CHAPTER 20 RESOURCES STEPHEN A. RUSSO, ESQ. Volunteer Lawyers Project, Boston Part 1—Battered Women Shelters and Resources ................................................... 564 Part 2—Legal Services Offices .................................................................................... 568 A. General Civil Legal Services Programs ............................................................... 568 B. Special Topics / Legal Representation ................................................................ 582 C. Bar Association, Legal Answers, and Law Library Programs .............................. 592 D. Lawyer Referral Services ..................................................................................... 592 E. Social Services Organizations ............................................................................. 594 F. Ombudsmen and Agency Contacts ..................................................................... 595 Part 3—Court Service Centers .................................................................................... 597 Part 4—Probate and Family Courts ............................................................................ 598 Part 5—District Attorney’s Victim Witness Assistance Programs .......................... 599 Part 6—Department of Children and Families Domestic Violence Units ................ 601 Part 7—SAFEPLAN Agencies and Courts .................................................................. 602 Part 8—Department of Transitional Assistance Domestic Violence Unit ............... 604 Part 9—Supervised Visitation Centers ....................................................................... 605 Part 10—Licensed Adoption Agencies in Massachusetts ........................................ 607 Licensed Public Adoption Agency ............................................................................ 607 Special Needs Referral Service ............................................................................... 607 Licensed Private Adoption Agencies ........................................................................ 607 Part 11—Mediation Services ........................................................................................ 610 Part 12—Immigration Issues........................................................................................ 614 Part 13—Services for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ+) Survivors of Domestic Violence .................................................................................. 616 Part 14—Internet Resources ........................................................................................ 617 Part 15—Miscellaneous ................................................................................................ 621 Food, Clothing, Nutrition, Housing ........................................................................... 621 Health ....................................................................................................................... 621 Family Law Advocacy for Low and Moderate Income Litigants, 3rd Edition 2018 563 CHAPTER 20: RESOURCES PART 1—BATTERED WOMEN SHELTERS AND RESOURCES The following organizations provide a variety of resources for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. Many organizations make use of the twenty-four-hour SafeLink Hotline for anyone affected by domestic or dating violence. It is serviced by bilingual (Spanish and English) advocates and offers translation services for more than 130 languages. SafeLink (toll free): (877) 785-2020; TTY: (877) 521-2601. This list is by no means exhaustive and additional organizations are listed on the Mass.gov website at https://www.mass.gov/service-details/domestic- violence-programs. Statewide Spanish Rape Crisis Hotline: (800) 223-5001 National Domestic Violence Hotline: (800) 799-7233 Amesbury Casa Myrna Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center, Inc. SafeLink Hotline: (877) 785-2020 (formerly The Women’s Crisis Center) Business: (617) 521-0100 Fax: (617) 521-0105 Hotline: (978) 388-1888 Business: (978) 834-9710 Fax: (978) 834-0825 http://www.casamyrna.org http://www.jeannegeigercrisiscenter.org/ Renewal House 24-hour Confidential Hotline: (617) 566-6881 Amherst UUUM Business: (617) 318-6010 Center for Women & Community http://www.uuum.org/?page_id=199 (formerly Everywoman’s Center) 24-Hour Crisis Hotline: (413) 545-0800 Brockton Local Long Distance: (888) 337-0800 Brockton Family and Community Resources TTY: (413) 577-0940 Crisis Hotline: (508) 583-6498 Spanish Line: (800) 223-5001 Toll-Free Hotline: (800) 281-6498 https://www.umass.edu/cwc TTY: (508) 583-6498 http://www.fcr-ma.org Attleboro New Hope, Inc. A New Day Crisis Hotline: (800) 323-HOPE (4673) (formerly Womansplace Crisis Center) Batterer Intervention Services: (877) 222-0083 Domestic Violence Hotline: (508) 588-8255 Business: (508) 226-4015 Toll Free Domestic Violence Hotline: (888) 293-7273 Fax: (508) 226-6917 TTY: (508) 894-2869 http://www.new-hope.org Spanish Line: (800) 223-5001 Business Phone: (508) 580-3964 Beverly http://healthimperatives.org/a-new-day Lahey Health Behavioral Services VOCAL Adult program: (978) 927-4507 ext. 7801 Cambridge Children’s program: (978) 927-4506 ext. 7803 Boston Area Rape Crisis Center Hotline: (800) 922-8772 Toll-Free Hotline: (800) 841-8371 http://nebhealth.org/services Spanish Line: (800) 223-5001 Business: 617-492-8306 Boston http://www.barcc.org Asian Shelter and Advocacy Program Transition House Hotline: (617) 338-2355 Business: 617-338-2356 24-Hour Crisis Line: (617) 661-7203 Fax: (617) 338-2354 Business: (617) 868-1650 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (617) 868-1651 E-mail: [email protected] https://www.atask.org/site/our-programs/emergency- shelter.html http://www.transitionhouse.org 564 Family Law Advocacy for Low and Moderate Income Litigants, 3rd Edition 2018 CHAPTER 20: RESOURCES Chelsea Spanish Hotline: (800) 223-5001 HarborCov E-mail: [email protected] 24-Hour Hotline: (617) 884-9909 http://www.nelcwit.org Business: (617) 884-9799 Fax: (617) 884-9929 Holyoke MassRelay 711 Womanshelter/Compañeras E-mail: [email protected] Hotline: (877) 536-1628 http://harborcov.org Local: (413) 536-1628 Business: (413) 538-9717 Fall River http://www.womanshelter.org Our Sister’s Place 24-Hour Hotline: (508) 999-6636 Hyannis Business: (508) 672-2033 Independence House Fax: (508) 672-2033 Hotline: (800) 439-6507 E-mail: [email protected] Business: (508) 771-6507 TTY: (508) 771-6782 Stanley Street Women’s Center http://www.independencehouse.org Phone: (508) 675-0087 Business: (508) 679-5222 Jamaica Plain Fax: (508) 673-3182 Elizabeth Stone House http://www.sstar.org/womens-center SafeLink: (877) 785-2020 TTY: (877) 521-2601 Fitchburg Main Line: (617) 427-9801 Pathways for Change, Inc. Fax: (617) 427-6252 (formerly Rape Crisis Center of Central http://www.elizabethstonehouse.org Massachusetts) English Hotline: (800) 870-5905 F.I.N.E.X. House Spanish Hotline: (800) 223-5001 Hotline: (617) 288-1054 TTY: (888) 887-7130 Business: (617) 436-2002 Office: (508) 852-7600 Fax: (617) 287-0553 Fax: (508) 852-7870 E-mail: [email protected] https://pathwaysforchange.help/pfc/whats-happening http://www.finexhouse.org Framingham Lawrence Voices Against Violence YWCA Northeastern Massachusetts (formerly Women’s Protective Services) Hotline: (877) 509-9922 24-Hour Hotline: (800) 593-1125 Office: (978) 682-3039 ext. 2123 TTY/Hotline: (508) 626-8686 Fax: (978) 691-5286 Business: (508) 820-0834 Shelter: [email protected] Fax: (508) 872-4264 http://ywcanema.org/programs-services/womens- http://www.smoc.org/voices-against-violence.php services/2554-2 Gardner Leominster YWCA Central Massachusetts YWCA Central Massachusetts Hotline: (508) 755-9030 Hotline: (508) 755-9030 Office: (508) 791-3181 Battered Women’s Resources (978) 537-8601 http://www.ywcacentralmass.org/domestic-violence Office: (508) 791-3181 http://www.ywcacentralmass.org/domestic-violence Greenfield New England Learning Center for Women Lowell in Transition Alternative House Business: (413) 772-0871 Toll Free Crisis Hotline: (888) 291-6228 Crisis Hotline or TTY: (413) 772-0806 Local: (978) 454-1436 Fax: (413) 772-2743 Business: (978) 937-5777 TTY or Toll Free: 1-888-249-0806 Fax:(978) 937-5595 http://www.alternative-house.org Family Law Advocacy for Low and Moderate Income Litigants, 3rd Edition 2018 565 CHAPTER 20: RESOURCES Lynn TTY: (508) 996-1177 YWCA Northeastern Massachusetts E-mail: [email protected] (formerly North Shore Rape Crisis Center) http://www.thewomenscentersc.com Rape Crisis Hotline: (800) 922-8772 Spanish: (800) 223-5002 Newburyport Business: (781) 477-2313 Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center, Inc. Fax: (978) 927-4507 (formerly The Women’s Crisis Center) TTY: (978) 686-8840 Hotline: (978) 388-1888 E-mail: [email protected] Business: (978) 465-0999 http://ywcansrcc.org Fax: (978) 465-7158 http://www.jeannegeigercrisiscenter.org Marlborough Wayside Youth & Family Services Northampton Hotline: (800) 511-5070 Safe Passage Rape Crisis 7 DV Program: (508) 478-6888 ext. 2125 (formerly Necessities/Necesidades) TTY: (508) 478-4205 (business hours only) Toll Free Hotline: (888) 345-5282 Business: (508) 478-6888 TTY: (888) 345-5282 E-mail: [email protected] Business: (413) 586-1125 http://www.waysideyouth.org/OurServices/WaysideMil Fax: (413) 586-3742 ford/TraumaInterventionServices.aspx E-mail: [email protected] http://www.safepass.org Martha’s Vineyard Martha’s Vineyard Community Services Norwood Hotline: (508) 696-SAFE (7233) New Hope,