Health Care Support
Mass Health: Health care assistance for low- and mid-income families
http://mass.gov/eohhs
The Massachusetts Bureau of Family and Community Health
http://www.mass.gov/dph/fch/index.htm
Massachusetts Substance Abuse Information and Education
http://www.helpline-online.com/
Sidelines National Support Network: Support for women with high-risk pregnancies
http://www.sidelines.org/
March of Dimes: Information for a healthy pregnancy
http://www.modimes.org/
Information on Parenting
Center for Early Relationship Support. Services for new parents and children up to age 3
www.jfcsboston.org/CERS
La Leche League of Massachusetts/Rhode Island/Vermont
http://lllmarivt.org/
The Fatherhood Initiative: A program to support and strengthen the role of fathers
http://www.fatherhood.org
Massachusetts Child Care: Search for a child care provider or get news and information on child care issues
http://www.machildcare.com
Parents Helping Parents support groups and education
http://Parentshelpingparents.org
Teen Pregnancy & Parenting
Focus Adolescent Services: Resources on teen and family issues
http://www.focusas.com/
Mass Alliance on Teen Pregnancy
Consortium providing leadership to prevent teenage pregnancy and meet the service needs of pregnant and parenting teens and their children.
www.massteenpregnancy.org
Family Planning & Abortion
Planned Parenthood League of MA: Family Planning Services and Abortion Services
www.plannedparenthood.org/planned-parenthood-massachusetts
A list of MA clinics and private doctors who provide family planning and abortion services
www.abortion.com
Housing, Finances and Legal Help
Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance: Public assistance for needy citizens
http://www.state.ma.us/dta/index.htm
Massachusetts Emergency Assistance offering shelter and transition programs for women facing domestic
violence.
https://housingfamilies.org/resources/need-shelter
Massachusetts Department of Public Health: List of bureaus and programs
http://www.state.ma.us/dph/dphorg2.htm
Massachusetts Department of Revenue: Child support enforcement
http://www.cse.state.ma.us/
The Boston Housing Authority: Providing affordable housing
http://www.bostonhousing.org/en/Home.aspx
Project Bread: Food programs and the Walk for Hunger
http://www.projectbread.org/
St Mary’s Women & Infant Center – emergency shelter for women and children
http://www.stmaryscenterma.org
Emergency Assistance
The shelter system for families in Massachusetts. EA shelter is run by the Department of Housing and Community Development or “DHCD.” Pregnant women and families with children are eligible.
www.familyaidboston.org
https://housingfamilies.org/resources/need-shelter
Legal help for questions and answers on rights and responsibilities of Massachusetts residents
Housing, public benefits, health care, family law, employment
www.masslegalhelp.org
Domestic Violence programs in MA
https://www.mass.gov/service-details/domestic- violence-programs
Journey to Safety
Provides culturally-competent and religiously-sensitive services to all survivors of domestic abuse in both English and Russian.
www.jfcsboston.org
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