Caregivers
Resources & Supports for Parents and Grandparents or Kinship Caregivers Raising Grandchildren
Parent Supports
Parental Stress Hotline
1-800-632-8188
24/7 Confidential & Anonymous
Parents Helping Parents website
In person & Virtual Support Groups Schedule
(Groups for parents with general concerns or stressors, single parents, parents of special needs children, and more)
NAMI Mass (National Alliance on Mental illness) Family Support Groups
Statewide Family Support Groups
Most are currently offered remotely.
Please contact the group leader to get the conference call or video conferencing details.
Most of our Family Support Groups are open to anyone, while some are especially for
members of the the Black/Brown community,
parents of children and teens,
parents of adults, elderly caregivers, partners/spouses,
adult children of people with mental health conditions,
family members of people diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder,
and parents of adults diagnosed with Schizophrenia.
Grandparents or Kinship Caregivers
The Commission on Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
The Commission is a Massachusetts resource on issues affecting grandparents raising grandchildren, and relatives, other than parents, raising kin.
They provide financial, legal, DCF, custody and other information; as well as support service resources.
617 748 2454
Kinship Navigator
A program of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that assists all kinship caregivers (grandparents and other relatives) with accessing services for themselves and the children they are raising. For more information, please contact kinshipnavigator@massmail.state.ma.us or 844-924-4546, or visit www.mass/gov/kinship-navigator
GRG_Tip_Sht6.pdf