Early Childhood Opportunities, Behavioral and Mental Health

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The Cambridge Doula is a home visiting program available to all expecting parents who are Cambridge Health Alliance patients.

We provide comprehensive support to the parents and caregivers of youth with mental health challenges, as well as their children, through a variety of coaching, childcare, and community-building programs.

Cambridge Dads was created to increase fatherhood engagement in programming. The program strives to ensure dads are engaged, informed, and feel supported in their role as parents.

The Cambridge Alert Network is comprised of multiple services that help keep residents and businesses informed of important City information.

New outpatient center in various locations including Cambridge and Somerville offering in-person and virtual support.

Our team provides in-home intensive clinical case management and treatment for children with severe emotional disturbances who are at risk for out-of-home placement.

Our team focuses on reducing and preventing domestic violence homicides and holding offenders accountable. We implement crisis prevention plans for victims/families.

The Riverside School – Milford and Riverside School – Needham are 766 approved and specialize in children with significant emotional difficulties and/or a psychiatric diagnosis.

We provide case management services, brief respite, one-on-one support for family members, and more to reduce or eliminate the time children with emotional disturbances spend in out-of-home placement.

Our exciting community programming focuses on health, wellness, and active living in Cambridge! Our multiple facilities are open to community members interested in sports, activities, and lessons.

We can provide a home visitor who can visit your home for one-hour every week to explore books, educational materials, and play-based learning with your child.

Highly structured and supportive therapeutic year round day program for adolescents, ages 12-18, presenting with major mental health concerns and disruptions in their home, school, or community.

We provide services for children who have witnessed domestic violence and their non-offending parent.

Meeting Place provides a secure setting for children and parents to interact when there are concerns about the emotional and/or physical safety of a child or their parents during parent-child contacts

We provide Intensive Care Coordination and Family Support & Training.

IHR's programs and services use strengths-based, holistic approaches in all populations and to support individuals, youth, and families struggling with the effects of mental health or substance use.

This program serves LGBTQ+ youth through support, counseling, advocacy, education, and other resources.

This program serves women and their families looking for help escaping sex exploitation through shelter support, health, advocacy, education, emergency financial resources and more.

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We are a QRIS and a NAYEC-certified program that offers the children in our care innovative, state-of-the-art space.

Our preschool provides a daily routine that affords the children the opportunity to investigate many materials, both independently and in teacher-directed projects.

We provide addiction treatment resources, harm reduction education and supplies, navigation of medical services, and a drop-in center at 721 Mass Ave.

We are a network of members who meet regularly to try to help alcoholics who want to stop drinking and stay stopped.

We help families and friends of alcoholics by hosting regular support groups and meetings in your area. If you come to meetings and find relief, you belong.

We provide confidential support, information, and access to the best treatment centers (and financial assistance if needed) for people trying to recover from a substance abuse addiction.

We can help you find what you need, offer screenings, treatment options, support groups, and more using our online screening tool.