Resources

Perinatal Mental Health Resources

  • In the event of an emergency call 911 or go to your nearest emergency department.

    988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
    English or Spanish
    24/7
    Call or Text to 988

    Crisis Text Line: Text “Hello” to 741741

    Brien Center Crisis Line
    24-Hour Crisis Hotline 
    1 (800) 252-0227

  • Postpartum Support International Help Line
    Call or text 1-800-944-4773

    Leave a confidential message any time, and a trained and caring volunteer will return your call or text. PSI volunteers return messages during business hours. They will listen, answer questions, offer encouragement and connect you with local resources as needed.

    National Maternal Mental Health Hotline Call or text 1-833-TLC-MAMA (1-833-852-6262)
    24/7 Free, Confidential Hotline for Pregnant and New Moms
    Interpreter Services are available in 60 languages. TTY users can use a preferred relay service or dial 711 and then 1-833-943-5746.

  • Link to PSI’s Perinatal Mental Health Provider Directory

    Visit the PSI online directory of qualified perinatal mental health professionals and support groups. Moms, families, and providers can now quickly and easily identify trained perinatal mental health providers and support groups in their area.

  • Link to PSI’s Free Online Support Meetings

    PSI Online Support Groups led by trained PSI facilitators, their online groups will connect you with other parents and provide helpful tools and resources. Whether you are going through stress, adjustment to parenting, baby blues, or pregnancy or postpartum depression/anxiety, their groups are there for you.

  • PSI Peet Mentor Program

    Receive dedicated support from a parent who has been in your shoes. Coping with the mental health challenges during pregnancy and after the birth of your child can feel isolating. Join us today to be paired with a Mentor who’s walked in your shoes. You don’t have to do this alone.

  • Berkshire Coalition for Suicide Prevention

    A grassroots group to developed to help save lives. Their website contains a vast list of resources including postpartum resources, grief support, and much more.

Infant/Toddler Supplies

  • Text the BNF support line (413) 344-2800
    We have free diapers on-hand that have been generously donated by Berkshire Community Diaper Project.

    Or visit their website for a full list of locations where they supply free diapers. Berkshire Community Diaper Project

  • Visit It Takes a Village

Human Milk Feeding
Supplies & Resources

  • Mothers’ Milk Bank Northeast is the largest milk bank in New England. Visit their website for more information and to receive milk for your baby.

    https://milkbankne.org/

Things to Do

Local Resources

  • WIC is a nutrition program that provides healthy foods, nutrition education, breastfeeding support, and referrals to healthcare and other services, free of charge, to Massachusetts families who qualify.

    Women, Infants, & Children Nutrition Program | Mass.gov

  • ucpwma.org
    UCP is family focused and offers personalized services to meet the needs of each individual they serve. UCP’s assistive technology services are offered across all of the agency’s programming to boost performance of daily living activities for people with disabilities.

    https://ucpwma.org/programs-for-children/early-intervention/

    UCP’s Northern Berkshire Early Intervention Program supports children (Birth to 3) who have developmental delays. If your child is not meeting certain milestones or if you detect a problem with the way your infant or toddler learns, speaks, acts, moves or plays, call for an evaluation.

  • Early Intervention
    Family Services, Playgroups

    pediatricdevelopmentcenter.org

    The Pediatric Development Center (PDC) is an early intervention program serving infants and toddlers in Central Berkshire and South Berkshire Counties.

  • ccberkshire.org

    Child Care and Family Support Services

    Child Care of the Berkshires’ mission is to strengthen families through high quality childcare, education, support services, and advocacy. They partner with families to support children’s growth and healthy development.

  • Family Resource Center, Playgroups

    berkshirechildren.org

    18 Degrees provides education, parenting skills and support, prevention and intervention, advocacy, and life skills across a spectrum of programs serving children, young people, individuals and families in four areas: early education and care; foster care and adoption; child and family well-being; youth and community development.

  • www.berkshireic.org

    The mission of the Berkshire Immigrant Center is to advocate for the rights of all immigrants by helping them navigate the complex U.S. immigration system with affordable legal services, local resources, and education.

  • 42 Summer St., Second Floor, Pittsfield
    (413) 447-2000

    https://www.berkshirehealthsystems.org/location/harm-reduction/

    Berkshire Harm Reduction's mission is to reduce the negative consequences associated with drug use, such as the spread of infectious diseases.

    Free sterile supplies, fentanyl test strips, and Narcan, Berkshire Harm Reduction offers testing, for individuals 13 and over, for HIV, Hepatitis C, and other sexually transmitted infections as well as basic wound care and abscess prevention.

  • https://elizabethfreemancenter.org/

    24/7 toll-free hotline
    1-866-401-2425

    The services offered are free and confidential:

    • Emergency services including safe phones, food, transportation and shelter

    • Safety planning what to do in case of emergency for whether you stay in or leave your home

    • Help getting a protection order

    • Information for yourself or someone you know

    • Counseling and support

    • Advocacy including on money and housing issues

    • Specialized support for immigrant, LGBTQ, and child survivors

    Offices in Pittsfield, North Adams, and Great Barrington are open to help, and our staff can meet people in safe locations almost anywhere in Berkshire County.

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