Emergencies - MetroWest Center for Independent Living

Immigration

MIRA – MA Immigration and Refugee Advocacy Coalition – Know your rights. There is a lot more information on the MIRA site. Download the Know Your Rights sheet (pdf).

Emergency Preparedness – MWCIL recommendations and resources for emergency prep
SMOC – South Middlesex Opportunity Council
- Voices Against Violence – 24 Hour HOTLINES: 1-800-593-1125 or 508-626-8686 (TTY-friendly) – Voices’ mission is to end sexual and domestic violence. Voices staff members work to empower victims and survivors to help themselves and their children.
Disaster Distress Helpline – (800) 985-5990 (National)
MEMA – MA Emergency Management Agency
FEMA – Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Office of Disability Integration and Coordination – Helping people with disabilities before, during and after disasters.
American Red Cross
June Kailes – Inclusive Emergency Management, Health Care & Disability Competencies

Psychiatric Emergency Services at Advocates in Framingham
Mass Behavioral Health Partnership – Community Behavioral Health Center (CBHC)/Mobile Crisis Intervention (MCI): CBHCs will serve as an entry point for timely, high-quality mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment on an urgent and ongoing basis. CBHCs will integrate crisis and community-based treatment by combining mobile teams, crisis stabilization, and care coordination. A distinct feature will be 7-day-per-week access including walk-in capacity, psycho-pharmacology, and treatment options including services and interventions for mental health, substance use disorders, and co-occurring disorders.

Disabled Persons Protection Commission – DPPC protects adults with disabilities from the abusive acts or omissions of their caregivers through investigation oversight, public awareness, and prevention. Abuse Reporting Hotline: (800)426-9009
Springwell Protecting Elders at Risk of Abuse – designed to help eliminate or alleviate the abuse or neglect of a senior.

MA Substance Use Helpline – or call 800.327.5050 10pm Mon-Fri, and 8am-6pm weekends.
How to get Naloxone from a pharmacy – Information for community members about how to get naloxone to help prevent overdose deaths.
Fentanyl Facts from the CDC