Call 288-3230, ext. 231 or call Connect the Dots for Boston Tots at 474-1209. Healthy Families Healthy Families provides free home visiting services for all first-time parents under age 20. Pregnant or parenting teens who need support, call 474-1256. Home visitors speak English and Spanish.
Translators are available for other languages.
Parents receive support, parenting skills training, and learn about education and work opportunities. Call 288-3230, ext. The program serves Dorchester House patients by linking parents and children with needed social services, responding to crisis situations, accompanying children to appointments and providing outreach to make patients aware of pediatric services. Examples include getting teens into GED programs, directing parents to after-school programs for children, dealing with housing and immigration issues and much more. Call Lisa Vetterlein at 288-3230.