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United Way of Massachusetts Bay, Inc.: Our unique volunteer review
process guarantees your gift is invested in the highest quality, most effective
health and human service agencies in the Massachusetts Bay area. Visit
our web site at http://www.uwmb.org. 617-624-8000
All Care Visiting Nurse Association: A non profit, certified, JCAHO
approved home and community health care provider serving 105 communities
since 1911. Our goal: Maximize wellness and independence, minimize cost.
800-287-2454
Alliance for Young Families: Provides leadership to prevent teenage
pregnancy, promote adolescent health and meet the service needs of pregnant/parenting
teens and their children. 800-645-3750
Allston-Brighton Community Development Corporation: Develops affordable
housing, generates employment opportunities, improves open space and builds
neighborhood cohesiveness. Formed by local residents in 1980. 617-787-3874Arlington
Boys & Girls Club, Inc.: Programs to further the educational, social
& physical development of youth. Serves Arlington, Cambridge, Somerville,
and Medford. 617-648-1617
Asian American Civic Association: Provides Asian adults and youths services
to develop survival, literacy, and employability capacities needed to qualify
for further education, job training, and employment opportunities. 617-426-9492
Associated Day Care Services: Child care provider that serves more than
3,000 children and their families annually. Programs are open ten or more
hours per day, five days a week, year round. 617-695-0700
Big Brother Association of Greater Boston: One-to-one adult/child mentoring
for at-risk boys. All races. Support for volunteer and client. Activities
scheduled for matches. 617-542-9090Big Sister Association of Greater Boston:
Offers a one-to-one matching program which provides girls at risk, ages
7-15, with a Big Sister - a special friend and mentor. 617-236-8060
Boston Aging Concerns-Young and Old United, Inc.: Provides housing,
counseling and placement, residence management and services, and new development
of intergenerational community housing to assist people in need, especially
elders. 617-266-2257
Boston Area Rape Crisis Center: Provides a 24 hour hotline, bilingual
advocacy/counseling, and public education to enable survivors to regain
control of their lives and decrease tolerance of rape and sexual violence.
617-492-8306Boston Asian: Youth Essential Services: Provides a broad range
of social services for Asian teens to help them address problems and to
develop skills and personal values to achieve positive goals. 617-482-4243
Boston Center for Independent Living, Inc.: Private, nonprofit organization
controlled and directed by persons with disabilities. We empower ourselves
and others with disabilities to advocate to take control over our lives.
(617)338-6665. TTY 617-338-6662
Boston Children's Service Association: Provides a continuum of services
from counseling to placement to children and families to help ensure the
healthy development of all children, from counseling to placement. 617-267-3700
Boston Guild for the Hard of Hearing, Inc.: Since 1916, provides diagnostic,
rehabilitative, educational, counseling services to people affected by
hearing loss, including: speechreading, mobile hearing testing, hearing
aids, assistive technology, information and referral. 617-267-4730
Boston Minuteman Council, Boy Scouts of America: Help to instill values
in young people and to prepare them to make ethical choices during their
lifetime in achieving their full potential. 617-522-4000
Boston YWCA: Serves women, children and families: affordable child care,
youth leadership development, health education and services, and housing
and advocacy for women of all ages. 617-351-7600
Boys & Girls Club of Lynn: Serving culturally diverse at-risk and
needy youth age 7-18 with a variety of educational, recreational, leadership,
and social development programs yearly. 617-593-1772
Boys & Girls Club of Woburn: Total development of youth through
programs in citizenship, cultural enrichment, health and physical education,
education, social recreation, and outdoor and environmental education.
617-935-3777
Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston: Helps boys and girls develop qualities
needed to become responsible citizens and leaders by assisting in the educational,
emotional, physical, and social development of 6 to 18 year olds. 617-973-5400
Boys and Girls Club of Middlesex County, Inc.: Provides youth development
programs to inner-city, at-risk youth. Utilizes three Clubhouses, a summer
trip camp and tow outreach programs to serve over 5,000 youth. 617-628-4665.
Bridge Over Troubled Waters: For 28 years, Bridge has been dedicated
to helping abused, neglected youth build new lives off the streets. Bridge's
comprehensive services including education employment & residential
are national models for excellence. 617-423-9575
Brookline Community Mental Health Center d/b/a The Brookline Center:
Assists lower income individuals and families to live productively in their
communities by providing evaluation, violence prevention, counseling and
educational services. 617-277-8107
Cambridge Camping Association: A unique social service agency committed
to enabling low-income, minority, at-risk and other traditionally excluded
children to have access to a summer camping experience. 617-864-0960
Cambridge Community Center: Offers school age day care, summer camp,
teen drop-in, mother's of infants and toddlers drop-in, and adult evening
activities at affordable fees. 617-547-6811
Cambridge Community Services: Works with local service providers to
solve community problems; also creates and implements innovative programs
focusing on youth education and employment. 617-876-5214
Cambridge Family & Children's Service: Services include adoption,
foster care, family support for single and homeless families, independent
living training for adolescents, and support for families with developmentally
disabled members. 617-876-4210
Cambridge Family YMCA: Focuses on youth through day camp, childcare,
afterschool drop-in sessions, homework clubs, and sports activities. Adult/senior
programming. Largest provider of Single Resident Occupancy (SRO) housing.
617-661-9622Cambridge Mental Health Association, Inc.: Community-based
clinic and serves the children and families of Cambridge. 617-354-2275
Cambridge YWCA: Creates opportunities for racial hamony, leadership
and economic and educational development for women, girls and their families.
Camp Fire Council of Eastern Massachusetts: Clubs, camp, child care,
prevention education workshops, staff teacher training. Serves 70 cities
and towns in the Greater Boston area. 617-523-6006
Camp Fire Council of the North Shore: A youth development agency providing
boys and girls pre-school through high school with club, camping, self-reliance
and after school day care programs. 508-745-7200
Casa Myrna Vazquez: The largest community-based, bilingual, multi-cultural,
multi-service sheltering organization for battered women and their children
in New England. 617-521-0100
Catholic Charities Bureau of the Archdiocese of Boston: Serves poor
and working class families and individuals, through many diverse programs.
We reach out to all, regardless of age, race, handicap or religion. 617-482-5440
Center House, Inc.: Employment, education, job development, counseling,
and housing assistance for adults with emotional and mental disabilities.
Serves Greater Boston and more than 42 communities. 617-723-4257
Centro Presente, Inc.: Organizes and provides services for the 35,000
Central Americans in New England, providing legal and educational services,
and leadership training seminars and citizenship programs. 617-497-9080
Cerebral Palsy of the South Shore Area: Agency exists to provide a continuum
of services that support the efforts of people with developmental disabilities
to live as independently as possible. 617-479-7443, 508-880-7577 (TTY)
Child Care Resource Center: Provides child care information, counseling
and referrals for parents; training and technical assistance for providers,
and child care advocacy at local, state and notional levels. 617-547-1063
Citizens Housing and Planning Association: Through advocacy, research,
education and training, homeownership programs and a database of accessible
units, CHAPA provides support for affordable housing activities throughout
Massachusetts. 800-HOME-111
Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation: Services includes
affordable rental housing, homeowner rehabilitation, small business development/improvement,
and community organizing support. 617-825-4224
Colonel Daniel Marr Boys & Girls Club of Dorchester: The agency
provides programs and activities for hundreds of Dorchester youth so that
each child may reach their full potential within a safe, structured environment.
617-288-7120
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston: The planning and fundraising
arm of Boston's Jewish community, CJP supports a range of human service
and educational services in Greater Boston, Israel and around the world.
617-457-8500Committee for Boston Public Housing, Inc.: Committed to social
and economic justice for low-income families. Works with public housing
residents to improve the quality of life in Boston's public housing developments.
617-427-3556
Community Legal Services and Counseling Center: Provides legal and counseling
services to low-income families and individuals to help combat effects
of poverty and violence by helping them secure their most basic human needs.
617-661-1010
Community Work Services: A vocational rehabilitation organization, founded
in 1877; serves more than 600 individuals with physical, mental, emotional
and multiple disabilities, placing more than 150 jobs annually. 617-720-2233
Concilio Hispano de Cambridge: Serves the Latino Community with programs
addressing HIV/AIDS, STD's, alcohol and addiction, education, pregnant
and parenting teens, child protection, foster parents, mental health, information
and referral. 617-661-9406.
Crispus Attucks Children's Center: Comprehensive early childhood education
program prepares 245 youngsters between the ages of one month to 13 years
old for 21st century standards of academic achievement and provides social
service for families. 617-445-1420
Disability Law Center: A private, non-profit public interest law firm
providing free legal assistance and information to people with disabilities
throughout Massachusetts. 617-723-8455, 617-227-9464 (TDD)
Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corp.: Community based development
corporation serving North Dorchester/Eastern Roxbury, creating long-term
affordable housing; empowering community residents, providing business
and homeowner loans and technical assistance. 617-825-4200
Dorchester Youth Collaborative: A multi-ethnic, community based agency
which provides comprehensive prevention, intervention, and advocacy services
for "At-Risk" urban youth. 617-288-1748, 617-288-5098 (TTY/TDD)
East Boston Ecumenical Community Council: A community based organization
that provides immigration, family support, ESL, youth and housing services
to newcomers and people of lower income. 617-567-2750
East Boston Social Centers: Services children, families and senior citizens
and has helped build community since 1931. EBSC provides child care, camping,
youth, elders, volunteer and facilities programs. 617-569-3221
Elizabeth Peabody House: This year marked the 100th year of the agency
providing quality services to children and families, including child care,
camping, social services and day care teacher training. 617-623-5510Elizabeth
Stone House: Provides self-help and peer-support services to women (and
their children) who are recovering from emotional distress, domestic violence,
and chemical dependency. 617-522-3417
Ellis Memorial & Eldredge House: Provides human service programs
to individuals and families, focusing particular attention on the needs
of children, the elderly, low income and handicapped. 617-695-9307
Family & Children's Service of Greater Lynn, Inc.: Strengthen families
by providing a variety of programs and services - counseling, parent education/support
groups, community based services for children and youth, services to elderly.
617-598-5517
Family Service of Greater Boston: Our programs work to give every child
a chance to succeed, every family the opportunity to be together, and every
elder the right of independence. 617-523-6400
Family Service of Norfolk County, Inc.: Provides children, teens, adults
and families in Norfolk County counseling, educational, child care, and
financial aid services. Financial assistance is available for all programs.
617-326-0400
Federated Dorchester Neighborhood Houses, Inc.: Established in 1965,
Federated empowers community residents through education, child care, senior
services, and family strengthening programs. In 1996, Federated impacted
46,000 individuals. 617-282-5034
Girls Incorporated of Lynn: We build girls' capacity for responsible
and confident adulthood, economic independence and personal fulfillment
through in-school, afterschool and summer programs. 617-592-9744
Greater Boston Diabetes Society: Our objective is to let people know
how to prevent diabetes if they're at risk, control the disease if they're
afflicted, and understand the disease if a friend or loved on suffer from
it. 617-731-2972
Greater Boston Food Bank, Inc.: New England's largest hunger relief
agency feeds 465,000 people monthly through 850 feeding programs in eastern
Massachusetts. For each dollar donated we distribute 7 dollars of food.
617-427-5200
Greater Boston Legal Services: Non-criminal legal assistance to the
poor, especially elders, battering victims and homeless, to
Greater Lynn Mental Health and Retardation Association, Inc.: Funds
will be used to enable children with emotional difficulties to attend Camp
Pinecrest, a summer day camp. 617-593-1088
Greater Lynn YMCA: Offers youth drop-in activities, after-school day
care, competitive sports teams, prevention programs, and leadership opportunities
for youth members. 617-581-3105
Gregg Neighborhood House Association, Inc.: Provides quality child care
services for children between the ages of 3 months through 12 years. Sponsors
a youth evening program, family day care, and Saturday morning program.
617-592-0522
Hale Reservation: Programs include a day camp experience for 1700 children
daily in the summer months, outdoor education for school children and family
programs year round. 617-326-1770.
Harbor Me: Supports women and children breaking free from domestic violence
through a safe home network, 24 hour hotline, support groups, transitional
housing, educational programs, and volunteer opportunities. 617-884-8974
Help for Abused Women and Their Children: Provides shelter and safe
homes for battered women and their children, providing a 24 hour hotline,
legal advocacy, support groups, youth outreach program and domestic violence
education. 508-744-8552. 508-283-8642
Hispanic Office of Planning and Evaluation: Develops, facilitates, and
advocates for, educational, human services, community development programs
and opportunities for youths and adults, focusing on educational and employability
development tailored to suit Massachusetts' Latino/Hispanic American community.
617-524-8888
International Institute of Boston: Provides refugees and immigrants
with direct, practical assistance in the form of English and Literacy classes,
job counseling/placement, legal aid, and social services. 617-536-1081
Jewish Community Center of North Shore: Provides extensive recreational,
social, and educational activities for all ages. The JCCNS is well known
for its year round, accredited day care and preschool programs. 617-631-8330
Jobs for Youth - Boston, Inc.: Helps low income, low skilled, youth
and adults to develop the skills, attitudes, discipline and self-esteem
needed to participate in the labor market. Offers classes in GED preparation,
job readiness and skills training. 617-338-0815
John F. Kennedy Family Service Center, Inc.: Assists residents of Charlestown
in meeting basic needs through provision of services which help eliminate
poverty and its causes by promoting self-sufficiency and operates neighborhood
services with maximum participation of residents. 617-241-8866
La Alianza Hispana: Dedicated to the achievement of Latino self-determination,
the advocacy for equal access to basic services, and to combating the effects
of poverty, discrimination and the stress of migration. 617-427-7175
Living Is For the Elderly, Inc.: Serves elders in nursing and rest homes
through providing information and activities which combat isolation from
the community and loss of their resident rights. 617-646-1000
Malden YMCA: Provides health, social and enrichment services to children,
families and adults. We strive to build strong children, strong families,
and a strong community. 617-324-7680
Malden YWCA - The Center for Women & Families: Works to empower
women and girls; celebrates diversity and builds community through after-school
child care; affordable housing; multicultural activities and education.
617-322-3460
Massachusetts Advocacy Center: Committed to assisting low-income and
disabled children of color in the areas of public education, child health,
and child welfard. 617-357-8431
Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers: Providing health and
human services to Portuguese speakers and others in need in greater Boston
and eastern Massachusetts for more that 25 years. 617-628-6065
Massachusetts Association for Mental Health, Inc.: For 83 years, the
Massachusetts Association For Mental Health has advocated for community
based housing, education, health care, and employment for people with psychiatric
disabilities. 617-742-7452
Massachusetts Association for the Blind: For 95 years, services designed
to enable blind and partially sighted individuals to maximize their abilities
with dignity and freedom of choice have been provided. 617-738-5110 (voice),
617-731-6444 (TTY), 617-738-1100 (telephone tape)
Massachusetts Parents Anonymous: A network of support groups that prevents
child abuse by providing weekly meetings where parents can discuss their
problems with their peers and with trained volunteer facilitators. 617-267-8077
Medford Visiting Nurse Association: To promote health, to prevent disease,
to provide skilled nursing and other therapeutic services, and to offer
health guidance to individuals and families. 617-396-2633
Medical Foundation, Inc.: Community health and research programs which
include high-priority areas of health and prevention: alcohol and other
drug abuse; maternal/child health; chronic diseases; HIV/AIDS; tobacco;
violence. 617-451-0049
Middlesex Home Health Care d/b/a Malden Visiting Nurses Association:
Meets the home health care needs of the community by providing a full range
of services that promote and restore optimum health. 617-324-7366
Mujeres Unidas En Accion: The goal of our work is grounded in our mission
to provide a means for women to effect social, political, and liberating
changes in their lives, in their community, and consequently in society
at large. 617-265-3015
Natick Visiting Nurses Association: Programs include home health care,
health promotion activities, and consultation to children's day-care centers,
family day centers, family day-care providers, and other organizations.
508-653-3081
Neighborhood Development Corporation of Jamaica Plain: Focuses on developing
affordable housing, creating jobs through development of new business,
and community organizing to involve local residents in neighborhood revitalization
efforts. 617-522-2424
New England Home for Little Wanderers: A nationally renowned child and
family services agency devoted to serving severely abused and often profoundly
neglected children. 617-232-8610
Newton Boys & Girls Club Corporation: The Club offers programs and
services which promote the health, social, educational, vocational and
character development of boys and girls, ages six through seventeen. 617-244-9384
Newton Community Service Centers, Inc.: Multi-faceted agency serving
a broad spectrum of residents from Newton and adjacent communities. The
agency continues to assess how its resources and expertise can best serve
the needs of these communities. 617-969-5906.
Nuestra Comunidad Development Corporation: Devoted to advancing the
physical, economic, and social well-being of Roxbury, through a community
driven process that promotes self-sufficiency. 617-427-3599
Oficina Hispana de la Comunidad: An independent, non profit community
based organization established in 1970 to support economic development,
employment, and business opportunity for the Hispanic population in Greater
Boston. 617-929-1400
Old Colony Council, Boy Scouts of America: Scouting is a comprehensive
youth development program focusing on character, citizenship and fitness
in youth, concentrating on skill development, the socialization process
and lifetime ethical values. 617-828-8360
Parents' and Children's Services: Provides a state-wide parental stress
line and other preventive and early intervention programs to promote the
well-being of children and families. 617-437-1777
Partners for Youth with Disabilities: Dedicated to arranging supportive
one-to-one relationships between youths, ages 6-22, and adults with similar
disabilities. 617-727-7440
Patriots' Trail Girl Scout Council, Inc.: Meets the unique needs of
girls and helps them grow into caring, confident young women. Designed
to build self-esteem, self-reliance, and the ability to succeed. 617-482-1078
Project Hope: Works with homeless, formerly homeless and low-income
families in the North Dorchester/Roxbury area of Boston. Provides day care,
family shelter, adult learning and a neighborhood food pantry. 617-442-1880
Quincy Visiting Nurses Association, Inc.: Home health care agency that
provides nursing, rehabilitation, home care aides and specialized health
services to South Shore, South Boston and Dorchester residents. 617-472-2828
Regional YMCA, Inc.: Programs and services enhance the spiritual, mental,
physical and social quality of life of all people regardless of age, gender,
race, religion, income or ability. 508-879-4420
Roxbury Youthworks: Community-based nonprofit organization whose mission
is to create healthy families, strong communities and to inspire youth
to recognize and develop their strengths. 617-427-8095
Salem Harbor Community Development Corporation: Housing, adult education,
youth services and economic development in Salem. Sponsor of annual Hispanic
Festival. 508-745-8071.
Salem YMCA: Puts Christian principles into action through programs that
build a health spirit, mind and body for all. Programs include physical
and social recreation. 508-744-0351
Salesian Boys & Girls Club of East Boston: The agency's primary
purpose is giving direction and guidance to youth by providing opportunities
for educational, physical, social and moral development in a wholesome
environment. 617-567-0508
Shelter, Inc. and affiliate Family Life Education, Inc.: Small, home-like
residential programs empower homeless women, men and children to find and
remain stable in housing through counseling, housing assistance, parenting/child
development and referrals. 617-864-8140
Social Justice for Women, Inc.: Provides substance abuse treatment to
women in conflict with the law. Additional services are provided for those
who are pregnant, have children, or are HIV positive. 617-482-0747
South Shore Day Care Services, Inc.: A non-profit child care agency
providing quality day care to 500 children from low and moderate income
South Shore families. 617-331-8505
South Shore YMCA: Promotes the healthy development of children, encourages
positive behavior in teens, strengthens families, and builds communities.
617-479-8500
Spar & Spindle Girl Scout Council: An informational educational
program for building character, leadership potential, and self-esteem in
girls ages 5-17. 508-689-8015
The Samaritans, Inc.: Dedicated to reducing the incidence of suicide
by befriending individuals in despair and personal crisis, and by providing
outreach and education. 617-536-2460
Transition House, Inc.: Our mission, the prevention and cessation of
domestic violence, is fulfilled by providing shelter and services to victims
of domestic violence and education to communities. 617-354-2676
Travelers Aid Society of Boston: Provides a variety of professional
social services to diverse groups (families and individuals) in transition
including homeless, traveling, or disconnected from other means of support.
617-542-7286 (voice), 617-542-9482 (TDD)
Tri-Town Council on Youth and Family Services: Provides leadership and
resources to current and emerging concerns that impact the quality of life
in Boxford, Middleton, and Topsfield. 508-750-8139
United South End Settlements: Provides service to children and families,
including childcare, adult literacy, elderly, cultural and computer/technology
programs for 5,000 lower income, individuals and families, primarily South
End/Lower Roxbury residents. 617-536-8610
Urban Edge Housing Corporation: Has preserved 670 units of affordable
housing, initiated economic development and job creation, provided community
and youth services in Jamaica Plain and Egleston Square for over 24 years.
617-541-2571
Victory Programs, Inc.: A multi-service agency committed to providing
alcohol and drug treatment programs, education and supportive housing to
people with HIV/AIDS from multi-cultural communities. 617-236-5260
Vision Foundation, Inc.: Through peer support groups, information, resources
and in-home skills training, annually enables 6000+ persons experiencing
sight loss to live independently. 617-926-4232 (voice), 617-926-0290 (TTY)Visiting
Nurses Association of Boston: Provides home health care and support to
the residents of Greater Boston regardless of their ability to pay for
their care. 617-457-7825
Visiting Nurse Association of Middlesex East: A home health care agency
dedicated to providing the highest quality home care to patients and their
families. 617-438-3770
Walpole Area Visiting Nurse Association: Provides comprehensive home
health services including nursing, therapies, home health aides, maternal
child health, enterostomal nurse and mental health, preventive health and
education programs. 508-668-1066
Waltham Boys & Girls Club: Promotes physical health, educational,
recreational, social and character development of boys and girls living
in the Waltham vicinity. 617-893-6620
Waltham Visiting Nurse Association: Since 1901 have provided Medicare
certified home health care services to individuals and families in the
greater Waltham community. 617-893-1405
Watertown Boys & Girls Club: Provides social, educational, and recreational
activities to children of all ages as well as recreational activities for
adults. 617-926-0968
Woburn Council of Social Concern, Inc.: Child care and supportive social
services, parenting education, family skill building, food pantry, Hispanic
leadership development and community building, and senior center. 617-935-6495
YMCA of Greater Boston: A unique, community-supported organization supporting
individuals and families in 32 branches and program centers throughout
metropolitan Boston. 617-536-6950
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