State Agencies in Massachusetts

• Massachusetts Department of Children & Families: www.Mass.gov/dcf
• Massachusetts Department of Developmental Services: www.Mass.gov/dds
• Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education: www.doe/mass.edu
• Massachusetts Department of Mental Health (scroll down to see “Apply for DMH Services): www.Mass.gov/dmh
• Massachusetts Department of Public Health: www.Mass.gov/dph
• Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance: www.dtaconnect.eohhs.mass.gov
• Massachusetts Department of Youth Services: www.Mass.gov/dys
• Massachusetts Mass Health (apply online): www.Mass.gov/MassHealth
• Massachusetts Office of the Child Advocate: www.Mass.gov/childadvocate

Special Education agencies

• The Federation for Children with Special Needs: Informing, Educating, and Empowering Families: www.fcsn
• Massachusetts Advocates for Children: www.massadvocates.org
• Special Needs Advocacy Network, Inc.: www.spanmass.org
• Wrightslaw: www.wrightslaw.com
• Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education – Special Education: www.doe.mass.edu/sped
• Special Education Advisory Councils (SEPAC) in Massachusetts: www.spedchildmass.com
• Children’s Law Center of Massachusetts: www.clcm.org
• Family Education: www.familyeducation.com
• Children’s Law Center of Massachusetts:  www.clcm.org

Bureau of Special Education Appeals (BSEA)

• For general BSEA information: https://www.mass.gov/orgs/bureau-of-special-education-appeals
• To learn about BSEA mediation: https://www.mass.gov/mediation-at-the-bsea
• To learn about hearings at the BSEA: https://www.mass.gov/due-process-hearings

Children’s Mental Health Support

• Parent Professional Advocacy League, “The Massachusetts Family Voice for Children’s Mental Health”: www.PPAL.net
• National Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health: www.ffcmh.org
• National Institute of Mental Health: www.nimh.nih.gov
• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: www.aacap.org
• Children’s Mental Health Network: www.cmhnetwork.org
• Understood for All Inc.: www.Understood.org
• Families for Depression Awareness: www.familyaware.org
• Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: www.chadd.org
• The National Child Traumatic Stress Network: www.nctsn.org
• Joining Forces for Children: www.joiningforcesforchildren.org
• Eating Disorder Hope: www.eatingdisorderhope.com
• Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Suicide: www.masspreventssuicide.org
• Pacer’s National Bullying Prevention Center: www.pacer.org

Substance Use Support

• Act for Youth: www.actforyouth.net
• Gabor Mate’, M.D.: www.drgabormate.com
• Learn to Cope: www.Learn2Cope.org
• Partnership to End Addiction: www.drugfree.org
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: www.samhsa.org
• The Massachusetts Substance Use Helpline: www.helplinema.org
• Youth and Young Adult Substance Use Directory (MA Bureau of Substance Abuse Services): www.files.hria.org

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