Links Page
For more information please contact:
Howard
NAMI GB CAN Office
email: info@namigbcan.org
phone:
(617) 626-8694
Download our
NAMI GB CAN Brochure [PDF]
- NAMI - National Website
National Alliance on Mental Illness
- NAMI-Mass
(National Alliance on Mental Illness of Massachusetts)
(800) 370-9085 ~ www.namimass.org
Information, referral, education, support groups, and advocacy
Peer Support Resources:
http://www.namimass.org/programs/peer-support-resources
- M-POWER
(617) 297-2030 ~ www.m-power.org
An advocacy organization run by mental helath consumers that engages in human and civil rights activities, human services policy issues, and peer networking
- Boston Resource Center Community Resource Guide [PDF]
A directory to various community resources of interest to our members, including health services, housing, food resources, and legal assistance.
- Metro
Boston Recovery Learning Community (MBRLC) an entirely peer-run organization dedicated to providing support, education and advocacy through providing opportunities and resources for individuals in finding their own path to mental health recovery.
For assistance or information with the MBRLC, please contact:
• Howard Trachtman 617-305-9976 howard@bostonresourcecenter.org
• Chuck Weinstein / Director 617-305-9989 chuck.weinstein@bmc.org
Metro Boston RLC • SCFMHC 85 E. Newton Street • Room G11
Boston, MA 02118 • 617-305-9989 • fax: 617-305-9992
- Boston Resource Center
- Veteran's Resource Center at: http://www.halfofus.com/veterans/
- Helping Veterans With Legal Problems - New Website
Washington, DC--The first website in the nation to focus exclusively on
federal legal rights and resources important to veterans is off to a robust
start, with visitors from all 50 states and 77 countries worldwide,
including Iraq and Afghanistan.
http://www.statesidelegal.org/
- The "Five Fundamental Rights" are Civil Rights in
the Psychiatric Hospitals blog page description in detail at:
http://civilrightspsychiatrichospital.blogspot.com/
Thank you, Jon Dosick
- Federally Funded Technical Assistance Centers
www.mhselfhelp.org
www.power2u.org
www.consumerstar.org
www.ncstac.org
- Another useful resource
http://ncmhr.org/
- Elements of Recovery for people experiencing mental illness. [pdf]
- DMH Consumer & Family Resources at:
www.mass.gov/dmh
consumer_family_resource_guide
-
DBSA-Boston (formerly known as MDDA-Boston) is a resource for people with affective
disorders and their families and friends.
We have meetings every Wednesday from 7:00 to 9:00pm at McLean Hospital (in Belmont, Massachusetts)
in the deMarneffe Building
cafeteria. Additionally, there are drop-in groups on Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 1:30pm to
3:30pm in room 132 in the deMarneffe Building cafeteria.
More General Resources
- AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts Hotline
(800) 235-2331 ~ www.aac.org ~ Information, Referral, and advocacy
- Boston University Center For Psychiatric Rehabilitiation
(617) 353-3549 ~ www.bu.edu/cpr
Education, training, recovery classes, and vocational rehabilitation
- Health Care For All
(800) 272-4232 ~ (617) 350-7279 ~ www.hcfama.org
Information, advocacy, and legal resources about healthcare access, insurance, and prescription drug coverage
- Information On Disabilitities Exchange (Index)
(800) 642-0249 ~ www.disabilityinfo.org
Search for programs or services, consulatants, doctors, dentists, general emergency services, information specialists, and links to organizations that serve diverse communities
- Jonathan O. Cole Consumer Resource Center
(617) 855-3298 ~ www.coleresourcecenter.org
Peer-run information, education, and library
- Massachusetts Clubhouse Coalition
(781) 788-8803 ~ www.massclubs.org
Employment support, activities, and Dual Recovery Anonymous groups throught the state
- MOAR (Massachusetts Organization For Addiction Recovery)
(877) 423-6627 ~ www.moar-recovery.org
Education and advocacy
- National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse
(800) 553-4539 ~ www.mhselfhelp.org
Advocacy resources and information
- Recovery Learning Communities (RLCs)
(877) 769-7693 ~ (617) 442-4111
Informatiion, referral, employment, support, advocates, and warmlines located in centers around the state
- NEC (National Empowerment Center)
(800) 769-3728 ~ www.power2u.org
Peer-run mental health education and advocacy
- Safelink
(877) 785-2020 ~ www.casamyrna.org
Information and referral for counseling, shelter, and other resources for all people facing domestic violence
- Statewide Independent Living Centers
(866) 662-7452 ~ www.masilc.org
Centers provide information, referral, skills training, and advocacy for people with disabilities
- Massachusetts Substance Abuse Helpline
(800) 327-5050 ~ www.helpline-online.com
Information, resources, and referral
- Transformation Center
(877) 769-7693 ~ (617) 442-4111
www.transformation-center.org
Statewide, peer-run organization providing information, referral, education, leadership training, advocacy, peer support, and regional contacts for people with mental health conditions
- United Way State-Wide Information and Referral System
(877) 211-MASS ~ (877) 211-6277
www.mass211help.org
24/7 local information about food banks, shelters, doctors, crisis services, benefits, disabilities, and other services and programs
Resources for Families
- Child At Risk Hotline
(800) 792-5200
Anonymous hotline for suspected abouse or neglect of children up to age 18
- Families For Depression Awareness
(781) 890-0220 ~ www.familyaware.org
Informal and education
- Federation For Children With Special Needs
(800) 331-0688 ~ (617) 236-7210
www.fcsn.org
Information, education, referral, and advocacy
- NAMI-Mass
(National Alliance on Mental Illness of Massachusetts)
(800) 370-9085 ~ www.namimass.org
Information, referral, education, support groups, and advocacy
- NAMI-Western Mass
(National Alliance on Mental Illness of Western Massachusetts)
(413) 786-9139 ~ www.namiwm.org
Information, referral, education, support groups, and advocacy
- Parents Helping Parents
(800) 632-8188 ~ www.parentshelpingparnets.org
Parenting support groups
- Parent/Professional Advocacy League (PAL)
(617) 542-7860 or (866) 815-8122 ~ www.ppal.net
Information, referral, education, support groups, and advocacy for families of children and adolescents with mental health needs
- Seniors & Housing: A comprehensive guide to housing and mortgage options available for seniors at: http://www.mortgageloan.com/seniors/
Legal Assistance
- Center For Public Representation
Newton: (617) 965-0776
Northampton: (413) 586-6024
www.centerforpublicrep.org
Legal information, education, consultation, and advocacy for people with disabilities
- Disability Law Center
(800) 872-9992 ~ www.dlc-ma.org
Legal information, education, consultation, advocacy, and representation for people with disabilities
... More to come ... updates to follow ...
- Boston Recovery Radio
This internet-based radio station brings you shows from the creative minds of people in recovery as well as important up to date information that may be of interest to you. Started in 2010 by North Suffolk Mental Health Association, Recovery Radio hopes to inspire its audience by promoting hope and reducing the stigma associated with mental illness. Over the coming months, with the help of the Metro Boston Recovery Learning Community, we will be expanding the amount of programming you hear on this station. Tune in because there is much more to come!
- The Grateful Friends ~ Boston's Recovery Jam Band
- SafeLink Wireless - LIFELINE/SAFELINK FACT SHEET
This is a program that gives free cell phone and mins to people that fall into one of the following categories. Only certain Americans are eligible for SafeLink. Eligibility guidelines vary by state but in general individuals qualify if they participate in a public assistance program such as Food Stamps, Medicaid, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), National Free School Lunch, Federal Housing/Section 8 Assistance, or if they do not receive any of these public assistance programs, they may also qualify based on total household gross monthly income. Customers can learn more or apply by calling 1-800-SAFELINK or visiting www.SafeLink.com.
For more information please contact:
Suzanne or Howard
NAMI GB CAN Office
email: info@namigbcan.org
phone:
(617) 305-9975
webmaster: todd@namigbcan.org
Download our
NAMI GB CAN Brochure [PDF]
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