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Mass General Resources
Main Mass General website - www.massgeneral.org
- Affordable accommodations (temporary lodging)
- Chaplaincy
- Clinical Departments & Services
- Interpreter Service
- Support Groups
- Parenting at a Challenging Time (PACT) program – Parenting resources for parents with cancer
- Psychiatry
- Visitor information – Directions, parking, shuttles, maps, etc.
- Getting To Mass General – Transportation Resources
Community Resources
Sections:
(MA) = Massachusetts resource
Information & Referral (Websites with general program/agency information, educational materials and/or useful databases)- Find agencies in Massachusetts: www.mass211help.org
- Find agencies in other states: www.211.org
- Explanations of public benefits and assistance programs: www.massresources.org
- Anti-poverty groups in Massachusetts: www.masscap.org
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts website: www.mass.gov
- City of Boston: www.cityofboston.gov
- Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
- Massachusetts Department of Children and Families (formerly DSS) office locations
- Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies
- See also – MA Dept. of Early Education & Care (child care financial assistance, family support programs)
- Federation for Children with Special Needs – resource database (en Español )
- Baby food, formula and supplies for babies in need – Mass. Children’s Fund
- Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund– financial assistance for families with excessive uncovered expenses for a child's medical needs (MA)
- Americans with Disabilities Act ( ADA) guidelines
- Assistive Technology (MA) - www.massmatch.org
- AT Regional Centers ( learn about, try out or borrow a needed AT device)
- www.getatstuff.org (assistive technology exchange- New England)
- www.massatloan.org (assistive technology loan program- MA)
- Independent Living Center (ILC) locator – ILCs are run by and for people with disabilities and provide information and referral to enable those with disabilities to remain independent
- New Hampshire Independent Living Center and general resource information for NH
- Resources: www.disabilityinfo.gov (MA): education, employment, transportation, housing, health, Assistive Technology
- Social Security Administration – information about Social Security Disability, Supplemental Security Income and Medicare
- Rape Crisis Center and Domestic Violence service locator (MA): www.janedoe.org, or call Safelink (MA): 877-785-2020
- Aging Services Access Point (ASAP) locator and elder resource database (MA): www.800ageinfo.com
- Assisted Living programs (MA): www.Massalfa.org
- Dept. of Transitional Assistance (MA) -temporary financial assistance for people with disabilities, parents, or elders, with low-incomes
- www.mass211help.org - search for financial assistance or emergency assistance
- Anti-poverty groups (MA): www.masscap.org
- Food and nutrition resources, food pantry locator: www.projectbread.org or Foodsource hotline: 1- 800-645-8333
- Food stamp application and resources www.getfoodstamps.org
- Meals on Wheels locator - provides hot meals to elders in need
- Mass. Children’s Fund - Baby food, formula and supplies for local babies in need
- Funeral Consumers Alliance - educational site
- Cremation Society of Massachusetts
- Funeral and Burial Resources- includes list of resources for needy, local funeral homes, bereavment resources, donating a body to medical science.
- Medicare –(health coverage for certain elders and people with disabilities, also "Nursing Home Compare")
- MasssHealth – Massachusetts’ Medicaid program (health coverage for certain people with low income)
- www.cancer.org – American Cancer Society office locator, cancer resource locator, support group locator
See also: Prescription Drug Asssistance
- Mass. Coalition for the Homeless – shelter list and furniture bank
- Families with children facing homelessness – Mass. Dept. of Transitional Assistance
- Tenant/Landlord Resources, apartment listings (MA) – www.mbhp.org
- Local Housing Authorities, Housing Consumer Education Center locator – www.hud.gov
- Database for tenants, landlords, home buyers, and owners; Housing Consumer Education Center locator (MA) – www.masshousing.com
- Accessible (for wheelchair users) housing database (MA) – www.massaccesshousingregistry.org
- Affordable housing database (MA) – www.housingworks.com (purports to be the most extensive single source of housing options)
- Mass General “Affordable” short-term accommodations list
- Legal information & referral, Citizenship for New Americans agencies – www.miracoalition.org
- Embassy locator, to apply for a visa – www.usembassy.gov
- Educational materials for advocates – www.masslegalservices.org
- Legal educational materials for the public – www.masslegalhelp.org
- Educational material and free and low-cost legal services locator – www.neighborhoodlaw.org
- Prescription Advantage - drug insurance plan available to MA residents age 65 and older, and younger disabled adults who meet income and employment guidelines
- Medicare Part D - prescription drug coverage
- Web-sites that help find drug assistance
- Substance abuse program locator (MA)
- Alcoholics Anonymous meetings – www.aa.org
- Al-Anon/Al-Teen meetings – www.ma-al-anon-alateen.org/
- Narcotics Anonymous meetings – www.na.org =
- www.mbta.org (MA)– Greater Boston public transportation. Route map tool, The RIDE information and application (for those who cannot use standard MBTA services due to disability)
(Also see Getting to Mass General)
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