Access Local Community Resources Through Your BMC Social Worker
These are a list of basic resources that may be helpful to you or your family. This does not replace meeting with a social worker as the social worker may be able to provide more information or insight into many of these programs. This listing will give you an overview of some local community resources.
Community Violence
- Child Witness to Violence Program at Boston Medical Center
- The Trauma Center at JRI
- Center for Violence Prevention and Recovery
- Louis D. Brown Peace Institute
- Massachusetts Office for Victim Assistance
- Victim Witness Assistance Program
- Victim Compensation and Assistance Division
- Boston Medical Center's Community Violence Response Team
Ethnic Specific Community Resources
- African Social Service Agency-Somali Development Center
- Asian American Civil Association
- Boston Haitian Resource Guide
- Brazilian Immigrant Center
- Haitian-American Public Health Initiative
- Haitian Multi-Service Center
- La Alianza Hispana
- Massachusetts Alliance for Portuguese Speakers
- Roca Inc.
- Viet Aid
Food
- Department of Transitional Assistance (Food Stamps)
Families can apply for food stamps at Boston Medical Center on Monday's and Friday's 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM at the Yawkey Ambulatory Care Center, mezzanine level, with Patient Financial Services 617-414-5155. - Two-Dollar a Bag Sites (Food Resource)
- Project Bread Food Source Hotline
- Women Infant and Children's (WIC) Benefits
Financial
- Social Security Administration
- Department of Transitional Assistance (TAFDC and EAEDC)
- Fuel Assistance
Health Insurance
Hospital Resources
- Child Protection Team
- Child Witness to Violence Program
- Boston Center for Refugee Health & Human Rights
- The Good Grief Program
- The Domestic Violence Program
Housing
- Emergency Shelter (listings of shelters)
- Department of Housing and Community Development
- Boston Housing Authority
- Metropolitan Housing Partnership
Immigrant Resources
- Catholic Charities of Greater Boston
- Irish International Immigrant Center
- Refugee and Immigrant Assistance Center
Intimate Partner Violence (Domestic Violence)
- Safe link
- SAGE Boston
- Teen Dating Violence
- My Life My Choice
- EVA (Formerly Kim's Project)
- Casa Myrna Vasquez
- Elizabeth Stone House
- Family Justice Center (FJC)
- Domestic Shelters
Legal Resources
- Greater Boston Legal Services
- Irish International Immigrant Center
- Community Legal Services and Counseling Center
- Legal Advocacy and Resource Center
- Volunteer Lawyers Project
Medical Education Information
- American Cancer Society
- New England Pediatric Sickle Cell Consortium
- Kidney Transplant Dialysis Association
Mental Health
- Boston Medical Center Psychiatry
- Social Work Therapy Referral Service
- Massachusetts Behavioral Health Partnership
- DBSA-Boston Support Groups
- Boston Area Rape Crisis Center (BARCC)
Other
- Project Just Because (multiple basic needs)
- Boston Public Schools
- Mass Health Transportation
- Boston Public Health Commission
Spinal Cord Injury
Substance Abuse
- Project Assert
- Substance Abuse Assistance
- Alcoholics Anonymous
- Alanon/Alateen
- Adolescent Substance Abuse Program
- Smoking Cessation Programs