Parent Support Resources

Adoption/Foster Parenting, Child Care, Mediation/Conflict Resolution, Parenting Education/Support Groups, Pregnancy/0-4 Support

Adoption/Foster Parenting

  • Phone: 800-277-5387

    Location: Massachusetts

    Services Provided: Confidential parent support groups, education

    Population Served: Families with adopted children in Massachusetts

    Cost: Free

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  • Phone: 800-972-2734

    Location: Massachusetts

    Times Open: 24/7

    Services Provided: Support services, education, and support groups

    Population Served: Families with adopted children in Massachusetts

    Cost: Free

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Child Care

  • Phone: 800-972-2734

    Location: Massachusetts

    Times Open: 24/7

    Services Provided: Support services, education, and support groups

    Population Served: Families with adopted children in Massachusetts

    Cost: Free

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  • Phone: 202-690-6782

    Location: Nationwide

    Services Provided: ​Education, locate child care, and resources for financial assistance with childcare

    Population Served: All

    Cost: Free

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Mediation/Conflict Resolution

  • Phone: 617-876-5376

    Location: Massachusetts

    Services Provided: ​Divorce/separation, marital, LGBTQ, elder care, housing, workplace mediation and more

    Population Served: Massachusetts residents

    Cost: Varies

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Parenting Education & Support Groups

  • Location: Nationwide

    Services Provided: ​Parent-led online support groups

    Population Served: Parents

    Cost: Free

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  • Phone: 617-474-1143 x238

    Location: Dorchester, Massachusetts

    Services Provided: ​List of parenting classes in the Dorchester area

    Population Served: Parents

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  • Location: Massachusetts

    Services Provided: Parenting classes

    Population Served: Parents

    Cost: Free

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  • Services Provided: Online educational resource about parenting/child development

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  • Phone: 800-637-7974

    Services Provided: Local meetings and support

    Population Served: Single parents

    Cost: Free

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Pregnancy/0-4 Support

  • Phone: 24/7 crisis hotline: 888-510-BABY, text SAFEHAVEN to 313131

    Location: Nationwide

    Services Provided: Equips parents facing unplanned pregnancies with safe alternatives to prevent infant abandonment

    Cost: Free

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  • Phone: 800-322-5014, 617-787-4957

    Location: Massachusetts/Nationwide

    Times Open: M-F 9am - 4:30pm

    Services Provided: Confidential information about possible effects of substances or environmental agents during pregnancy

    Cost: Free

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  • Phone: Text PPNOW to 774636

    Location: Nationwide

    Services Provided: Education, telehealth or local in-person reproductive health, pregnancy, abortion services

    Population Served: All

    Cost: Varies

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  • Phone: 781-693-5625

    Location: Massachusetts

    Services Provided: Become matched with a trained volunteer to support new parents via weekly visits for 2-12 months.

    Population Served: New parents

    Cost: Free

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Need parent support now? ​

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