Resources
Helping connect families to the right people
There are many centers across Massachusetts that assist families and caregivers. Below is a list of centers run by the state or other organizations.
State agencies in MassachusettsSpecial educationBureau of Special Education Appeals (BSEA)Children’s mental health supportSubstance use supportAnti-racism, anti-oppression and social justice
State agencies in Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Department of Children & Families
- Massachusetts Department of Developmental Services
- Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
- Massachusetts Department of Mental Health (scroll down to “Apply for DMH Services”)
- Massachusetts Department of Public Health
- Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance
- Massachusetts Department of Youth Services
- MassHealth (apply online)
- Massachusetts Office of the Child Advocate
Bureau of Special Education Appeals (BSEA)
Special education
- The Federation for Children with Special Needs
- Massachusetts Advocates for Children
- Special Needs Advocacy Network, Inc.
- Wrightslaw
- Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education: Special Education
- Special Education Advisory Councils (SEPAC) in Massachusetts
- Children’s Law Center of Massachusetts
- Family Education
Children’s mental health support
- Parent Professional Advocacy League (PPAL), “The Massachusetts Family Voice for Children’s Mental Health”
- National Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health
- National Institute of Mental Health
- American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Children’s Mental Health Network
- Understood for All Inc.
- Families for Depression Awareness
- Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
- The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
- Joining Forces for Children
- Eating Disorder Hope
- Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Suicide
- PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center
Anti-racism, anti-oppression and social justice
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