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Metro Boston:West Roxbury The Boston Guide to Youth Services identifies and briefly describe organizations in the community that provide services to families, children, and teens.Agencies and Organizations in West Roxbury None presently listed. Agencies and Organizations in Boston Adolescent Wellness Program (Public Health Commission) The Adolescent Wellness Program works with youth, schools, community health centers and other community based providers to promote the idea of “wellness” and empowerment within the adolescent population of boston. Programs include health promotion, violence prevention, gang deterrent, parent aide program for teen parents, and school-based health centers. AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts Founded in 1983, AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts is a not-for-profit, community-based health organization whose mission is to stop the HIV/AIDS epidemic by preventing new infections and optimizing the health of those already infected. Through a cooperative and mutually supportive effort between over 70 staff and hundreds of volunteers, AIDS Action seeks to assist and constructively work with people of all cultures by providing services, education, advocacy and prevention. AIDS Action accomplishes that mission by providing support services for people living with AIDS and HIV; educating the public and health professionals about how to prevent HIV transmission; and advocating for fair and effective AIDS policy at the city, state and federal levels. AIDS Action provides free, confidential services to 2,500 men, women and children living with HIV/AIDS. Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking. There are no dues or fees for AA membership; we are self-supporting through our own contributions. AA is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization or institution; does not wish to engage in any controversy, neither endorses nor opposes any causes. Our primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics to achieve sobriety. Alliance for Young Families Founded in 1979 as the Alliance for Young Families by eleven Boston-area agencies seeking to improve teen parent services, the Massachusetts Alliance on Teen Pregnancy is the ONLY organization in Massachusetts dedicated to ensuring that state policies and programs effectively address the complex issues associated with teen pregnancy. The mission of the Massachusetts Alliance on Teen Pregnancy is to provide statewide leadership to prevent teenage pregnancy and meet the service needs of pregnant and parenting teens and their children through policy analysis, research, education, and advocacy. The Alliance works to ensure that Massachusetts’ youth have access to comprehensive pregnancy-prevention services and that pregnant and parenting teens and their children have the resources and support they need to thrive. Our means for achieving these outcomes are to educate, empower and support young people and the adults who work with them to become leaders on the issue of teen pregnancy prevention and the needs of young parents. Arc of Greater Boston The Arc of Greater Boston (The ArcGB) is a non-profit organization serving children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Our goal is to help persons with disabilities ensure that they receive the individualized services necessary in order to live up to their full potential. We strive to assist individuals in becoming productive members of their communities, while at the same time educating communities on the many positive qualities and attributes of persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence Asian Task Force works with area social service organizations to end family violence and strenthen Asian communities. Boston Alliance of Gay and Lesbian Youth (BAGLY) Youth-led, adult-supervised social support group for all youth(ages 22 and under) who are gay, leasbian, bisexual, transgendered or questioning their gender or sexual identities. Boston Asian: Youth Essential Services (YES) The mission of Boston Asian: Youth Essential Services (YES) is to inspire Asian youth to discover and actualize their greatest potential. This multi-service organization offers free services to Asian youth (ages 12-22) and their families living in the City of Boston, Malden and Quincy. Services offered include: youth development programs; alternative education program; prevention and intervention services; individual and family counseling; and youth leadership, social, and recreational activities. Services are offered in Chinese (four dialects) and Vietnamese. Boston Gay, Lesbian Adolescent Social Services (BOSTONGLASS) We are a drop-in center for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and questioning young people between the ages of 13 and 25. We're a safe space to hang out at, make new friends, and just relax. We have a darkroom, computer stations, a library, a TV room, and a kitchen where you can grab a bite to eat. We're also a staff of full-time professionals here to offer support on things going on in your life. From coming out issues to health and relationships, there's nothing you can't talk to us about. We can help you answer questions and find the resources you need. Boston Youth Connection, Boston Centers for Youth and Families Boston Youth Connection For the first time in over three decades there are adult youth workers at nearly every City community center. These youth workers, along with paid peer leaders, familiarize themselves with the neighborhood and its youth and offer programming, activities and special events aimed at addressing their interests and concerns. By blending peer leadership, life skills, a service plan approach and extensive trainings and street work, BCYS's Youth Connection Program utilizes a holistic approach to dealing with the complexities of being a teen in Boston today. There is an adult youth worker at each Boston Youth Connection site in additin to peer leaders, ages 15 to 18. The peer leaders are empowered to create positive activities and recruit other teens for program activities. The Boston Youth Connection sponsors several citywide events each year that brings teens from across the city together. The citywide component is important in helping to break down ethnic, geographic and economic barriers. Bridge Over Troubled Waters Bridge Over Troubled Waters, Inc., serves runaway, homeless, and other seriously at-risk youths. It has been a forerunner in the movement to create alternative services separate from the courts and criminal justice system. Bridge was founded by a group of educators and health care professionals to assist the growing number of youths living on the streets of Boston. Since 1970, Bridge has reached and served thousands of troubled young people and helped them to avoid long-term homelessness and to overcome substance abuse, emotional issues, and lack of skills, which have been barriers to independence. Bridge's Street Outreach Program visits areas where street youths gather each day, intervenes in the lives of runaways and homeless youths, and offers alternatives to street life and substance abuse. The program's runaway services attempt to reconcile families of runaways by facilitating stronger family relationships or arranging stable alternative living situations when family reunification is not an option. The family life center promotes successful parenting skills to pregnant and parenting teenagers; offers counseling to parents on educational, employment, and child care needs; and helps mothers to earn their GED. Child care is also provided. The residential component provides homeless youths and single parents with affordable, supportive housing; counseling; stress and time management skills; support for completing a high school education; and experience in performing daily housekeeping as well as working at a paying job. Additional services include a free medical van, a medical/dental program, licensed outpatient substance abuse counseling, an education/preemployment program, and an AIDS/HIV program. Drug Free Marshals The Church of Scientology International created and launched the “Drug-Free Marshals” youth drug-education and prevention program in 1993, a program to educate children as young as 6 on the dangers of drugs, and to challenge them to remain drug-free. They demonstrate their commitment by being “sworn in” as Drug-Free Marshals, pledging to remain drug-free and to encourage their peers to do the same. The campaign rapidly spread internationally, Since its inception, in excess of 3.1 million people have been sworn in as Drug-Free Marshals in cities and towns throughout the United States, Canada, united Kingdom, South Africa, Australia and Europe. Fenway Community Health Center, Peer Listening Line You can receive help, information, referrals, and support for a range of issues without being judged or rushed into any decision you are not prepared to make. Across the country, Fenway's HelpLines are a source of support. Talk to our trained volunteers about safer sex, coming out, where to find gay-friendly establishments, HIV and AIDS, depression, suicide, and anti-gay/lesbian harassment and violence. No matter what is on your mind, we are here to encourage and ensure you that you are not alone. This line is geared to callers 25 years and younger. The direct link to the Peer Listening Line is www.fenwayhealth.org/site/PageServer?pagename=FCHC_srv_services_tollfree Fenway Community Health Center-Violence Recovery Program The Violence Recovery Program (VRP) at Fenway Community Health was founded in 1986 and was formerly known as the "Victim Recovery Program." The VRP provides counseling, support groups, advocacy, and referral services to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) victims of bias crime, domestic violence, sexual assault and police misconduct. The program also compiles statewide statistics on anti-gay hate crime and same-sex domestic violence, and in collaboration with the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs, releases annual reports based on these statistics. VRP staff members frequently present at trainings for police, court personnel and human service providers on GLBT crime survivor issues. Other services include a support group for LGBT domestic violence survivors, the region's only support group for male survivors of rape and sexual assault, advocacy with the courts and police, and assistance with victim compensation. Via its toll-free number, the VRP provides assistance to crime survivors statewide. We provide short-term counseling to survivors and their families, and referrals to longer-term counseling through our mental health department. The direct link to the Violence Recovery Program is www.fenwayhealth.org/site/PageServer?pagename=FCHC_srv_services_violence Gay Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD) Founded in 1978, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) is New England's leading legal rights organization dedicated to ending discrimination based on sexual orientation, HIV status and gender identity and expression. Providing litigation, advocacy, and educational work in all areas of gay, lexbian, bisexual and transgender civil rights and the rights of people living with HIV, GLAD has a full-time legal staff and a network of cooperating attorneys across New England. Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network (GLSEN) The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network of Boston envisions a future in which every child learns to respect and accept all people, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression. Our work focuses on three overarching goals: programming, advocacy, and community organizing. We have been serving Eastern Massachusetts for over 15 years. In the past three years alone, we have trained 1100 youth, 1200 teachers, and 45 schools whose classrooms include more than 13,000 students. Girls' Program, Boston Centers for Youth and Families Girls' Program Adolescent girls face a difficult and critical time in their lives as they struggle to make the transition from childhood to adulthood. For many girls, their psychosocial health goes down as they enter adolescence. They lose confidence, self-esteem, resiliency and become more deferential, self critical and depressed. The Girls' program of Boston Centers for Youth & Families is aimed at addressing the unique needs of girls and providing them with the skills and knowledge they need to make active choices in their lives. The goals of the program are: to increase the participants' knowledge of health-related issues and to decrease the participants' involvement in risky behavior that threatens their health to improve the girls' relationships with their families and peers to increase participants' access to cultural and social events and activities to increase participants understanding of other cultures and ethnic groups to improve the school performance of participants to improve the participants' self-confidence, leadership and life skills. The program goals are accomplished through several components; social and recreational activities, educational programming including homework assistance, health education and life skills, youth leadership and empowerment, enrichment and cultural activities, community service and parent involvement. Good Grief Program The Good Grief Program provides workshops throughout the state for schools, parents and community groups, crisis intervention and development of a crisis protocol to help children develop coping skills around death, dying and loss. The CIRCLE, a project of The Good Grief Program, provides a comprehensive family bereavement support program after the death of a loved one. The CIRCLE has programs in Dorchester, Jamaica Plain, Hingham and a CIRCLE for families who had a loved one die on Sept. 11th. We also provide Heart to Heart consultations at Boston Medical Center. Heart to Heart is a free one hour psycho-educational approach for adults to help their children before or after the loss of a loved one. GRLZ Radio 540 AM The GRLZ Radio, Broadcasting & Music Production Program is a nationally recognized radio station and after school program which gives young women a voice in their community. A first of its kind violence prevention and girls' leadership development initiative, GRLZ radio allows adolescent girls to gain technical skills, build a positive identity, and speak out on issues that are important to them. The station broadcasts daily on AMRadio with all aspects of production, programming, and on-air activities orchestrated by the girls themselves. Background: GRLZ Radio was created out of crisis in the Bowdoin/Geneva neighboorhood of Dorchester, Massachusetts at a time when violent crime was skyrocketing. Confronted with a sense of marginalization in the larger society, girls from the neighborhood started to express their concerns about their lives and their future. The youth approached Boston Mayor Thomas Menino with a desire to create a more positive image of young women and an outlet for the voices to be heard. Through an extensive collaboration, and armed with an Advisory Board of influential women in Boston's media industry, GRLZ Radio was born. Population Served: GRLZ Radio's target population is teenage girls between the ages of 12 and 19. The girls are representative of the ethnic, linguistic, and socioeconomic diversity of the inner-city neighborhoods in which they live, representing primarily Haitian, African American, Cape Verdean and Latina cultures. Additionally, GRLZ Radio's peer training and community outreach components allow the program to reach more youth and affect the Greater Boston community on a much larger scale. Haitian American Public Health Initiative HAPHI is a SOMWBA certified, non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to providing members of the Haitian community with health, service and skill-building information that will assist them in improving their physical and mental well-being. HAPHI's mission is to provide Haitian Americans living in greater Boston with the information and skills they need to improve their health and well-being. HAPHI achieves this mission by: providing culturally relevant, factual information and training to Haitians about the general health and social issues that shapes their lives; cultivating norms that support and encourage healthy behaviors within the community-at-large; and, improving access to services and economics opportunities that address the health and social needs of Haitians. Judge Baker Children's Center Founded in 1917, Judge Baker Children's Center is a Harvard Medical School affiliate dedicated to improving the lives of children whose mental health problems threaten to limit their potential. Integrating education, service, research, and training, the Center is the oldest child mental health organization in New England and a national leader in the field of children's mental health. The Judge Baker Children's Center promotes the best possible mental health of children through the integration of research, intervention, training and advocacy. Through research we identify best practices. Through intervention we bring those practices to children and families of diverse communities. Through training we disseminate skills in research and quality care. Through advocacy we use scientific knowledge to expand public awareness and inform public policy. Keshet GLBT Keshet seeks to create a fully welcoming and inclusive Jewish community for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) Jews in Greater Boston. Keshet develops leadership for change among GLBT Jews and allies to effect concrete changes in Jewish institutions' policies and cultures. Keshet also creates opportunities for GLBT Jews to come together, celebrate, and explore our Jewish identities in an affirming environment. Latino Health Institute The Latin American Health Institute (LHI) is New England's premier community-based public health organization, serving annually over 30,000 Latin American families and individuals through more than 60 direct care programs, and an additional 5,000 healthcare professionals, para-professionals, and institutions through education, technical assistance, fiscal sponsorship, program oversight, and consulting. Our beginnings can be traced back to June 1987, when a group of Latin American health professionals and community activists gathered to contend with the lack of effective health programming for Latin Americans in Massachusetts. In its initial efforts, the group formulated a coordinated Latin American response to the AIDS epidemic, thus planting the seed for what has since become a full-scope Latin American public health organization, with important agendas in the areas of Research, Policy, Education, Service, and Consulting. Today, as a public health organization, the core of LHI's public health activities does not focus exclusively on addressing specific health concerns, but in strengthening families and developing community resources. We are proud of our achievements, and committed to the elimination of health disparities and the attainment of a better quality of life for Latin Americans and all our neighbors in Massachusetts. God willing, LHI will continue to promote health and strengthen community for many decades to come. MADI (Mood and Anxiety Disorders Institute) Resource Center In 2000, thanks to the generosity of foundation and individual donors, the Mood & Anxiety Disorders Institute (MADI) Resource Center was established within the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital. Its mission is to educate patients, families, caregivers, and the community about mental health disorders in order to increase understanding, instill hope, facilitate recovery, and improve lives. Building on the hospital’s world-class research and clinical programs and teaching expertise, the Center translates the latest research advances into practical information, helping people work with their clinicians toward the most accurate diagnosis and best possible treatment results. The Center also offers resources and support to help people manage daily living with mood and anxiety disorders and cope with the disorders’ effects on family relationships. To raise awareness of the unique challenges that patients and families frequently face in the community, and to promote the highest quality care for patients and families, the MADI Resource Center provides educational opportunities for professionals, such as nurses, social workers, counselors, educators and professionals in the legal field. Massachusetts Department of Mental Health 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. The Department establishes standards to ensure effective and culturally competent care to promote recovery. The Department sets policy, promotes self-determination, protects human rights and supports mental health training and research. This critical mission is accomplished by working in partnership with other state agencies, individuals, families, providers and communities. Partners for Youth with Disabilities Partners for Youth with Disabilities, Inc. (PYD) is committed to empowering young people with disabilities to reach their full potential for personal development. We do this by providing high quality one-to-one and group mentoring programs where adult mentors with disabilities act as positive role models and provide support, understanding and guidance for youth as they strive to reach their personal, educational and career goals. Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts Counseling and Referral Each year, Planned Parenthood affiliated health centers nationwide provide high quality, affordable reproductive health care and sexual health information to nearly five million women, men and teens. Planned Parenthood welcomes everyone regardless of race, age, sexuality, disability, or income. In fact, one in four women has visited Planned Parenthood at least once. When clients walk through our doors, they find a dynamic community resource that offers a wide range of medical and counseling services and health care education, as well as advocacy programs. Committed, professional staff run Planned Parenthood health centers. Caring physicians, nurse practitioners, and other staff take time to talk with clients, encouraging them to ask questions and discuss their feelings in a confidential setting. Educators offer innovative programs on making responsible choices about health and sexuality. Public affairs staff are constantly working to protect access to all reproductive health services and information. Safelink SafeLink is the first Massachusetts statewide domestic violence hotline and is operated by Casa Myrna Vazquez, Inc. in Boston. As the first source of support and hope for many victims, SafeLink offers: A 24-hour live response in English, Spanish, and TTY; Translation in 140 languages; Crisis intervention, safety planning, support, information and referrals; Access to emergency shelter statewide; A link to the services of Casa Myrna Vazquez. Social Work Therapy Referral Service Since 1983 The Social Work Therapy Referral Service has referred thousands of individuals for psychotherapy with licensed independent clinical social workers (LICSWs) in private practice. The Referral Service includes nearly 300 experienced clinical social workers practicing across Massachusetts. All are members of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and committed to the highest practice standards and the professional code of ethics. Callers to this free, confidential service always consult with an experienced LICSW social worker who identifies the best referral based on the nature of the problem, their preferred location, and insurance or fee requirements. Step Inc. STEP Inc. is a non-profit organization, offering free on demand (drop-in) services in English and Spanish. Services include addiction recovery, substance and alcohol abuse counseling (individual and group), crisis intervention, case management, advocacy, violence intervention and prevention (anger management), reintegration and aftercare. STEP's mission is to provide free recovery services on demand for anyone with addiction related problems. STEP's unique service model is client centered, and assists each person with their own special recovery and lifestyle needs. All services are delivered in a spirit of courtesy, kindness, justice, and love. Everyone is welcome. Streetworker Program, Boston Centers for Youth and Families The Streetworker Program Using a network of neighborhood-based Streetworkers, the Streetworker Program helps at-risk youth and their families gain access to a wide array of health and social services including education; drug and alcohol abuse prevention; food, clothing, and shelter assistance; and employment opportunities. The program reaches out to youth, often gang or court involved, that traditional providers and methods have been unable to reach. The objectives of the Streetwork Program include: establishing communication between the streetworkers and agencies providing services to youth. establishing an informal body among the streetworkers in each neighborhood to facilitate knowledge sharing and trouble shooting. maintaining a referral and resource system of services for youth. responding to and intervening in crisis or emergency situations citywide. Swensrud Depression Prevention Initiative While depression is one of the most common, severe and least detected mental illnesses among young people, it can be prevented. The Swensrud Depression Prevention Initiative at Children's Hospital Boston is working to prevent and treat depression in school-aged children and train educators and parents about mental health issues. The Initiative: teaches children and teens how to identify depression and promote overall mental health; trains educators and parents how to recognize the signs of depression and other mental health problems; creates innovative tools for the prevention of mental illness; is led by a specially trained preventionist who trains two Swensrud Fellows per year. A portion of our program is also focused on promoting the elimination of depression through Preventing Depression: A Toolkit for Schools and The Adolescent Mental Health & Wellness Curriculum.
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