Elderly/Senior Citizens

Kit Clark Senior Services

Locations

Kit Clark Senior Services

1500 Dorchester Avenue

Dorchester, MA, 02122

United States

42° 17' 58.2252" N, 71° 3' 37.2744" W

Kit Clark Senior Services

645 Washington Street

Dorchester, MA

United States

42° 17' 20.7456" N, 71° 4' 16.4604" W

Mailing Address (if different than physical location):

Phone:

(617) 825-5000

Fax:

(617) 288-5991

Email:

pdelisca@baycove.org

Website:

http://www.kitclark.org/

Hours of operation (or meeting times & dates):

M-F: 8am-4pm

Mission:

Since 1974, Kit Clark Senior Services has been committed to helping our community's older adults live with dignity and independence. Founded in response to the Federal Older Americans Act, Kit Clark has grown to offer over 30 programs at over 40 locations in Greater Boston. In order to better serve the community, our professionally staffed multi-service agency conducts many of its programs in five different languages, ensuring these much needed support services reach elders with diverse ethnic backgrounds.

Executive Director/CEO/President/Coordinator/Other:

Mark Belluardo-Crosby, Director

Key Partners:

Bowdoin Street Health Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation, Field Corner Community Development Corporation, Boston Commission on Affairs of the Elderly

How to get involved/application guidelines and procedures:

Call us at (617) 825-5000 or stop by at 1500 Dorchester Avenue or 645 Washington Street to find out about our programs.

Charge for services:

Depends on the Program

Key Programs Offered:

Drop-In Senior Center, Meals On Wheels, Transportation, Foley Assisted Living, Cardinal Medeiros Homeless Shelter, In Home Services, Adult Day Health, Memory Loss Programs, Mental Health, Health Center, Exercise, Homeless Prevention Case Management, Senior Home Repair, and much much more.

Scholarships available:

Yes

Vouchers accepted:

Transportation provided:

Yes

Number of people served each year:

over 1000

Community Meeting Space Available:

Type of facility in which this program/organization located:

Community/Cultural Center

Last Updated:

11/04/2009

A Division of Bay Cove Human Services.

Tuttle/Hartland Neighborhood Watch

Location

Tuttle House

35 Tuttle Street

Dorchester, MA

United States

42° 18' 46.44" N, 71° 3' 12.96" W

Phone:

(617) 825-5225

Email:

mmesh@addisonwellesley.com

Hours of operation (or meeting times & dates):

Third Thursday of the month at 7:30pm

Mission:

The Tuttle/Hartland Neighborhood Watch is a group of neighbors from Tuttle Street, Hartland Street and several surrounding streets of the Savin Hill neighborhood of Dorchester. We meet monthly on the third Thursday of the month at the Tuttle House.

Executive Director/CEO/President/Coordinator/Other:

Marlea Mesh

Key Partners:

City of Boston Community Policing Department Area C-11

Charge for services:

Scholarships available:

Vouchers accepted:

Transportation provided:

Number of people served each year:

251-500

Community Meeting Space Available:

Vietnamese American Civic Association (VACA)

Location

Vietnamese American Civic Association

42 Charles Street

Dorchester, MA, 02122

United States

42° 18' 0.2592" N, 71° 3' 48.672" W

Mailing Address (if different than physical location):

42 Charles Street, Dorchester, MA 02122

(Viet-AID building)

Phone:

(617) 288-7344

Email:

youth@vacaboston.org; contact@vacaboston.org

Website:

http://www.vacaboston.org

Hours of operation (or meeting times & dates):

M-F: 9am-5pm Social services for elderly / youth programs
Weekend: 9am-noon ESL program only

Mission:

Our mission is to promote family self-sufficiency and well being, and to facilitate community empowerment among Boston's Vietnamese population

Executive Director/CEO/President/Coordinator/Other:

Duy V. Pham - Executive Director

Key Partners:

How to get involved/application guidelines and procedures:

Walk in

Charge for services:

ESL services $125 a quarter, no fee for other programs

Key Programs Offered:

Youth Development Program - Phuongdai Nguyen - Youth Program Coordinator The Vietnamese-American Civic Association Youth Development Program’s mission is to prepare and provide newly arrived Vietnamese refugees and immigrant youth as well as youth living in and around the community of Dorchester a safe interactive-learning environment where they are exposed to a variety of issues and topics that are tailored to their interest in order for them to develop into healthy educated adults.

Scholarships available:

Yes

Vouchers accepted:

Transportation provided:

Number of people served each year:

501-1000

Community Meeting Space Available:

Last Updated:

02/23/2010

Freedom House

Location

Freedom House, Inc.

14 Crawford Street

Dorchester, MA, 02121

United States

42° 18' 37.8" N, 71° 5' 3.48" W

Phone:

(617) 445-3700

Email:

kendra@freedomhouse.com

Website:

http://www.freedomhouse.com

Hours of operation (or meeting times & dates):

Sunday-Friday: 9-6pm, Saturday 9 -1, evening events

Mission:

Freedom House’s mission is to promote educational excellence, economic self-sufficiency community engagement and social justice in order to alleviate poverty in Boston’s most distressed urban neighborhoods. Freedom House has an extraordinarily rich history of addressing issues of poverty, educational achievement and social justice. The organization has a sixty year history of working on many issues impacting communities of color and historically underserved neighborhoods such as urban renewal, racial segregation and educational issues including disparities in academic achievement which have a long term negative impact on students of color. Understanding that solutions are complex, Freedom House has created innovative solutions. We achieve our mission through the provision of: targeted educational programs (REACH Institute), civic engagement programming (the Snowden Center for Civic Engagement and Action) and community resources for life long learning.

Executive Director/CEO/President/Coordinator/Other:

Gail Snowden, Chief Executive Officer

Key Partners:

Northeastern University School of Education, Boston University School of Social Work, The Timothy Smith Fund, Citizen Schools, Boston Private Industry Council, Girls Get Connected, Operation Hope, Muriel S. Snowden International School at Copley

How to get involved/application guidelines and procedures:

Just walk right in and speak with any of our staff and we will direct you to the person you need to speak with depending on your interest.

Charge for services:

Scholarships available:

Vouchers accepted:

Transportation provided:

Number of people served each year:

over 1000

Community Meeting Space Available:

Yes; See facility

Type of facility in which this program/organization located:

Private Building

Last Updated:

02/04/2011