EXTRA DISTANCE AWARDS

BAMSI Extra Distance Award winners were recognized at the

Leadership Meeting on January 12, 2010 at Lombardo’s. At each Leadership Meeting, BAMSI Executive Management Team recognizes individual employees and employee teams to recognize performance in collaboration with others that fosters team spirit and demonstrates a best-practice model of service delivery.  more...

BAMSI VOLUNTEERS

BAMSI’s Executive Management Team (EMT) members

Don Zimmerman and Pat Algird participated in holiday preparations with Easton-based, My Brother’s Keeper who distributes furniture during the calendar year and gifts at the holiday season. EMT members worked side by side with community volunteers the morning of December 18, 2009 wrapping presents for delivery to one of the over 2,000 families from over 60 communities who receive donations during the holiday season.

BAMSI HOLIDAY PARTY

BAMSI’s Annual Holiday Party was enjoyed by hundreds of BAMSI

partners, funders, staff and Board members the afternoon of December 17th at Christy Drive in Brockton. more pictures...

OPEN HOUSE

BAMSI resident, Carlo Tolini celebrates the opening of his new residence

at 5 Shaw Road in Carver with BAMSI Chief Executive Officer, Anthony Simonelli, BAMSI Chief Operations Officer, Vanessa Tierney and Raymond Renaud from Stonegate Builders who built the property with funding from the Massachusetts Department of Developmental Services and the University of Massachusetts Medical School-Nursing Home Initiative.

REFERRALS BEING ACCEPTED

BAMSI’s Community Service Agency for the Brockton Area; an interagency initiative of

the Commonwealth’s Executive Office of Health and Human Services, is now accepting referrals from all related parties for children and youth with serious emotional disturbance (S.E.D.) who require or are already utilizing multiple services or are involved with multiple child-serving systems (e.g., child welfare, special education, juvenile justice, mental health) and their families more...

CARF accreditation

CARF International announced that BAMSI has been accredited for a period of three
years for its

Community Housing, Supported Living, more...

BAMSI Helpline – Community Information and Referral


Contact Information:

10 Christy's Drive, Brockton, MA 02301
Phone: (508) 584-4357
Toll Free: (866) 621-4747
Fax: (508) 587-2309


Program Hours:

Monday to Friday – 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.


Program Description:

BAMSI’s Helpline is designed to link people in need with appropriate agencies and/or services that can help them. Helpline provides information and referrals on a wide range of issues as well as advocacy for people facing financial hardships. Helpline provides information concerning human service programs and resources available in Greater Plymouth County and all services are confidential. The program is staffed by a Certified Information and Referral Specialist and trained volunteers.

Helpline callers seek assistance with a variety of concerns related to: basic needs such as food, housing, and emergency shelter; health care and social services; individual and family life situations; and emergency financial assistance. Helpline staff will:

• Help the caller identify the problem;

• Provide information about local

• resources to address the problem;

• Advocate on behalf of the caller if needed; and

• Follow up to make sure referrals are successful

Eligibility for Services:

• Any individual is eligible for Helpline services

Staffing:

• Certified Information and Referral Specialist

Volunteer Opportunities:

• Volunteers also assist Helpline

Program Funding:

• Brockton Redevelopment Authority

• Brockton Hospital and Medical Staff

• Caritas Good Samaritan Medical Center and Medical Staff

• City of Brockton, Division Of Human Resources

• Federal Emergency Food and Shelter Program

• Home for Aged Men in the City of Brockton

• United Way of Greater Plymouth County