|
Organization |
What
they do |
Contact
information |
NAMI
(National Alliance
for the Mentally Ill);
Central Middlesex NAMI |
Mental
health advocacy organization that offers many services including
Family-to-Family training and support groups for caregivers
of loved ones living with mental illness. |
|
Advocates
Crisis Team
|
Offers
emergency psychiatric evaluation and support for the towns that
we serve and also includes Waltham,
Watertown and Belmont. |
| (800)
540-5806 |
| (781)
893-2003 |
675
Main Street
Waltham, MA 02453 |
|
|
Mass.
Department of Mental Health (DMH) Arlington
Case Management Office
|
State
mental health agency responsible for serving and assisting mental
health consumers in the Commonwealth directly and through referral
to private non-profit service providers. |
| (781)
641-8100 |
20
Academy Street
Arlington,
MA 02476
|
|
| Clubhouse
Family Legal Support Project |
Provides
free legal assistance to parents living with a mental illness
to insure continued contact with their children and increased
custodial rights |
|
|
Disability
Law Center, Inc. |
Provides
free legal assistance regarding issues concerning Access to
community services, special education, healthcare, disability
benefits and rights and conditions in facilities. |
| (800)
872-9992 voice |
| (800)
381-0577 |
TTY11
Beacon Street, Suite 925
Boston,
MA 02108 |
| www.dlc-ma.org |
|
| Massachusetts
Clubhouse Coalition |
Service
quality enhancement and Advocacy organization made up of ICCD
certified clubhouses in Massachusetts. |
| (781)
788-8803 |
Use
their website to find a
clubhouse program near you. |
| www.massclubs.org |
|
| Consumer
Warm Line |
This
consumer-run service is for people who are not in crisis, but
just need a supportive person to talk to when feeling anxious,
lonely or needing support.
|
| (800)
243-5836 |
| Operators
are available from 5 –
10pm daily and 1
– 10pm on week-ends. |
| You
may also call anytime and leave a message and they will
call you back. |
|
| Metro Suburban Recovery Learning Community |
Peer operated organization that provides information on resources, recovery education, health and wellness, rights and law, as well as Peer Specialist Certification. |
| John Piselli, Director |
460 Quincy Avenue
Quincy, MA 02169 |
Telephone: 617-472-3237
or 888-752-5510 |
| http://metrosubrlc.org/ |
|
