B'nai
B'rith Center for Community Action
Programs to imprve the quality of life within communities
by encouraging individuals to help promote jewish values
of social responsibility through community service.
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Covenant
House
Providing shelter and service to homeless and runaway
youth. 24-hour nationwide hotline, service referrals,
message relays for runaways to their families. |
| Family
Service of Greater Boston |
Father
Flanagan's Boys Home (Boys Town)
Services for children and families including: residential
services, emergency shelter, family preservation, treatment
foster care, and parenting classes in 13 states. Offers
training to other child-care professionals, school districts,
mental health facilities, and other organizations. |
Lawyers
for Children (NY)
Non-profit organization in NY dedicated to representing
children in foster care. Provide free legal and social
work services to children who are the subject of abuse,
neglect, termination of parental rights, adoption, guardianship,
paternity, custody and visitation proceedings. |
| Mass
Council of Human Service Providers |
| Mass.
Department of Social Services |
National
Association of Social Workers-MA
Professional social work organization in Massachusetts.
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NELCWIT
New England Learning Center for Women in Transition
- 978-544-0270 (24-hour hotline: 413-772-0806) rape
crisis centre for women survivors of rape, incest, or
battering |
North
Quabbin Community Coalition
545 Main Street, Athol, MA 01331 - 978-249-3703- Holds
monthly meetings on relevant topics, facilitates task
forces on critical local issues, publishes a monthly
newsletter, provides resurce materials, networking services
and advocacy efforts, around familiy and communtiy issues.
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| Salvation
Army |
Statewide
On-Line Resource Guide
Database to locate resources and/or make referrals to
agencies across the state of Massachusetts and other
states. |
Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Admin
Federal agency charged with improving the quality and
availability of prevention, treatment, and rehabilitative
services in order to reduce illness, death, disability,
and cost to society resulting from substance abuse and
mental illnesses. |
