Agencies Providing Alcohol Services
(Braintree, Canton, Holbrook, Hull, Milton, Norwood, Quincy, Randolph, Weymouth)

• Atlantic House/Center for Health & Development
  338 Washington Street, Quincy, MA 02169

  (617) 770-9660

  Psychosocial vocational rehabilitation program for adults with mental illness.

• Bay State Community Services
  13 Temple Street, Quincy, MA 02169

  (617) 471-8400

  Substance abuse prevention & intervention programs, outpatient, family & residential services.  Outreach worker for seniors.

• Big Sister Association of Greater Boston
  Main Office: 161 Massachusetts Avenue, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02115-3050

  (617) 236-8060

  Branch Office: 1245 Hancock Street, Suite 5, Quincy, MA 02169

  (617) 328-1061

  Provides at-risk girls with opportunities to experience a broad range of life options and gain self-esteem by establishing links with caring, supportive adult volunteers.  Services are available in Asian and Spanish languages.

• Billings Human Services
  19 Central Street, Norwood, MA 02062

This satellite office of Bay State Community Services provides courts with evaluation, urine screens, and programs focusing on the following: driver alcohol education for first offenders; second offenders aftercare treatment; certified batterer’s intervention; victim & children advocacy and support groups for victims of violence; anger management; substance abuse intervention for male and female inmates at Norfolk County Correctional Center; and criminal justice youth intervention.

• Blue Hills Healthy Families
  185 Lincoln Street, Suite 310C, Hingham, MA 02043

  (781) 749-2882

  Provides home visiting services to first-time teen parents for the first three years of their child’s life to provide information, and helps connect families with other resources in the community.  Services are available in French and Spanish languages.

• Braintree Health Department
  1 JFK Memorial Drive, Braintree, MA 02184

  (781) 794-8095

  Offers ongoing educational resources for public awareness on current health related topics.

• Braintree Medical Associates
  340 Wood Road, Braintree, MA 02184

  (781) 849-1111

  Physician practice which provides mental health services.

• Caritas Southwood Hospital - Norcap
  111 Dedham Street - 800 Washington Street

  Norfolk, MA 02056 - Norwood, MA 02062

  (508) 668-0385

  1 (800) 331-2900 --(24-hour Help Line)

  Offers a complete continuum of treatment with inpatient, outpatient (day and evening), and aftercare programs; prevention education programs; and school based services.

• Catholic Charities – Family Counseling & Guidance Center
  40 Independence Avenue, Braintree, MA 02184

  (781) 848-7840

  Individual, couple, family, and group mental health and substance abuse services.

• Dianne Engren Counseling Associates
  80 Washington Street, Suite F-32, Norwell, MA 02061

  (781) 871-3834

  Counseling – individual, family, couple, group – assessment/intervention for addictions

• Family Service of Greater Boston
  1212 Hancock Street, Quincy, MA 02169

  (617) 471-0630

  Complete family service organization – home based/DSS services, elders at risk, school based counseling, hospital diversion, mental health and substance abuse counseling.

• FIRST Early Intervention/South Shore ARC
  371 River Street, North Weymouth, MA 02191

  Rhonda Meisel

  (781) 331-2533  ext. 11

  Evaluation and services for children ages three and younger who were born premature; have feeding, vision, or hearing problems; are slow to sit up, stand, walk, talk, or do things for themselves; have behavior, or attention difficulties; or who were born with a disability, or health condition that affects their development.  Interpreter services are available. 

• Good Shepherd’s Maria Droste Services
  1354 Hancock Street, Quincy, MA 02169

  (617) 471-5686

  Professional, licensed staff provide clinical psychotherapy; short & long term treatment; individual, family & group counseling; spiritual counseling; career planning; tutoring; and massage therapy.  Non-profit – services offered on a sliding fee scale. 

• Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates
  1250 Hancock Street, Quincy, MA 02169

  (617) 774-0920

  Day and evening substance abuse treatment (Kenmore); relapse prevention groups.

• Hingham Police – DARE Program
  220 Central Street, Hingham, MA 02043

  Sergeant Michael Peraino

  (781) 749-1212

  Drug Abuse Resistance Education program for Grades K to 12.

• Manet Community Health Center
  1193 Sea Street, Quincy, MA 02169

  (617) 471-8683

  Provides family health services.  Services are available in Spanish and Chinese languages.

• Milton Council on Aging
  10 Walnut Street, Milton, MA 02186

  (617) 898-4893

  Provides activities and programs for seniors.

• Milton Hospital
  92 Highland Street, Milton, MA 02186

  (617) 696-4600

  ENCARE (Emergency Nurses Cancel Alcohol Related Emergencies) program educates high school students on the dangers of drinking and driving. 

• Milton Public Schools
  Milton High School, 451 Central Avenue, Milton, MA 02186

  (617) 696-4470

  School-based alcohol education programs.

• Milton Youth Department
  525 Canton Avenue, Milton, MA 02186

  (617) 696-5991

  Crisis intervention counseling and referral.

• Norwood Police Department
  137 Nahatan Street, Norwood, MA 02062

  (781) 762-1173

  Drug Abuse Resistance Education program.

• Town of Norwood
  P.O. Box 40, Norwood, MA 02062

  Pete Wall, Substance Abuse Counselor

  (781) 762-2845

  Provides counseling for town employees and residents involved in substance abuse. 

• Project Turnabout
  224 Beal Street, Hingham, MA 02043

  (781) 749-6320

  Long-term residential substance abuse treatment for men over 18. 

• Quincy Health Department
  1585 Hancock Street, Quincy, MA 02169

  (617) 376-1270

  Provides services and programs to protect the health, safety, and well-being of Quincy residents.  In an effort to prevent and to control disease, and to continually improve quality of life, the Quincy Health Department (QHD) enforces all public health and environmental regulations; protects residents from environmental hazards; and provides services such as clinics, education and referrals.  QHD supports the city’s Alcohol Action Group.  Some Cantonese and Chinese translation services are available.

• Quincy Medical Center
  114 Whitwell Street, Quincy, MA 02169

  (617) 773-6100

  This 254-bed, acute care hospital provides a broad range of medical, surgical, pediatric, and geriatric psychiatry services.  Alcoholics Anonymous & Al-Anon groups meet regularly.  Outreach worker for seniors.  Translation services available. 

• Quincy Medical Center WIC Program
  114 Whitwell Street, Quincy, MA 02169

  (617) 376-4190

  Provides free food and nutrition information to help keep pregnant women, infants and children under five healthy and strong.  Services available in Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Khmer and Cambodian. 

• Quincy Interfaith Sheltering Coalition (Father Bill’s Place)
  38 Broad Street, Quincy, MA 02169

  (617) 770-3314

  Ninety-bed homeless shelter with case management, housing search, health care services, seven-bed wet shelter, and supportive housing throughout the community.

• Quincy Mental Health Center
  460 Quincy Avenue, Quincy, MA 02169

  (617) 770-4000

  Partial hospital program and inpatient acute psychiatric care.  Staff includes an Asian-American case manager,  and a Mandarin speaking psychiatrist.

• Quincy Police – DARE Program
  1 Sea Street, Quincy, MA 02169

  Robert Edgar

  (617) 745-5735

  Prevention through education – classroom and after school programs. 

• Quitting Time
  6 Fort Street, #4, Quincy, MA  02169
  
  (617) 847-1922
  
  Provides a continuum of outpatient, and intensive outpatient addictions services for individuals with a primary addiction to alcohol, drugs, or polysubstance abuse.  Services available in Mandarin Dialect and American Sign Language. 

• Randolph Council on Aging
  16 Fencourt Avenue, Randolph, MA 02368

  June Newman, Executive Director

  (781) 961-0930

  Active Senior Center offers nutrition programs, a friendly visitor program, community education and senior advocacy projects. 

• Randolph Junior/Senior High School
  70 Memorial Parkway, Randolph, MA 02368

  Richard Sweeney, Health Supervisor

  (781) 961-6220, Ext. 39

  Education/prevention and counseling for 4,000 student school system.  Provide services in several foreign languages. 

• Regional Center for Healthy Communities
  552 Massachusetts Avenue, Suite 203, Cambridge, MA 02139

  (617) 441-0700

  Toll free 1 (888) 272-5155

  Provides consultation, training, and education in public health and community development.  Health resource library offers videos, books, pamphlets, and posters on a large range of health related topics.  Services are available in Spanish and Portuguese languages.

• Scituate Council on Aging
  27 Brook Street, Scituate, MA 02066

  (781) 545-8722

  Provides health programs, education, transportation, and outreach programs for seniors. 

• Sharon Council on Aging
  P.O. Box 20, Sharon, MA 02067

  (781) 784-8000

  Health, fitness, transportation, activities, nutrition programs, and referrals.

• South Bay Mental Health Center
  541 Main Street, Suite 216, Weymouth, MA 02190

  (781) 331-7866

  Outpatient mental health clinic for underprivileged children and their families – individual, family, and group counseling.  Services are available in Portuguese, Spanish, and Haitian Creole languages.

• South Shore Elder Services
  159 Bay State Drive, Braintree, MA 02184

  (781) 848-3910

  Provides a broad range of programs and services to people ages 60+ to promote elder independence. 

• South Shore Halfway House
  10 Dysart Street, Quincy, MA 02169

  (617) 773-7023

  Six-month residential rehab program. 

• South Shore Hospital
  55 Fogg Road, South Weymouth, MA 02190

  (781) 340-8000

  Offers community health education programs such as ENCARE (Emergency Nurses Cancel Alcohol Related Emergencies), which educates high school students on the dangers of drinking and driving.  Evaluations provided in emergency department by psychiatric crisis team with referrals to community programs. 

• South Shore Mental Health Center 
  6 Fort Street, #4, Quincy, MA 02169

  (617) 847-1950 - 1 (800) 852-2844

  Mental health and substance abuse services for people of all ages, including outpatient counseling programs, day treatment, residential, 24-hour emergency services and crisis stabilization.  Programs include Quitting Time, an intensive, evening outpatient treatment program for substance abuse.  Services available in American Sign Language and Mandarin. 

• Step One Early Intervention/SSMH
  6 Fort Street, Quincy, MA 02169

  (617) 774-1040

  Evaluation and services for children ages three and younger who were born premature; have feeding, vision, or hearing problems; are slow to sit up, stand, walk, talk, or do things for themselves; have behavior or attention difficulties; were born with a disability, or health condition that affects their development; or have been exposed to drugs or alcohol, family violence or lead paint.  Some translation services available for Cantonese, Vietnamese, and Haitian Creole.

• Weymouth Board of Health
  75 Middle Street, Weymouth, MA 02189

  (781) 340-5008

  Public health assessment, referral, and education.

• Weymouth Police – DARE Program
  140 Winter Street, Weymouth, MA 02188

  Officer James Bowen

  (781) 335-1212

  email: weydare@gis.net

  Drug, violence, and alcohol prevention programs.