Services in the Cambridge/Somerville Area

Child And Family Services
 Community Service Agency 

The Community Service Agencies (CSA) provide Intensive Care Coordination (ICC) and Family Support and Training.

ICC is a service that uses the Wraparound care planning process to coordinate multiple services and supports with families raising a child/youth with serious emotional issues. Wraparound puts the family at the center of the planning process and builds a team around the family’s vision for their child’s future. Involvement and participation in ICC is voluntary.

The Community Service Agency provides services to youth under the age of 21 who are enrolled in MassHealth Standard or CommonHealth who meet the medical necessity for this service. The Cambridge/Somerville Community Service Agency provides support to eligible youth in Cambridge, Somerville, Wilmington, Winchester, Burlington and Woburn.

Community Service Agency for the Cambridge-Somerville Area at the Guidance Center

5 Sacramento Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 354-2275

Outpatient Counseling · Medication Services · Substance Abuse Counseling

Our outpatient centers provide individual, family, and group therapy. Staff have expertise in working with a broad range of problems that children and their families encounter. In addition to counseling, we offer medication management, as well as home-based and case management services. Services are provided at clinic sites, schools, homes, and area agencies. We accept a full array of public and private insurance

Guidance Center Family Clinic

5 Sacramento Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 354-2275

Guidance Center Family Clinic

at Somerville

111 South Street

Somerville, MA 02143

(617) 284-5130




Early Intervention Services
Early Intervention offers therapeutic, educational and family support services for delayed, disabled, or at-risk infants and toddlers from birth to age three. Services include screening and assessment, home visits, groups and individual center based therapies, toddler groups, parent education, and support groups.
 Cambridge-Somerville Early Intervention
at The Guidance Center

61 Medford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 629-3919

Early Childhood Services at the Guidance Center

From pregnancy through age six, The Guidance Center's Early Childhood Services provide a range of highly-specialized developmental, mental health and family support services for children and their parents.

The following programs are offered:

 

Domestic Violence Services at the Guidance Center
Children With Voices: A Child Witness to Violence Program focuses on enhancing and facilitating services for child witnesses of domestic violence and their caretakers. It is a collaborative project between the Guidance Center, battered woman shelters, such as RESPOND, Inc. and Transition House, and other agencies in the Cambridge/Somerville area.

The Guidance Center

111 South Street

Somerville, MA 02143

(617) 284-5130

Intensive Family Services at the Guidance Center

Intensive family services offered at the Guidance Center are designed to help children and families develop the skills they need to live together in the community. The programs provide a wide range of services, including respite care, family-centered after school programming, intensive home-based therapies and supervised visitation.

The following programs are offered:

 
 
Trauma Response Services

The Riverside Trauma Center helps local communities, schools, government agencies, healthcare and human services providers, and workplaces cope with the emotional aftermath of traumatic events such as natural disasters, accidents, suicides, or homicides. Riverside’s trauma-response professionals stand ready to provide “psychological first aid” to individuals and organizations affected after a tragedy. Riverside also helps organizations plan their response to unexpected and traumatic events that may occur in the future.

The Trauma Center’s services include:

  • Immediate assessment, consultation and support
  • Group and individual meetings with those directly involved, including employees, students and community members
  • Referral to community resources

Riverside has provided trauma-related services since 1990, achieving a well-earned national reputation for excellence, and, most importantly, developing a team of highly trained and experienced trauma-response professionals.  In the event of a crisis, first responders and authorized representatives can call Riverside 24-hours a day, seven days a week. 

Riverside Trauma Center
1-888-851-2451


Riverside Community Care promotes a policy of opportunity and access for

all individuals in compliance with applicable State and Federal Regulations