Search for Help in Hampshire County
Welcome to our online database of human services available within Hampshire County. If you need a service and are unable to find it here, or would like assistance from our specially trained staff, please call our office. We’ll be glad to connect you to the resources you need.
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Valley Community Development Corporation
Provide affordable housing as well as educational seminars to first time home buyers and technical assistance to businesses and facilitates access to small business loans. Offers one on one foreclosure prevention counseling to homeowners throughout Hampshire County. Foreclosure prevention includes extensive counseling around debt management and budgeting. Provides single room occupancies through income eligible screenings.
Address: 256 Pleasant St
Address 3: Northampton, MA, 01060
Email: MG@valleycdc.com
Main Phone: (413) 586-5855
Operating Agency: Valley Community Development Corporation
Valley Women's Martial Arts
Offer introductory and ongoing instruction in self-defense and martial arts to women and girls (Fees for all programs are on a sliding scale basis)
Address: 1 Cottage St
Address 3: Easthampton, MA, 01027
Email: contactvwma@gmail.com
Operating Agency: Valley Women's Martial Arts
Walden Behavioral Care
Provides treatment/support for: Anorexia, Bulimia, Binge-Eating Disorder, ARFID, OSFED, Orthorexia, Co-Occurring Disorders
Address: 100 University Dr
Address 3: Amherst, MA, 01002
Email: info@waldenbehavioralcare.com
Main Phone: (413) 582-0100
Operating Agency: Walden Behavioral Care
Ware Family Center
A drop in center for parents, grandparents, caregivers and children from birth to five years; provide comprehensive family support, develop programs to promote individual and family strength, build parenting skills, and to provide community support to families; welcoming, accessible, and respectful of the values and beliefs of individual families. Volunteering opportunities available.
Address: 49 Church St
Address 3: Ware, MA, 01082
Email: warefamilycenter@yahoo.com
Main Phone: (413) 967-8127
Operating Agency: Ware Family Center
Ware Housing Authority
Offer Chapter 667 Housing for elderly and disabled (86 units), Chapter 705 family housing (22 units), Section 8 Existing rental assistance (61 units)
Address: 20 Valley View
Address 3: Ware, MA, 01083
Main Phone: (413) 967-4477
Operating Agency: Ware Housing Authority
Way Finders (Hampshire County)
Offer rental subsidies, counseling for tenants and landlords, housing rehabilitation and development, first-time home buyer workshops, foreclosure assistance, rental property training, transitional housing for victims of domestic violence with children
Address: 322 Main St
Address 2: Suite 1
Address 3: Springfield, MA, 01060
Email: info@wayfindersma.org
Main Phone: (413) 233-1500
Operating Agency: Way Finders
Western Mass. Electric Co. Assistance Plans
Offers support for individuals or families who temporarily cannot meet a month's energy expense and do not qualify for state or federal energy assistance.
Main Phone: (800)-262-1320
Operating Agency: The Salvation Army
YWCA of Western Massachusetts
YWCA provides safe places for women and children in crisis. It offers women counseling, job training, child-care, and health and fitness. Services offered include residential programs, survivor outreach and advocacy services, parent and youth support programs, and workforce development. Volunteer opportunities available.
Address: 1 Clough Street
Address 3: Springfield, MA, 01108
Main Phone: (413) 733-7100
Operating Agency: YWCA
YWCA Supervised Visitation
Offer a safe place for visitation with the non-custodial parent for victims of domestic violence and their children. Visitation is tailored to a family's level of risk. The program can accommodate on-site monitored visits, on-site unsupervised visits, or neutral and monitored exchanges, where staff supervise pick-up and drop-off between residential and non-residential parents.
Address 3: Northampton, MA, 01060
Main Phone: (413) 732-3121
Operating Agency: YWCA
