The Department of Public Health funds 19 community-based programs across the state to provide education and outreach to particular ethnic communities on violence against women. Additionally, these programs provide direct services to victims, from cultural and linguistic minority backgrounds, who have experienced domestic violence and/or sexual assault.

Contact Quynh Dang at (617) 624-5468 or Quynh.Dang@state.ma.us.

Refugee And Immigrant Safety And Empowerment Programs

Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence
PO Box 120108
Boston, MA 02112
T: 617-338-2350
F: 617-338-2354
Serving Cambodian and South Asian Community

Association of Haitian Women
330 Fuller St
Dorcester, MA 02124
T: 617-287-0096
F: 617-287-0170
Serving Haitian Community

Boston Area Rape Crisis Center
99 Bishop Allen Drive
Cambridge, MA 02139
T: 617-492-8306
F: 617-492-3291
Serving Haitian Community

Close to Home
42 Charles St, Suite E
Dorchester, MA 02122
T: 617-929-5151
F: 617-822-3718
Serving the Vietnamese Community

Elizabeth Freeman Center
43 Francis Ave
Pittsfield, MA 01201
T: (413) 499-2425
F: 413-443-3016
Serving the Latino Community

Greater Boston Legal Services, Inc.
Nancy Kelly
197 Friend Street
Boston, MA 02114
T: (617) 371-1270, x 1667
F: 617-371-1222
Immigration representation and counsel

HarborCOV
P.O. Box 505754
Chelsea, MA 02150
T: 617-884-9799
F: 617-884-9929
Serving the Latino Community

Health Care of Southeastern MA: Womansplace Crisis Center
T: 508-583-3005
942 West Chestnut St
Brockton, MA 02301
F: 508-583-9809
Serving the Latino and Portuguese Speaking Communities

International Institute of Boston
1 Milk Street
Boston, MA 02109
T: 617-695-9990
F: 617-695-9191
Serving Somali, Afghani, and North African refugees

Jewish Family and Children's Service
1430 Main St
Waltham, MA 02451
T: 781-647-5327
F: 781-693-5581
Serving the Russian community

Jewish Family Services of Western MA
15 Lenox St
Springfield, MA 01108
Robert T: 413-737-2601 F: 413-737-0323
Rosalind T: 413-582-6790 F: 413-582-6758
Serving the Vietnamese, African, refugees communities

Lowell Community Health Center
585-597 Merrimack St
Lowell, MA 01854-3908
T: 978-746-7870
F: 978-275-9890
Serving the Cambodian community

Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers
1046 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
T: 617-864-7600
F: 617-864-7621
Serving the Brazilian, Cape Verdean and Portuguese community

Refugee and Immigrant Assistance Center
31 Heath St.
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
T: 617-522-8882
F: 617-522-8345 Serving Somali community

South Middlesex Opportunity Council: Voices Against Violence
300 Howard St
Framingham, MA 01702
T: 508-620-2300
F: 508-620-2310
Serving Latino and Portuguese speaking communities

Third Sector New England: Trafficking Victims Outreach and Services
89 South St, Suite 700
Boston, MA 02111
T: 617-448-0993
Serving victims of trafficking

Womanshelter/Companeras
P.O. Box 1099
Holyoke, MA 01041-1099
T: 413-538-9717
F: 413-538-9411
Serving the Russian community

YWCA of Central MA
One Salem Street
Worcester, MA 01608
T: 508-791-3181, x3014
F: 508-754-0496
Serving the Vietnamese community

YWCA of Greater Lawrence
38 Lawrence Street
Lawrence, MA 01840
T: 978-687-0331, (978) 687-7184 x 2434/ 688-2645 x 1055
F: 978-691-5286
Serving the Latina community



This information is provided by the Violence Prevention and Intervention Services within the Department of Public Health.