Employee Assistance Program Resource List
We have a list of resources for alcohol and drug recovery, childcare, domestic violence, mental health, and much more.
UPDATE: We have received numerous requests from centers and groups asking us to include their organization on our site. Unfortunately, our resource list is at capacity. We will only make updates to this page as the need arises.
If you have questions about the resources listed below, please contact the Employee Assistance Program.
Alcohol / Drug Recovery
Name of Service | Description |
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Name of Service | Start Your Recovery |
Description | The program offers people dealing with substance use issues a single source of relatable, reliable information. They can help at any stage of your recovery journey. |
Name of Service | American Addiction Centers |
Description | The Addiction Centers provides cares for adults and adolescents. They can help if you're struggling with alcohol or drug conditions, or mental and behavioral health issues. |
Name of Service | Spectrum Health System Inc. |
Description | Spectrum provides treatment for substance abuse or mental health issues, or both. They can help you achieve sobriety, sustain recovery, and fulfill your personal goals. |
Name of Service | St. Elizabeth Comprehensive Addiction Program |
Description | St. Elizabeth's Comprehensive Addiction Program, widely known as SECAP, is Boston’s oldest hospital-based program for the treatment of addiction. It was founded in 1976 to meet community concerns. |
Name of Service | Substance abuse and Mental Health Administration |
Description |
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is the agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that leads public health efforts to advance the behavioral health of the nation. |
Name of Service | NamaStay Sober |
Description | NamaStay Sober is a 501(c)(3) organization that funds unlimited monthly yoga and fitness memberships to recovering addicts. |
Name of Service | Narcotics Anonymous |
Description | Every addict in the world had the chance to experience our message in his or her own language and cultural and find the opportunity for a new way of life. |
Name of Service | Smart Recovery Self-Help Network |
Description | There have been over 18,000 SMART Recovery Self-Help Group meetings in Massachusetts since 1990. All groups are lead by volunteers, most of whom are graduates of the SR Program. |
Name of Service | Live Another Day |
Description | A database of substance use and mental health resources, with a focus on serving communities of color and the QTBIPOC community. Features a searchable database and a support line. |
Name of Service | Addiction Recovery Management Services – ARMS |
Description | The Addiction Recovery Management Service (ARMS) specializes in supporting teenagers and young adults between the ages of 14 and 26, and their parents, as they deal with their substance use and related problems. |
Name of Service | Marijuana Anonymous |
Description | Marijuana Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share our experience, strength, and hope with each other that we may solve our common problem and help others to recover from marijuana addiction. |
Name of Service | Highpoint Treatment Center |
Description | High Point Treatment Center's (HPTC) mission is to prevent and treat chemical dependency and provide therapeutic services for mental health issues. Our goal is to help an individual achieve personal change and accept responsibility toward an improved quality of life. |
Name of Service | Gosnold on Cape Cod |
Description | For over 40 years Gosnold has been servicing individuals and families affected by addiction. Gosnold supports you for the life of your recovery. |
Name of Service | Elizabeth Stone House |
Description | The Elizabeth Stone House serves homeless and at-risk families and individuals in a goal-oriented, outcome-driven service environment by resolving the issues that made them homeless – domestic violence, substance abuse, and mental illness – so that they can attain and maintain permanent housing, personal safety, and economic stability. |
Name of Service | Cocaine Anonymous |
Description | Cocaine Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength, and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from their addiction. |
Name of Service | Boston Public Health Commission Recovery Services |
Description | The City of Boston has a robust system of care for individuals, families, and communities affected by substance abuse. At the Boston Public Health Commission, we work to make sure this system is as easy to navigate as possible for those that need our support. |
Name of Service | Ad-Care Hospital |
Description | Ad-Care is fully equipped to treat individuals at all levels of addiction, including patients with more complex medical or psychiatric needs. |
Name of Service | Alcoholics Anonymous |
Description | A.A.’s primary purpose of maintaining our sobriety and helping other alcoholics achieve recovery. |
Name of Service | Boston Treatment Centers |
Description | At Boston Drug Treatment Centers, we know that recovery is possible and that you can overcome that addiction. |
Name of Service | Arbour Health System |
Description | Arbour Health System is the largest private mental health system in Massachusetts. Arbour Health System is committed to providing easy access to a comprehensive range of behavioral health services for all patient age. |
Name of Service | Brattleboro Retreat / Mental Health and Addiction Care |
Description | Help for mental health and addictive disorders is available for you, right here on our private, southern Vermont campus. If you’re suffering from problems with depression, addiction to alcohol or other drugs, bipolar disorder, or difficulties related to anxiety, PTSD, or a co-occurring dual diagnosis disorder, then come to the Brattleboro Retreat. |
Name of Service | Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital Addiction Recovery Program |
Description | Faulkner Hospital offers a variety of in house programs for addiction recovery, including inpatient detox, partial hospitalization day programs, outpatient suboxone treatment, and hosted peer-support groups. |
Name of Service | Banyan Treatment Centers |
Description | Banyan provides inpatient detox and 28-day addiction and mental health treatment at their Baldwinville site. They can also be contacted at toll free: (877) 997-3274. |
Anger Management
Name of Service | Description |
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Name of Service | Thriveworks Anger Management |
Description | This site, linked to an individual therapy service, gives information on types of anger and anger management. |
Name of Service | Boston Evening Therapy Associates |
Description | The site offers a good overview on different types of anger management treatment. There are also links to therapists who specialize in anger management. |
Name of Service | Emerge |
Description | Emerge is a fee-for-service individual and group anger management program. The program places an emphasis on supporting domestic abuse survivors. |
Name of Service | Psychology Today Anger Management Groups |
Description | Explore an aggregate of anger management groups across the state. |
Name of Service | Psychology Today Anger Management Therapists |
Description | Another aggregate of individual anger management therapists across the state. |
Childcare
Name of Service | Description |
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Name of Service | Department of Early Education and Care |
Description | The Massachusetts state department that oversees child care and education resources. Their website hosts numerous resources and information including a searchable childcare database (separately linked below). They can also be contacted directly at 617-988-6600 for direct information and assistance. |
Name of Service | EEC Childcare Search |
Description | The Department of Early Education and Care offers this searchable database for childcare by income, voucher, and location. |
Name of Service | Care.com |
Description | This website helps connect you by zip code with vetted individual babysitters and nannies by location, child care centers, and other services such as cleaning and elder care. |
Name of Service | Child Care Resource and Referral Network |
Description | Find resources and referral information about early education care and after-school programs throughout Massachusetts. |
Name of Service | Commonwealth Children’s Center |
Description | The center thrives on its unique ability to attract families from economically and geographically diverse neighborhoods. |
Name of Service | Bright Horizons |
Description | Bright Horizons offers numerous daycare and preschool and early education centers. Search by zip code to find one close to you. |
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Description | Child Care services are available for children aged three months to seven years old on a limited basis through the City Hall Child Care program. |
Name of Service | Childcare Choices of Boston |
Description | Childcare Choices of Boston serves as a child care resource and referral agency. |
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Domestic violence
Name of Service | Description |
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Name of Service | The National Domestic Hotline |
Description | The hotline is the only center in the nation that has access to service providers and shelters across the U.S. Today, the hotline continues to grow and explore new avenues of service. |
Name of Service | Suffolk County District Attorney / Domestic Violence Victims |
Description | As part of its overall mission of serving victims and protecting citizens of the county, District Attorney Conley’s office maintains a presence in nine district and municipal courts throughout Suffolk Count. |
Name of Service | Massachusetts Law Domestic Violence |
Description | You can find out information about the Massachusetts court system and domestic violence issues. |
Name of Service | Massachusetts Coalition Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence |
Description | The coalition is changing the way society views and reacts to sexual and domestic violence in ways that make our communities safer today, and for future generations. |
Name of Service | Gay Men Domestic Violence Project |
Description | The project's mission is to assist and support victims and survivors of domestic violence in GLBTQ communities, bring about responsive public policy, and increase access to culturally competent services. |
Name of Service | Futures Without Violence |
Description | Nineteen teams comprised of local domestic violence organizations and health care facilities were selected to develop policy and clinical responses to domestic and sexual violence. |
Name of Service | Fenway Health |
Description | The mission of Fenway Health is to enhance the wellbeing of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and all people in our neighborhoods and beyond through access to the highest quality health care, education, research, and advocacy. |
Name of Service | Emerge-Counseling and Education to Stop Domestic Violence |
Description | This website is designed to offer information on services Emerge offers, and should not be considered a substitute for seeking out abuser education services. |
Name of Service | Elizabeth Stone House |
Description | The Elizabeth Stone House serves homeless and at-risk families and individuals in a goal-oriented, outcome-driven service environment by resolving the issues that made them homeless. |
Name of Service | Casa Myrna |
Description | Casa Myrna was founded in 1977 by a group of volunteers in Boston’s South End to provide a safe haven for women who were being abused by their husbands and partners. |
Name of Service | Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence |
Description | The task force primarily serves Asian families and individuals in Massachusetts and New England who suffer from, or are at risk of suffering from, domestic violence. |
Name of Service | Reach Beyond Domestic Violence |
Description | The website is for victims of violence, their families and friends, and the agencies and programs which serve them, both public and private. |
Elder care
Name of Service | Description |
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Name of Service | Senior Whole Health |
Description | At Senior Whole Health, our mission is to maximize the quality of life, health, security, and independence of our members. |
Name of Service | National Council on Aging |
Description | We offer tools and resources for you and the older adults you care about. |
Name of Service | National PACE Association |
Description | The site is for people with chronic medical conditions over the age of 55. You'll find coordinated social work and medical care within your community. You can download the Harbor Health Service Plan for Boston and Massachusetts residents. |
Name of Service | Executive Office of Elders Affairs |
Description | Find extensive government services for elder services on many subjects and issues. |
Name of Service | Boston ElderINFO |
Description | Boston ElderINFO assists elders, disabled individuals, and their families in accessing a comprehensive range of services that address health care needs. |
Name of Service | Commonwealth Care Alliance |
Description | At Commonwealth Care Alliance, our mission is to provide the best possible care, tailored individually to the members we serve throughout Massachusetts – elders and people across the age spectrum with special healthcare needs. |
Name of Service | City of Boston Age Strong Commission |
Description | The mission of the Age Strong Commission is to enhance the quality of life for Boston's senior citizens. |
Name of Service | Family Caregiver Alliance |
Description | To alliance's mission is to improve the quality of life for caregivers and those they care for through information, services, and advocacy. |
Name of Service | Alzheimer’s Foundation of America |
Description | The mission of the Alzheimer's Foundation of America is to provide optimal care and services to individuals confronting dementia, and to their caregivers and families. |
Name of Service | Alzheimer’s Association |
Description | The Alzheimer's Association is the world's leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer's care, support, and research. |
Name of Service | Senior Resource Center, Inc. |
Description | The center's multidisciplinary concept unites asset preservation, health care coordination and advocacy, and legal overview under one roof. |
Financial
Name of Service | Description |
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Name of Service | City of Boston Credit Union |
Description | The credit union's mission is to be the primary financial service provider for its members, while offering prompt and convenient financial services. |
Name of Service | Mass Mutual Financial Group |
Description | MassMutual was founded on May 15, 1851. From the beginning, they have had a single purpose: to help people secure their future and protect the ones they love. |
Name of Service | Debt Management Department |
Description | You can find information about debt management on the State Treasurer's website. |
Name of Service | Executive Office of Administration and Finance |
Description | Find information on administration and financial concerns on the state website. |
Name of Service | The Credit Counseling Professionals |
Description | American Consumer Credit Counseling is a nonprofit organization. They offer consumer credit counseling services, debt management, and financial management education to consumers nationwide. |
Name of Service | City of Boston: Protecting your credit rights |
Description | This guide from the department of consumer affairs explores what to do to manage your credit well. It includes tips on what to do with debt collection or identity theft. |
Name of Service | Mass.Gov Identity Theft |
Description | The state of Massachusetts offers this helpful guide on identity theft and how to navigate it. They also include a guide on how to protect yourself, freeze your credit, and other steps. |
Name of Service | City of Boston Credit Union fraud and security |
Description | The City of Boston Credit Union also offers this guide on security risks and types of fraud. This includes ATM/debit fraud and phishing that can lead to identity or financial theft. |
Name of Service | MassLegal Questions about Identity Theft |
Description | The Massachusetts Bar also offers this resource and tip page on navigating Identity theft with links and phone numbers. |
Grief and Community Support
Name of service | Description |
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Name of service | Alliance of Hope for Suicide Loss Survivors |
Description | A support forum for those who have lost a loved one to suicide. |
Name of service | American Foundation for Suicide Survivors |
Description | Offers a searchable database of support groups for suicide survivors. |
Name of service | Meetup Grief Support |
Description | A regularly updated collection of peer run grief support groups virtual and in person. |
Name of service | Community Healing Response Network |
Description | This city run support service offers direct and immediate support to victims of community violence, referrals to longer term resources, and helpful links and numbers on its main page. |
Name of service | Louis D. Brown Peace Institute |
Description | A community violence response and support organization devoted to helping individuals and families who have suffered from violence. Services include healing support groups, workshops, and more. |
Name of service | MASS Design Group |
Description | A collective of architects and designers devoted to use of architecture in community healing. Projects include the Gun Violence Memorial Project and more. |
Name of service | Psychology Today Mass. Grief Support Groups |
Description | An aggregate of professional-run grief support groups across Massachusetts. |
Name of service | Hope Health Grief Support |
Description | Hope Health offers a list of grief support groups for teens, adults, lgbtq+, and more. |
Name of service | Suicide Awareness Voices of Education |
Description | Find information on suicide and suicidal awareness, as well as a searchable database for grief support groups. |
Housing
Name of Service | Description |
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Name of Service | Boston Home Center |
Description | The Boston Home Center helps Boston residents purchase, improve, and keep their homes. |
Name of Service | Metropolitan Boston and Housing Partnership |
Description | The partnership's mission is to ensure that the region’s low- and moderate-income individuals and families have choice and mobility in finding and retaining decent affordable housing. |
Name of Service | Housing Navigator Massachusetts |
Description | This organization manages and offers a statewide database of housing targeted towards low and moderate-income renters and buyers. |
Name of Service | LifeCycle Transitions |
Description | The fee-for-service company offers numerous housing-related transitional services. These include hoarding cleanups, property renovations, and crisis real estate rescue services. |
Name of Service | Housing and Economic Development |
Description | The division of the Department of Housing and Community Development provides funding to developers, nonprofits, and communities to assist first-time homebuyers. |
Name of Service | Elizabeth Stone House |
Description | The Elizabeth Stone House serves homeless and at-risk families and individuals in a goal-oriented, outcome-driven service environment by resolving the issues that made them homeless. |
Name of Service | Boston Housing Authority |
Description | The authority provides affordable housing to more than 58,000 residents in and around the City of Boston. |
Name of Service | Boston Office of Fair Housing and Equity |
Description | This office provides Boston residents with information and resources around residency, advocating for equity in housing. |
Name of Service | Boston Office of Housing Stability |
Description | This service exists to help city residents who are at risk of eviction or loss of housing, providing emergency resources. |
Name of Service | Boston Mayor's Office of Housing |
Description | The mayor's office of housing has its own resource and information page for Boston renters, homeowners, landlords, and more. |
Name of Service | Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless |
Description | The mission of the Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless is to eradicate homelessness from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. |
Legal
Name of Service | Description |
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Name of Service | Boston Bar Association |
Description | The association’s mission is to advance the highest standards of excellence for the legal profession, facilitate access to justice, and serve the community at large. |
Name of Service | Massachusetts Bar Association |
Description | The nonprofit serves the legal profession and the public. They promote justice, legal education, professional excellence, and respect for the law. Dial-A-Lawyer events on the first Wednesday of every month offer free answers to legal questions. |
Name of Service | Senior Resource Center, Inc. |
Description | The center's multidisciplinary concept unites asset preservation, health care coordination and advocacy, as well as legal overview under one roof. |
Name of Service | WomensLaw.org |
Description | View a list of local organizations that provide free or low-cost legal services to victims of abuse and others who qualify. |
Mental health
Name of Service | Description |
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Name of Service | Roadmap for Behavioral Health Reform |
Description |
A newly rolled out state resource whose goal is to act as an alternative to ER visits for those struggling with mental health or substance use issues. The site includes access to the 24/7 Behavioral health helpline and more. Call or text 833-773-2445, or start a chat at masshelpline.com/chat for help. |
Name of Service | Samaritans |
Description | Samaritans’ mission is to reduce the incidence of suicide by alleviating despair, isolation, distress and suicidal feelings among individuals in our community, educate the public about suicide prevention, and reduce the stigma associated with suicide. |
Name of Service | American Association of Suicidology |
Description | The goal of the American Association of Suicidology is to understand and prevent suicide. |
Name of Service | Community Caring Clinic |
Description | The organization offers behavioral and mental healthcare services in the Roxbury area. The clinic also features bilingual and bi-cultural mental health services. |
Name of Service | National Suicide Prevention Lifeline |
Description | The lifeline provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, seven days a week. |
Name of Service | Stop a Suicide Today / Screening for Mental Health |
Description | Stop a Suicide today was developed Douglas G. Jacobs, MD, as a nationwide campaign to empower individuals to help colleagues, friends, and loved ones. |
Name of Service | Dee Dee's Cry |
Description | This local organization provides support and community resources on suicide prevention, mental health education and outreach support for families impacted by suicide. |
Name of Service | Suicide Prevention Resource Center |
Description | The center is the nation’s only federally supported resource center devoted to advancing the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention. |
Name of Service | American Psychiatric Association |
Description | The association was founded in 1844 and is the world’s largest psychiatric organization. |
Name of Service | Mental Health America |
Description | Mental Health America – founded in 1909 – is the nation’s leading community-based non-profit dedicated to helping all Americans achieve wellness by living mentally healthier lives. |
Name of Service | National Institute of Mental Health |
Description | The institute is the nation’s leader in research on mental disorders, supporting research to transform the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses. |
Name of Service | National Alliance of Mental Health |
Description | The alliance is nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. |
Name of Service | Massachusetts Coalition for Suicide Prevention |
Description | Since 1999, the coalition has worked to bring about awareness and mobilize community action. |
Name of Service | Anxiety and Depression Association of America |
Description | The association educates patients and their families about disorders and helps them find treatment, resources, and support. |
Name of Service | American Academy of Child/Adolescent Psychiatry |
Description | The association is dedicated to protecting the health of children everywhere. |
Name of Service | Massmen / Massachusetts Mental Health Resources for Men |
Description | The website for Massachusetts men and their loved ones offers statewide mental health information, resources, and online self-assessments. |
Name of Service | Brattleboro Retreat / Mental Health and Addiction Care |
Description | Help for mental health and addictive disorders is available for you on their southern Vermont campus. |
Name of Service | Renfrew Center / Eating Disorders |
Description | The Renfrew Center supports the belief that there is never a single cause for the development of an eating disorder. Rather, eating disorders are complex illnesses with biological, genetic, psychological, social and developmental roots. Effective treatment must target this entire range of factors. |
Name of Service | Parent's Guide to Suicide Prevention |
Description | Helpful information, including warning signs and where you can find support, for parents of high school and college aged adolescents. |
Name of Service | Within Health Massachusetts |
Description | Within Health is a national eating disorder education and treatment organization, with treatment teams in Massachusetts. Be sure to read their educational article on eating disorder programs for the elderly. |
Name of Service | Uplift Behavioral Health Services |
Description | This mental health practice out of West Roxbury offers remote and in-person services for individual, couples and family counseling, group support, recovery services and more. |
Process addictions
Name of Service | Description |
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Name of Service | Massachusetts Council on Compulsive Gambling |
Description | The private, nonprofit health agency is dedicated to providing leadership to reduce the social, financial, and emotional costs of problem gambling. |
Name of Service | Gamblers Anonymous |
Description | The men and women of this fellowship share their experience, strength, and hope with each other. |
Name of Service | Overeaters Anonymous |
Description | Overeaters Anonymous offers a program of recovery from compulsive overeating, binge eating, and other eating disorders. |
Name of Service | MGH Eating Disorder Clinical and Research Program |
Description | You can find research, treatment, education, and training information through this Massachusetts General Hospital program. |
Name of Service | The Renfrew Center / Eating Disorders |
Description | The Renfrew Center supports the belief that there is never a single cause for the development of an eating disorder. |
Name of Service | The National Eating Disorders Association |
Description | The association supports individuals and families affected by eating disorders, and serves as a catalyst for prevention, cures and access to quality care. |
Stress
Name of Service | Description |
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Name of Service | Parental Stress Line |
Description | A resource page for parents dealing with stressful issues. |
Name of Service | Parents Helping Parents |
Description | The 24-hour Parental Stress Line provides telephone counseling, information, and referrals. |
Name of Service | National Parent Helpline |
Description | The organization leads the way in prevention by positively impacting the well-being of families and communities worldwide. |
Name of Service | National Alliance of Mental Health |
Description | The alliance is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. |
Support groups
Name of service | Description |
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Name of service | Alanon and Alateen |
Description | Al-Anon and Alateen Family Groups help families and friends of alcoholics. |
Name of service | Alcoholics Anonymous |
Description | A.A.’s primary purpose of maintaining our sobriety and helping other alcoholics achieve recovery. |
Name of service | Cocaine Anonymous |
Description | Cocaine Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength, and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from their addiction. |
Name of service | Marijuana Anonymous |
Description | Marijuana Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share our experience, strength, and hope with each other that we may solve our common problem and help others to recover from marijuana addiction. |
Name of service | Narcotics Anonymous |
Description | Every addict in the world had the chance to experience our message in his or her own language and cultural and find the opportunity for a new way of life. |
Name of service | Smart Recovery Self-Help Network |
Description | There have been more than 18,000 SMART Recovery Self-Help Group meetings in Massachusetts since 1990. All groups are lead by volunteers, most of whom are graduates of the SR Program. |
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Summer Camps 2023
Name of service | Description |
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Name of service | Boston Public Schools Summer Stuff |
Description | BPS is a one stop shop for numerous summer resources, including summer camps, learning groups, and more. |
Name of service | Boston Centers for Youth and Families Summer Programming |
Description | BCYF continues to offer their own sponsored summer activities for the community, check their website to find out more. |
Name of service | Boston Parks Summer Fitness Series |
Description | Boston Parks and Recreation offer free weekly virtual and in person fitness groups throughout the summer, schedule is included in the link! |
Name of service | Mommy Poppins Boston Summer Camps: |
Description | This website compiles information, updated daily, on paid and free summer camps for 2023. |
Name of service | Boys and Girls Club of Boston |
Description | One of the oldest community run programs for families in the city, offers both after school and summer programming at numerous locations, with a focus on resources for under-served families and neighborhoods |
Name of service | YMCA Boston |
Description | The Boston chapter of YMCA has numerous fitness and summer youth programs for members. |
Name of service | Tenacity Summer Program |
Description | This program partnered through Boston Parks and Recreation offers tennis & reading summer offerings to city youths by age group, registration is open throughout the season. |
Name of service | Piers Park Sailing Youth Programs |
Description | A sailing summer program series offered for youths and young adults. |
Name of service | Boston Central Summer Events |
Description | Boston Central offers this list of summer events, many of which are free of charge, for children and families. |