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The Home for Little Wanderers: Family Resource Center

Mailing Address (if different than physical location): 

Roslindale (main site)
780 American Legion Highway
Roslindale, MA 02131

Dorchester (satellite site)
Up Academy Dorchester
35 Westville Street
Dorchester, MA 02122

Boston (satellite site)
Suffolk County Juvenile Court
24 New Chardon Street
Boston, MA 02114
*check in at Juvenile Clerk’s office, 2nd floor

Phone: 

(617) 469-8501

Email: 

FRC@thehome.org

Website: 

www.thehome.org/frc

Hours of operation (or meeting times & dates): 

Roslindale

  • Tuesdays 11 a.m. – 7 p.m.
  • Wednesdays 11 a.m. – 7 p.m.
  • Thursdays 11 a.m. – 7 p.m.
  • Fridays 12 noon– 4 p.m.
  • Saturdays 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Dorchester 

  • Mondays 9 a.m. – 12 noon
  • Wednesdays 12 noon – 5 p.m.
  • Fridays 9 a.m. – 12 noon

Boston

  • Mondays 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Mission: 

The Family Resource Centers (FRCs) of Massachusetts are a statewide network that provides services to strengthen families and keep them connected to resources within their own community. There are FRCs in every county in the Commonwealth. In addition to assisting families, the FRCs support the children of those families that may have behavioral issues and need additional supports.

Locations

Up Academy Dorchester
35 Westville Street
Dorchester, MA 02122
United States
See map: Google Maps
Roslindale (Main site)
780 American Legion Highway
Roslindale, MA 02131
United States
See map: Google Maps
How to get involved/application guidelines and procedures: 

For services or to make a referral, please contact:

Amy McCarthy, Program Director
amccarthy@thehome.org 
FRC@thehome.org
(617) 469-8501

Key Programs Offered: 

How They Can Help
Families come to the FRC for many reasons. The goal of the FRC is to connect those looking for help to the appropriate services, whether they are within the FRC or in the community. Some of the resources the staff at the FRC help families find include:
• Housing support
• Utility assistance
• Legal aid
• Summer camps and sport leagues
• Other family needs

Children who need assistance or are at risk of needing court involvement (Child Requiring Assistance-CRA) can be assessed by an FRC clinician to develop a Family Support Plan to address the child’s and the family’s needs.

Services Offered
The FRC offers an array of services through its experienced staff.
School Liaisons help families with truancy, absenteeism, special education and behavioral issues.

Family Support Workers connect families with resources in the community.
Family Partners help families navigate the child-serving system and use their lived experience as caregivers to partner with other caregivers to help achieve their goals.

Peer Support Workers work with youth to engage them in a process of change by sharing their experiences and struggles
as young adults.

The FRC also facilitates groups and classes for families such as evidence-based parent groups and family enrichment activities.

The Theater Offensive

Phone: 

(617) 661-1600

Email: 

info@thetheateroffensive.org

Website: 

thetheateroffensive.org

Mission: 

 

The Theater Offensive’s mission is to form and present the diverse realities of queer lives in art so bold it breaks through personal isolation and political orthodoxy to help build an honest, progressive community.

PHILOSOPHY

Our work provokes vibrant discussion about the realities of being lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender. Through social gatherings, soirees, workshops, and post-show discussions, the organization transcends traditional theater boundaries and opens new avenues of understanding, awareness and inclusion within queer communities as well as outside of them.

Location

565 Boylston St.
Boston, MA 02116
United States
See map: Google Maps
How to get involved/application guidelines and procedures: 

DONATE
WORK WITH US
CONNECT WITH US
AUDITION
COMMUNITY RESOURCSE

Created: 
09/13/2012

Connect2Protect (Boston)

Phone: 

(617) 927-6262

Email: 

lsalomon@fenwayhealth.org; Liz Salomon, EdM

Website: 

connect2protect.org/coalitions/boston/

Mission: 

The mission of C2P Boston is to identify, develop, and catalyze prevention strategies that will reduce HIV infection rates among young men who have sex with men (YMSM) and transgender-identified young people (YTG) in the City of Boston. We will ensure these strategies are always deliberate, inclusive, and culturally competent through partnerships with organizations and individuals committed to our shared values and goals.

Key Partners: 

Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS interventions (ATN), The Fenway Institute

Greater Boston PFLAG

Phone: 

781-891-5966

Fax: 

781-891-7444

Email: 

info@gbpflag.org

Website: 

gbpflag.org

Mission: 

Greater Boston PFLAG works to create environments of understanding so that all people can live with dignity and respect through:

  • Support: to cope with an adverse society
  • Education: to enlighten the public
  • Advocacy: to end discrimination and to secure equal civil rights

Greater Boston PFLAG provides opportunity for dialogue about sexual orientation and gender identity, and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity.

Location

85 River St.
Waltham, MA 02454
United States
See map: Google Maps
How to get involved/application guidelines and procedures: 

There are many ways to get involved in Greater Boston PFLAG!

  • Attend a chapter meeting support group.
  • Join us at Youth Pride on the second Saturday in May. Help us support LGBT youth and their allies by cheering them on or staffing our literature table
  • March with us in the Boston Pride Parade on the second Saturday in June. Or staff our literature table, sell merchandise, or answer questions.
  • Help in our office with mailings for an hour or an afternoon.
  • Volunteer to help at an event.
  • Join one of our committees
Key Programs Offered: 

We help change attitudes and create an environment of understanding so that our gay family members and friends can live in a world that is safe and inclusive. We accomplish this through support, education, and advocacy. We offer:

Created: 
09/11/2012

Millenium Ten Initiative

Phone: 

(617) 338-0411

Email: 

info@rc-rf.org

Website: 

www.mill-10.org

Mission: 

Millennium Ten is a coalition of longstanding community partners and new leaders that have come together to encourage residents and stakeholders to define what's next for neighborhood, specifically the Talbot Norfolk Triangle (TNT) and Four Corners neighborhoods.

The Millennium Ten neighborhoods are at the hub of new transit in Boston.  The MBTA is adding two new transit stations in the area:  one on Talbot Ave near the heart of Codman Square and another in Four Corners on Washington Street.  These two new transit stations will speed access to downtown for residents and offer an opportunity to local business in Four Corners and Codman.  This process will help leverage the possibilities in the time of growth.

The process focuses on working with neighbors, business owners, community organizations and other members of the community, tapping on their wisdom, experience and energy to take action.

Follow Millennium Ten on Facebook.

Location

95 Berkeley St
United States
See map: Google Maps
Community Meeting Space Available: 

no

Dorchester Coalition for Safe Neighborhoods

Phone: 

617-929-0925

Email: 

paul@tbpm.org

Mission: 

Formerly known as The Washington Corridor Weed & Seed site. The Dorchester Coalition for Safe Neighborhoods convenes residents, neighborhood associations, public safety, and community development partners, and supports them in collaborative work for the improvement of the neighborhoods within the Washington Street Corridor. The association aims to: convene a monthly daytime public safety meeting for their target area, to raise money and other resources to support youth employment and youth development programs as a means to reduce youth violence, and to work with resident groups to identify neighborhood revitalization projects which result in increased greenspace or cultural opportunities for neighborhoods.

 

The monthly meetings are held at different locations each month on the fourth Tuesday.

Peabody Slope Neighborhood Association

Phone: 

617.533.8123

Email: 

peabodyslopeneighborhood@gmail.com

Website: 

www.peabodyslope.org

Hours of operation (or meeting times & dates): 

Meets every first Monday of the month at Dorchester Academy at 7:00 pm.

Mission: 

Peabody Slope Neighborhood Association's mission is to help preserve and enhance the quality of life in the neighborhood.  As a non-profit civic organization it:

 

  • Acts as a unified voice for residents and facilitates on issues and activities affecting our neighborhood.
  • Identifies and represents the best interest of the neighborhood while serving as a community link with City government agencies on matters affecting our residents and neighborhood.
  • Facilitates neighborhood social activities.
  • Fosters relationships with organizations within the Dorchester to promote improvements within its district.

Location

Dorchester Academy
18 Croftland Ave.
Dorchester, MA
United States
See map: Google Maps
Also (or Previously) Known As...: 

Previously Mercier Ave. Crime Watch.

Boston School of Music Arts

Phone: 

617.690.3391

Website: 

www.bostonschoolofmusicarts.com

Mission: 

Boston School of Music Arts offers lessons in voice, piano, guitar, songwriting, bass, drum, violin, viola, sax, trumpet, flute, clarinet, songwiting, and more. Tuition and fees can be found on their website. Discounts are offered to families with multiple students.

Location

Boston School of Music Arts
2258 Dorchester Ave.
Dorchester, MA 02124
United States
See map: Google Maps

Greater Neponset Parks Committee

Greater Boston House Concerts

Website: 

http://www.gbhconcerts.com/

Hours of operation (or meeting times & dates): 

Founded by artist and educator Aaron Larget-Caplan, Greater Boston House Concerts fosters a network of music and art lovers who open their house to performing artists for semi-private events. All arts are acoustic with the focus on classical, contemporary and world, unless otherwise noted. Events are ticketed for donation and all artists are paid. RSVP os required for events. Visit their facebook page at: www.Facebook.com/gbhConcerts

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