Citizen and immigration resource agency. Offers English classes; citizenship testing (fee-based); tutors; computer skills instruction; referrals; advocacy and counseling.

Outpatient mental health clinic for children up to 18 years old. Provides therapy for children and parents. Psychological testing of young children, issues of trauma, anxiety and adoption.

A managed care model designed to provide individualized treatment to children and adolescents who have mental health, behavioral, developmental and/or adjustment disorders or difficulties. These services are provided in highly structured home-based settings throughout Massachusetts and Rhode Island within the community and are designed both to serve as an alternative to institutionalization or hospitalization, as well as a step down level of care following residential treatment.

Serving families in the Pioneer Valley and surrounding hill towns of Western Massachusetts, as well as the Brattleboro area of Southern Vermont. Experiencing the reassuring and mindful support of a professional labor assistant (doula) enhances the birthing experience for laboring women and their families. Doula-attended births statistically have better social, emotional and medical outcomes.

Services are for anyone whose life is affected by sexual assault: survivors and significant others; referrals for children available; Family Law Project: Free assistance with legal questions, restraining orders, custody issues, visitation, financial support and complex family issues involving the courts; Divorce Workshop; support groups, such as Women's Survivor Group, Men's Survivor Group, Parent's Group, Significant Other Group, Women Who Are Facing Surgery Group, and Teen Support Group; 24-hour hotlines available

ESL Program - Jones Library
43 Amity Street
Amherst, MA 01002
256-4090

Services include administration of citizenship test and tutoring (GED, citizenship test and basic literacy). Offers materials, support, and public programs. ESL books, tapes and videos available on loan.

Medical/counseling services include: birth control, pap smears and breast examinations, STD screening/treatment, pregnancy testing and counseling, referrals, routine lab work, pelvic exams and pre-natal care. Information/referral services for: fertility and genetic counseling, adoption, abortion, prenatal care, sterilization for men and women. Other services: comprehensive exams, education, & preventative health services for women at menopause, including mammograms and screenings for heart disease, thyroid problems, diabetes, and osteoporosis. Educational services: speakers, films, and literature covering all human sexuality topics. Sliding scale fees.

The non-profit higher education consortium that administers cooperative agreements and programs among Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Supports scholarly activity and creative work in Women's Studies through residencies, seminars and events. The faculties of the Five Colleges (Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, Smith College and UMass) comprise one of the largest concentrations of Women's Studies scholars in the country.

The Support Network works to support the needs of families in Western Massachusetts who have a child age 19 or younger with behavioral or emotional challenges. Each family determines its own needs. The Network's mission is to support the unique strengths, insights and skills of families so they may best achieve their individual goals. Family Support Specialists staff the Network in the Berkshires, Franklin, Hampshire, N. Quabbin and Hampden Counties.

Provides adoption related services to birth-parents and prospective adoptive-parents. Full services (home-study through finalization) for MA residents, and free counseling to MA birth-parents are provided. Offers co-parent and stepparent adoptions. Provides resource referral and networking for outreach clients of other states where allowed by the laws of their states. Fee-based service.

Free and confidential clearinghouse for issues of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people in Western Mass. Services are designed to help ease the search through the often confusing process of finding the services and providers needed.

Protective Services and Elder at Risk programs offer a range of comprehensive case management services to elders who are at risk of abuse and neglect. Services include: referrals to a variety of home-care services, crisis case work, and interventation, legal advocacy, Senior Companion Program, information and referral services. Serves Hmpshire and West Hampden counties.

Services for terminally ill patients and their family, including: home health care, nursing home and hospital hospice service, community education for professionals or general public on hospice program or on issues dealing with life-limiting illness, bereavement support and counseling to help patient and family (includes spiritual support and counseling), support groups including AIDS-related groups.

Incourage is a non-profit, volunteer grassroots lesbian organization that provides money to local working class and poor lesbians for survival needs such as rent, health care, food, and transportation. Provides a safety net where none otherwise exists.

Language Bridge acts as a bridge between different cultures providing clients with high quality, around the clock professional translation and interpretation services. Services include written translation, oral (verbal) interpretation (including medical, legal, technical, and other fields), training for interpreters, training for providers, training on how to order and use "Language Bridge" services, document editing, document proofreading, and language consulting.

Non-partisan organization whose purpose is to promote political responsibility through informed and active participation of citizens in government. Provides information and discussion forums on political candidate and issues for Amherst and Northampton, the state, and the nation.

Services include: individual and couple counseling for lesbians, gays and bisexuals on a variety of issues, including self-esteem, relationships, incest, drugs, alcohol and AIDS. Comprised of lesbian and gay clinicians. Support groups include: "Out Now Teen Group" of Springfield; Teen Group for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Questioning - Coming Out Group; Transgender support and therapy group; Lesbian and Bi-Women's Group.

MARE exists to find "a place to call home" for children in foster care including sibling groups and children who are traditionally harder to place by recruiting, educating, supporting and advocating for families throughout the adoption process. MARE focuses on waiting children who are ages six and older, children of color of all ages, sibling groups, children with emotional, physical and intellectual challenges, and children who are at legal risk.

Helps citizens to understand their rights and laws against harrassment and discrimination. Facilitates in understanding when to file a law suit or complaint. Enforces laws prohibiting discrimination based on sex, race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disablity, etc.

A non-profit program of Franklin Community Action Corporation, TMTC is a comprehensive conflict resolution, mediation and training organization, serving western MA. TMTC mediates a broad range of disputes including consumer, housing, divorce and family, workplace and neighborhood.

Its mission is to support men and to develop men's leadership in challenging all forms of oppression. The programs support men in overcoming the damaging effects of rigid and stereotyped masculinity, and simultaneously confront men's patterns of personal and societal violence and abuse toward women, children and other men.

MMRC is committed to providing all men with a safe space for growth, sharing, connection, and community building with other men. It is committed to challenging and promoting an understanding of interpersonal and institutional violence, sexism, homophobia, racism and other forms of oppression, and to promoting and supporting healing and empowerment for all people. Toward this end, it strongly support the insights and social changes the civil rights movement, feminism, and the gay liberation movement have stimulated for both women and men.

Network of multiracial families including lesbian, gay, bisexual, straight, single-parent, and adoptive families. Activities for children and adult/parent potlucks to discuss issues, educational events, and resources.

National advocacy group for blacks and other minorities. Articulates grievances and protests rights by whatever legal means necessary.

Shelter in safe house for women and their children who are in danger of assault by a domestic partner. Legal assistance with restraining orders, divorce, separation and counseling. Public awareness and community education on issues of domestic violence.

Safe-house shelter for battered women, legal advocacy, and advice for battered or abused women. Counseling services for battered or abused women and for survivors of sexual abuse and rape. Support groups for battered women, battered lesbians, rape survivors, incest survivors, and for self-esteem. Community education on violence against women.

Services include: individual, couple, family, and group counseling; psychological assessment and evaluation; educational talks and workshops for community groups. Accepts Medicaid, Medicare and private insurance with referral from primary physician (if required).

A public, nonprofit foundation supporting progressive grassroots movements through grants and training. Its mission is to work in partnership with community-based groups to achieve social, environmental, and economic justice.

Support for people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered and their families and friends. Advocates community education regarding LGBT issues. Call for more information.

631 Lincoln Street
Worcester, MA 01605-2010
(508) 854-3310

Services include: birth control care, gynecological care, STDs and HIV services, abortion services, free walk-in pregnancy testing, counseling and referral.

A 12-step program for people who are recovering from sex and love addictions. Meetings and counseling are available to friends and family of recoverers as well. Call for schedule.

Stavros Center is dedicated to helping people with disabilities to live as independently as possible. Stavros maintains offices in Amherst, Springfield and Greenfield. Services include: information and referral, peer counseling, skills training, advocacy, personal assistance service, assistive techonology, assistance with housing and accessibility, equipment loan, and other services. Serves Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin County.

Self-defense, karate, and modern arnis (Filipino stick fighting) instruction for women of all ages and abilities. Sliding scale for payment.

Provides information regarding court proceedings, victim rights information and assistance, compensation information and abuse prevention (restraining order) petitions. Social service referrals.

413-543-2460
300 High St. #1
Holyoke, MA 01040

Program for Massachusetts residents. For pregnant and post- partum mothers and their children under 5 who meet income guidelines. Regular visits 2nd & 4th week of month which include nutrition assessment, dietary intake, analysis of growth patterns, development of a care plan, and assigning of an individually tailored food package. Food vouchers issued every three months for use at contracted stores and pharmacies.

Provides mammograms, pap tests, diabetes and cholesterol screenings to mainly uninsured women between the ages of 40 and 64 and to younger women if they are at a greater risk of ovarian or breast cancer.

Counseling, advocacy, 24-hour support and emergency shelter for battered women and children. Provides legal services and community awareness programs. Support groups, teen services and volunteer opportunities are available as well.

Serving Belchertown, Chicopee, Granby, Holyoke, Ludlow, South Hadley, Ware and beyond; Since 1974 Western Mass ElderCare has existed to serve the needs of older people. A private, non-profit agency that offers a diversity of programs and services to preserve independence and the family network. Meets the individual needs of the elder at the different stages along the continuum of care, ranging from information services to inhome support, to crisis prevention and nursing home advocacy.

The Wright Homestead is a private, nonprofit residence open to a maximum of 13 women from this area. For the older woman who would like freedom from household cares and responsibilities, with home-cooked meals served family style in an attractive dining room; independence to come and go as desired: privacy in a pleasant, private room with own furnishings; companionship with congenial residents in a homelike atmosphere.

Services include: individual/group counseling for individuals 12-22 years of age; school and community-based services for low-income youths 14-22 years of age; individual tutor/mentor services (LEAP); breast/cervical cancer education, early detection, and referrals for women over forty (Encore Plus Program); youth leadership and tobacco prevention program (Teenage Power Alliance); support/education for pregnant and parenting mothers age 12-22. Transition Living Program includes a range of support services as well as subsidized housing to assist formerly battered women and their children in their transition away from abusive relationships and toward self-sufficiency.