1. RELEVANT STATE & FEDERAL AGENCIES
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Boston Field Office
One Center Plaza, Suite 600
Boston, Massachusetts 02108
Tel: (617) 742-5533
Fax: (617) 223-6327
http://boston.fbi.gov/taskforce.htm
U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services
Boston District Office
John F. Kennedy Federal Building
Government Center
Boston, MA 02203
http://uscis.gov/graphics/fieldoffices/boston/aboutus.htm
Boston Police Headquarters
One Schroeder Plaza
Boston, MA 02120-2014
Tel: (617) 343-4200
Fax: (617) 343-4481
http://www.cityofboston.gov/police/default.asp
Sexual Assault Unit: List of Numbers & Links of Victim Referral Services
http://www.cityofboston.gov/police/sau_links.asp
2. SHELTER City of Boston Emergency Shelter Commission
Room 716
1 City Hall Plaza
Boston, MA 02201
Tel: (617) 635-4507
www.cityofboston.gov/shelter
Provides information and referral to homeless and hungry persons, and access to emergency housing.
Crittenton Hastings House (Brighton)
Tel: (617) 782-7600
Offers transitional living programs, housing advocacy and GED educational programs.
Horizon House (Mattapan)
Tel: (617) 296-2492
Provides Housing Authority referrals, daycare for children, transitional living/work programs and advocates for emotional and practical support.
Renewal House (Boston)
Hotline: (617) 566-6881
Tel: (617) 277-4194
Email: renewalhouse@igc.org
Provides temporary and emergency shelter for battered women and their children, counseling, support groups, welfare, court, housing and child advocacy
Respond, Inc. (Somerville)
Hotline: (617) 623-5900
Provides direct services to battered women and their children including emergency shelter, counseling programs, support groups, legal, welfare, and housing advocacy. Haitian Creole, Spanish, Portuguese and French-speaking staff members available.
Shelter for Men and Women
Boston Rescue Mission/Kingston House
39 Kingston Street
Boston, MA 02111
Tel: (617) 482-8819
Shattuck Shelter
170 Morton Street
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Tel: (617) 971-3229
The Elizabeth Stone House (Jamaica Plain)
Hotline (English & Spanish): (617) 522-3417
Tel: (617) 522-3659
Transitional Housing Program, Groups, Parent/Child Center: (617) 427-9801.
Email: stonehse@aol.com
Provides residential and community-based services for women and their children.
Transition House (Cambridge)
Hotline: (617) 661-7203
Teen hotline: (877) 644-3847
Email: thouse@aol.com
Offers emergency food and shelter, counseling, economic literacy programs, Haitian services, and outreach programs.
Woods Mullen Shelter
784 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston, MA 02118
Tel: (617) 534-7101
3. COUNSELING
The Boston Area Rape Crisis Center (BARCC)
99 Bishop Allen Drive
Cambridge, MA 02139
Office: (617) 492-8306
TTY: (617) 492-6434
Fax: (617) 492-3291
Hotlines
English: (617) 492-RAPE (7273)
English: 1-800-841-8371
Spanish: 1-800-223-5001
http://www.barcc.org/contact.html
Llamanos Statewide Spanish Hotline c/o Rape Crisis Center of Central MA
799 West Boylston St.
Worcester, MA 01606
Hotline: (800) 223-5001
Casa Myrna Vasquez, Inc.
P.O. Box 180019
Boston, MA 02118
Tel: 617-521-0100
Hotline (English/Spanish): (877) 785-2020
http://www.casamyrna.org/
Provides access to translation services, crisis intervention, support, information and referrals, and emergency shelter statewide.
Center for Violence Prevention at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
330 Brookline Ave.
Boston, MA 02215
Tel: (617) 667-8141
Fax: (617) 975-5496
Gives counseling and other health services for battered women.
Child Witness to Violence Project at Boston Medical Center:
Tel: (617) 414-4244
Offers counseling and advocacy to young children who witness domestic and community violence; has a multi-lingual staff of social workers, psychologists, early childhood specialists and a consulting child psychiatrist.
4. MEDICAL SERVICES Massachusetts Department of Public Health
617-624-6000/Boston
www.state.ma.us/dph
Massachusetts Drug and Alcohol Help Line
1-800-327-5050
Acts as a referral service for those in need of drug counseling/treatment.
Massachusetts Department of Mental Health
1-800-221-0053
Provides emergency evaluations and treatment for individuals having a mental health crisis.
BMC – Project Trust
721 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston, MA 02118
Tel: (617) 414-4495 or (617) 414-3521
Provides HIV and STD testing to low-income individuals.
Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program
729 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston, MA 02118
(617) 414-7779 General Information
(617) 414-5090 Medical Clinic Hours
Betty Sneed House 617-488-1760 (women only)
Barbara McInnis House 617-488-1700 (men, but will take women)
Provides comprehensive physical and medical care to the homeless.
Boston HealthNet and Cambridge/Somerville Network Health
Tel: 800-462-6381/Boston
Tel: 888-257-1985/Cambridge, Somerville
Individuals and families meeting income guidelines receive free or low cost hospitalization, doctor's visits, mental health, prescription medicines & clinical tests.
Boston Living Center
29 Stanhope Street
Boston, MA 02116
Tel: (617) 236-1012
Fax: (617) 236-0334
http://www.bostonlivingcenter.org
Mission: community and resource center whose mission is to foster the wellness of all HIV positive people and respond to the changing needs of the HIV/AIDS community. HIV + status required for membership.
Boston Medical Center
One Boston Medical Center Place
Boston, MA 02118
Tel: (617) 414-4081
617-414-4290 (STD)
Free confidential HIV and STD testing.
Bridge Over Troubled Waters, Inc.
47 West Street Boston
Tel: (617) 423-9575
Must register as a client; free services offered periodically. Includes full physical exam.
East Boston Neighborhood Health Center
10 Gove St.
Tel: (617) 569-5800
Free anonymous HIV testing
HIV/AIDS Services
Boston Living Center
29 Stanhope Street
Boston, MA 02116
Tel: (617) 236-1012
Institute for Health and Recovery
349 Broadway
Cambridge, MA 02139
Tel: (617) 661-3991
Fax: 617-661-7277
TTY: 617-661-9051
http://www.healthrecovery.org/
Provides comprehensive care for individuals those affected by alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use and abuse, mental illness, trauma, and HIV/AIDS, especially women and their children.
Sidney Borum Junior Clinic
132 Boylston Street, Boston
Tel: (617) 457-8140
Free anonymous HIV testing.
South Boston Community Health Center
409 W Broadway (at "F" street)
Tel: (617) 464-7489
Free anonymous HIV testing.
Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinic in the Infectious Disease Dept. at Mass General Hospital
55 Fruit St.
Jackson 504
Boston, MA 02114
Founders Building 8th floor
Tel: (617) 726-2748
http://www.mgh.harvard.edu/depts/id/mghstd.html
Affordable HIV and STD testing.
5. LEGAL SERVICES
Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence
See “OTHER”
Greater Boston Legal Services
197 Friend St.
Boston MA 02114
Tel: (617) 371-1234 ext. 500
Provides legal representation to low income individuals,, including the homeless, and aliens in asylum proceedings.
Hale and Dorr Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School
122 Boylston St.
Jamaica Plain MA 02130
Tel: (617) 522-3003
Provides legal services to low income HIV-positive people through its AIDS Law Clinic.
International Institute of Boston
One Milk Street
Boston, MA 02109
Tel: (617) 695-9990
Fax: (617) 695-9191
http://www.iiboston.org/
Provides legal representation to low income or indigent immigrants refugees and their families regarding immigration matters. PAIR Project (Political Asylum/Immigration Representation Project)
14 Beacon Street Room 804A
Boston, MA 02108
Tel: (617) 742-9296
Fax: (617) 742-9385
http://www.pairproject.org/index.html
Provides referral service and legal representation for immigration detainees and asylum seekers.
Refugee Immigration Services of Greater Boston Catholic Charities
See “OTHER”
6. REFUGEE RESOURCE INFORMATION
Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights
Boston Medical Center
Dowling 7
One Boston Medical Center Place
Boston, MA, 02118
Tel: (617) 414-4794
Fax: (617) 414-4796
http://www.glphr.org/refugee/index.htm
Provides comprehensive health care for refugees and survivors of torture and refugee trauma coordinated with legal aid and social services.
Refugee Education Advocacy and Change (Project REACH)
P.O. Box 540024
Waltham, MA 02454
Coordinator: (781) 891-0724
Hotline: (800) 899-4000
The International Institute of Boston
See “LEGAL SERVICES”
Helps new immigrants resettle in Boston, learn English, find employment, receive counseling, become a citizen, etc.
7. OTHER
Asian-American Civic Association
200 Tremont Street
Boston, MA 02116
Tel: (617) 426-9492
Fax: (617) 482-2316
http://www.aaca-boston.org/
Offers referral, information, and counseling, as well as answering questions regarding immigration status. Seeks to provide limited-English speaking and economically-disadvantaged Asian adults and youth with programs and services to develop the survival, literacy and employment skills.
Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence (Boston):
Hotline (multilingual): (617) 338-2355
Tel: (617) 338-2350
Fax: (617) 338-2354
Email: asiandv@atask.org
Battered women's shelter specifically for Asian women. Multilingual support groups and legal representation available.
Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center (BCNC)
885 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02111
Tel: (617) 635-5129
Fax: (617) 635-5132
http://www.bcnc.net/
Works to enrich and improve the quality of life in Boston’s downtown Asian American community and for residents of Boston's Chinatown, South End, and South Cove communities by providing bilingual education, child care, cultural, social, and recreational programs
Latin American Health Institute – Boston
95 Berkeley Street
Boston, MA 02116
Tel: (617) 350-6900
Fax: (617) 350-6901
http://www.lhi.org/lhi/
Deal with public health organization, serving annually over 30,000 Latin American families and individuals through more than 60 direct care programs. Includes Clinical Services & Social Programs.
Refugee Immigration Services of Greater Boston Catholic Charities
75 Kneeland Street, 8th Floor
Boston, MA 02111
Tel: (617) 451-7979
http://www.frosina.org/advisories/CatCharit.shtml
Provides resettlements and interpreter services, citizenship preparation, job placement, and legal counseling.
