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Parent Support
Resources
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
Adoption/Foster Parenting
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
Child Care
Location: Massachusetts
Services Provided: Locate licensed childcare programs across the state
Population Served: Families in Massachusetts
Cost: Free
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Child Care
Phone: 202-690-6782
Location: Nationwide
Services Provided: ​Education, locate child care, and resources for financial assistance with childcare
Population Served: All
Cost: Free
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
Mediation/
Conflict Resolution
Phone: 781-306-1180
Location: Massachusetts
Services Provided: ​Counseling and conflict resolution services
Population Served: Residents of the Greater Boston Area
Cost: Varies - free initial consultation
Parenting Education/
Support Groups
Location: Nationwide
Services Provided: ​Parent-led online support groups
Population Served: Parents
Cost: Free
Parenting Education/
Support Groups
Phone: 617-474-1143 x238
Location: Dorchester, Massachusetts
Services Provided: ​List of parenting classes in the Dorchester area
Population Served: Parents
Parenting Education/
Support Groups
Location: Massachusetts
Services Provided: Parenting classes
Population Served: Parents
Cost: Free
Parenting Education/
Support Groups
Services Provided: Online educational resource about parenting/child development
Parenting Education/
Support Groups
Phone: 800-637-7974
Services Provided: Local meetings and support
Population Served: Single parents
Cost: Free
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
Pregnancy Environmental Hotline
Pregnancy/
0-4 Support
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
Pregnancy/
0-4 Support
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
Pregnancy/
0-4 Support
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