About the Project: Partner Agencies
Project INTERFACE is the collaborative effort of a host of community partners, each one a community asset. Primary partners include:
Adolescent Wellness, Inc.
Adolescent Wellness is a non-profit organization founded to simplify prevention of depression and suicide in adolescents.
• www.adolescentwellness.org
Boston Public Schools
The Boston Public School district serves the more than 50,000 children of Boston.
• www.bostonpublicschools.org
Bridgewater State College/MARC
Providing research, education, services and programs to Education, Law Enforcement, parents and Human Service organizations in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the area of bullying and cyberbullying prevention.
• webhost.bridgew.edu/marc
Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project (MCPAP)
The goal of the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access
Project (MCPAP) is to make child psychiatry services
more accessible to primary care providers (PCPs) throughout
the Commonwealth. MCPAP provides PCPs with timely access
to child psychiatry consultation and, when indicated,
transitional services into ongoing behavioral health
care.
• www.mcpap.com
Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology (MSPP)
MSPP is committed to improving the quality of life
by training and educating mental health professionals
to be capable of providing high quality human services.
MSPP seeks to train practitioners who are sensitive
to underserved populations, and it is committed to
maintaining an environment that acknowledges and respects
cultural and individual differences.
• www.mspp.edu
Newton PTO Council
The Newton PTO Council is an umbrella organization
composed of all 21 PTOs in the city. Its members are
the current and past presidents of each PTO. The council’s
ultimate purpose is to support all Newton parents in
the quest for the highest quality of education.
• www.newtonptocouncil.org
Newton Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative
This four-year, $6 million federal grant to “to foster safe, respectful, and drug free school enviornments and to promote pro-social skills and healthy childhood development” was awarded to the Newton Public Schools and its parters — including Project INTERFACE — in 2008.
• www.sshs.samhsa.gov
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton-Wellesley is the premier community teaching hospital in Massachusetts, offering a full range of medical, surgical, and specialty care. There is a 24-hour emergency department, pediatric emergency department, and dedicated inpatient units with staff who are expert in meeting the needs of orthopedic, critical care, and oncology patients. The staff is committed to being welcoming and helpful, the facility is state-of-the-art, convenient, and comfortable.
• www.nwh.org
Riverside Community Care
Riverside Community Care is part of a network of more than 60 distinct programs serving more than 50 Massachusetts cities and towns. Riverside has 40 years of experience helping to build healthy communities through the delivery of innovative mental health care, developmental and cognitive disability services, substance abuse treatment, and healthcare and human services.
• www.riversidecc.org
Waltham Public Schools
The Waltham Public School district serves the nearly 5,000 children of Waltham.
• www.city.waltham.ma.us/SCHOOL