Partners’ Resource Guide

Searching for organizations that are ready to help you? Here is our list of great organizational resources.

Joint Committee for Children’s Health Care in Everett

  • Languages
    • Portuguese
    • Spanish
    • Haitian Creole
  • Health Insurance
    • Health Insurance Enrollment statewide
    • Health Insurance Re-Enrollment

North Suburban Child and Family Resource Network

Services Lynnfield, Malden. Melrose, North Reading, Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield, Winchester

  • Languages
    • All languages can be serviced with their interpreters
  • Food/Clothing Assistance
    • Food Pantry/Delivery
      1. Food Pantry Assistance in Wakefield, North Reading, Reading, Eliot/Malden and Winchester
    • WIC Enrollment
      1. Access to WIC
  • Youth Services
    • Youth Parents Mentoring/Groups
      1. ASQ “Is Your Child Good to Grow?” Questionnaire – includes development learning activities and a Free book
      2. Child Tax Credit
    • Recreation Activities
      1. 30 Minute Virtual Meetings – different story time meetings for various age groups
      2. Virtual Playgroup
      3. Summer reading programs (at Flint, Malden, Stoneham, Reading, Wakefield, Lynnfield and Winchester public libraries)
  • Behavioral Health Services
    • Parenting Classes
      1. Virtual Parenting chats once a month
      2. Caregiver Self Care Strategies
      3. 211 Help Steps: a community resource database. It is curated and continuously updated library of over 18,000 government, health and social service programs. It includes information about who is eligible for services, any required I.D. or documents.

Eliot Family Resource Center

  • Languages
    • Spanish
    • Portuguese
    • Haitian
    • Creole
  • Food and Clothing Assistance
    • Food Pantry and Deliveries
      1. Food Pantry on Thursdays form 2pm – 4pm and Fridays from 9am – 11am
    • SNAP Enrollment
  • Youth Services
    • Summer P-EBT registration assistance
    • Recreation Activities
      1. FREE Playgroups – both in-person and virtual options
        • In-Person starts July 12th on Mondays 9:30am- 10:15am at Devir Park Fellsway & Malden St., Malden MA
        • Virtual is on Tuesdays from 2pm – 2:30pm on Zoom
      2. Worry Warriors Summer Youth Group for 8 – 12 year-olds on Tuesdays from 2pm – 3pm about generalized anxiety, CBT, games and art
  • Housing Assistance
    • Supporting Housing Placement
      1. Community Support for Persons Experiencing Chronic Homelessness (CSPECH): CSPECH is an evidence-based case management service that proactively identifies and addresses social determinants of health collaboratively with the person served to ensure successful housing navigation/search and tenancy preservation
      2. Homeless Outreach: Outreach Clinicians and Engagement Specialists engage, assess, and collaboratively develop a recovery-oriented treatment plan that incorporates identified needs and preferences of the person served.
      3. Safe Haven Shelter for Women: Eliot’s Homeless Support Services consist of two programs serving Greater Boston and other major population centers throughout Massachusetts, with the goal of assisting residents in finding permanent, supportive housing and making the transition to community living.
      4. Tenancy Preservation Program: Provides clinical consultation to the court in eviction cases that are entitled to “reasonable accommodations” due to the presence of a documented mental health or physical disability
    • Mortgage and Rental Assistance Payments
    • Utility Assistance
  • Behavioral Health Services
    • Parenting Classes
      1. Active parenting – Monday 10am- 12pm
      2. Virtual Parenting Journey – starts August 9th 1pm – 2:30pm (12 weeks)
      3. Nurturing Father – start in September (14 weeks)
      4. Parenting in America – starts in August (12 weeks)
      5. Nosotras Support group
      6. Babysitting Training and Babysitting Club
      7. FREE Tech Ed. for Adults classes
    • Mental Health/Support Services
      1. The NAN Project: is dedicated to raising the conversation about depression and suicide above a whisper by giving communities and schools the forum, tools, and resources needed to accept and address depression and suicidality.
      2. Adult Clinical Community Services (ACCS): Provide support to individuals with severe and persistent mental illness, moving them from stabilization through to recovery.
      3. Program for Assertive Community Treatment (PACT): Deliver an intensive, community-based array of services for individuals with mental illness who require a higher level of support, but may be resistant to traditional models of treatment.
      4. Clubhouse Programs: Offer a restorative environment where adults with mental illness can receive supports and services.
      5. Vocational and Day Services: Offer a range of day programming for adults with severe and persistent mental illness.
      6. Respite Programs: Provide a safe and stable place to live and help in resolving community living issues for adults in psychiatric crisis.
      7. Behavioral Health Clinics: Provide individualized treatment and support for each person or family.
      8. Emergency Services: Provide mobile psychiatric evaluation, crisis intervention, stabilization, and follow up for those in acute psychiatric distress.
      9. Community Crisis Stabilization: Provides assessment and short-term treatment for adults experiencing a mental health crisis
      10. Addiction and Substance Use Recovery: Offers services and treatment options for individuals, couples, and families struggling with addiction.
      11. Intimate Partner Abuse Education: Provides intervention and educational programming for court ordered and self-referred perpetrators of domestic violence.
    • Senior/ Disabled Support services
      1. Day Services: An array of day services programming for adults with Developmental Disabilities and Brain Injuries.
      2. Residential Services: Group homes for adults with developmental disabilities and acquired brain injuries
  • Court Approved Parenting Classes
    • Private Meeting Space

LUMA

Ferry Street, Everett, MA 02149 617-381-0015

latinosunidosma.org 

Languages

Spanish

Portuguese

Advocacy

Community Involvement

Legal Assistance – Naturalization petitions, family based visa petitions, and other miscellaneous immigration matters. The first of these services includes the renewal of employment authorizations, processing of changes of address, adding relatives to existing applications, inquires before the Immigration and Naturalization Service regarding delayed and/or misplaced applications, etc.

SERVICE OF JUSTICE OF THE PEACE

Notary Public Service

Temporary Protected Status (TPS)

Change of address

FOIA or Immigration Record

CORI or Criminal Record

Advance Parole or humanitarian travel permit

DACA or dreamers

Authorizations for minors

Lawyer referral for powers of attorney for El Salvador

Consultations with our legal team

Family Petitions

Adjustment of status

Renewal of Residences

Citizenship petitions

U-VISA, VISA B1 / VISA B2

Document translation service

Interpreter services

Powers of attorney for any Latin American country

Renewal of work permit

Application for citizenship, and preparation for the interview

Extension of visas and miscellaneous

Education (see list above)

Academic Classes, ESL, Literacy, Computer and Life Skills

Citizenship

Immigration (see list above)

Authorization and Applications Paperwork

Immigrant Services Providers Group

  • Advocacy
    • State Advocacy
    • Community Involvement

The Immigrant Service Providers Group/Health (ISPG/H), Somerville, MA is a coalition of direct service providers who are immigrants, the heads of immigrant coalitions, and health care professionals who are either immigrants or represent health care agencies serving immigrants. Begun in 2003, it’s role and functions have changed over time to accommodate the increasingly difficult and painful experiences of our immigrants.

Health Care for All

  • Languages
    • English
    • Spanish
    • Portuguese
  • Health Insurance
    • Health Insurance Enrollment statewide
      1. In The Loop – a private online community, where enrollment assisters interact with others doing similar work. This project is modeled on a national online community developed by Community Catalyst and the National Health Law Program. Enrollment assisters across the state can communicate with each other on the website to share their experiences with eligibility and enrollment work.
    • Health Insurance Re-Enrollment
  • Advocacy
    • State Advocacy through policy work
      1. Affordable Health
      2. Behavioral Health
      3. Children’s Health
      4. Immigrant Health
      5. Oral Health
      6. Patient & Family Advisory Councils
      7. Prescription Drug Affordability
      8. Social Determinants of Health

Everett Public Library

City of Everett

ABCD Boston

Check out the ABCD Connect Flyer for contact information

Aging in Balance

Services Everett, Malden, Medford, Melrose, North Reading, Reading, Saugus, Wakefield and Stoneham

  • Languages
    • All languages by interpreters
  • Education
    • Elders Prevention Wellness and Monitoring
      1. educational programs
      2. blood pressure monitoring
      3. ask-a-nurse clinics at low-income elder housing sites and community-based venues
      4. evidence-based educational programs on a variety of topics, based on the needs of our communities, such as sleep health, improving balance for fall prevention, meditation and heart health.

For further information, please contact us at 781-338-7823

Medford Family Network

  • Food and Clothing Assistance
    • Food Pantry and Delivery
  • Advocacy
    • Community Involvement
  • Education
    • Academic Classes, ESL, Literacy, Computer and Life Skills
  • Youth Services
    • After School and Summer Care and Programs
    • Play Groups
  • Behavioral Health Services
    • Parenting Classes

Cambridge Health Alliance

https://www.challiance.org/locations/everett/cha-everett-care-center

CHA Everett Care Center
390 Broadway, Everett  — Suite 204

  • Languages
    • All languages by interpreters
  • Education
    • Academic Classes, ESL, Literacy, Computer and Life Skills
    • Elders Prevention Wellness and Monitoring
  • Behavioral Health Services
    • Teen Skills and Counseling
    • Outreach Substance Abuse-Education and Placement Assistance
    • Mental Health and Support Services

For Kids Only Afterschool

Services Everett, Chelsea, Revere, Winthrop and Peabody

  • Languages
    • Spanish
    • Portuguese
    • Haitian
    • Creole
    • Italian
    • Russian
    • Italian
  • Youth Services
    • Day Care
    • After School and Summer Care and Programs
  • Behavioral Health Services
    • Senior and Disabled Support Services (in Everett)

Healthy Families/MA Home Visiting

Services Everett, Malden, Medford, Melrose, North Reading, Reading, Stoneham and Wakefield

  • Language
    • All languages by interpreters
  • Youth Services
    • Young Parents Mentoring and Groups

La Comunidad Inc.

  • Languages
    • Spanish
  • Housing Assistance
    • Mortgage and Rental Assistance Paperwork
    • Utility Assistance
  • Health Insurance
    • Health Insurance Re-Enrollment
  • Youth Services
    • Young Parents Mentoring and Groups
  • Behavioral Health Services
    • Court Approved Parenting Classes

MelroseWakefield Healthcare (reginal services)

Services Everett, Lynn, Malden, Medford, Winthrop and neighboring communities

  • Housing Assistance
    • Supporting Housing Placement
    • Emergency Shelter
  • Advocacy
    • Legal Assistance
  • Employment
    • Placement
  • Youth Services
    • Recreation Activities
  • Behavioral Health Services
    • Mental Health and Support Services

Portal to Hope (for Victims of Abuse)

  • Food and Clothing Assistance
    • Food Pantry and Delivery
    • Clothing and Children
  • Housing Assistance
    • Supporting Housing Placement
    • Utility Assistance
  • Advocacy
    • Legal Assistance
  • Employment
    • Placement
  • Behavioral Health Services
    • Mental Health and Support Services

North Suburban WIC Nutrition Program

Services Burlington, Everett, Malden, Melrose, North Reading, Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield, Wilmington, Winchester, Woburn, and surrounding communities

  • Languages
    • Spanish
    • Portuguese
    • Haitian
    • Creole
    • French
    • Tamil
    • Brazil
  • Food/Clothing Assistance
    • Food Pantry and Delivery
    • WIC Enrollment
    • Clothing and Children
  • Behavioral Health Services
    • Parenting Classes

Asian American Civic Association

  • Languages
    • Chinese
    • English
  • Employment
    • Placement
    • Training

Roadmap to Recovery

  • Languages
    • English or with translator
  • Behavioral Health Services
    • Senior and Disabled Support Services

Youth Engaged and Aspired Center (In Everett)

  • Languages
    • Portuguese
    • English
  • Youth Services
    • After School and Summer Care and Programs
    • Play Groups

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation

  • Advocacy
    • State Advocacy

YWCA Malden

Eliminating Racism, Empowering Women, Standing Up for Social Justice and Strengthening Communities is what the YWCA stands for. 

The YWCA Malden provides women of all ages with programs to increase

emotional and economic self-sufficiency, from career education and financial

literacy to childcare, housing and health care.  We work to address the unique

needs of those living in poverty and strive for outcomes that lead to a better future.

YWCA also has an ongoing commitment-truly a mandate of our mission- to

provide leadership development opportunities to women and girls.