The MassSupport Network is a behavioral health outreach program funded through a collaborative agreement between FEMA and CMCS/SAMHSA.

The MassSupport Network disaster crisis counseling outreach program helps to assist with coping skills, stress management and to provide education for individuals, families and groups most affected by the three storms in March 2010. This event is being called the "storm of a hundred years" because of the impact it had on the State. The disaster caused damage to cities and towns from the North and South Shores, down to Plymouth and out past Worcester. The MassSupport Network embodies the concept of citizens' coping, recovery from the disaster event, supported by a caring group of outreach workers.

The MassSupport Network is a FEMA program managed by the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health in collaboration with three provider agencies: Riverside Community Care/Trauma Center, Boston Medical Center's Center for Multicultural Mental Health and Community Counseling of Bristol County. The program will be providing support and assistance in seven counties through May 1, 2011.

For more information, please contact:

Ashley Pearson
Director of Emergency Management Services
Co-Chair, Multi-State Disaster Behavioral Health Consortium
Massachusetts Department of Mental Health - CO
25 Staniford Street
Boston, MA 02114
(617) 626-8145
Ashley.Pearson@state.ma.us

Click Here for a MassSupport Brochure (PDF)

The MassSupport Network can help:

For assistance in Bristol and Plymouth Counties, call the outreach team at:

Community Counseling of Bristol County, Inc. (CCBC)
1 Washington Street, Taunton, MA 02780
(508) 977-4011

For assistance in Suffolk and Middlesex Counties, call the outreach team at:

Boston University Boston Medical Center
Center for Multicultural Mental Health
85 East Newton Street, Room 912
Boston, MA 02118
(617) 414-4646

For assistance in Worcester, Essex and Norfolk Counties, call the outreach team at:

Riverside Trauma Center
255 Highland Avenue
Needham, MA 02494
(781) 433-0672 ext: 5637

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