Community Development and Equal Opportunity

Community Resources

As part of SRPEDD’s efforts in assisting our communities, especially during these challenging times, we are offering resources to address the needs of local officials and residents, including our experience, knowledge and resources.

To start, we have offered a webinar to communities to repurpose public space and share streets for pedestrians, bicyclists and outdoor dining. We also offer an extensive list of food pantries, meals for our older residents and school aged children, as well as medical and mental health resources. We are ready to assist our communities and residents at any time, but especially now.

SRPEDD hosted Getting Back to a New Normal: Repurposing Public Space, a webinar to discuss the reuse of public spaces with our partners from MassDOT, VHB, City of New Bedford and Town of Wareham. We are pleased to provide a recording of the webinar and a copy of the slides used during the presentation for your reference.

For the most up-to-date information about COVID-19 in Massachusetts, visit the Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 resource page.

Extreme Weather Resources

Municipality	Name	Address	Zip Code	Warming Center	Cooling Center
Acushnet	Acushnet COA	59 South Main Street	2743	Y	Y
Acushnet	Acushnet Public Library	232 Middle Road	2743		Y
Attleborough	South Attleboro Fire Station	1476 West Street	2703	Y	Y
Berkley
Carver
Dartmouth	Dartmouth COA	628 Dartmouth St	2748		Y
Dartmouth	Dartmouth Public Library North Branch	211 Cross Road	2747		Y
Dartmouth	Southworth Library	732 Dartmouth Street	2748		Y
Dighton
Fairhaven	Fairhaven Senior Center	229 Huttleston Avenue	2719		Y
Fall River	Fall River Government Center Lobby	1 Government Center	2722		Y
Fall River	First Baptist Church	228 North Main Street	2720	Y
Fall River	Christ the Rock Church	414 Walnut Street	2720	Y
Fall River	First Step Inn	134 Durfee Street	2720	Y
Fall River	Timao Center	371 Bay Street	2724	Y
Freetown
Lakeville	Lakeville Council on Aging	1 Dear Crossing	2347		Y
Mansfield	Mansfield Council on Aging	255 Hope Street			Y
Marion	Marion Community Center	465 Mills Street			Y
Marion	Elizabeth Taber Library	8 Spring Street			Y
Mattapoisett
Middleborough	Middleborough COA	558 Plymouth Street	2346		Y
Middleborough	Middleborough Public Library	102 North Main Street	2346		Y
Middleborough	Nichols Middle School	112 Tiger Drive	2346		Y
New Bedford	New Bedford Public Library	613 Pleasant Street	2740		Y
New Bedford	New Bedford Public Library Casa da Saudade Branch	58 Crapo Street	2740		Y
New Bedford	New Bedford Public Library Francis J Lawler Branch	745 Rockdale Avenue	2740		Y
New Bedford	New Bedford Public Library Howland Green Branch	3 Rodney French Boulevard	2744		Y
New Bedford	New Bedford Public Library Wilks Branch	1911 Acushnet Avenue	2746		Y
New Bedford	PAACA	360 Coggeshall Street	2746	Y
New Bedford	Sister Rose’s House	75 Division Street	2744	Y
New Bedford	Bethel Ame Church	532 County Street	2740	Y
New Bedford	Rise Recovery Support Center	497 Belleville Avenue	2746	Y
North Attleborough	Richards Memorial Library	118 North Washington Street	2760		Y
North Attleborough	North Attleboro Senior Center	204 Elm Street	2760		Y
Norton
Plainville	Plainville COA	9 School Street	2762		Y
Plainville	Plainville Public Safety Building	194 South Street	2762		Y
Raynham
Rehoboth
Rochester
Seekonk	Seekonk Safety Complex	500 Taunton Avenue	2771		Y
Seekonk	Seekonk Senior Center	540 Arcade Avenue	2771		Y
Seekonk	Seekonk Public Library	410 Newman Avenue	2771		Y
Seekonk	Seekonk Senior Center	540 Arcade Avenue	2771	Y
Somerset	Somerset Council on Aging	115 Wood Street	2726		Y
Somerset	Somerset Public Library	1464 County Street	2726		Y
Swansea
Taunton	Our Daily Bread	111 High Street	2780		Y
Taunton	Taunton COA	30 Olney Street	2780		Y
Taunton	Taunton Public Library	12 Pleasant Street	2780		Y
Wareham	Multi Service Center	54 Marion Road	2571		Y
Westport

Food Resources

For more information about Food Benefits visit:
Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance
SNAP Benefits (Food Stamps)

Food Pantries for ALL

COMMUNITY	ORGANIZATION	ADDRESS	CONTACT	HOURS	INFO
Acushnet	Acushnet Pet Food Pantry	95 Wing St.	508 951-2136	Open every day during normal business hours	Pet food & supplies, cat litter, etc. as available
	The Shepherd's Pantry	1215 N Main St.	508 763-9289	Open to public Saturday 10am-Noon
Dartmouth	Dartmouth COA Farm to Families	Quinn Elementary School	508-999-4717	WEDS 11:00AM-1:00PM	Fresh produce boxes while supplies last
Fall River	Angels Anonymous Food Pantry	231 Weaver St.	508-496-9097	SAT 9:00AM-12:00PM SUN 10:00AM-12:00PM	Only open on Sunday if food is leftover from Saturday distribution.
	Boston Food Bank Mobile Food Market	SSTAR 1010 South Main St.		508.235.7066	Call to Confirm
	Bristol Community College Mobile Food Market	777 Elsbre St.	508-678-2811 ext2459	THURS 12:00PM-2:00PM	Must Pre-register Here
	Catholic Social Services Fall River Community Soup Kitchen	1600 Bay St.	508-324-1323	TUES, WED, FRI 11:00AM-12:30PM
	Christ of Rock Assembly of God	414 Rock St.	508-617-8245	3rd Sunday of Month 11:00AM-12:30 PM	Always 3rd Sunday of Month
	Citizens for Citizens	264 Griffin St.	508-679-0041	MON, WED, FRI 8:30AM-12:00PM
	Feed My Sheep Pantry	65 Middle St.	774-664-7142		Must Pre-register Here
	First Baptist Church	228 N. Main St.	508-672-5381	TUES 5:00 PM	Grab and Go brown bags meals, use Pine St. entrance
	Gates of Hope	112 Flint St.	508-837-1962
	Greater Fall River Community Food Pantry	235 Nashua St.		TUES, THURS 10:00AM-12:00PM
	Greater Fall River Community Soup Pantry	1600 Bay St.		TUES, THURS, FRI 11:00AM-12:30PM	Bagged meals only right now
	St. Anne's Food Pantry	818 Middle St.	508-676-9426	SAT 9:30AM-12:00PM	Clients must wait in their cars for food-will get prepackaged meals brought to cars
	Sacred Heart/Holy Name Food Pantry	543 Eastern Ave.-Use Notre Dame St.	508-679-6732
	Salvation Army Food Pantry	290 Bedford St.	508-679-9700	MON, TUES, WED	By appointment only
	Salvation Army Soup Kitchen	290 Bedford St.	508-679-9700	SUN 12:00PM-1:00PM WED 1:00PM-2:00PM
	Shepard Parish Hall-Catholic Community Center	1598 S. Main St.	508-673-2833	WED, FRI 4:00 PM-6:00 PM
	Vet Association	755 Pine St.	508-679-9277	MON 8:00AM-12:00PM WED 10:00AM-6:00PM FRI 8:00AM-1:00PM
	YMCA Southcoast Fall River	199 N. Main St.	508-675-7841		Must pre-register
Middleboro	Sacred Heart Food Pantry	53 Oak St.	508-947-1717	1st & 3rd MON of the Month 1st & 3rd WED of the Month
New Bedford	American Red Cross	Boys & Girls Club of NB 166 Jenny St.	617-719-6632	3rd THUR of the Month
	Anchors Ministries	307 Coggeshall St.		WED 11:30AM-1:00PM	To go bags
	Catholic Social Services New Bedford Solanus Casey Food Pantry	238 Bonney St.	508-997-7337	WED, THURS 10:00AM-12:00PM
	Grace Episcopal Church-Martha's Pantry at Grace	133 School St.	508-933-0747	WED, SUN 9:30AM-10:30AM
	GBFB Mobile Market with United Way GNB & GFR Community	399 Acushnet Ave.
	House of Hope	306 Mount Pleasant St.	508-996-6814	MON-FRI 9:00AM-1:00PM
	M.O. L.I.F.E., Inc. Food Pantry	725 Pleasant St.	508-992-0122	Every other Wednesday
	My Brothers Keeper		774-305-4590	Call any day between 11AM and 1PM with a food request	Eligible every two weeks
	New Life South Coast	1331 Cove St.	774-206-1422	THURS 5:00PM-8:00PM
	P.A.C.E.	166 William St.	508-999-9920	MON-FRI 10:00AM 2:00PM
	PACE Mobile Pantry	508-999-9920		TUES 10:30AM-11:30AM
	Salvation Army New Bedford Food Pantry508-993-53	619 Purchase St.	508-997-6561	MON-FRI 9:00AM-2:00PM THURS 4:00PM-8:00PM	By appointment only
	Salvation Army New Bedford Meal Program	619 Purchase St.	508-997-6561
	Seven Hills Behavioral	1177 Acushnet Ave.	508-996-0546	MON, WED 9:30AM-12:30PM
	St. Anthony's of Padua Food Pantry	1359 Acushnet Ave.	508-993-1691	THURS 10:00AM-12:00PM
	St. Martin's Episcopal Church	136 Rivet St.	508 994-8972	3rd SAT of the Month 10-11 AM, Last TUES of the Month 5-6 PM	Food and Pet Pantry. ID is required and recipients can only go once per month.
	Sister Rose Soup Kitchen	75 Division St.		MON-FRI 11:00AM-1:00PM
	United Way of Greater New Bedford	Locations Vary	508-994-9625	MON, FRI 5:30PM-7:00PM
Somerset	Church of Our Savior, Hagerman Food Pantry	2112 County St.		FRI 7:00PM-9:00PM, SAT 9:00AM-11:00AM	Grab & Go bags of groceries-enter through rear parking lot on Gifford St., Second Friday of the month and two Saturday mornings of each month
Taunton	St. Vincent de Paul	141 Washington St.	508-823-6676	MON, TUES 8:00AM-5:00PM WEDS 4:30PM - 6:00PM THURS, FRI 8:00AM-6:00PM	Appointment Only
Wareham	Church of Good Shepard	74 High St.	508-295-2840	First Tuesday of the Month THURS 4:00-5:00PM Takeout	Website
	St. Patrick's	82 High St.	508-295-2411	WEDS 3:00-7:00PM
	Damien's Place - The Family Pantry	3065 Cranberry Highway B20		THURS and SAT 9:00AM-11:30AM
Westport	Westport Food Pantry	The Westport Grange, 931 Main Road	774-201-0566 or 774-264-5181	MON 9:00AM-12:00PM	Donation Hours are TUES and THURS 9:00AM-12:00PM

Meals for School-Aged Children and Teens

SCHOOL SYSTEM	SCHOOL	ADDRESS	HOURS	INFO
Dartmouth (For all children under 18)	Quinn Elementry	529 Hawthorn St.	MON, WED, FRI 11:00AM-1:00PM	Children must be present. Two breakfasts and two lunches.
New Bedford Public Schools	Gomes Elementary	286 S. Second St.	MON-FRI 11:30AM-1:00PM	Grab and Go meals
	Campbell Elementary	145 Essex St.	MON-FRI 11:30AM-1:00PM	Grab and Go meals
	Hayden-McFadden	361 Cedar Grove St.	MON-FRI 11:30AM-1:00PM	Grab and Go meals
	Carney Academy	247 Elm St.	MON-FRI 11:30AM-1:00PM	Grab and Go meals
	Normandin Middle School	81 Felton St.	MON-FRI 11:30AM-1:00PM	Grab and Go meals
	Keith Middle	225 Hathaway Blvd.	MON-FRI 11:30AM-1:00PM	Grab and Go meals
	Roosevelt Middle	119 Frederick St.	MON-FRI 11:30AM-1:00PM	Grab and Go meals
	Brickenwood Housing	52 Walker St.	MON-FRI 11:30AM-1:00PM	Grab and Go meals

Medical Resources

Medical Services

COMMUNITY	ORGANIZATION	ADDRESS	CONTACT	HOURS	INFO
New Bedford	Greater New Bedford Community Health Center	874 Purchase St.	508-992-6553 Website	MON-FRI 8:00AM-5:30PM SAT 8:00AM-4:30PM	Care provided for all patients regardless of their ability to pay.
	Health Imperitives Sexual & Reproductive Health Services	651 Orchard St., Suite 100	508-984-5333 Website	MON 1:00PM-6:30PM TUES 9:30AM-5:00PM WEDS 9:30AM-4:00PM THURS 10:30AM-6:00PM FRI 8:30AM-5:00PM	Services are offered at low or no cost. No one is ever denied care because of an inability to pay.
Wareham	Wareham Sexual & Reproductive Health (including WIC nutrition)	106 Main St.	508-295-0383 Website	FRI 8:30AM-5:00PM	WIC MON 11AM-1PM & 2PM-6PM THURS 9AM-1PM & 2PM-4PM

Mental Health Services (in person)

COMMUNITY	ORGANIZATION	ADDRESS	CONTACT	HOURS	INFO
New Bedford	Child & Family Services	543 North St.	508-984-5566		Insurance Accepted
Fall River	Child & Family Services	66 Troy St.	508-676-5708		Insurance Accepted
Wareham	Wareham Sexual & Reproductive Health (including WIC nutrition)	106 Main St.	508-295-0383 Website	FRI 8:30AM-5:00PM	WIC MON 11AM-1PM & 2PM-6PM THURS 9AM-1PM & 2PM-4PM

Mental Health Services (phone)

ORGANIZATION	PHONE	WEBSITE	HOURS
National Alliance on Mental Health (NAMI)	1-800-950-NAMI (6264) or text	Website	MON-FRI 10:00AM-6:00PM
Health & Hope SouthCoast (SouthCoast Health)		Fine Community Resources by Zip Website
Samaritans Helpline	866-508-4357(HELP)		8:00AM-11:00PM
National Suicide Prevention Helpline	1-800-273-8255(TALK)

Substance Use Prevention (phone)

ORGANIZATION	PHONE	WEBSITE	HOURS
Live Another Day	1-877-596-6866	Website	24/7
Detox Local	866-640-2212	Website	24/7
Detox Local (AAPI Resources)	866-640-2212	Article	24/7

Housing Resources

COMMUNITY	ORGANIZATION	ASSISTANCE TYPE	WEBSITE	PHONE
Fall River	Catholic Social Services	Emergency Housing	Website	508-674-4681
Fall River & Taunton	Citizens for Citizens		Website	508-679-0041
Greater New Bedford	People Acting in Community Endeavors (PACE)		Website	508-999-9920
Limited Towns SE MA	Father Bill's & Main Spring		Website	508-427-6448
Carver Middleborough, Wareham (those outside service area welcomed)	South Shore Community Action Council (SSCAC)	Rental Assistance	Website	774-283-6289
Middleborough, Lakeville	Habitat for Humanity	Rental Assistance	Website	508-866-4188 EXT 240
New Bedford, Fall River, Taunton, Attleboro	Justice Resource Institute - FOCUS Program	Temporary emergency shelter, diversion services, case management, and stabilization services	Website	(508) 617-4359
Statewide	Neighborworks: Housing Solutions	Rental Assistance	Website	781-422-4274
	Salvation Army	Rental Assistance	Website	617-547-3400
	Department of Transitional Assistance	Housing Assistance	Website	877-382-2363
	Alternative Housing Voucher Program	Housing Assistance	Website
	MA Rental Voucher Program	Housing Assistance	Website
	State Public Housing	Housing Assistance	Website
	Rental Assistance for Families in Transition (RAFT)	Housing Assistance	Website
	Resident Relief Foundation	Housing Payment Assistance	Website

Other Resources

COMMUNITY	ORGANIZATION	ADDRESS	ASSISTANCE TYPE	PHONE	OTHER
New Bedford	The Women's Center	405 County St	Services for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and child trauma.	508-996-3343	HOTLINE - 508-999-6636
Fall River	The Women's Center	209 Bedford St	Services for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and child trauma.	508-672-1222	HOTLINE - 508-999-6636