceptions are made to these restrictions, so individual service plan. please call for access to services. Placement services are made available as soon as an individual is Cost: None • Coming close to being ready for Other locations: Also see listing for Project competitive employment in the Place: Housing community. Following placement, post-placement supports are Transportation: Silver Line: East Berkeley provided for a year or more, with St. stop; Red Line: Broadway stop career services available at Boston Career Link thereafter. • For more information, please email Boston Career Links Valerie Gold at 1010 Harrison Ave [email protected] or call Boston, MA 02119 (617) 541-1434. 617) 541-1400 www.bostoncareerlink.org/ • The One-Stop career center operated Services: by Goodwill, offers universal access Goodwill offers a range of job training to a broad range of career counseling programs, support services and placement services, career resources, and post-placement services for individuals workshops, job fairs, and special with barriers to employment. Services are programs to connect job seekers

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looking to advance or change careers The Beyond Jobs program assists women with employers. with job training and placement, and also • helps them plan for continued success. Recruitment sessions to conduct on- Goodwill works with each woman to create the-spot interviews with qualified, an individualized plan that outlines how she pre-screened job seekers. will gain and retain a job, advance in her career, and ensure long-term financial • Quarterly job fairs for both job stability. seekers and employers. • Each participant in the Beyond Jobs • Job seeker services include: program receives a complete career • Interview practice, resume writing assessment, individualized career and career counseling workshops. planning, job skills training, and • A resource library that contains assistance with job placement. state-of-the-art computers, high Recognizing that landing a job is speed Internet hook-up for only one step on the road to success, conducting employer research, career • Beyond Jobs also provides women exploration, job search, and access to with continued financial education, a laser printer at no charge. Print connections to healthy food and resource materials and job postings nutrition initiatives, and family to support job seekers in their job strengthening services, early search. Boston Career Link receives education and child care assistance if new job listings daily and makes they are mothers. them available to our members in its resource library. • Employment Retention and Career

• For employers looking for qualified • Advancement Services employees to meet their staffing needs, Boston Career Link has a • Assistance with Budgeting and potential applicant pool of more than Financial 5,000 job seekers at any given time, and offers employers the following • Literacy services: Family Strengthening Services including • Referrals of pre-screened qualified Workshops, Referrals, and job seekers for open positions. • On-site recruitment events. Job Corp • Help with exploring a variety of www.jobcorp.gov business incentive programs including tax credits and workforce Job Corp Qualifications: training grants. An alternative education, training service • For more information, please call program for out-of-school youth between (617) 541-1400 or visit 17-24. Half of the time is spent on activities leading to a high school diploma or GED. The other half is spent in renovating

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affordable housing and other community the biotech industry, and teaches chemistry, service. Focus is on career development, life biology, medical terminology, computers, skills and employability; community and lab skills. Students may be eligible to service; intensive follow-up to support receive 19 credits from Bunker Hill graduates in transition to employment, Community College upon completion of the vocational training or college preparation. program. The program is an Must adhere to dress code (uniform provided for you) There is no tuition fee. Applications are • No facial piercings (including tongue) accepted April through August. Eligibility • No Hats at any Job Corp training facility • Training day is 7:30 –5 Homeownership & Rental Development: • As part of Admission process (You must come up with a career plan) Just-A-Start develops affordable homes for • Must write an essay on how Job Corp would first-time homebuyers. These units are improve their life affordable to families with incomes at 60% - • Safety Gear provided by program 80% of the area median income. All of the • $1,000 Bonus for completing training units are purchased pursuant to an • First 24 hrs inducted into the program (full Affordable Housing Agreement with the examination-Mental, Physical, Oral, Blood, STD and Drug) City of Cambridge, allowing the City to • If you fail drug test you are given 38 days to repurchase the units when sold at a restricted become clean Fail second drug test resale price. TERMINATED!!! Contact: Sharon Cowan 617-494-0444 ext • Job Corp locations are picked based on your 340 career interest • Youth with open court cases are not eligible for Job Corp. JAS develops and owns affordable rental • Can be o administrative parole and be housing targeted for lower income eligible for Job Corp households. These units are managed by two • If you have ever had an open case you can management companies. SC Management not apply for Health Care path Company manages the 273-unit JAS- • Program takes 2 years to complete on affiliated housing at 402 Rindge Avenue. average • When You complete program is up to you This is a 100% HUD-funded building with a • First 8 week career preparation (Become waiting list that is controlled by HUD and certified in customer service, Take T.A.B.E MHFA. The waiting list is opened Test for Adult Basic Education and career periodically for applications by specific exploration) categories of households, but it is generally • 16 year old are limited in career path closed to new applications. To inquire about • Must be 17 and a half to join any union vacancies at 402 Rindge Avenue, please call Just-A-Start Corporation SC Management at 617-876-5855.

1035 Cambridge St. #12 All other JAS-affiliated rental units are Cambridge, MA 02141 managed by Maloney Properties Inc. Not all 617-494-0444 www.justastart.org of the properties in the portfolio have open Services: Cambridge Biomedical Careers waiting lists; please contact Maloney Program: Properties Inc. at 617-661-7190 for This 9-month training program (Sept–May) availability of applications. prepares participants for entry-level jobs in

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Mediation for Results: admission Offers dispute resolution and information -Ability to perform physically challenging work in weather extremes services. MFR works directly with landlords -Interest in construction career and tenants to resolve conflicts and find -Proficient in English and math solutions and resources needed to stabilize tenancies and prevent future disputes. MFR Women and minorities are encouraged to strives for early intervention and focuses on apply keeping people housed and helping There is no fee to participate in Building landlords achieve positive results. Mediation Pathways, and participants will receive a works with at-risk families for homelessness stipend of up to $1500. You must be prevention as well. qualified to participate and there are only 2 cycles - fall of 2011 and spring of 2012. Requirements / Restrictions: Space is limited to 15 participants per cycle and classes are taught in English. Bring your Social Security card, birth Home for little wanderes certificate and proof of address. Solutions at Work Building Pathways 1151 Mass Ave. The Construction Institute Cambridge, MA 02138 P.O. Box 220808 617-492-0300 Boston, Massachusetts 02122 solutionsatwork.org/ 617-436-4159 Mission, Vision, and Values Building Pathways is sponsored by the Solutions at Work was founded by a group and the Boston of homeless individuals in Cambridge in Building Trades Council, and managed by 1989. Our mission is to break the cycle of The Construction Institute. Through 7 weeks poverty and homelessness by providing of classroom and hands-on learning individuals and families with opportunities experiences, Building Pathways will prepare to strengthen their self-confidence, participants to enter an apprenticeship in the professional skills, and financial stability. building and construction trades. We envision a Greater Boston in which homeless and poor people have the These are the requirements to apply: resources, opportunities, and partners they Boston Housing Authority residents and need to achieve self-sufficiency. The other Boston residents who meet HUD following organizational values inform Section 3 income requirements for low and how we approach every aspect of our work: very low income. • Inclusive -18 years of age at start of training • Respectful -Authorized to work in US • Compassionate -High school diploma or GED -Driver’s license or eligible to apply (no suspensions) Programs and Services Solutions at Work serves more than 6,000 Reliable transportation (vehicle that runs or people living in poverty annually. Our plan to have one by end of program) programs provide the following resources -Drug-free and willing to take a drug test for because countless local homeless people

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have told us time and again that these are 0300 ext. 6 or precisely things they need to get their lives [email protected]. back on track. Support Solutions at Work Children’s Clothing, Books, and Toys For information about how to support The homeless and low-income parents who Solutions at Work or to schedule a tour of participate in our Children’s Clothing our award-winning programs, please contact Exchange trade their children’s outgrown Lauren Corduck at 617-823-3630 or items for age-appropriate clothing, books, [email protected]. and toys. Business Attire Our popular SolutionsWear program CASPAR, Inc. Supportive Services provides free interview-appropriate clothing Programs and accessories to men and women who are 315 Highland Avenue enrolled in area job-training progr a ms . Somerville, MA 02144 Moving Services 617-591-1900 x13 Our unique Moving Up program provides www.casparinc.org low-cost moving services to people transitioning out of homelessness or those Services: living in extreme poverty. Computers CASPAR, Inc.'s Supportive Services Our Get Connected! program refurbishes Program includes counseling, drop-in high-quality donated computers and gives support groups, twelve-step meetings, peer them to people moving out of homelessness support, leisure activities, job coaching, to use to job search, find affordable housing, cover letter and résumé-writing assistance, continue their education or stay in touch CORI supports, computer lab for client use, with their support network. referrals to support services (i.e. housing, medical and mental health, legal supports, Professional Development etc.), and transitional programs for the Half of Solutions at Work’s employees have homeless. experienced homelessness. These team members receive classroom-based and on- Programs serve people recovering from the-job training to advance our mission and alcoholism and addiction, adults and youth. become more financially stable, self- confident, and employable in the process. Service Hours: A Voice Adult Drop-In: Monday-Thursday, 9:00a to Our Speak Up! program raises awareness 4:00p; Friday 9:00a to 2:00p and dispels myths about homelessness by Employment Services: Monday-Thursday providing paid speaking engagements to 9:00a to 4:00p; Friday 9:00a to 2:00p people who have actually experienced *Youth services available by appointment homelessness. Receive Services Requirements / Restrictions: For information about how to receive assistance from Solutions at Work, please Must provide referral if working with a case contact Rosemary McCrudden at 617-492- manager and sit for intake session with member of staff. Must be sober while on

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Future Chef Youth Build Boston Fact Sheet 560 Albany Street 27 Center St Boston, MA 02118 Roxbury, MA 02121 (617) 451 – 3883 617-445-8887 solutionsatwork.org/ www.youthbuildboston.org/ Future Chefs prepares urban youth in Greater Boston for quality early Description of Services: employment and post-secondary education • 6-7 month training • Workforce Development opportunities in the culinary field and • GED Training supports them in developing a broad base • Occupational training certificates in OSHA, of transferable skills as they transition into CPR First Aid and Preapproved certificate training the working world. • Life skills training: Job Interviews, Resumes, Professional Behavior and Snap Chef South Boston additional soft skills Contact Todd Snapkowski • Receive Stipend 300 for GED participant 508-799-2433 150 for non GED program • Build houses (see the fruits of your labor [email protected] take life) • Temp agency for cooking and prep • Landscaping work • Community service • Must already bring skills to temp • DOL youth get Foodservices (Food stamp) agency • GED program half class room half field • Certified cooks preferred work • Strict attendance policy 4x late or absence and you are out of apprenticeship but are eligible for additional services Boston Workers Alliance • Voucher GED 411 Blue Hill Ave • 14-17 Architecture progr a m Dorchester, MA 02121 • 17-24 construction program • (617) 606-3580 DOL- court involved youth get 24-7 case worker bostonworkersalliance.org/ • 16-18 must be without GED • Help clients seal their CORI • Must be out of school • Workforce Development • Must have Social Security card • Resume Editing • Information sessions every Wednesday @ • Cover letter editing 1:30pm • Staffing/temp to permanent jobs • Must write an essay of why they want to be • Orientation every Friday at 11:00 am part of Youth Build • Walk in services Mon-Thurs 10-2pm • DOL clients- can opt to meet directly with • Job search assistance case worker • Job training referrals • Must take educational assessment to • Partnership with Boston Staffing Alliance determine educational level for placement in temp to perm positions • Participants must have at least 6th grade • Activist training- Learn community education organization • DOL may have at least 4th grade education • Must have strong interest in construction • Orientation 6 weeks • Participants are eligible for AmeriCorps post secondary educational scholarship up to

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2,500.00 for school upon completion of o how to follow instructions and 600+ hours of program accept criticism • If clients are aging out of DYS they may o how to work as part of a team apply o how to speak, dress, and behave • Youth must be out of court system no longer professionally in a work the 12 months environment • job readiness skills o resume writing and job applications Strive o practice interviews o telephone skills 651 Washington St • GED program Dorchester Ctr, MA 02124 • computer classes (617) 825-1800 www.bostonstrive.org/ After the training, a STRIVE placement specialist will help match you with the right job and employer. However, you must apply STRIVE (Support and Training Result In for jobs on your own. STRIVE will give you Valuable Employees) Boston is a non-profit advice and coaching during the application job-readiness program that helps ex- and interview process. offenders and other unemployed hard-to- place individuals find jobs and stay Once you are working, STRIVE will stay in employed. STRIVE combines attitude touch on a regular basis to make sure you are doing well. If you have a problem, adjustment, education and job training, STRIVE is there to help with counseling, support services, placement assistance, and more attitude training, or other support long-term follow-up to reach its goals. services. If you become unemployed again, STRIVE will help you find another job. STRIVE Boston's Ex-Offender Program is open to male and female ex-offenders, 18 If you are interested in going to college, and older, who are willing to take part in a STRIVE can help you with pre-college five-week intensive training program in assessment testing, applications, and Boston. STRIVE selects applicants who will financial aid for Bunker Hill Community benefit from STRIVE training and are likely College. See Youth-to-College Initiative and to remain employed after they find a job. College Credits Initiative on the STRIVE The program is free. Boston web site.

STRIVE Boston's Ex-Offender Program STRIVE Boston works in partnership with consists of a five-week intensive CareerGear for job-appropriate clothing, X- professional development training course, Cel for GED and college prep training, and followed by job placement assistance, and Bunker Hill Community College for post- two years of follow-up support. graduate education.

The professional development training InnerCity Weightlifting, includes: 413-335-3547 www.innercityweightlifting.org/ • attitude adjustment Our mission is to reduce violence and promote professional, personal and

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academic achievement among urban youth. (HBHC) is a community-based We work with young people at the highest program designed to promote infant risk for violence in order to reduce youth survival, positive birth outcomes, oral violence by getting our students off the health, and family unity. The HBHC streets and into the gym, where they are program provides home visiting to pregnant empowered with the confidence and positive and parenting families with a child under support needed to say no to violence and yes age of five who reside in Boston. All to opportunity. services are free, voluntary, and confidential. Public health nurses, public For over 27 years, our mission has remained health advocates, and social workers help the same: to provide or assure access to the prepare parents (via a strength-based model) highest quality health care for all homeless for healthy deliveries and successful men, women and children in the greater parenting within the scope of their own Boston area. We believe it has been and culture and language. Clients are linked to a continues to be medicine that matters. range of services and health care facilities. Vulnerable patients are kept alive and get help managing chronic diseases like The HBHC program collaborates with diabetes, hypertension and cancer. community-based organizations; Dedicated clinical and non-clinical staff neighborhood health centers; hospitals; early share their passion for a vibrant mission and intervention programs; certified home health support each other in bringing the mission care agencies; Women, Infants and Children alive. (WIC) nutrition programs; and other social Generous donors have found a fulfilling service agencies to ensure that clients way to address their concern: "I see people receive holistic, surround-care services. on the street and don't know how to help." Shelter Partners are able to offer BHCHP's WHAT SERVICES WILL I RECEIVE? medical expertise while focusing on their • Health core mission, thus avoiding the waste • Oral Health involved by duplicating services. • Nutrition • Prenatal Education • Fetal Growth and Development Boston's many hospitals can depend on • Breastfeeding Counseling BHCHP as an alternative to the emergency • Family Planning room as well as a safe discharge location for • Home Safety medically vulnerable patients. • Injury Prevention • Parenting Education • Child Growth and Development • Immunization Health • Community Based Women’s Health Groups • Sudden Infant Death The Healthy Baby/Healthy Child • Syndrome (SIDS) Grief Counseling Program YOU ARE ELIGIBLE FOR HEALTHY 35 Northampton St #5, BABY /HEALTHY CHILD SERVICES IF Boston, MA 02118 YOU: (617) 534-5832 • Are pregnant www.bphc.org/hbhc • Have a child between the ages of birth to 5

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• Live in the City of Boston HBHC Food Pantry The food pantry • Loss of a pregnancy after 20 weeks provides emergency food assistance gestation to Boston residents. Hours of operation are • Loss of a child - birth to 3 years of age Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays 10:00 WE PROVIDE INFORMATION, a.m. to 2:45 p.m. For more information, REFERRALS, AND ADVOCACY FOR please contact 617 534-2032. The food SERVICES SUCH AS: pantry is also a member of the Project Bread • Primary Health Care Food Source Hotline, which coordinates and • Health Insurance • Transitional Assistance provides referrals for the general public. • Food Stamps Please contact 1-800-645-8333 for a referral. • Emergency Food • WIC Partners in Parenting (P.I.P.) Partners in • Fuel Assistance Parenting are a mentoring program that • Housing search offers parenting support to pregnant and • Child support parenting women. Clients are connected • Father’s program with volunteer "partners" from their • Education • Childcare services community who serve as mentors, • Early Intervention advocates, and community liaisons. The • Parenting and Support Groups partners encourage individual • Mentoring Programs empowerment, provide peer leadership, and • ESL and GED Classes support the women in their goal of self- • Immigration Issues sufficiency and decreasing social isolation. • Legal Services For more information, please contact 617 • Mental Health • Substance Use 534-5832 • Workforce development • Early Literacy Summer Enrichment Program (SEP) The Family Summer Enrichment Program is a YOU CAN RECEIVE SERVICES BY diverse program operated one day per week CALLING for seven weeks from July through August. The program offers enriching recreational HBHC SUBPROGRAMS and learning activities to families who AND ADDITIONAL SERVICES: receive services from the HBHC program. The goal is to reduce social isolation, Enhanced Prenatal Case Management provide education, and expose families to This program is funded by Boston Healthy activities they may otherwise be unable to Start Initiative (BHSI). HBHC delivers participate in. For more information, please enhanced prenatal case management to contact 617 534-5832 Black women and infants in the Boston Healthy Start Initiative (BHSI) project area: Boston Public Health Commission: Roxbury, Mattapan, Dorchester, South End, Men's Health and Recovery Hyde Park, and Jamaica Plain with the Program ultimate goal of eliminating disparities in 774 Albany Street, 3rd Fl. prenatal health by reducing the Black infant Boston, MA 02118 mortality rate in Boston through 617-534-2185 individualized case management, care www.bphc.org

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health, alcohol or substance abuse, state Contact: Intake victim’s compensation awards. Services: Men's Health and Recovery is a short-term outpatient substance abuse 2. Basic Needs: Housing/relocation, counseling program with supportive case transitional assistance/food, family and child management for adult males in Boston, support, legal advocacy and support. particularly men of color. 3. Personal Development and Growth:

Education assistance, job readiness training, The Program provides: Individual substance employment assistance, counseling abuse counseling; Recovery support (individual and family). services; Medication assisted counseling 4. Maintenance: Check-in, maintaining jobs Service hours: Intake hours: M & Th: 10am and school, personal development. - 3pm Since 1989, TEENS ON TARGET (TNT) Massachusetts Violence has been offering young people who live in Intervention Advocacy Program neighborhoods with the highest rates of 1010 Massachusetts Ave, violence positive alternatives, and training 2nd Floor them to play leadership roles in violence Boston, MA 02118 prevention efforts. With gun homicides as a www.bphc.org/programs/cafh/violencepreven leading cause of death for children in tion/viap/ The Violence Intervention Advocacy California, we don't have a moment to Program (VIAP) is unique in that it is both waste. one unified state program and also three TNT trains high school students and young distinct programs at three hospitals in adults called – Peer Educators – from Massachusetts. VIAP serves communities neighborhoods with high levels of violence through emergency departments at Boston to present interactive violence prevention Medical Center, Massachusetts General workshops to middle and high school Hospital, and Bay state Medical Center. students. The Peer Educators also work with VIAP’s services are tiered to reflect levels community leaders and policy makers to of recovery and development. Clients develop solutions to violence. successfully complete the program by Some of the Peer Educators are in moving through these tiers. The services wheelchairs from being shot, and most have covered under each tier are: experienced or are at great risk for 1. Injury and recovery: Hospital care experiencing violence first hand. navigation and appointments, medical They undergo extensive twelve-week after- equipment needs, physical therapy, mental school training on how to educate their peers and speak about the impact of violence in

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their lives. Facilitated by staff, they continue Resources; program supports, staffing, to meet 2-3 times a week after school materials. throughout the school year to support one Intensive Care Coordination (ICC) another and continue their training. They ICC is a service that uses the Wraparound also receive a monthly stipend for their care planning process to coordinate multiple work. For most, this is their first real job services and supports for youth with Serious experience. Emotional Disturbance (SED). Involvement and participation in ICC is voluntary. To date, over 900 young people have been Youth and their families enrolled in ICC are trained to be Peer Educators. These young assigned a care coordinator. The care people have reached over 45,000 students in coordinator is responsible for working with Oakland and Los Angeles with workshops your child and family to: that enable students to participate in making • Complete a risk management and safety plan their lives, their neighborhoods and their • Meet with your family at communities more healthy and safe. your home to conduct a comprehensive assessment of The Osiris Group your child’s and family’s 184 Dudley St strengths and needs Roxbury, MA 02119 • Assemble a care planning 617-442-2002 team of the family’s www.osirisgroup.org preference made up of formal (teachers, state agency The Osiris Group Parent Company was workers, etc) and natural formed to offer to the Black community (friends, neighbors, etc) culturally competent mental health supports to help support the practitioners who practice their craft from an youth and family Afro-centric paradigm. We believe that the • Facilitate development of an psychological, emotional and spiritual needs Individual Care Plan (ICP) of our clients can best be served by that guides the family and individuals who reflect their ethnicity. The team in pursuing goals Osiris Group practitioner’s focus is on identified by the care teaching our client(s) to live in the present planning team without allowing any past human deficits to • Make sure services and become permanent stumbling blocks. supports identified on the ICP are in place and coordinated The following insurances are accepted: (MSPCC, 2011). • Boston Medical Center HealthNet Plan Family Support and Training (BMCHP) Your family will be assigned a Family • Fallon Community Health Plan Partner to provide support and training. A • Massachusetts Behavioral Health Plan Family Partner has personal experience as a (MBHP) caregiver of a youth with special needs. The • Neighborhood Health Plan family partner works closely with the care • Network Health

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coordinator (for youth in ICC) to help the Arts Therapy (BIAT) is dedicated to parent(s) or caregiver(s) of the youth by: meeting the needs of over 2,500 children o Teaching the parent/caregiver how to and their families annually who are navigate the child-serving systems challenged emotionally, physically and o Identifying available services and developmentally. BIAT strives to improve supports in the community the quality of life of each individual and o Developing connections with self- community it serves through engagement in help or support groups therapeutic and educational arts programs. o Supporting and coaching the parent/ The arts, when used in the service of the caregiver in reaching goals individual, are powerful tools for facilitating identified on the ICP communication, human development and change. Arbour Health System Foundation In Jamaica Plain Boston Ten Point Coalition 227 Babcock St 150 Warren St Brookline, MA Roxbury, MA 02119 (617) 731-3200 (617) 524-4331 www.bostontenpoint.org/ www.arbourhealth.com/ Arbour Health System is committed to providing easy access to a comprehensive ABOUT BOSTON TEN POINT range of behavioral health services for COALITION patients of all ages. It provides a continuum of care that includes clinical evaluation, The Boston Ten Point Coalition (BTPC) is inpatient crisis stabilization, and treatment an ecumenical group of Christian clergy and for patients with mental illness, dual lay leaders working to mobilize the diagnosis, and/or addictions. community around issues affecting Black Programs are designed to provide evaluation and Latino youth. and stabilization of the individual’s primary The Boston Ten Point Coalition’s programs symptoms and problems. Programs are unique because they: emphasize developing coping mechanisms Focus on some of our communities and skill-building to create the best “troubled youth,” youth that other agencies opportunity to prevent relapse. Medication most frequently are unable to serve. We stabilization and management is also work with high-risk youth as their shattered emphasized to prepare the individual to lives and dreams are reflected in their successfully step down to a less restrictive violent and oftentimes callous and/or self- level of care, including back to the destructive behaviors. community. Operate in collaboration with other community-based, governmental, and Boston Institute for Arts Therapy private sector institutions that are also 90 Cushing Avenue committed to the revitalization of the Boston, MA 02125 families and communities in which our (617) 288-5858 youth are raised. By working with other www.manta.com/c/mm446vv/boston-institute- institutions, we reduce duplication of effort. for-arts-therapy Founded in 1982, the Boston Institute for The Boston TenPoint Coalition is faith-

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based because faith breeds a sense of hope The Elizabeth Stone House’s Anger and provides the nurturing yet structured Management Program is designed for principles and environment that many youth adults whose anger is harmful to them or lack. We are a coalition that collectively their families. Individuals who aspires to make the “Boston Miracle” inappropriately direct their anger at their continue to work. children, who have difficulty maintaining a job because of outbursts, or who are at risk Boston University Center for Anxiety & of losing housing because of an inability to Related Disorders Services for adolescents control their anger are all encouraged to take Season of Peace campaigns are designed to part in this working group. promote anti-violence. This project was launched to send a consistent message of Anger Management is a 12-week program that addresses what anger is, what it looks peace to youth who were involved in the like, how anger effects parenting, why we violence. The strategy involves creating a choose anger, the origins of anger, ideas for period of time during the year to declare a dealing with anger, communicating general ceasefire throughout the city. effectively, anger and addiction, anger and boundary development, and taking care of Support Services for the Community self. Providing parents with tools to express and Elizabeth Stone House Residents feelings in a productive and appropriate 8 Notre Dame St manner facilitates their ability to foster a Boston, MA 02119 nurturing environment for their children and (617) 427-9801 maintain stability within the home. www.elizabethstonehouse.org/help-for- Addressing anger issues also helps you/main.aspx individuals address conflicts on the job, with The Elizabeth Stone House offers a wide landlords, and with neighbors productively. range of services to families in our community as well as to adults and children For more information, please contact: who live in our facilities. We have a team of Ruth Rollins at (617) 409-5413 or case managers who work with adults one- [email protected] on-one to define goals and work toward them. All residents are assigned a case manager when they move into our facilities, Economic Sustainability Programs and all community members who participate These groups can be held at your program in Stone House programs are eligible for site at no cost to you. case management. Our facilitated support groups help individuals overcome isolation Money Smart and learn to rely on their peers, while Money Smart is a comprehensive financial providing substantive information that is education curriculum designed to help low- useful in daily life. Our classes teach adults and moderate-income individuals outside the personal, financial and parenting skills. Our financial mainstream enhance their financial transportation and child care assistance skills and create positive banking make it possible for our adult residents to relationships. Financial education fosters attend school or go to work. financial stability for individuals, families, and entire communities. The more people

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know about credit and banking services, the partnerships and training with organizations more likely they are to increase savings, buy and communities. homes, and improve their financial health and well being. Just Circles just-circles.com/ For more information, or if you are interested in hosting support or educational The seeds for JUST Circles were planted by groups at your location, please contact Ruth the Out of Harm’s Way Initiative, a United Rollins at (617) 409-5413 or Way Project supported through the Boston [email protected] Public Schools and the Center for Restorative Justice (CRJ) at Suffolk BARC University. During the summer of 2010, as 800.841.8371 the Out of Harm’s Way Initiative began transitioning from grant funding, JUST Sexual violence disrupts the lives of victims Circles was formed to ensure that the vital and those who care about them. The Boston work of building communities of care and Area Rape Crisis Center (BARCC) is respect would continue. JUST Circles uses committed to giving survivors and their authentic open dialogue, transformational families and friends the resources they need to reclaim their lives and begin healing, to restorative practices and the circle process as raising awareness of the issues survivors vehicles for building communities of care face, and to ending sexual violence through and respect. . healing and social change. If you have or someone you care about has EMERGE experienced sexual violence, you are not 2380 Massachusetts Avenue alone. You may have many questions but are Cambridge, MA 02140 unsure where to find answers. BARCC is 617-547-9879 here to help. www.emergema.org/ The Boston Area Rape Crisis Center Emerge’s mission is to eliminate violence in (BARCC) is the only rape crisis center in the intimate relationships. In working toward Greater Boston area and the oldest and this goal, Emerge seeks to educate largest center in Massachusetts. Our vision individual abusers, prevent young people is to end sexual violence through healing from learning to accept violence in their and social change. relationships, improve institutional BARCC was founded in 1973 by a group of responses to domestic violence, and increase people dedicated to building a hotline to public awareness about the causes and answer calls from rape survivors. Today, we solutions to partner violence. With the are national leaders in providing development of parenting education groups comprehensive, free services including a 24- for fathers, Emerge has expanded its mission hour hotline, 24-hour medical advocacy, to include a goal of helping men to become individual and group counseling, and legal more responsible parents. advocacy. We also provide community awareness and prevention services through Emerge teaches that domestic violence is a learned behavior, not a disease or a sickness. Emerge supports grassroots, institutional

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and cultural efforts to stop partner violence, community through education, treatment sexual assault and child abuse. Emerge information and support services. recognizes that other oppressive life The Boston Living Center offers a wide circumstances such as racism, poverty and range of free services for its members. To homophobia create a climate that contributes learn more about these services, please click to partner violence. the links below. This website is designed to offer information SERVICES on services Emerge offers and should not be Groups considered as a substitute for seeking out Meals and Nutrition Bridges for Life abuser education services. Materials sold on LIFE this site are intended to be used by Art Classes counselors and administrators, and are not Cyberspace Computer Lab intended as “self-help” resources. Trainings Housing Assistance are conducted on a regular basis in the Additional Services Boston area, and Emerge is available to conduct trainings world-wide. Please click The Dimock Center on the tabs above for specific information, 55 Dimock Street and if you have any questions when using Roxbury, MA 02119 our site, please contact us at 617-547-9879 617-442-8800, or by e-ma i l. www.dimockcenter.org/ Emerge is a Massachusetts Certified Batterer Intervention Program & Training A sequence of classes are offered that starts Site. For information on Certification at the most basic level and prepares students Guidelines for the Commonwealth of for successful transition to post-high school Massachusetts, visit the official website of education or training. In addition to classes, the Office of Health and Human Services the program provides employment (EOHHS). counseling, professional development, introduction to computers, and case management. Each student enrolled in classes will receive an academic assessment Family Services which is used to develop the student’s Individual Learning Plan (ILP).

Boston Living Center Boston Health Care for the Homeless 29 Stanhope Street Program Boston, MA 02116 729 Massachusetts Avenue 617-236-1012 Boston, MA 02118 www.bostonlivingcenter.org 617-414-7779

Victory Programs’ Boston Living Center (BLC) is a nonprofit community and For over 27 years, our mission has remained resource center that fosters the wellness of the same: to provide or assure access to the all HIV positive people and responds to the highest quality health care for all homeless changing needs of the HIV/AIDS men, women and children in the greater Boston area. We believe it has been and continues to be medicine that matters.

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• Vulnerable patients are kept alive We provide information, referral, technical and get help managing chronic assistance and representation regarding legal diseases like diabetes, hypertension rights and services for people with and cancer. disabilities. We provide legal services to • Dedicated clinical and non-clinical eligible people and groups whose cases meet staff share their passion for a vibrant DLC’s priorities. We seek to strike a balance mission and support each other in between systemic advocacy and individual bringing the mission alive. representation. • Generous donors have found a fulfilling way to address their Child Witness to Violence Project concern: "I see people on the street Boston Medical Center and don't know how to help." 88 E. Newton St., Vose Hall • Shelter Partners are able to offer Boston, MA 02118 BHCHP's medical expertise while 617-414-4244 focusing on their core mission, thus www.childwitnesstoviolence.org/ avoiding the waste involved by The Child Witness to Violence Project duplicating services. (CWVP) is a therapeutic, advocacy, and • Boston's many hospitals can depend outreach project that focuses on the growing on BHCHP as an alternative to the number of young children who are hidden emergency room as well as a safe victims of domestic and community discharge location for medically vulnerable patients. violence and other trauma-related events.

Brown Bag Program CWVP is staffed by a multi-cultural staff of 1-800-645-8333 social workers, psychologists, early The Greater Boston Food Bank’s "Brown childhood specialists, a consulting Bag" program currently serves 14 pediatrician and consulting attorney. It is run communities and reaches over 8,438 seniors under the auspices of the Department of at risk of hunger every month. These supplemental groceries help ensure our most Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics vulnerable neighbors don’t miss meals and at Boston Medical Center. get enough of the nutritious food they need. Goals of the project include: Food Stamps (DTA) 1-800-249-2007 • To identify young children who witness acts of significant violence. WIC (Women, Infants and Children) • To help young children heal from the 1-800-942-1007 trauma of witnessing violence by providing developmentally Disability Law Center appropriate counseling for them and 11 Beacon Street, Suite 925 for their families. Boston, MA 02108 • To provide consultation and training 617-723-8455 to the network of caregivers in the www.dlc-ma.org/ lives of young children in order that

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and respond to children who are Services: exposed to violence. • Behavioral Health • Disability Services DOVE, Inc - Domestic Violence Ended • Health HIV & LGBTQ Services PO Box 690267 • Residential & Educational Services Quincy, MA 02269 617-471-1234 www.doveinc.info/ Alliance for Young Families DOVE is committed to partnering with 105 Chauncey Street, 8th floor diverse communities, families and Boston, MA 02111 individuals impacted by domestic violence. 617-482-9122 They promote hope, healing, safety, and www.massteenpregnancy.org/ social change by providing a broad range of We are the only organization in preventive and responsive services. Massachusetts dedicated to ensuring that state policies and local programs effectively 24-hour Emergency Hotline: address the complex issues associated with 617-566-6881 teen pregnancy. Provides temporary and emergency shelter for battered women and their children, counseling, support groups, welfare, court, housing and child advocacy. MBTA Boston ElderINFO accessible 110 Chauncey Street Boston, MA 01222 Justice Resource Institute, 617-292-6211 160 Gould Street www.elderinfo.org/ Suite 300 Needham, MA 02494-2300 Boston ElderINFO assists elders and their (781) 559-4900 families in accessing a comprehensive range www.jri.org of services that address age-related needs. Boston ElderINFO is a program of the JRI is dedicated to addressing the most ElderCare Alliance. The Eldercare Alliance confounding challenges of both the human services and educational systems and the persons and is a not for profit collaboration of three families these systems were created to serve. JRI Boston home care agencies, also known as pursues the social justice inherent in opening doors Aging Services Access Points (ASAP's): to opportunity and independence. Although our range of services is as varied as those we serve, our approach is uniformly characterized by Elders Living at Home compassionate support, innovation, and One Boston Medical Center Place community leadership. We work in partnership Boston, MA 02118 with individuals, families, communities and 617-638-6139 government to address their shared challenges in a www.bmc.org/eldersathome.htm comprehensive, coordinated, systematic, and effective manner. JRI seeks new knowledge and Boston Medical Center provides a full improved evidence-based practice, in research and in the field, in order to inform our continuous spectrum of pediatric and adult care services search for excellence in service. from primary to family medicine to advanced specialty care. You can search our

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services by department, by A-to-Z index of Justice Resource Institute all services and programs, and by patient 160 Gould Street support services. Suite 300 Needham, MA 02494-2300 Transition House (Cambridge) (781) 559-4900 1035 Cambridge Street, B10 www.jri.org Cambridge, MA 02141 617-661-7203 JRI is dedicated to addressing the most www.transitionhouse.org confounding challenges of both the human services and educational systems and the Transition House is an innovative nonprofit persons and families these systems were 501(c) (3) organization providing the tools created to serve. JRI pursues the social people need to build safe and healthy lives. justice inherent in opening doors to Transition House began as shelter for opportunity and independence. Although our battered women and their children, and we range of services is as varied as those we are proud to continue that tradition with our serve, our approach is uniformly emergency shelter. In addition, Transition characterized by compassionate support, House offers two long-term housing innovation, and community leadership. We programs for individuals and families who work in partnership with individuals, have experienced domestic violence. families, communities and government to address their shared challenges in a St. Francis House comprehensive, coordinated, systematic, and 39 Boylston Street effective manner. JRI seeks new knowledge Boston, MA 02116 and improved evidence-based practice, in 617-542-4211 research and in the field, in order to inform www.stfrancishouse.org/ our continuous search for excellence in service. St. Francis House is nonprofit and Services: nonsectarian. Our mission and approach are • Behavioral Health simple: We believe in the worth of every • Disability Services human being, and we know from experience • that when people have the right tools, Health HIV & LGBTQ Services change can happen. Big change. That’s why • Residential & Educational Services we provide our guests with everything they need to reclaim their dignity and rebuild Louis D. Brown Peace Institute their lives: nutritious meals, clothing, access 1452 Dorchester Ave to medical care, counseling, vocational 2nd Floor Dorchester MA 02122 rehabilitation, and housing. 617825-1917 7am-3pm Daily Ldbpeaceinstitue.org Breakfast 7:30am-9am Lunch 11:30n-1pm The Mission of the Louis D Brown Peace Institute is clear; to create and support an Sandwiches served 1-2pm environment where families can live in Peace and Unity.

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Urban Improv. families facing destitution in need of 670 Centre Street, subsistence benefits low-income renters Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 facing possible homelessness elders and 617-232-1175 individuals with disabilities in need of www.urbanimprov.org/ critical income and medical benefits immigrants fleeing torture and persecution Urban Improv’s mission is to promote needing protection in our country and low positive youth development as a catalyst for wage workers denied their earned wages and violence prevention and social change. benefits Urban Improv uses structured theater improvisation to teach: Renewal House (Boston) • Violence prevention 10 Putnam Street • Conflict resolution Roxbury MA 02119 • Decision-making 617-277-4194 • Impulse control renewalhouse.blogspot.com/ Our professional actor/educators lead interactive workshops that offer students the Provides temporary and emergency shelter opportunity to explore their own solutions to for battered women and their children, challenging, real-life situations. counseling, support groups, welfare, court, housing and child advocacy. MBTA Greater Boston Legal Services accessible 197 Friend Street Family Nurturing Center Boston, MA 02114 617-371-1234 200 Bowdoin St Dorchester, MA 02124 www.gbls.org/ 617-471-1143 Our mission is to provide free legal www.familynurturing.org/ assistance to as many low-income families as possible to help them secure some of the The mission of Family Nurturing Center is most basic necessities of life. to work with others to build nurturing

GBLS plays a unique role in the social communities where children are cherished, families are supported, and healthy human service delivery system. It is the agency to development is promoted by all. which other providers refer clients when no one else can help and legal assistance is Evidence keeps mounting that giving needed. parents the training and resources they Our clients are: need to nurture and guide their families brings significant social and economic victims of domestic violence and their children needing protections against abuse, rewards to their children and to society at homeless families seeking access to large. emergency shelter or permanent housing

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Family Nurturing Center believes all parents • 457 Welcome Baby deliveries of gift bags need support in their challenging and and resource information to families with important role, and it is best found in the newborns context of community. Providing • 86 families receiving twice-weekly Parent- neighborhood-based as well as city-wide Child Home Program visits modeling language programs, we reach parents and caregivers and literacy activities through home visits, playgroups, and • 300 parents/caregivers and nearly 350 workshops. Connecting families with each children building skills together in Parent-Child other for mutual support and engagement Playgroups around skill-building and access to • 125 families connecting and getting support educational, social and health resources is an through the new Family Resource Center at the essential element of our practice and Marshall School mission. • 150 families attending workshops on parenting, school registration, home-buying, and Collaboration and training are integral to our financial literacy philosophy, and we continue to broaden • 200 social workers and community capacity as the recognized training and volunteers completing training to facilitate technical support provider for Nurturing Nurturing Programs across the state Program development in Massachusetts. Six Protective Factors Working with the Department of Children

and Families and other social service • Nurturing and Attachment agencies, we train individuals across the • Knowledge of parenting and child region and support the development of new development programs. • Parental Resilience • Social Connections Measuring our Success in FY11 (see also • Concrete Support for Parents Annual Report below): • Social and emotional competence of children • 99 families (over 150 parents and children)

participating in seven intensive Nurturing These factors have been identified as being Programs for 12-15 week sessions related to the lower incidence of child abuse and neglect. Enhancing these qualities is the

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foundation of our work to support and philosophy is founded on seven principles: strengthen families. Read more about the Feelings of Attachment, Empathy, Nurturing protective factors. Oneself, Gentle Touch, Discipline, Expressing Feelings, Expectations and Self- Nurturing Parenting Programs bring Worth. parents and children together for structured weekly sessions over the course of 12–15 Each session of the Nurturing Program is weeks. Following an internationally- designed to reinforce one or more of the five recognized, evidence-based curriculum, Nurturing Parenting Constructs: groups address specific needs, including those of parents with babies, parents and • Appropriate Expectations of Children teens, fathers seeking to build relationships • Empathy for Feelings and Needs with their children, and birth and foster • Non-Violent Discipline with Dignity parents working to collaborate on • Appropriate Family Roles childrearing. Parents learn about child • Empowering Power and Independence in development and effective ways to Parents and Children communicate, developing empathy and practicing new skills in making and • Children need loving relationships with their enforcing rules and giving praise and fathers as well as their mothers in order to encouragement. Children also participate in thrive. The Nurturing Fathers’ Program age appropriate fun and interactive groups, brings together men from all family learning the same nurturing skills and circumstances (custodial, non-custodial, methods of communication as their parents. step-fathers, new fathers) who need help with understanding how to be nurturing and The philosophy of Nurturing Parenting supportive, while also maintaining their emphasizes the importance of raising authority and providing consistent guidance children in a warm, trusting and caring and structure. household. It is founded on the belief that children who are cared for develop the • As a group, participants explore their capacity to trust, care for, and respect experiences with their own fathers, and with themselves, other people and living the guidance of FNC facilitators, they learn creatures, and the environment. The about their children’s needs and how to meet t h e m . They learn why they need to be their

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children’s first teachers, and how important Time, everyone plays and sings in both it is to provide loving praise and a nurturing languages. and secure environment for their children to gain self-esteem and confidence. Emphasis The program has become a resource for is also placed on maintaining a positive and families to better understand American supportive co-parenting relationship with the culture, expectations, and laws that pertain child (ren)’s mother, whether the parents are to them and their children. There is a big together or separated. focus on communication – on parents telling the story of why they immigrated and on • FNC typically coordinates 4-6 Nurturing understanding that their children may be Fathers’ Programs each year, many in struggling to be both American and Cape collaboration with the Department of Verdean. Families spend time discussing Children and Families. Additional programs this issue of culture – how much you hang are offered across Massachusetts by onto and how much you let go of and still organizations trained by FNC staff. remain who you are. Please see the Nurturing Program & The Cape Verdean Nurturing Program is Training Calendar for a full listing. offered in the Boston area in the For questions about Nurturing winter/spring, usually with a February start - Fathers' Programs, contact John see the Nurturing Program and Training O'Neil. Calendar. For more information, please contact Jessie DeFrancisco or Sue Parker

Cape Verdean nurturing program Department of Transitional Assistance 1999, in partnership with the Park Street 600 Washington St #4 Boston, MA 02111 DCF Area Office, FNC offered the first (617) 348-8500 Cape Verdean Nurturing Program - www.mass.gov/dta/ recognizing that the program in English was The mission of the Department of not fully meeting the needs of the large Cape Transitional Assistance is to assist low- Verdean population in Dorchester. The income individuals and families to meet their basic needs, increase their incomes, parents’ group is conducted in Cape and improve their quality of life. Verdean Creole. The children’s groups are in English, but there are CV Creole speakers in each group. During Family Nurturing

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is being arraigned in Boston, Roxbury, Dorchester, or West Roxbury Juvenile Roxbury Defenders Courts, you may request that the Youth 7 Palmer St Suite 302 Advocacy Division be appointed to the case, Roxbury, MA 02119 even if we are not present at the time. 617-445-7581 www.publiccounsel.net Summons to Court: If a child receives Massachusetts public defender agency had notice in the mail that he or she must appear focused on representing adults in Superior in court on a future date, either for Court. The agency, however, started to arraignment or a hearing, you may contact recognize the importance of representation the Youth Advocacy Division to arrange for in juvenile court in the 1980s with a one- representation prior to appearing in court. person initiative, the Juvenile Law Advocacy Program (JLAP), spearheaded by Probation Surrenders: If a child receives Public Defender Jay Blitzman. The goal of notice in the mail that he or she must appear the JLAP was to create a modest CPCS in court on a future date, either for presence in the juvenile court and to develop arraignment or a hearing, you may contact training for the private bar. Blitzman began the Youth Advocacy Division to arrange for representing juveniles charged with representation prior to appearing in court. homicide and met with juvenile defenders around the state. Warrant Removals: If there is a warrant YAD provides legal representation to young people facing delinquency and youthful pending for a child, either for arrest or offender proceedings. YAD's first priority is default, you may contact the Youth criminal defense, which it provides using a Advocacy Division for assistance in holistic approach. YAD combines social removing the warrant. services with legal services to better represent clients and incorporates Police Questioning: If a child is wanted for contributions from a team including: police questioning, either as a potential • Defense attorneys defendant or witness, you may contact the • Education attorneys • Social workers Youth Advocacy Division for legal • Community outreach workers representation or advice. Consultation The • Legal Representation Youth Advocacy Division can offer advice The Youth Advocacy Division offers legal and consultation on general delinquency representation and advocacy to children issues. Training the Youth Advocacy under 17 years old who are charged as Division can offer training to staff, parents, delinquents or youthful offenders. The youth, and community groups. The Youth Youth Advocacy Division provides these Advocacy Division provides training on: services at a number of stages, including: laws affecting juveniles, juvenile rights, and

the Massachusetts juvenile justice system Arraignment: If a child has been arrested and must appear in court the next business day, the Youth Advocacy Division can be appointed to represent the child. If the child

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Boston Health Care for the Homeless The Justice Resource Institute (JRI) Program encompasses a broad range of specialized 729 Massachusetts Avenue schools and unique programs through which Boston, MA 02118 we strive to serve the needs of undeserved 617-414-7779 individuals, families, and communities. JRI's www.bhchp.org/ growth and success are a measure of all the For over 27 years, our mission has remained successes achieved by those it touches. the same: to provide or assure access to the highest quality health care for all homeless Justice Resource Institute provides an array men, women and children in the greater of innovative and evidence-based outpatient Boston area. We believe it has been and mental health services throughout continues to be medicine that matters. Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Vulnerable patients are kept alive and get Connecticut. All of JRI’s Behavioral Health help managing chronic diseases like Centers and Trauma Services develop diabetes, hypertension and cancer. intervention methods to meet the needs of Dedicated clinical and non-clinical staff children, adults, and families dealing with a share their passion for a vibrant mission and range of behavioral health conditions. support each other in bringing the mission Therapeutic services are individually alive. tailored to meet the goals of each client. Generous donors have found a fulfilling At JRI, we have a fundamental belief that way to address their concern: "I see people people living with disabilities are inherently on the street and don't know how to help." valuable members of as individuals and in Shelter Partners are able to offer BHCHP's our society. They have the right to medical expertise while focusing on their contribute to and benefit from their core mission, thus avoiding the waste communities. The purpose of our services involved by duplicating services. and supports is to promote each individual’s Boston's many hospitals can depend on right to be treated with dignity and respect, BHCHP as an alternative to the emergency to learn, change and grow, and to experience room as well as a safe discharge location for full and productive lives as independent medically vulnerable patients. adult citizens.

Justice Resource Institute Currently, over 200 people with disabilities 130 Boylston Street receive JRI services and supports in Boston, MA 02116 community settings. JRI's Disability 617-457-8150 Services and Staff are guided by six core www.jri.org/ values that are the foundation of all our activities and are reflected in the outcomes of the programs and supports we provide: JRI works in partnership with individuals, dignity and respect; supported in the families, communities and government to community; choice and individual control; address their shared challenges in a social and community connections; comprehensive, coordinated, systematic, and independence; and personal growth and effective manner. well-being.

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Disability Services of Justice Resource For over thirty years Justice Resource Institute offers an array of service options Institute has opened doors to educational and individualized supports for people with opportunity for underserved youth in our disabilities. We partner with individuals as communities. Within its specialized schools well as their families and state agencies to and programs, JRI has created positively- design, develop, and implement high focused environments that foster healthy quality, innovative, consumer-responsive growth and development and meet the needs community programs and supports. We of each individual we serve. provide opportunities for people to live in staffed homes and apartments in their Cradles to Crayons communities and to grow through job 155 North Beacon Street training, supported employment and day Brighton, MA 02135 habilitation services. Our therapeutic Telephone: 617.779.4700 services and community support staff, work http://cradlestocrayons.org/boston with many individuals in different settings Provides, free of charge, low-income and including in their own homes and homeless children from birth to pre-teen the apartments, or in their family's homes. basic essentials they need to be safe, warm, JRI Health provides fundamental services ready to learn, and valued. Child Witness to like primary: Violence clients are able to attain used • health care, clothes, shoes, coats, toys, books, and • housing, birthday gifts (new) through this • medical case management, organization. • peer support to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender teens, young Catholic Charities Saint Peters adults and adults. We deliver legal 278 Bowdoin Street and case management services to Dorchester, MA 02121 individuals who are managing HIV, (617) 282-3614 substance abuse and/or mental health http://www.ccab.org/ issues. Our approach to service borrows from the A program of Catholic Charities Greater stages of change model that acknowledges Boston, the Teen Center at St. Peter’s serves and honors the individual’s journey and teens ages 15 to 19 from the process. Bowdoin/Geneva neighborhood of For organizations whose work supports at Dorchester. There are approximately 200 risk individuals and/or those who have been members of the Teen Center, with as many afflicted with HIV/AIDS we offer: as 80 participating in educational or • customized training recreational activities daily. • organizational development services, Through the center, adolescents of the mid- curriculum development. Dorchester corridor are provided with work Our approach is one of compassionate opportunities, have access to various support support and constant innovation in an effort services, and have a safe place to recreate. to make as much expertise available as Work and activities aim to provide the skills possible to clients, partners, funders, and the necessary for academic success, while also communities we serve. increasing self-esteem and enhancing the Residential & Educational Services

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perception of teens as a positive force in the cost bank account and learn to cut spending community. and increase savings. Catholic Charities’ Teen Center at St. Peter’s is part of a unique collaboration with Teen Center Council: Teens meet regularly St. Peter’s School and the Bowdoin Street to discuss pertinent issues affecting youth, After-School Program. The three programs, seek resolution to conflict among members, all housed in St. Peter’s School, have and help develop and implement programs. worked together to serve the families of the Chosen leaders participate in the Teen Bowdoin Street neighborhood for five years. Center Council and selected members will participate in the community’s Youth Programs and Activities Council. Activities at the Teen Center begin at 4 p.m. with focus groups and homework help and Performing Arts: Artistic programming continue into the evening with recreational throughout the year includes classes in activities. African Dance and expression through Homework Help: Teens have a supervised poetry and music. time for homework, peer tutoring, and set times in the computer lab. School Outdoor Education: In partnership with the performance is reviewed and monitored. Sierra Club, the Teen Center participates in MCAS Preparation: Specialized and hiking, canoeing, and overnight camping remedial tutoring is provided twice a week trips in all of the New England area. in math and English to prepare high school Recreational Activities: Planned activities students for graduation requirements. include sports, dances, fashion shows, College Preparation: Tutoring is offered in tournaments, cultural activities, and special both math and verbal skills to help with field trips. standardized tests. Workshops are provided on topics such as financial aid and Youth Mediation: Trained by the Attorney application assistance. Tours of local General’s Office, teens help their peers colleges are arranged. resolve conflicts and disagreements without Computer Literacy: Classes focus on basic violence. This program offers students the principles of word processing, spreadsheets, skills needed to interact with each other at internet research, and web page design. school, home, and in the community. Focus Groups: A male and female focus group meets once a week to address Counselors in Training: Counselors in adolescent developmental issues and the Training are paid positions with job multiple challenges that confront youth responsibilities in the St. Peter’s after-school today such as sexual activity, drugs/alcohol, program and the Teen Center, working 10- family conflict, immigration issues and 15 hours a week. Counselors help with the deportation, diversity and racism, gang supervision of youth, homework, arts and participation, violence, and planning for the crafts, and other projects. Counselors in future. Training are expected to perform well in school and take advantage of the Teen Economic Literacy: These classes focus on Center’s services. managing money wisely. Teens set up a no

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Community Service: All teens have the Family Services of Greater Boston opportunity to carry out supervised 31 Heath Street, community service Boston MA 02130 projects to increase their knowledge of the 617-523-6400 community and its needs, foster a sense of www.fsgb.org/ investment in their neighborhood, and Our mission at Family Service of Greater develop positive values of service and Boston is to promote the self-sufficiency and contribution. well-being of at-risk families and

individuals through provision of innovative, Family Fun Night: Events are held periodically offering games, cultural culturally competent, and integrated health activities, and refreshments to involve and social services, thereby contributing to members’ families. healthy communities. Family Service is committed to prevention, respect for Family Support: Referrals for community individual rights to self-determination, services are offered to the families of participating teens in need of outreach, Money Smart mediation, and other services. Contact Ruth Rollins at (617) 409-5413

Or [email protected] Big Sister Association of Greater Boston’s Money Smart is a comprehensive financial 161 Massachusetts Ave, education curriculum designed to help low- Boston, MA and moderate-income individuals outside the (617) 236-5300 financial mainstream enhance their financial www.bigsister.org/ skills and create positive banking Our mission is to help girls realize their full relationships. Financial education fosters potential by providing them with positive financial stability for individuals, families, mentoring relationships with women. and entire communities. The more people know about credit and banking services, the Our vision is to create a mentor-rich more likely they are to increase savings, buy community in which every girl has access to homes, and improve their financial health the individual nurturing, guidance and and well being. support she needs to become a confident, competent and caring adult. Using research- For more information, or if you are based best practices, we hope to become a interested in hosting support or educational national model for gender-specific groups at your location, please contact Ruth mentoring for girls which can be replicated Rollins at (617) 409-5413 or in other mentoring programs. [email protected]

Big Sister is an acknowledged leader in building professionally supported dynamic The Osiris Group relationships between girls and adult women 184 Dudley St volunteers. Roxbury, MA 02119 617-442-2002 www.osirisgroup.org

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Our primary goal is to help families The Osiris Group Parent Company was strengthen their skills and knowledge in formed to offer to the Black community order to move towards their envisioned culturally competent mental health future. To do this we offer two services to practitioners who practice their craft from an enrolled families (CSA, 2011).” Afro-centric paradigm. We believe that the Demographics such as locations, psychological, emotional and spiritual needs communities served, hours, cost for families of our clients can best be served by to participate if any. individuals who reflect their ethnicity. The Osiris Group practitioner’s focus is on The following insurances are accepted: teaching our client(s) to live in the present • Boston Medical Center Health Net Plan (BMCHP) without allowing any past human deficits to • Fallon Community Health Plan • Massachusetts Behavioral Health Plan (MBHP) become permanent stumbling blocks. • Neighborhood Health Plan • Network Health The Osiris Family Institute, LLC was Resources; program supports, staffing, formed to provide the extended and ongoing materials. family support and information needed in creating the type of home climate and Intensive Care Coordination (ICC) environment that is conducive to positive ICC is a service that uses the Wraparound and productive intergenerational care planning process to coordinate multiple relationships, personal growth, child rearing services and supports for youth with Serious & learning. Emotional Disturbance (SED). Involvement and participation in ICC is voluntary. The Osiris Group also provides extended Youth and their families enrolled in ICC are information and services through Osiris assigned a care coordinator. The care Group Media, including: The "OG coordinator is responsible for working with Perspective" Newsletter; "Families Do your child and family to: Matter" Radio Show on WILD AM 1090 • Complete a risk management and safety plan and "The Black Perspective" TV show on • Meet with your family at your home to conduct a Boston Cable Television. comprehensive assessment of your children and family’s strengths and needs The programs mission/vision • Assemble a care planning team of the family’s statement/goals: What are their assumptions preference made up of formal (teachers, state agency about the problems and the causes; what are workers, etc) and natural (friends, neighbors, etc) their approaches to working with youth, supports to help support the youth and family what theories do they utilize or build upon, • Facilitate development of an Individual Care Plan (ICP) that guides the family and team in pursuing what kind evaluations of their work. goals identified by the care planning team • Make sure services and supports identified on the “The community agency of Hyde Park and ICP are in place and coordinated (MSPCC, 2011). Dorchester (Park Street) supports and helps families’ coordinate care for their children Family Support and Training who experience emotional and behavioral Your family will be assigned a Family difficulties, understanding that the entire Partner to provide support and training. A family is affected. We use a positive team Family Partner has personal experience as a approach to get everyone on the same page, caregiver of a youth with special needs. The believing it takes a village to raise a child. family partner works closely with the care

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coordinator (for youth in ICC) to help the Services Offered parent(s) or caregiver(s) of the youth by: Services provided are child care and • Teaching the parent/caregiver how to navigate the counseling/support for students with child-serving systems children at English High school. • Identifying available services and supports in the community • Developing connections with self-help or support Skills Training groups Child care • Supporting and coaching the parent/ caregiver in Clothing reaching goals identified on the ICP Domestic Violence (MSPCC, 2011). Family Planning Family Violence Services Mentoring What do they offer? Programming; Case Management education support, arts, advocacy/action Children's Services supports. Counseling Education Family Support Services Information/Referral Connecting youth to other outlets in the agency. YARN, TASP, and other outreach programs Adolescents Parent & Children Stakeholders; who are they? Relationship to the community the serve; parents, teachers Center etc. 110 Claybourne Street Government Funding Supports they offer in Dorchester, MA 02124 child’s transitions when aging our of (617) 288-2700 Ext. 300 programs, what next steps do they have in (617) 288-2714, fax line Organizational Mission The hope would be to help family build To provide day care for infants and toddlers natural supports within their community and families to continue to be successful once and support services to Boston's parents they graduate out of the service. under age 19. Adolescents Parent & Children Services Offered Day care and meals program; case Center management for family; parenting and life 144 McBride Street skills classes; GED preparation; nurturing Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 program. (617) 635-6978 • Case Management • Childcare • Education Organizational Mission to help adolescent parents finish high school (BPHC)Farther Friendly and become nurturing, responsible parents 774 Albany St for their children in the Boston area. Boston, MA 02118 (617) 534-9525

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Father Friendly Initiative (FFI) is comprehensive program which includes: committed to providing opportunities to low medical exams, application for medical to no income men living the Boston area to insurance, substance abuse, anger become responsible members of their management counseling, parenting skills, families and community. Our core principles support groups or individual counseling. are based on the overwhelming evidence that “Dads Can Be The Difference” in the life of a child. It is a safe haven for men to get together.

Men do not have to have children to participate in Father Friendly services.

By supporting Boston fathers, FFI strives to help fathers become more involved with their families -- before, during, and after the birth of their children. FFI encourages its participants to become emotional, financial and nurturing resources for their children and a major source of strength to their families as well as their communities. FFI serves all fathers, but is committed to providing low-income-earning-potential fathers with opportunities necessary to change their economic situation and achieve their goal of Responsible Fatherhood.

Fathers play an important role in the lives of their children. By being active, supportive members of their children's lives, they contribute to their children's health and overall well-being.

FFI is a "one-stop" service designed to reintegrate the father into the family, specifically targeting men who have child support, custody/visitation, or court- involved issues. FFI uses a holistic approach and offers a comprehensive case management program designed to accommodate the psychological, physical, and social support needs of those men falling within the low to no-income range.

The FFI services are packaged in a

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