community violence resources
1010 Massachusetts Avenue. 6th FL
Boston, MA 02118
617-534-5395
Contact: Mary Kate Little, LICSW Phone: 617-754-0109
info@bphc.org
• Strengthen resident and community engagement through the development of neighborhood coalitions.
• Increase youth access to employment, summer and after-school opportunities.
• Reduce physical disorder (e.g., overgrown vacant lots, broken streetlights) that contributes to crime.
• Coordinate community responses to homicides and shootings to promote peace and nonviolence and a commitment to non-tolerance of violence.
What do the Trauma Recovery Teams do?
1. Community Support Services – All trauma recovery teams will coordinate with other neighborhood activities to participate in a menu of community activities aimed at providing supportive services to community members impacted by a violent or traumatic event including:
• Providing case management to link victims and their families to additional support services
• Providing trauma education and/or strategies to community based agencies serving children and families impacted by violence
• Offering support to residents at a community meeting or event
• Leading a community peer support group
2. Recovery/Care: Trauma Recovery Teams offer a combination of short and longer term evidenced based trauma treatments for individuals and families impacted by trauma and will make referrals for treatment and care to outside agencies where needed and appropriate. Teams will following up with clients and residents impacted by trauma at regular intervals.
3. Coordinate a variety of prevention activities for children, youth and families: All Trauma Recovery Teams organize a variety of prevention activities intended to promote education, peer relationships and community connections, social emotional skill development, and parent support/empowerment.
Violence Intervention & Prevention
41 Avenue Louis Pasteur
617-721-6034, pager #32063
For more information on any of their programs, please contact the Director of Violence Intervention and Prevention Programs, Mardi Chadwick, JD, at mchadwick1@partners.org
Their goal is to reduce the burden of violence in Boston by providing comprehensive services to patients and families admitted to BWH after sustaining any violent intentional injury. The Program is collaboration between the Center for Community Health and Health Equity and the Division of Trauma, Burn and Surgical Critical Care Department. The Violence Recovery Specialist (VRS) works as part of a multidisciplinary team to offer support and ongoing advocacy for the patient and family during the hospitalization.
After discharge, the VRS will provide ongoing case management, advocacy, and support to the patient and family to ensure access and participation in services needed for recovery. Advocacy efforts will be guided by an individually tailored case plan that includes specific goals related to healing such as immediate safety (including legal system and housing), mental health counseling services, social support, and other areas as identified by the patient and the VRS.
To reach the Violence Recovery Specialist, call
Trauma Recovery Team
637 Washington Street Dorchester, MA 02124
Contact: Molly Mariano, LICSW Phone: 617-822-8721
What do the Trauma Recovery Teams do?
1. Community Support Services– All trauma recovery teams will coordinate with other neighborhood activities to participate in a menu of community activities aimed at providing supportive services to community members impacted by a violent or traumatic event including:
• Providing case management to link victims and their families to additional support services
• Providing trauma education and/or strategies to community based agencies serving children and families impacted by violence
• Offering support to residents at a community meeting or event
• Leading a community peer support group
2. Recovery/Care: Trauma Recovery Teams offer a combination of short and longer term evidenced based trauma treatments for individuals and families impacted by trauma and will make referrals for treatment and care to outside agencies where needed and appropriate. Teams will following up with clients and residents impacted by trauma at regular intervals.
3. Coordinate a variety of prevention activities for children, youth and families: All Trauma Recovery Teams organize a variety of prevention activities intended to promote education, peer relationships and community connections, social emotional skill development, and parent support/empowerment.
75 Bickford St.
Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts 02130
(617) 919-3427
JP VIP’s mission is to help youth and families of Jamaica Plan and neighboring communities to
live safe and healthy lives by collaboratively providing access to and education about mental health services, identifying available resources and responding to families affected by violence.
They Provide coordinated responses to violent incidents initial and ongoing trauma risk assessments referrals for legal services, supportive counseling, medical care, child witness to violence service and other social service agencies, educational trainings, violence intervention and prevention programs, and individual and small group counseling and coping groups.
PO Box 190420
Roxbury, MA 02119
(781)964-1184
Legacy supports families that have been affected by homicide/trauma. They are families that empower, strengthen, love, encourage and build “to live” after trauma. Through Legacy, “No One Stands Alone.” They provide support with 24hr home visits, and ongoing support built on a faith-based framework.
15 Christopher Street
Dorchester, MA 02122
(617) 825-1917
The Louis D. Brown Peace Institute assists and empowers families impacted by violence by providing support to survivors of homicide. Applying their peace curriculum in area schools, the Peace Institute works to instill the value of peace in young people. Through education, collaboration and policy advocacy, the Peace Institute works to raise awareness of the causes and consequences of violence on the individual, the family and the community.
They work with schools to develop programs and activities that teach and instill the value of peace and enrich the lives of young people. They provide services to families by assisting and empowering survivors of homicide victims with tools that not only rebuild their lives but also their communities; through Education, Collaboration and Policy Advocacy.
They inform and educate the public about the causes and consequences of violence on the individual, the family and the community, while transforming the community into an environment where young people are valued by adults and by their peers for their peacemaking efforts.
617-516-8086
info@mothersforjusticeandequality.org
MJE works at the grassroots level to identify and support motivated community members, particularly mothers, since we believe empowered and engaged mothers, working together, are key to ending neighborhood violence. They act as a catalyst for our members to convene and to empower themselves through education and engagement opportunities. Their operating model hinges on two key mechanisms:
• Education empowers MJE members by providing the leadership tools they need to take action and make change.
• Engagement includes public actions and campaigns that challenge the normalization of violence, providing members with opportunities to act as catalysts for change at home and advocates for change in their community.
Orchard/Madison VIP Coordinator:
Lavell Fulks, lfulks@madison-park.org, 617-849-6227
Madison Park Development Corporation (MPDC) is the lead agency for the Boston Public Health Commission’s Violence Intervention and Prevention (VIP) initiative in Orchard Gardens. Since March of 2003, Orchard Garden has worked in the neighborhood to provide and promote a positive and safe environment, with positive energy for all of its residents. In collaboration with the VIP initiative, the Orchard Gardens coalition continues to work with various city partners, and various community-based organizations to propel Orchard Garden and its residents into a solid, peaceful community.
Justice Resource Institute
555 Amory Street, Suite 3, Boston, MA 02130
Contact: Charlene Luma | 617-431-0125
SMART TEAM, a program of the Justice Resource Institute, provides positive transitions for juvenile justice-involved, and traumatized youth, 13-21 years old. These youth are low-income, unstably housed, often gang-involved, and have high levels of exposure to community violence. The stress of these circumstances can trigger young people to engage in reactive behavior, such as weapons carrying, aggression, gang affiliation and other risk taking behavior that can increase their vulnerability.
Madison Park Community Health Center
75 Malcolm X Blvd Mattapan, MA 02126
617-849-6236
889 Harrison Ave,
Boston, MA 02118
(617) 442-9322
• Emergency Services: They offer free meals 365 days a year; a food pantry with non-perishable items and fresh produce; showers, laundry and lockers, overnight beds for up to 21 days, and providers who offer health and wellness care.
• Opportunity: Women can take English as a Second or Other Language and Literacy classes in our education center; find assistance with job and housing searches; and find employment creating gifts items and jewelry in our social enterprise, the Women’s Craft Cooperative.
• Advocacy and Empowerment: Multi-lingual Advocates assist women with short- and long-term issues, and guests are encouraged to participate in self-advocacy activities, which can empower them to be their own best advocates, and our diverse arts program.Outreach and Stability: We stay connected with Rosie’s Place guests and the extended community by providing ongoing follow-up to newly-housed guests, arranging regular home visits to isolated women, and bringing needed items and resources to women on the street through our Outreach.
The SMART Team provides confidential clinical services, advocacy and case management to young people and their families who are impacted by the criminal and or juvenile justice systems. The team provides flexible community based services that are focused on mental health and connections to community resources. The Boston Trauma Response Team is an extension of the SMART Team’s mission and provides rapid response to homicides affecting young people (13-24), short-term case management, coping groups, and follow-up psychological first aid services.
Upham’s Corner Community Health Center
Columbia Road
Dorchester, MA 02125
617.541.5454
7 Palmer Street, Suite 302
Roxbury, MA 02119-1776
617.445.7581
brito@publiccounsel.net
http://www.youthadvocacydepartment.org/contact/contactyad.html
YAD assists children in delinquency proceedings with effective representation in court, educational advocacy, psychological assessments, and individualized referrals to community resources.
Trauma Recovery Team
1290 Tremont Street
Roxbury, MA 02120
Contact: Christine Pajarillo, LICSW Phone: 617-989-3212
What do the Trauma Recovery Teams do?
- 1. Community Support Services– All trauma recovery teams will coordinate with other neighborhood activities to participate in a menu of community activities aimed at providing supportive services to community members impacted by a violent or traumatic event including:
- • Providing case management to link victims and their families to additional support services
- • Providing trauma education and/or strategies to community based agencies serving children and families impacted by violence
- Offering support to residents at a community meeting or event
- Leading a community peer support group
- 2. Recovery/Care: Trauma Recovery Teams offer a combination of short and longer term evidenced based trauma treatments for individuals and families impacted by trauma and will make referrals for treatment and care to outside agencies where needed and appropriate. Teams will following up with clients and residents impacted by trauma at regular intervals.
- 3. Coordinate a variety of prevention activities for children, youth and families: All Trauma Recovery Teams organize a variety of prevention activities intended to promote education, peer relationships and community connections, social emotional skill development, and parent support/empowerment.
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