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Health ResourcesSoutheast Center for Healthy Communities (SCHC) - Promotes collaboration among communities to reduce the use and abuse of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs, particularly among youth and young adults; mobilizes youth and young adults for leadership and civic action; promotes partnerships among regional and local public health leaders. 942 West Chestnut Street, Brockton, MA 02301 Tel:508-583-2350 or 800-530-2770 Fax: 508-583-2611 Partners for a Healthier Community - Serves the communities of Fall River, Somerset, Swansea and Westport. The Greater Taunton Health & Human Services Coalition - Mailing address: P.O. Box 2894, Taunton, MA 02780. Serves the communities of Attleboro, Berkley, Dighton, Lakeville, Mansfield, Middleboro, North Attleboro, Norton, Plainville, Raynham, Rehoboth, Seekonk and Taunton. Networking meetings take place on the 3rd Tuesday of the month, 9:00, at Associates for Human Services, 68 Allison Ave., Taunton. Online newsletter: The Advocate Greater New Bedford Health and Human Services Coalition - P.O. Box 7567, New Bedford, MA 02742-7567 Contact: Bethany Toure, Chairperson: 508-994-9625, x24 Serves the communities of Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Freetown, Marion, Mattapoisett, New Bedford, Rochester and Wareham. Cape and Islands Community Health Network - P.O. Box 427, Barnstable, MA 02630 Tel:508-375-6628 Email: humanservices@capecod.com Serving the communities of Barnstable, Bourne, Brewster, Chatham, Chilmark, Dennis, Eastham, Edgartown, Falmouth, Gay Head, Gosnold, Harwich, Mashpee, Nantucket, Oak Bluffs, Orleans, Provincetown, Sandwich, Tisbury, Truro, Wellfleet, West Tisbury and Yarmouth. Greater Brockton Community Health Network - Serves the communities of Abington, Avon, Bridgewater, Brockton, East Bridgewater, Easton, Holbrook, Stoughton, West Bridgewater and Whitman. Greater Plymouth Partners for a Healthy Community - Serves the communities of Carver, Duxbury, Halifax, Hanover, Hanson, Kingston, Marshfield, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton and Rockland. Lighthouse Health Access - Mid-Cape residents, as well as Cape Portuguese, Spanish, French, or Haitian Creole speakers, call our Hyannis office: 508-778-8104; For Falmouth/Upper Cape: 508-540-7083 (Spanish spoken); On Nantucket: 508-325-7559; On Martha's Vineyard: 508-696-0020 (Portuguese spoken) Latin American Health Institute - 157 Centre Street, Brockton, MA 02301 Tel: (508) 941-0005 Fax: (508) 427-6915 Email: brockton@lhi.org Fellowship Health Resources, Inc. - provides both clinical and support services to persons recovering from mental illness.
Southeastern Massachusetts: 552 County Street, 3rd floor, New Bedford, MA 02740 Regional Director: Kelly Zucco Tel: 508/994-2511 Fax: 508/994-5264
Email: kzucco@fellowshiphr.org DAI/NAACP Health Committee - PO Box 1525, Fall River, MA 02722 Tel: 508-672-5671 Fax: 508-672-4546 Meets 2nd Tuesday every month at NAACP of New Bedford, 95 Cedar St., New Bedford, MA at 4:30PM. Our goal is to empower the local community through diabetes education. Scituate Health Service, Inc. - P.O. Box 232, Scituate, Ma 02066 Email: scituatehealthservice@yahoo.com Statewide/NationalHealth Care for All - 30 Winter Street, 10th floor, Boston, MA, 02108 Phone: 617-350-7279, FAX: 617-451-5838, TTY: 617-350-0974 - Works in Brockton, Fall River, New Bedford and Cape Cod. Community Catalyst - a national advocacy organization that builds consumer and community participation in the shaping of our health system to ensure quality, affordable health care for all. Check out their Community Organizing Tools Human EcologyAlliance for a Healthy Tomorrow - Tel: 508-982-3108 Email: dfastino@aol.com Never Again Consulting/The Training Exchange - Department of Community Health, Brown University, 8 North Main Street, Attleboro, Massachusetts 02703 Tel: 508-226-5091 ext. 11 Fax: 781-394-0381 Silent Spring Institute, Cape Cod Office - 218 W. Main Street, Hyannis, MA 02601 Tel: (508) 778-1942 Sponsors the Cape Cod Breast Cancer and Environment Study Cape Cod Citizens to Move PAVE PAWS - Sandwich, MA Contact: Sharon Judge Tel: (508) 833-3589 - Works on the potential impacts of phased array radiation. GreenCAPE (Cape Alliance for Pesticide Education) - PO Box 631, West Barnstable, MA 02668 Cape Citizens To Ban MTBE - Email: pssmith@capecod.com Citizens for the Preservation of Northbridge, Inc. - PO Box 312, Whitinsville, MA 01588 Tel: (508) 498-9969 Email: cpn2003@hotmail.com The Coalition for Responsible Siting of LNG Facilities - a broad based organization fighting against the foolish siting of LNG facilities in heavily populated areas. Currently the city of Fall River Massachusetts has been targeted by Weaver's Cove Energy to site a huge LNG facility only feet away from a residential neighborhood, a school, at least 2 nursing homes, and family development. This site would also impact a residential neighborhood in the town of Somerset. Somerset Massachusetts has also been targeted by an LNG company. Every Neighbor United for Fairhaven's Future - Fairhaven MA Tel: 401-454-6223 Email: hferrer@risd.edu Statewide/NationalNew England Zero Mercury Campaign - Silent Spring Institute - 29 Crafts Street, Newton, MA 02458, Tel: 617-332-4288 Fax: 617-332-4284 - A non-profit scientific research organization dedicated to identifying the links between the environment and women's health, especially breast cancer. A collaboration of scientists, physicians, health advocates, and community activists. See also: Human Ecology Action League, Inc. (HEAL) - P.O. Box 29629, Atlanta, GA 30359-0629 Tel: 404-248-1898 Fax: 404-248-0162 E-mail: HEALNatnl@aol.com HEAL is one of the oldest organizations in the world concerned about the health effects of environmental exposures. HEAL publishes the quarterly journal The Human Ecologist. |