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Massachusetts Department Of Housing And Community Development
www.mass.gov/dhcd
Women, Infants & Children (WIC)
1-800-WIC-1007 (1-800-942-1007)
www.mass.gov/wic
Description: WIC is a nutrition program that provides nutrition
and health education, healthy food and other services
at no cost to eligible Massachusetts families.
Project Bread FoodSource Hotline
1-800-645-8333, 617-723-5000
www.projectbread.org
United Way of Massachusetts Bay
1-800-211-MASS (6277), 617-624-8000
supportunitedway.org
Food Stamps
www.gettingfoodstamps.org
Description: Find out if you qualify for food stamps. This website
provides a confidential calculator that will allow you
to determine eligibility and estimate benefits.
Runaway Hotline
24-hour Toll-Free National Runaway Switchboard: 1-800-RUNAWAY (1-800-786-2929)
Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA)
DTA central office: 617-348-8500
Application Info Unit: 800-249-2007
Recipient Services Unit: 800-445-6604
mass.gov/dta
Description: The Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) is
responsible for administering public assistance programs
and ensures that the emergency and transitional needs
of individuals and families are met.
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance
781-338-6294
781-338-6330
www.doe.mass.edu/mv/?subsite
Description: A federal grant to facilitate the enrollment, attendance, supplement
enrichment activities, support professional development and support
the well being of homeless children and youth in school. The
priority is to identify and provide services such as: appropriate
medical, dental, mental and other health services, transportation
and parent education for homeless children, while other at-risk
students may also be served. Grant money also provides tutoring,
including shelter tutoring, supplemental educational services,
summer programs, and pre-school programs.
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