Brockton Family & Community Resources

The Institute for Health and Recovery (IHR) is a leading organization in Cambridge, MA, specializing in providing direct services, program policy development, and training capacity building. With a focus on addressing the unique needs of underserved families, women, and youth, IHR offers holistic interventions for individuals and families affected by alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use, violence trauma, mental health challenges, and other health issues. For over 30 years, IHR has been dedicated to fostering resilience and supporting recovery, helping over 3,000 families each year. As a CARF accredited organization, IHR offers crisis response services, family-centered outpatient behavioral health treatment, and access to services statewide for pregnant individuals struggling with substance use. Through their comprehensive continuum of care, IHR is committed to advancing principles of health equity and social justice.Generated from the website

Children s Friend is a private, nonprofit agency that has been serving children and families since 1849. The agency offers professional services in the areas of children s mental health, adoption, educational and day care services for pregnant and parenting teens. It also provides community education on child and family mental health issues. Children s Friend also offers dialectical behavioral therapy for the treatment of adolescent girls with borderline personality disorders in an outpatient community mental health setting. Through its counseling center, Children s Friend offers specialty treatment services related to mood disorders, obsessive-compulsive behaviors, adjustment disorders and psychological behavior. The agency maintains a location in Worcester, Mass.