Affiliated Agencies

 

America SCORES Boston
America SCORES Boston provides afterschool and summer programs that combine soccer, poetry, performance, and service learning for over 800 Boston public school students.
www.americaSCORESBoston.org
Artists for Humanity
Artists for Humanity employs 200 underserved urban teens each year in a uniquely intensive apprenticeship and leadership program, offering personal, professional, creative and economic empowerment while opening doors to artistic self-exploration, community and career opportunities.
afhboston.com
Big Brothers Big Sisters
Big Brothers Big Sisters work with children-at-risk to their BIG potential through professionally matched one-to-one relationships. We are committed to providing the highest quality mentoring relationships for children who need and want them.
bbbsa.org
Birthday Wishes
The mission of Birthday Wishes is to provide birthday parties to homeless children. We believe that every child deserves to be celebrated on their birthday. Last  year, more than 10,000 homeless children living in more than 150 homeless shelters and transitional living facilities in Massachusetts and Rhode Island experienced the joy of a Birthday Wishes party.
birthdaywishes.org
Boston Medical Center
Boston Medical Center provides consistently excellent and accessible health services to all in need of care regardless of status or ability to pay – exceptional care, without exception. As the largest safety net hospital in New England, BMC has a record of achievement and excellence that has improved the lives of millions of people over the years.
bmc.org
Boston Police Athletic League
Boston Police Athletic League is dedicated to the positive development of the youth of Boston by bringing the business community together with schools and police to help Boston's youth succeed. This is achieved through leveraging the resources of the community, partnering with local businesses and organizations, and creating new options and opportunities for Boston's youth.
bostonpal.org
Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester
Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester inspires young people from diverse circumstances to realize their potential by providing opportunities for growth to become contributing and responsible members of the community.
bgcdorchester.org
Bottom Line
Bottom Line was founded in 1997 to help low-income and first-generation students get in to college, graduate from college, and go far in life by providing one-on-one guidance and support. Currently, Bottom Line supports students from Boston and Worcester, MA and New York City. Since 1997, 98% of Bottom Line's students have been accepted to college and more than 73% of the college students in their program have graduated within 6 years, more than twice the overall graduation rate of disadvantaged students.
www.bottomline.org
Catholic Charities
Catholic Charities has continued its mission of building a just and compassionate society rooted in the dignity of all people for more than 100 years.
ccab.org
The Children's Advocacy Center of Suffolk County (CAC)
The Children's Advocacy Center of Suffolk County (CAC)  works to promote safety, healing and justice for child  abuse victims and their families.  The CAC unites public, private and community partners to address the physical, emotional and legal dimensions of abuse.
www.suffolkcac.org
The Children’s Law Center of Massachusetts
The Children’s Law Center of Massachusetts protects and advances the rights of low-income, high-risk children--from newborns to 18 years--by offering free legal aid and related services in abuse & neglect, education, and juvenile justice matters before the courts and administrative agencies of the Commonwealth.
clcm.org
Community Resources for Justice (CRJ)
Community Resources for Justice provides academic programming and assistance, life skills classes, curriculum resources, and educational support and activities to youth and young adults throughout the agency. We strive to harness our client’s energy and intellect, and empower them with the skills they need to enjoy success in school, at work and in their lives.
crjustice.org
COMPASS
COMPASS provides special education and family based support to at-risk, economically disadvantaged youth and families with serious emotional, behavioral and/or learning disabilities. Since 1974 COMPASS has served over 12,000 children and families.
compassboston.org
Cradles to Crayons
Cradles to Crayons is an innovative non-profit organization that equips homeless and in-need children free of charge with the basic essentials they need to feel safe, warm, ready to learn and valued.
cradlestocrayons.org
Crossroads for Kids
Crossroads for Kids helps at-risk youth develop the tools and confidence they need to succeed, through immersive summer camps and year-round programs. Participants graduate high school, attend college, and often assume leadership roles in their communities.
crossroads4kids.org
DCF Kids Fund
DCF Kids Fund serves as a support system for abused and neglected children in the care of the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families, providing clothing, holiday gifts, music, sports and summer camp opportunities.
dcfkidsfund.org
Epiphany School
Epiphany School is an independent, tuition-free middle school for children of economically disadvantaged families with diverse faiths, races, cultures, and cognitive profiles. Students achieve strong results, perform community service, and matriculate to appropriate, excellent high schools.
epiphanyschool.com
Family Autism Center
Family Autism Center is dedicated to empowering and supporting families with members affected by an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) through creating high quality programs/services for all persons with an ASD and their families.
sncarc.org/FAC.htm
Family Nurturing Center of Massachusetts
Family Nurturing Center of Massachusetts collaborates with public and private partners to develop and implement programs that support children and families, create nurturing communities, and promote healthy human development.
familynurturing.org
The Germantown Neighborhood Center
The Germantown Neighborhood Center is a non-profit organization that runs year- round enrichment programs for the youth and families from low income areas throughout the City of Quincy. The Center's mission is to break the cycle of generational poverty by offering programs that provide support and outreach. From an array of youth programs to a food pantry serving 1,400 people each month, GNC provides many valuable services to this underserved community. The Center which works in partnership with the South Shore YMCA, also works hand-in-hand with the Quincy Public Schools, Quincy Police Department and many other agencies.
www.ssymca.org/branch_gthome.shtml
Girls with a Cause, Inc.
Girls with a Cause, Inc. offers schools an independently funded leadership, community service, and empowerment program for teen girls. Working with strong female role models, girls organize and execute good deeds and events to help communities and organizations in need while developing teamwork, leadership, social, and professional skills.
girlswithacause.org
GROW Clinic at Boston Medical Center
GROW Clinic at Boston Medical Center provides comprehensive specialty medical, nutritional, and social services, as well as assistance, to local children who are malnourished.
bmc.org
Hale Reservation
Hale Reservation is a private, non-profit educational organization that manages over 1,100 acres of woodlands in Westwood and Dover. Hale is most widely recognized for its summer day camp programs that service over 4,400 children from over 70 different communities in Greater Boston. Hale also offers a family program, outdoor and environmental education experiences and open space for casual recreational use.
halereservation.org
House of Possibilities (HOPe)
House of Possibilities (HOPe) is a center for children, youth, and young adults with developmental disabilities that supports individuals and their families on the road to reaching their full potential. We offer person centered programs, compassion, and encouragement, thus enabling families to live their fullest and happiest lives possible.
houseofpossibilities.org
Housing Families
Housing Families works to end family homelessness in the communities we serve. We do this by providing safe, temporary shelter, creating affordable housing, and offering individualized supportive services to family members of all ages. We respect each family in its journey toward greater security and stability.
housingfamilies.org
The Italian Home for Children
The Italian Home for Children is a treatment facility offering residential and community-based programs serving special needs children and their families.
italianhome.org
Judge Baker Children’s Center
Judge Baker Children’s Center works to promote the best possible mental health of children through the integration of research, intervention, training and advocacy.
jbcc.harvard.edu
Kennedy-Donovan Center
Kennedy-Donovan Center offers a wide range of community-based services annually to nearly 5,000 infants, children and families with developmental disabilities and similar needs.
kdc.org
Key Program
KEY’s mission is to assist youth and their families with developing positive life skills life experiences so that they may pursue productive and rewarding lives.
key.org
Life Resources
Life Resources serves in-crisis adolescents and their families through residential treatment programs and therapeutic adventure programming. We help kids develop the skills necessary to return to their families and communities as positive and caring members.
liferesourcesinc.org
Mass Mentoring Partnership (MMP)
Mass Mentoring Partnership is dedicated to growing quality mentoring in Massachusetts. MMP helps create and sustain high-quality programs, promotes quality standards, launches major mentor recruitment campaigns, and attracts public and private resources to the field.
massmentors.org
The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children has been strengthening families and preventing child abuse through essential services and effective public advocacy for 132 years.
mspcc.org
May Institute
May Institute is an award-winning nonprofit that provides educational, rehabilitative, and behavioral healthcare services to individuals with autism spectrum disorders and other developmental disabilities, brain injury, mental illness, and other behavioral health needs.
mayinstitute.org
Mazie Foundation
Mazie Foundation sponsors one-on-one community-based mentoring programs for at-risk Framingham and Waltham High School sophomores, and awards lap top computers for achievement of college research goals and $2,000 scholarships upon graduation from high school.
mazie.org
Norfolk Advocates for Children
Norfolk Advocates for Children is a collaboration of public and private agencies working together on child abuse cases with the goal to provide many services in one location.
norfolkadvocatesforchildren.com
Raising a Reader Massachusetts
Raising a Reader MA empowers families to provide their children an equal opportunity for school success by engaging in daily book sharing from birth to age five in targeted communities throughout Massachusetts.
raisingareaderma.org
Robert F. Kennedy Children’s Action Corps
Robert F. Kennedy Children’s Action Corps is dedicated to providing at-risk children and youth a safe and healthy environment where they can grow to become productive members of society through innovative and comprehensive programming, including residential treatment, educational services, community-based programs, and therapeutic support.
rfkchildren.org
Room to Grow
Room to Grow's innovative program provides parents raising babies in poverty with one-on-one parenting support and essential baby items throughout their children’s critical first three years of life. Room to Grow serves hundreds of families throughout Boston.
roomtogrow.org
School on Wheels of Massachusetts
School on Wheels of Massachusetts educates children in grades pre-K through college impacted by homelessness by providing academic support services and one-on-one mentoring so children can reach their full potential.
sowma.org
South Boston Neighborhood House (SBNH)
South Boston Neighborhood House (SBNH) supports family and neighborhood life in South Boston through our senior center, pre school, after school and adolescent programs. Our mandate is to promote the healthy development of families and the community in which they live.
sbnh.org
Special Olympics Massachusetts
Special Olympics Massachusetts provides year-round sports programs and health initiatives to improve the quality of life for individuals with intellectual disabilities.
specialolympicsma.org
The Sports Museum/Score with Character Kids Program
The Sports Museum/Score with Character Kids Program provides at-risk young people with a program that focuses on teamwork, determination, courage, responsibility, and other elements of character that are so important to success in sports – and in life.
sportsmuseum.org
Sportsmen’s Tennis Club
Sportsmen’s Tennis Club provides free or low-cost tennis, academic and social programs for Greater Boston youth ages 4 to 18, at our four acre campus in Dorchester, and at area schools and community centers.
sportsmenstennisclub.org/youth
Starlight Children’s Foundation
Starlight Children’s Foundation helps seriously ill children and their families cope with their pain, fear and isolation through entertainment, education and family activities.
starlight.org
Think:Kids
Think:Kids is a program in the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital that teaches a revolutionary, evidence-based approach for helping children with behavioral challenges. Through training, support and clinical services, we promote the understanding that challenging kids lack the skill, not the will, to behave well – specifically skills related to problem solving, flexibility and frustration tolerance. Unlike traditional models of discipline, our approach avoids the use of power, control and motivational procedures and instead focuses on teaching at-risk kids the skills they need to succeed.
thinkkids.org
Trinity Boston Foundation
Trinity Boston Foundation developed the Trinity Education for Excellence Program (TEEP), a free, out-of-school-time program for Boston Public middle and high school students. It provides educational support and year-round mentoring for both its students and their families.
Trinityinspires.org
Wildflower Camp Foundation
The Wildflower Camp Foundation grants scholarships for camp and enrichment programs to children who have suffered the loss of a parent. This support provides a restorative experience both for the children and surviving spouse, as they recover from their loss.
Wildflowercampfoundation.org

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