Social and Medical Services for the Haitian Community
For questions regarding eligibility for state or federal benefits – including medical access, education, and housing – please call:
- Mass Law Reform Institute (617) 357-0700 x328
- MIRA Coalition (617) 350-5480 x222
The City of Boston has a number of resources for Haitians in need of services
- Mayor’s hotline: (617) 635-4500 or [email protected]
- Mayor’s Health line: (617) 534-5050
- Mayor’s Office of New Bostonians: (617) 635-2980
Boston Public Schools: (617) 635-1346 or //www.ybps.org
- Haitian Multi-Service Center
- Medical Services
- Boston Medical Center
- Caritas Carney Hospital
- Cambridge Health Alliance
- Harvard Street Health Center
- Opportunities to Help
Haitian Community Based Organizations:
- Haitian Multi-Service Center/Catholic Charities
- Association of Haitian Women in Boston (AFAB)
- Haitian American Public Health Initiatives, Inc. (HAPHI)
- Haitian Americans United
- Haitian Artists Assembly (HAA)
- Haitian Health Outreach Project/Cambridge Health Alliance
- Compassion Immigration Ministry At the North Shore Assemby of God
- Immigration Pastoral Center, INC
- Center for Community Health, Education & Research
Social Services
- Catholic Charities and the Haitian Multi-Service Center have teamed up to provide free telephone access to family members in Haiti. Telephones are available at:
Haitian Multi-Service Center
185 Columbia Road
Dorchester, MA 02121
(617) 436-2848
- The International Institute of Boston provides free trauma counseling. Please call (617) 695-9990 x172.
- The Unitarian Universalist Service Committee has volunteer trauma counselors. Contact Nichole Cirillo at (617) 301-4336.
- For information on access to housing: //www.masslegalhelp.org/housing/finding-housing-booklets
Medical Services
Boston Area Hospitals
Boston Medical Center
Behavioral Health Outpatient Services
Dowling Building
771 Albany Street, 9th floor
Boston, MA 02118
(617) 414-4238
Caritas Carney Hospital
2100 Dorchester Avenue
Dorchester, MA 02124
(617) 296-4012
Cambridge Health Alliance
18 locations throughout Cambridge, Somerville, Malden, Everett, and Revere
//www.cha.harvard.edu
Boston Area Health Centers
Harvard Street Health Center
632 Blue Hill Avenue
Dorchester, MA 02121
(617)825-3400
Codman Square Health Center
637 Washington Street
Dorchester Center, MA 02124
(617) 825-9660
Mattapan Community Health Center
1425 Blue Hill Avenue
Mattapan, MA 02126
(617)296-6954
Opportunities to Help
- If you would like to volunteer for help Haitian families:
//www.bostonredcross.org
//cityofboston.gov/readyboston - For monetary donations to relief services
Partners in Health: //www.pih.org
International Red Cross: //www.redcross.org
Catholic Relief Services: //www.crs.org - For food, clothing, and non-perishable donations:
Mildred Community Center
1-5 Mildred Ave
Mattapan, MA 02126
(617) 635-1328 - To volunteer as a Haitian Creole translator for immigration clinics, please call (617) 350-5480 x212
Haitian Community Based Organizations
Haitian Multi-Service Center/Catholic Charities
185 Columbia Road
Dorchester, MA 02121
(617) 506-6600
Association of Haitian Women in Boston (AFAB)
330 Fuller Street
Dorchester, MA 02124
(617) 287-0096
Haitian American Public Health Initiatives, Inc. (HAPHI)
10 Fairway Street
Mattapan, MA 02126
(617) 298-8076
Haitian Americans United (HAU)
10 Fairway Street, #218
PO Box 260440
Mattapan, MA 02126
(617) 298-2976
Haitian Artists Assembly (HAA)
200 Governor’s Drive #31
Winthrop, MA 02152
(617) 846-5889
Haitian Health Outreach Project/Cambridge Health Alliance
52 Beacon Street
Somerville, MA 02142
(617) 498-2193
Compassion Immigration Ministry At the North Shore Assembly of God
77 Kennedy Drive
Malden, MA 02148
(781) 321-2121
Immigration Pastoral Center, INC.
156 Groove St.
Brockton, MA 02302
(508) 580-8004
Center for Community Health, Education & Research
420 Washington Street
Dorchester, MA 02124
(617) 265-0628