Advocacy for Women and Kids in Emergencies (AWAKE) run by Children's Hospital | Phone: 617-355-6369
617-355-4482
Location: Boston
Initial and ongoing risk assessment, safety planning, counseling, advocacy, referrals, and support groups. |
Domestic Violence Ended (DOVE) | Phone: 617-471-1234 (24 hr)
Provides temporary shelter, individual counseling and support groups to women and children, legal advocacy and advice. |
| Phone: 617-547-9879 (weekdays)
Location: Cambridge
Emerge offers group counseling for men who have verbally, mentally or physically abused a woman in a relationship. Because many men who abuse their partners have abused their children as well, Emerge groups also address the connections between spouse abuse and child abuse. |
| Phone: 617-558-1278 (weekdays)
Location: Newton
Domestic Violence Program provides comprehensive support to victims of domestic violence including, safety planning, court advocacy as well as legal and financial help in conjunction with other programs in the Center for Family Assistance. |
| Phone: 800-792-5200
Hotline for reporting suspected child abuse or neglect. |
| Phone: 1-800-799-SAFE(7233) (24 hr)
Highly qualified and trained Hotline Advocates are available 24 hours per day to talk with victims of domestic violence and those calling on their behalf. Advocates do crisis intervention, provide information about domestic violence and refer callers to local resources. |
| Phone: 1-877-785-2020
24-hour, free and multi-lingual hotline for programs in Massachusetts. An advocate can talk with you about your needs and help you identify shelters, programs and other resources. They can connect you to services for both domestic violence and sexual assault. |
| Phone: 617-965-3999 (day time)
617-965-3418 (after hours answering service)
Location: Newton
Provides transitional housing and support services to female survivors of domestic violence and their children. Women's Resource Center is available to anyone in the community looking for information on a variety of women's issues, such as surviving domestic violence, searching for a job, financial management, or parenting and legal matters. |
