DMH Young Adult Resource Guide Transition Age Youth Services

Department of Mental Health Young Adult Resource Guide - Transition Age Youth Services in Massachusetts

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Transition Age Youth Services: Low or No Barrier

Transition Resources and Community Supports (T.R.A.C.S.)

460 Quincy Ave. Quincy, MA 02169

(617) 689-2537

 http://www.ssmh.org/our-programs/for-young-adults-teens/life-skills/

  • TRACS offers multiple opportunities for young adults and their families to receive support and establish meaning, connection and purpose in their lives. TRACS focuses on aspects of young adults' lives that are easily overlooked such as relationships, wellness, spirituality, family, employment, recreation and more. Peer mentors offer their firsthand experiences of living with and overcoming mental health issues to support and assist the young adults they are teamed up with on their road to recovery.
  • Members: Young adults ages 16-25 who experience mental health or co- occurring mental health and substance use issues and who live in one of the following areas:
    • South Shore Mental Health’s TRACS program is available to young adults in Braintree, Canton, Cohasset, Dedham, Foxboro, Hingham, Hull, Medfield, Millis, Milton, Needham, Newton, Norfolk, Norwell, Norwood, Plainville, Quincy, Randolph, Scituate, Sharon, Walpole, Wellesley, Weston, Westwood, Weymouth, and Wrentham.
    • Note: Young adults do not need to be eligible for services from the Department of Mental Health to be eligible for TRACS.

TEMPO: Young Adult Resource Center

​​​​​​1 Marian Road Framingham, MA 01702

(508) 879-1424

Visit TEMPO's website

  • Tempo is a drop in resource center for young adults. Their diverse staff use a youth-centered planning process that helps young adults develop goals, and provides the tools they need.
  • Members: All young adults ages 17-24

Recovery Learning Communities (RLCs)

  • RLCs are consumer-run networks of self-help/peer support, information and referral, advocacy and training activities. They offer peer support and dual recovery groups. RLCs create significant culture change that shifts the focus on symptom management to a focus on promoting recovery, resilience and wellness.
  • Members: Individuals of any age with a mental illness
  • For more information follow the link and then search for Recovery Learning Communities. https://www.mass.gov/info-details/recovery-learning-communities

Employment Options, Inc.

82 Brigham Street Marlborough, MA 01752

(508) 485-5051

www.employmentoptions.org

  • Employment Options creates a home-away-from-home, where people can overcome barriers to employment and discover personal growth, self- sufficiency, and hope.  Their Workforce Development program provides education, training and supports to low-wage workers and unemployed families seeking employment or advancement in the health care field. Their Family Initiatives program offers services such as the Young Parents Support Service, and Family Options, which include family coaching, peer support, and wraparound family teams for parents and children who experience emotional and/or behavioral disorders.

Zia Young Adult Access Center

209 Shrewsbury Street        4 Mann Street 

Worcester, MA 01604          Worcester, MA 01602 

(508) 751-9600                    (508) 755-0333

Website: www.ziacenter.com

Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/ZiaCenter 

                       https://twitter.com/ZiaAccessCenter

                       https://instagram.com/ziacenter      

  • The Zia Young Adult Access Center & Advocacy Network prioritizes youth autonomy, liberation and support. Our concentrations are to support young adults who express and self-identify with different human experiences (societal and/or social class impacts like trauma, mental health and substance use)
  • We offer support and advocacy for young adults ages 16-22.
  • We require no registration, referral or health insurance all of our supports are free of cost and are intended to be accessible.
  • We offer youth-held and peer-run, community spaces, groups and events.
  • We offer self-determined resource connections (education, employment, family support and more!)

Impact Youth Access Center

41 Taylor Street

Springfield, MA 01103

(413) 654-1566

https://www.springfieldimpactcenter.org/

  • The Impact Center offers services for youth 16-21 who are experiencing, or at risk of, mental health and/or substance use concerns in a friendly relaxed space.Connect to resources for jobs, housing, education, and more. Meet great people, find support!

YouForward

YouForward Lawrence Drop-In Center:

15 Union St., Suite 80, Entrance B Lawrence, MA

YouForward Haverhill Drop-In Center:

81 Winter St., Haverhill

(781) 771-1302

http://youforward.org/

YouForward supports young adults ages 16 to 25 in
Lawrence and Haverhill who are experiencing mental health challenges.

Other Transition Age Youth Services

“The Spot” Young Adult Center

76 Amory Street Roxbury, MA 02119

(617) 516-5100

  • The Spot provides the structure for young adults experiencing mental illness to choose their own path to recovery. It is a place for young adults to receive services and support with Accessing benefits, Motivation, Friendships, Self- esteem, Independent Living, Education, Leadership, Employment, Coaching, Community Connections, Psychiatric services, and Individual Counseling.
  • Members: Individuals ages 16-25

The PREP Program: Prevention and Recovery in Early Psychosis

  • Located at “The Spot” in Boston or at ServiceNet PREP West in Holyoke, PREP believes that earlier detection, earlier diagnosis, and earlier treatment of psychotic illnesses, can f better outcomes for patients and their families. They provide highly specialized diagnostic service and comprehensive support.
  • Members: Young people ages 16-30 who are experiencing changes or have been struggling with changes in their thoughts, feelings or behaviors which are making it difficult to do the things of everyday life,

Brookline Resilient Youth Team

41 Garrison Road Brookline, MA 02445

www.brooklinecenter.org/bryt

  • BRYT is a unique program to help teens and their families. Two school-based Clinical Coordinators (social workers) and a Classroom Aide work closely with families and students in inpatient care  during a crisis, and then through the four-to-eight week re-entry process.
  • For more information contact: Annie Eagle (617) 277-8107

Parent/Professional Advocacy League (PPAL)

​​​​​​Statewide Office:

15 Court Sq. Suite 660 Boston, MA 02108

(866) 815-8122

Central MA Office:

40 Southbridge St., Suite 310 Worcester, MA 01608

508-767-9725

www.ppal.net

  • Parent/Professional Advocacy League is an organization that promotes a strong voice for families of children and adolescents with mental health needs.
  • PPAL offers two youth groups for young adults, and is the Massachusetts chapter for Youth Move National. For more information about these youth groups visit www.ppal.net/for-youth/hope or contact: Meri Viano at mviano@ppal.net
  • Members: Any parent or professional that has a child with mental illness

Rediscovery

296 Newton Street, Suite 150 Waltham, MA 02453

(781) 894-1222

Visit the Rediscovery Independent Living Website

  • Rediscovery, Inc. uses residential, educational, vocational, and clinical services to prepare 16-24 year olds leaving state custody, homeless or at risk of being, homeless, to thrive independently as adults, while simultaneously creating a support network that ensures client needs are addressed adequately.
  • Members: Ages 16-24 who are Malden High School Students, Metrowest residents, or are referred by a state agency, such as DMH and DCF (and occasionally DYS or DDS).

United Teen Equality Center

35 Warren Street

Lowell, MA 01852

(978) 441-9949

https://www.utec-lowell.org/

  • UTEC is a youth-made teen center formed in response to gang violence. Today, UTEC's mission and promise is to ignite and nurture the ambition of our most disconnected youth to trade violence and poverty for social and economic success. They serve proven-risk youth from both Lowell and Lawrence, MA.

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