Community Resources

Blue Hill Boys and Girls Club / Boston Urban Asthma Coalition / Caritas Carney Hospital/  Codman Square Health Center / Codman Square Library / Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corp. / Dorchester Neighborhood Service Center / Dorchester YMCA / DYS Roxbury Youth Works / FAMILY Inc. / Greater Boston Regional Center for Healthy Communities / Kit Clark Senior Service/ ODWIN Learning Center / Perkins Community Center/ Sportsmen’s Tennis Club

The mission of Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston (BGCB) is to help boys and girls, generally from disadvantaged circumstances, develop the qualities needed to become responsible citizens and leaders. To achieve this, we offer a variety of program activities and support services designed to assist in the educational, emotional, physical and social development of six to 18-year-olds, without regard to social, racial, ethnic, or religious background. 15 Talbot Avenue Tel: 617- 474-1050 Fax: 617-474-1056

The Boston Urban Asthma Coalition aims to promote collaboration between organizations and residents concerned about the various factors that affect asthma such as the environment, healthy housing, quality of health care, access to health care, and education.  622 Washington Street Dorchester, MA. 02124 Tel: 617-451-0049 Fax: 617-282-3950

Carney Hospital is a member of Caritas Christi Health Care, the second largest health care system in New England. Carney Hospital is a community teaching hospital committed to the values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence. We are located at 2100 Dorchester Avenue, Dorchester, MA 02124 and we can be reached at 617-296-4000

We are a community health Center working to improve the pysical mental and social well being of the communtiy. We offer an array of services to the community and with the partnership with the Dorchester House Multi Service Center known as DotWell work to make Dorchester well. We prodide public health programs such as HIV AIDS Counseling, Testing, Prevention and Education and many Civic Health programs with DotWell. We also rent out the Great Hall located at 6 Norfolk Street for community events. For more information about Great Hall reservations please call (617) 822-8300.

Codman Square Branch Library We provide information, resources, audio/visual data and a collection of books for the neighborhood and serve as a resource for the community. We offer Preschool Storytime, Tot’s Storytime, Preschool Films and more..Our winter hours are September 2, 2006-June 9, 2007: Mon. & Thur. 12-8pm, Tue. & Wed. 10am-6pm, Fri. & Sat 9am-5pm Branch Librarian: Janice Knight 690 Washington Street Dorchester, MA 02124617- 436-4214

Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corp, (CSNDC) is a nonprofit community development corporation (CDC), charged with developing both the physical and social infrastructure of the community. We offer financial literacy programs, work to improve the development of affordable housing and parks and improve commuting within the neighborhood. 587 Washington Street  Dorchester, MA 02124

Dorchester District Court

510 Washington Street   Dorchester, MA 02124

Dorchester Neighborhood Service Center

Our programs include fuel and weatherization assistance; tax assistance; GED, the Head Start program; an after-school program; and youth employment with the SUMMERWORKS program – a six week employment and educational initiative for 14-to-21-year-olds.110 Claybourne Street Dorchester, MA 02124 Tel: 617-288-2700

YMCA Sports Facility
The YMCA mission is to put Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy body, mind, and spirit for all. Residents in the Dorchester YMCA service area include large African-American and Haitian populations, with increasing Asian and Latino populations. The Codman Square neighborhood is home to over 4000 youth 10-18 years of age, so there is a strong emphasis on youth development and family programming.   776 Washington Street Dorchester, MA 02124 Tel: 617- 436 7714

DotWell is the collaborative efforts of the Codman Square Health Center and the Dorchester House Multi-Service Center to make Dorchester well.Our Public Health Programs include: Healthy Families Home Visits, Food Pantry, Dorchester Environmental Health Coalition, HIV AIDS Counseling, Testing, Prevention and Education. Our Civic Health programs include: Piano Program, Extended Income Tax Credit (EITC), Aritist Spirit Exhibit, Clemente. Community support programs include: CyberShop, CyberShop NFTE and Employment, Technology Goes Home, Computer Art Classes, A+/Network+ Class and MCSE Classes, Atlas After School Program.  1452 Dorchester Avenue Dorchester, MA 02122

DYS/ Roxbury Youth Works is a community-based nonprofit organization working to create healthy families and strong communities, to inspire young individuals to develop their strengths, and to prepare them to lead independent lives. We work with youth up to 21 years of age who are involved with the court system, the Department of Youth Services, the Department of Social Services. We provide support to these young people and their families in the community. RYI works to reduce delinquent behavior and to increase positive social behavior in at risk young people.  622 Washington Street  Dorchester, MA 02124

FAMILY Inc. is a community organizing system working to create secure and nurturing environments of mutual support in which all children and families can thrive. A community organizing system, we create partnerships with individuals and institutions to connect educational, health care, economic, and other systems to collaboratively create healthy, safe, sustainable communities throughout the world.  Current efforts include the Codman Square Health Council’s Codman Square Farmers Market and the Dorchester Presentation on Health.

14 Euclid Street Dorchester, MA 02124 Tel: 617-265-4189

Greater Boston Regional Center for Healthy Communities is your link to resources, data and support for building healthy communities in your neighborhood. Our trained staff provides community health planning, evaluation, and resources to support coalitions and community groups in the Greater Boston area. Using the most up-to-date prevention research, data, curricula, and tools, the Center works with groups to develop plans to improve the health of their community. The Resource Library provides health resources free of charge to anyone who lives or works in Boston, Brookline, Winthrop, Chelsea and Revere. Residents and professionals can access the collection on the internet at www.rchcweblibrary.org.622 Washington Street    Dorchester, MA 02124  Tel: 617-423-4337 

Kit Clark Senior Services is committed to helping older adults in the community live healthy lives. Our day programs include:Recreations and Fitness, Social Opportunities and Meals645-647 Washington Street Dorchester, MA 02124  Tel: 617- 288-0281

ODWIN Learning Center is on-profit, college prep center helping residents become eligible to enroll in the college of their choice. Foundation courses in math, English, grammar, and reading/study skills are offered twice a week in the evening. Advanced courses in algebra, biology, chemistry, humanities, computer and pharmacological math are offered twice a week, in the morning.  1943 Dorchester Avenue     Dorchester, MA 02124   Tel: 617-282-5320.

Perkins Community Center Our community center community activities like adult education program155 Talbot Avenue  Dorchester, MA 02124  Tel: 617- 635-5146Contact: Gloria Moon, Cluster Administrator & Tracy George, Program Supervisor

Strive/Boston Employment ServicesWe work to recruit, train and place individuals in places of employment and to promote effective employment policies.651 Washington Street Dorchester, MA 02124  Tel: 617- 825-1800  Fax: 617- 825-1896

Sportsmen’s Tennis Club (STC) opened in 1961 as the first African-American owned non-profit tennis club in the country. The club offers recreational tennis and fitness programs, as well as instructional and competitive tennis. We also offer programs that enrich the social, emotional and educational development of area youth such as GED programs, SAT prep through the Princeton Review, after-school programs for youth in grades 1-12, and free Saturday gender-specific activities through DEUCE and HEY Sister! Scholarships are available for many of the programs. You can find us at 950 Blue Hill Avenue,Dorchester, MA 02124 Tel: 617-288-9092.