SOFAR (Supporting Our Families through Addiction and Recovery) is a medical home for children whose parent(s) have a substance use disorder. We provide ongoing support for families by fostering attachment, enhancing child development, providing recovery/parental mental health support, and connecting you to other services and resources. We are here to ensure your entire family is cared for with interventions that support both caregivers and children.



  ### SOFAR

- [Contact Us](#contact-us)
- [Treatments & Services](#treatments-services)
- [Our Team](#our-team)
- [Additional Information](#additional-information)
- [Research Overview](#research-overview)
 
   ## Contact Us

 [ 801 Massachusetts Ave., Boston, MA 02119   
7th Floor   
BMC, Crosstown Center ](https://maps.app.goo.gl/xHWq2RQhAjbdbTFd8) 

 [617.414.6640](tel:617.414.6640) 

Tuesday, Thursday and Friday: 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM. Some availability on other days if needed. Pediatric Primary Care is open Monday-Saturday.

 

 

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  ## Treatments & Services

For children and adolescents:

- Primary care medical home
- Pediatric infectious disease care
- Developmental assessment and links to early intervention services
- Mental health support
- Family Navigation
- Substance Use Prevention work for our older patients

For mothers:

- Internal connection to mental health and primary care
- External connection to services
- Advocacy
- Recovery Support Navigation



  ## Our Team

SOFAR is a multidisciplinary team who work closeley together to provide high-quality, coordinated medical and psychosocial care for families to maximize their ability to successfully navigate parenting and substance use recovery.



 

 ###  [Mei A. Elansary, MD, MPhil](https://www.bmc.org/about-us/directory/doctor/mei-elansary-md-mphil) 

 Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrician 


 

    ![](https://assets.bmc.org/transform/3cc9cd38-b282-49fd-9473-4fa822092057/Elansary-headshot-1?io=transform:fill,width:333,height:500&format=jpg)   ###  [Jill M. Baker, LICSW](https://www.bmc.org/about-us/directory/doctor/jillian-m-baker-licsw) 

 

 

    ![](https://assets.bmc.org/transform/b43f3908-9cca-47d1-b743-0380c0d682df/Jill-Baker?io=transform:fill,width:333,height:500&format=jpg)   ###  [Jill E. Kasper, MD](https://www.bmc.org/about-us/directory/doctor/jill-e-kasper-md) 

 Pediatrician 


 

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**Emma Prescott**  
*Family Navigator*

**Allie Longworth**  
*Family Navigator*



 

 

 

 



 

  ## Additional Information

[HealthCity: Keeping Families Together: Support from Social Work Critical in Sub…](https://healthcity.bmc.org/policy-and-industry/support-social-work-critical-substance-use-recovery)

[HealthCity: Support for Newborn Mothers with Opioid Use Disorder Doesn't Go Far…](https://healthcity.bmc.org/population-health/support-newborn-mothers-opioid-use-disorder-addiction)

[HealthCity: Mandatory Reporting Law Is Harmful for Pregnant People with Substan…](https://healthcity.bmc.org/policy-and-industry/mandatory-reporting-law-harmful-pregnant-people-sud)

[HealthCity: Can Parenting Interventions Help Mothers with OUD and Their Babies?](https://healthcity.bmc.org/population-health/can-parenting-interventions-help-mothers-opioid-addiction)

[HealthCity: Subsidized Non-Emergent Medical Transportation as a Step Toward Hea…](https://healthcity.bmc.org/research/subsidized-non-emergent-medical-transportation-health-equity)

 


#### Listen in on Dr. Eileen Costello talking about why family centered addiction care is so important



  ## Research Overview

[**Children and families of the opioid epidemic: Under the radar**.](https://pubmed-ncbi-nlm-nih-gov.ezproxy.bu.edu/31494050/) Stulac S, Bair-Merritt M, Wachman EM, Augustyn M, Howard C, Madoor N, Costello E.Curr Probl Pediatr Adolesc Health Care. 2019 Aug;49(8):100637. doi: 10.1016/j.cppeds.2019.07.002. Epub 2019 Sep 5.

[**Low Barrier Tele-Buprenorphine in the Time of COVID-19: A Case Report.**](https://pubmed-ncbi-nlm-nih-gov.ezproxy.bu.edu/32433364/) Harris M, Johnson S, Mackin S, Saitz R, Walley AY, Taylor JL.J Addict Med. 2020 Jul/Aug;14(4):e136-e138. doi: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000000682.PMID: 32433364 Free PMC article.