Catholic Charities Haitian Multi-Service at the Yawkey Center

About Catholic Charities Haitian Multi-Service Center

Established by local Haitian community leaders, the Haitian Multi-Service Center (HMSC) began in 1978 with a single service, English as a Second Language for recent Haitian immigrants. In 1984, the HMSC became a community service center of Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of Boston. Now located in the Catholic Charities Yawkey Center in Dorchester, the goal of the HMSC is to prepare and assist immigrants in their quest for social and economic self-sufficiency in the United States. The center promotes community development through a “Haitians-serving-Haitians” model in a culturally and linguistically familiar environment. Approximately 4,500 individuals and families are served by the HMSC each year mostly from Dorchester, Mattapan, Roxbury, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, as well as Cambridge, Somerville, and other neighborhoods outside of greater Boston.

Services offered at this location

• Basic Needs Emergency Services

• Children and Youth Support Services
• Counseling Services
  • Outpatient Counseling

• Counseling
• Mental Health and Substance Abuse Counseling
  • Outpatient Counseling
• Pregnancy Counseling
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• Youth and Family Counseling Services
  • Outpatient Counseling

• Education and Training
• Adult Education Programs
• Career Training and Job Placement
  • Health and Human Services Management Certificate Program
• English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)
  • Adult Education ESOL Classes

• Elder Services
• Elder Social Services

• Family Support Services
• Counseling
  • Outpatient Counseling
• Pregnant and Young Parent Support Services
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