The Brookline Commission for Women (BCW) is pleased to provide you with this childcare resource. This resource was designed to serve families in Brookline who are exploring childcare options for children ages 0-5 years old. The BCW does not specifically endorse the programs and services listed in this document, rather they are provided to serve …
Provides referrals to shelters and other community resources for domestic violence survivors; temporary shelter; multilingual; teen parenting program. Safelink Hotline, Education & Outreach Website: www.casamyrna.org Phone: 877-785-2020 (Hotline); 617-521-0100 (Office) Address: 38 Wareham St, 2nd Floor, Boston, Massachusetts
Provides referral services, HIV and other STI testing, hepatitis and HPV vaccines, GLBT services, STI treatment, and emergency contraception Website: www.plannedparenthood.org/ma Phone: 1-800-258-4448 (Toll-free Hotline); 617-616-1616 (Sexual Health Counseling and Referral Hotline) Contact info: Tiffany Heverfield: 617-616-1653 Address: 1055 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215
Provides early care and education to homeless children; creates Playspaces for children living in shelters to engage children in fun and educational play; Open 8-6PM Website: www.horizonsforhomelesschildren.org Phone: 617-445-1480 Address: Edgerley Family Community Children’s Center (HHC headquarters) 1705 Columbus Avenue Roxbury, MA 02119
Shelters battered women and their children (boys to age 9) for up to three months. The House provides counseling, referrals, childcare, advocacy, and food. Both Spanish and English are spoken. Website: www.uuum.org/?page_id=199 Phone: 617-566-6881 (24-hour Hotline) Contact: Francesca Contreras: Shelter Community Advocate 617-277-4194 P.O. Box 919 Roxbury, MA 02120
Support group, resources for parents for children with drug addictions; meetings occur weekly in different locations in Massachusetts. Website: www.learn2cope.org Phone: 508-738-5148 PEER SUPPORT: 508-801-3247 Contact: Joanne Patterson: 508-801-3247
Project Trust offers HIV testing, counseling, and primary care; Teen and Tot offers support for pregnant and parenting teens; Good Grief bereavement support; young men’s health clinic; shelter for elders; detoxification Website: http://www.bostonprojecttrust.com/ Phone: 617-414-4495 (Information line for Project Trust); 617-414-4528 (Teen and Tot line); 617-414-4005 (Good Grief program); 1-800-327-5050 (Detoxification line) Address: 721 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, MA …
Organization of parents/guardians of children with disabilities who meet to learn more about special education in Brookline. We sponsor workshops, informational meetings, discussion groups, legislative lobbying efforts. Online resource only. Website: www.brooklinesepac.org Contact info: Elizabeth Myska
Offers GED preparation classes, ESL and other skills training, résumé-building activities, and job placement assistance to persons who are 18 and older, TAFDC recipients, or parenting individuals Website: www.jvs-boston.org Phone: 617-451-8147; 617-399-3300 617-451-8147; 617-399-3131 (Main line); 617-399-3200 (Helpline for people looking for work) Address: 75 Federal Street, 3rd Floor Boston, MA 02110
LearningWorks offered GED classes, career counseling; Young Parents program; SummerWorks summer program for youth; apply for Fuel Assistance; tax services; immigration; SafeLink; housing search; Early Head Start program; heating repair Website: www.bostonabcd.org/ Phone: 617-357-6000 x7516 (Director’s line); 617-348-6548 (SummerWorks info line); 617-348-6546 (Director of Youth Services line); 617-348-6672 (General office line); 617-357-6012 (Heating repair) Address: 19 Temple Place, …