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Children & Families
General Resources
- Adoption
Patient Handouts from the CRC
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- The Adoption Community of New England (ACONE) provides education, information, support, and advocates to birth parents, adoptive parents, and adoptees.It assists members through all stages of their adoption-related experience with workshops, support groups, legislative advocacy, and more. For more information call 617-312-5559 or e-mail acone@rfkchildren.org.
- Adoption Resources - general adoption resources in MA provided by Bright Futures Adoption Center, Acton, MA
- Some Adoption Agencies
- Doulas - see our Parenting page
- Federation for Children with Special Needs - MGH Community News
--Federation for Children with Special Needs Website: http://fcsn.org
- DCF -Department of Children & Families
- Regional and Area Offices (Locations website and search by zip code)
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Area offices by Town (City/town list)
- For reporting information see: Child Abuse
- Advocacy and Problem Solving
- MA DCF Ombudsman office or call 748-2444
- The role of the Ombudsman includes responding to inquiries or issues of clients, foster and adoptive parents, advocates, legislators, and other concerned citizens regarding agency programs, policies or service delivery and mediating and resolving these as possible
- MA Office of the Child Advocate (OCA)
- Complaint Line (617) 979-8360,
- Note: During the Covid-19 pandemic the OCA Complaint Line is receiving a high volume of calls and emails. If you contacted us and have not received a response after more than 3 business days, please call our main office number below.
- Main Office: (617) 979-8374
- Toll free: (866) 790-3690
- For all OCA phone lines our hours are Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (closed on State and Federal holidays)
- In the News:
- Autism- see our Autism page
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