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Pastors' Community Service ResourcesA highlight of key resources which we believe would be helpful to anyone who wants to minister in the city, especially Boston. The information here comes from interviews with pastors, our research and our own experience of over 60 years serving Boston's urban church. Boston Resource Net & MassCARES
The Boston Resource Net is the central online information resource for human service organizations
and programs in Boston. Two organizations, Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD), Boston's anti-poverty agency, and the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC), the nation's first public health department, have come together to provide accurate and up-to-date information on the wide variety of human services available across the city of Boston. ResourceNet maintains information on 2,000 organizations and agencies. A search can be made for specific types of services by neighborhood, etc. The Mass CARES Resource Locator is a tool to help you find local and statewide organizations that can provide services such as housing, food, financial assistance, benefits and child care. This website also provides useful data under six Community Wellness Indicator categories : Demographics, Education, Safety, Economics, Health, & Civic Involvement Abundant Life Counseling Center - a Christian counseling center. Provides more than pastoral counseling; Offers individual, marriage, family, and group counseling. Also has support and recovery groups. Workers are trained professionals: Catholic/Protestant licensed social workers, psychologists, and counselors. Services available in Spanish. Executive director: Elizabeth Mansfield. 2 offices: (1) 1991 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02140; phone: 617-661-8829 (2) 406 rear So. Huntington Ave, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130; phone: 617-983-3400. Deep Wells Counseling Service - Christian counseling for individuals, couples, and families. Mary Ellen Gearin, LICSW, ACSW-counselor. Office: 557 Cambridge St., Allston, MA 02134; phone: 617-782-4114. 1-800-New Life - a Christian referral service to clinics, licensed counselors and psychiatrists in your area. Jane Doe, Inc.: Massachusetts Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence. Office: 14 Beacon St., Suite 507, Boston, MA 02108; phone: 617-248-0922. Casa Myrna Vazquez, Boston - a community-based multicultural organization dedicated to the eradication of domestic violence. While direct services to women and children are at its cornerstone, CMV is an organization moving "beyond shelter" to create a coordinated and comprehensive response to domestic violence that includes intervention, prevention, education and training, and public policy advocacy. Phone: 800-992-2600. http://www.casamyrna.org Boston Housing Authority - the largest landlord in Boston and the largest public housing authority in New England. The BHA houses approximately 10 percent of the city's residents through its programs. In addition to providing conventional public housing, the Boston Housing Authority also provides affordable housing through the administration of several rental assistance programs. These programs include the federal Section 8 Voucher Program as well as the state funded Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program that is overseen by the Department of Housing and Community Development. The BHA aims to provide stable, quality affordable housing for low and moderate income persons; to deliver these services with integrity and mutual accountability; and to create living environments which serve as catalysts for the transformation from dependency to economic self-sufficiency. Office: 52 Chauncy Street, Boston, MA 02111-2375; phone: 617-988-4109, e-mail: Lydia.agro@bostonhousing.org, website: http://www.bostonhousing.org. Action for Boston Community Development - the largest service for low-income families and individuals helping in the transition from being on welfare to joining the workforce. offers skills building and job training, Spanish/ESL programs, high school/ college programs, and computer camp. Programs in early education and services to young families , youth programs/ dropout prevention, career development, community development, crisis intervention, health programs, intergenerational programs, and higher education and access to opportunity- Urban College of Boston. also offers referral to other sources as well. contact: Action for Boston Community Development/ 178 Tremont St./Boston, MA. 0211 / (617) 357-6000http://www.bostonabcd.org(taken from site). Greater Boston Interfaith Organization - Greater Boston Interfaith Organization (GBIO) will coalesce, train, and organize the communities of Greater Boston across all religious, racial, ethnic, class and neighborhood lines for the public good. Their primary goal is to develop local leadership and thus, develop the power of organized numbers to hold other holders of power accountable for their public responsibilities, as well as initiate action and programs of their own to solve community and economic problems. GBIO is affiliated with the Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF) and is inspired by the 65 other IAF-affiliated organizations working in cities and metropolitan areas across the country. GBIO is also affiliated with the Massachusetts-based Organizing and Leadership Training Center. Contact: 307 Bowdoin Street, Dorchester, MA 02122, (617)825-5600 or (617) 822-1499, email: office@gbio.org ,website: http://www.gbio.org. Starlight Ministries started as a church-based ministry in 1990 and became part of the Emmanuel Gospel Center in 1994. This ministry aims to serve and disciple the homeless in Boston, and serve and equip churches and individuals to do the same. Teams of volunteers from local churches bring food, blankets, clothing, first aid, as well as Christian counseling and discipleship to people who are chronically homeless on Boston Common and in Harvard Square. contact: Starlight Ministries of the Emmanuel Gospel Center/ PO Box 180245, Boston, MA. 02118 (617) 262-4567 Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless - 617- 737-3508 Emergency Shelter Commission - provides a pamphlet of homeless programs and services Community Task Force on Homelessness - 617-343-4238 Department of Transitional Assistance - 800-249-2007 Boston Rescue Mission - a Christian shelter in downtown Boston, also known as Kingston House. 39 Kingston Street, Boston, MA. 02111, 617-482-8819 Pine Street Inn - 44 Harrison Ave. Boston, MA. 02118, 617-482- 4944
Rosie's Place women's shelter. 889 Harrison Ave. Boston, MA. 02118, 917-442-9322 Womens shelter Salvation Army- Provides various programs for the homeless including Harbor Light Center in the South End. The mission of The Salvation Army is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in his name without discrimination. contact: 147 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA 02116-5197,Phone: (617) 542-5420, for more info go to http://www.salvationarmy-usaeast.org/mas/ Greater Boston Food Bank The single most
important source of food for food pantries and programs providing meals to low income residents of all
ages. Serves 900 member programs and therefore is a source of information about food pantries and meals.
Guide to Free Meals in Downtown Boston : See the handbook published by the Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless : Down and Out 2000: Basic Rights and Benefits for Homeless People, 3rdedition,pages 15-18. Tells where to get free breakfast, lunch and dinner all seven days of the week. Call (617) 737-3508 for the handbook. Food Source Hotline: 617-523-7010 Project Bread's Hunger hotline directs individuals to the closest food resources. 617-523-7010 Directory of Boston Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.) Meetings: Online Listing : http://home.att.net/~volodia/mass-aa/boston.html A.A. Phone number for meeting times & places : 617-426-9444 Narcotics Anonymous Online Regional Meeting Directory: http://newenglandna.org/rmd.htm Area Helpline : 617-884-7709 (80 Everett Ave., Chelsea, Mass.) Printed Meeting Directory: order from /P. O. Box 2364 / Woburn, MA 01888-2364 Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator: Online Guide to treatment programs http://findtreatment.samhsa.gov/facilitylocatordoc.htm (National directory-click on Massachussetts and enter your city or zipcode). Includes residential drug and alcohol treatment programs. Alcohol Drug Referral Hotline for
resources & referral : 1-800-327-5050 Overcomers Outreach Groups (Christian 12 Step) Listing of Massachusetts groups- http://www.overcomersoutreach.org/Massachusetts.htm Boston Private Industry Council a private non-profit dedicated to connecting the youth and adults of Boston with careers in the mainstream economy. Provides system-wide strategies for education and work force development in Boston, and ensures quality in programs such as welfare-to-work, career centers, and school-to-career. Also features summer job listings. Located at 2 Oliver St. downtown Boston. 617-423-3755. See also www.bostonpic.org Labor Ready provider of temporary manual labor to the light industrial and small business markets. Offers employees Work Today Cash Today. Job seekers and potential employers can register online to post or search for jobs. Features on-line ordering and free quotes. In South Boston at 307 West Broadway, 617-269-4100. Email 1826@laborready.com Roslindale: 4293 Washington Street. 617-469-7978. Email 1842@laborready.com Also in Chelsea, Somerville and Quincy. 1800-24-labor (52267) See also www.laborready.com Greater Boston Legal Services -- The primary
provider of free, non-criminal legal assistance in the Greater Boston area. Assists low-income individuals, families, and community-based organizations with
a wide range of poverty law matters. Downtown Boston: 197 Friend St., 617-371-1234 (Main Office) near North Station 1800-323-3205. Somerville/Cambridge: 432 Columbia Street, Cambridge, 617- 603-2700.
Boston High-Risk Youth Network Boston Ten Point Coalition the mission of Boston Ten Point Coalition is to mobilize the Christian community on behalf of black and Latino youth, especially those at risk for violence, drug abuse, and other destructive behavior. The coalition helps local churches including 67 member churches, to rebuild communities as it builds partnerships with community-based, government, public and private institutions that are also committed to the revitalization of the families and communities. It provides all services to youth through the work of church clergy and ministry teams; services to youth are not provided directly. Over 30 churches are directly involved in their programs including their Hope Ministry, Second Chance, Youth Ministry Development Project, and Mentoring. Contact: Rev. Jeffrey Lamont Brown, Interim?? Executive Director (617) 524-4331. neXus Boston - a collaboration whose mission is to train and support Christian urban youth workers, help them work together more effectively, and conduct applied research to bridge the gap between the theory and practice of youth services. Contact: Rev. Matthew Gibson, Director, (617) 427-7293 ext. 6211. National Network of Youth Ministers New England Network of Youth Ministers Teen Challenge Bridge Over Troubled Waters United Way of Massachusetts Bay Boston Guide to Youth Services Guide to Boston's Before and After School Programs
Summer Stuff : Guide to Summer Activities and Programs for Boston Youth Victory Generation After-School Program Black Church Capacity Building Program Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers Nuestra Communidad Development Corp. (NCDC) La Alianza Hispana Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center |
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