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New Bedford Area Resources
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Bay Coast Behavioral
Bay Coast encourages strong family relationships that promote social and functional skills in an effort to reduce and/or eliminate at risk behaviors. Our approach incorporates the needs and the agreed upon goals of the family to provide stability in the family and independence of the client.
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Bay State Community Services
Bay State Community Services (BSCS) is a not-for-profit human services agency, dedicated to improving the social functioning of adults, adolescents, and children within a framework that recognizes the primary importance of family and community. To this end, the agency’s mission is to support individual, family, and community empowerment through an integrated, culturally competent continuum of social, mental health, addiction, and correctional services.
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Child & Family Services - Community Service Agency (CSA)
CSA is a community-based organization whose function is to facilitate access to, and ensure coordination of, care for youth with serious emotional disturbance (SED) who require or are already utilizing multiple services or are involved with multiple child-serving systems (e.g., child welfare, special education, juvenile justice, mental health) and their families.
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Child & Family Services - Emergency Mental Health Services
Emergency Services offers assessments and interventions to children and adults who are in a crisis situation. Interventions with children ages 0-20 can occur at any location including homes with Emergency Services involvement for up to 8 hours the first day and an additional 6 days of support as needed. Outreach for children ages 0-20 is provided 24/7.
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Contact Information
Emergency Services
Child & Family Services
543 North Street
New Bedford, MA 02740
(508) 984-5566
Emergency Services Crisis Center
Child & Family Services
543 North Street
New Bedford, MA 02740
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Department of Mental Health (DMH) - New Bedford Site
The Department of Mental Health, as the State Mental Health Authority, assures and provides access to services and supports to meet the mental health needs of individuals of all ages, enabling them to live, work and participate in their communities.
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800 Purchase St.
New Bedford, MA 02740
508-996-7900 -
Department of Children & Families (DCF) - New Bedford Site
The Department of Children and Families (DCF) is charged with protecting children from abuse and neglect and strengthening families.
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98 North Front St.
New Bedford, MA 02740
508-910-1000
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Department of Transitional Assistance
DTA provides 1 in 8 Massachusetts residents with food and nutritional assistance, cash assistance, and employment supports.
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Emotional Wellness Counseling
3267 Acushnet Ave
New Bedford, MA 02745
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Family and Community Resources, Inc.
Our mission is to serve individuals and families whose lives are impacted by trauma at home, school or in their community. FCR, Inc. is committed to providing the highest quality of services including advocacy, support, individual and group treatment, case management and community education and training.
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Greater New Bedford Community Health Center
The Greater New Bedford Community Health Center is a private, non-profit health care organization governed by a volunteer Board of Directors, representative of the economic, educational, and cultural diversity of our community.
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Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
Resources and information for grandparents raising grandchildren, including support groups and legal information.
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Handhold
Handhold was created by a team of mental health and child development experts in partnership with parents who have gone through what you are going through. Our goal? To guide you in caring for your child’s mental health and emotional well-being.
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Family partners and parents of kids with similar experiences to yours told us what they wished they had known earlier in their journey. Mental health experts, including child psychiatrists, social workers, and psychologists, selected the most relevant and useful resources.
We encourage you to start by answering the four questions under “Should I Worry?” to explore your concerns. Whatever steps you decide to take, we offer a variety of tips, tools, and resources to help you take them with confidence. -
Health Imperatives Violence Intervention & Prevention
24-Hour Sexual Assault & Domestic Violence Hotline
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508-588-8255
For nearly four decades Health Imperatives has been at the forefront of responding to the health and safety needs of local families and individuals, and today our programs and services are structured around our two main areas of focus and expertise: health care and violence intervention and prevention services. -
Housing Resources
MBHP understands that safe and stable housing is the foundation upon which good health is built. We have compiled a list of resources for our Members who may be experiencing homelessness, housing instability, and/or housing discrimination.
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JRI (Justice Resource Institute) - Community Service Agency (CSA)
JRI is designated by the Commonwealth as a Community Service Agency (CSA) for the Cape and Islands. CSAs help families to identify the resources they need and then they coordinate the services delivered by those resources. CSAs provide two particular services: Intensive Care Coordination (ICC) and Family Support and Training (FS&T). ICCs uses “Wraparound” care planning where care coordinators work with families to complete safety plans and home assessments, assemble the care planning team, develop individual care plans, and ensure that services in the plan are effectively implemented. Wraparound is an approach to care where the family is put in the center of the planning process and a team is built around the family’s vision for their child’s future. With Family Support and Training, staff members called Family Partners work with the Care Coordinators to help families understand how to navigate the child serving systems, how to get supports, services, and how to reach the goals in the care plan.
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Making Sense: A Parent's Guide to a Child's Psychiatric Hospitalization
This Guide was written with the help of parents and professionals who understand that having a child hospitalized psychiatrically can be stressful, confusing, and frustrating. The advice and guidance in these pages can help clear up confusion and reduce frustration.
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Map Academy
Introducing Map Academy, a new public charter school located in Plymouth, designed to provide a free option to students that want or need something different than the traditional high school.
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We put students at the center and designed a school to meet their individual needs. Flexible scheduling and support, personalized academics, career development opportunities, and more.
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Mass 2-1-1
Every day, someone somewhere in Massachusetts needs to find essential community services, an after school program, a food bank, or where to secure care for an aging parent. Many face these challenges,
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but don't always know where to turn for help.
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Massachusetts Sibling Support Network
Growing up with a brother or sister with a disability, whether the disability is mental or physical, seen or unseen, is a unique, challenging, and potentially rewarding experience.
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The MSSN supports siblings of people with disabilities in the following ways: creating welcoming communities for siblings across the lifespan; improving the range and availability of sibling support services; and providing education about sibling-related issues. -
Mind Matters Monthly TV Series
Mind Matters is a local TV show designed to discuss topics related to behavioral health issues. A new topic is discussed each month. The videos can be viewed via the DCTV Channel 18 website, or you can watch on DCTV Channel 18 in the Dartmouth area.
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Mobile Market - Greater New Bedford
Greater Boston Food Bank partners with community health centers to bring fresh produce to low-income working families. Mobile Markets offer fresh produce from July – October at health centers in your community.
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Mobile Market - New Bedford North/South and Wareham
Greater Boston Food Bank partners with community health centers to bring fresh produce to low-income working families. Mobile Markets offer fresh produce from July – October at health centers in your community.
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My Brother's Keeper
My Brother’s Keeper is a vibrant, welcoming Christian ministry with locations in Easton and Dartmouth, MA which delivers furniture and food to families in need.
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National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. What started as a small group of families gathered around a kitchen table in 1979 has blossomed into the nation’s leading voice on mental health. Today, we are an association of hundreds of local affiliates, state organizations and volunteers who work in your community to raise awareness and provide support and education that was not previously available to those in need.
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NeighborWorks Housing Solutions
NeighborWorks® Housing Solutions (NHS) is a one-stop shop for finding and maintaining safe, affordable, high quality housing and growing financial skills and resources. We provide the answers and support individuals and families need.
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Our services include rental assistance; emergency financial help; shelter and homelessness prevention; first-time homebuyer education and counseling; financial coaching; foreclosure prevention; affordable residential and small business loans; and construction and management of high-quality rental housing across Southern Massachusetts. -
New Bedford Community Connections Coalition
NBCCC was established in 1995. We are one of twenty two coalitions across Massachusetts that is federally funded through the Department of Children and Families. Our mission is to facilitate the organization of comprehensive family support systems in the neighborhoods of the City of New Bedford while promoting a community centered child welfare best practices approach within the DCF system.
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NAMI Mass Compass
Navigating the mental healthcare system can be complicated—we help individuals and families affected by mental health issues find their way.
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The NAMI Mass Compass is operated by peers and family members who have dealt with these issues first hand. Navigators are available to answer a wide range of questions and refer to NAMI support & education programs and other community resources. -
National Family Support Technical Assistance Center
The National Family Support Technical Assistance Center (NFSTAC) is the nation’s first Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) funded Center of Excellence focused on supporting families and caregivers of children, regardless of their age, who experience serious mental illness and/or substance use disorders.
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New Bedford District Court
75 North 6th Street
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New Bedford, MA 02740
508-999-9700 -
Phoenix Rising Psychotherapy and Retreat Center
Phoenix Rising provides both individual and group therapy for a variety of concerns depending on the needs of each client.
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Pathway's Counseling Services
284 County Street
New Bedford, MA
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Psychology Today
Psychology Today is a web magazine that offers a searchable database of therapists, psychiatrists, support groups, and treatment facilities.
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The RAFT Program
The RAFT Program is a homelessness prevention program funded by the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD). RAFT provides short-term financial assistance to low-income families who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.
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St. Luke's Hospital
St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford is a leading health care provider in Southeastern Massachusetts, continually growing in scope and technologies to meet the diverse needs of the families of Greater New Bedford.
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Seven Hills Behavioral Health - New Bedford
Seven Hills Foundation provides exceptional integrated clinical, educational and community-based supports to children and adults with disabilities and significant life challenges.
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Sibling Support Group with UMass Medical
The Shriver Center works with hospitals and other agencies to address the needs of siblings and parents of children with mental health issues. The goals of the program are to build sibling resiliency and decrease trauma, teach parenting strategies that support siblings as well as increase parental confidence, and build capacity among providers. For more information, contact Emily Rubin, Director of Sibling Support, at [email protected].
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Social Security Office - New Bedford
Social Security delivers a broad range of services online.
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53 North 6th Street
New Bedford, MA 02740
508-999-3101 -
Southeast Center for Independent Living
The Philosophy of Independent Living maintains that individuals with disabilities have the right to choose services and make decisions for themselves. This belief is the foundation and guiding principle of all of policies and operations of the Southeast Center for Independent Living. SCIL provides training,information and support to help consumers achieve individual goals, experience personal growth and participate fully in community life.
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Tobey Hospital
Tobey Hospital is the Greater Wareham area's major health care resource and a growing center of surgical excellence that combines high technology with personalized patient care.
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The Women's Center
The Women's Center provides free and confidential 24-hour easily accessible services to those in need. We provide counseling, education, outreach, referrals and resources. We may be called the Women's center, but we serve men and children as well.
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24-Hour HOTLINE
508-999-6636 -
Wareham District Court
2200 Cranberry Highway
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West Wareham, MA 02576
508-295-8300