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  • About
    • Brain Building In Progress
    • Strengthening Families
    • Contact Us
  • COVID-19 Resources
  • Programs and More
    • MONDAYS: "FIRST FRIENDS STORY TIME"
    • TUESDAYS: "STORY TIME YOGA" & "PROCESS ART"
    • WEDNESDAYS: "PRE-K HOORAY" & "WIND-DOWN WEDNESDAYS"
    • THURSDAYS: "LITTLE LEARNERS" & "WENDY'S STORY ART"
    • FRIDAYS: "STORIES&SONGS", "SCIENCE FRIDAYS", & "M IS FOR MUSEUM"
    • SEASIDE SATURDAYS
    • SPECIAL EVENTS
    • PARENT WORKSHOPS
    • Registration
  • Countdown To Kindergarten
    • CTK Calendar
  • Learning At Home
    • Supplies, Recipes, & Suggestions
    • Songs, Rhymes, & Bounces for LapBabies
    • Play! Play! Play!
    • Early Literacy
    • STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math)
    • Fine Motor Skills
    • Speech & Language Development
    • Social-Emotional Learning
    • Self-Help Skills
    • Antiracism
    • Local Events Calendars & Things To Do
    • Self Care For Parents/Caregivers
  • Developmental Screenings
  • Community Resources
    • Early Education & Child Care Resources For Families >
      • Early Education Programs
      • After School Programs
    • Public Libraries, Town Halls, & Community Centers
    • Playgrounds & Parks
    • Museums & Historical Societies
    • Housing, Legal, Financial, Fuel & Food
    • Health & Safety Resources
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PLEASE NOTE:  Early Childhood Partners provides referrals NOT recommendations.  Responsibility for selecting a provider resides with each parent or guardian.  
​Please go to our 
COVID-19 Resources Page for resources specifically related to the pandemic.
GENERAL INFORMATION

​Great tools to heighten your Financial Literacy. 

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Economy 101
Practical Money Skills For Life! 


Department of Transitional Assistance
Provides basic education, job training, and job search skills.
Contact: 978-825-7300

MassHire North Shore Center
Employment Services for MA job seekers.
Contact: 978-283-4772
www.nscareers.org

North Shore Community College
Adult Learning Center
Contact: 978-762-4000/978-236-1227
www.northshore.edu/adult_learning


Free Diapers
Many companies will send you free samples and coupons simply for giving them your email address. Here is a list of them:


  • Huggies
  • Pampers
  • Luvs
  • Goodnites
  • Bambo Nature
  • The Honest Co.
  • Seventh Generation

Financial Assistance 
 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
 Home Energy Assistance Programs (LIHEAP)
 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program(SNAP)
 Child and Adult Care Food Program(CACFP)

 Medicaid & Massachusetts’ health insurance programs 

FOOD RESOURCES

Acord Food Pantry

P.O. Box 2203
69 Willow Street, S. Hamilton, 01982
http://acordfoodpantry.org/
Serving Hamilton, Wenham, Ipswich, Topsfield, Essex, and Manchester-by-the-Sea

Action, Inc.
978-282-1000
Offers Emergency SNAP (food stamp) assistance and help applying.
Serving Essex and Manchester-by-the-Sea

Beverly Bootstraps
371 Cabot Street, Beverly, MA 01945
http://www.beverlybootstraps.org/#
Serving Beverly and Manchester-by-the-Sea

Essex County Hunger Relief
http://www.essexcountyhungerrelief.org/find_food 
A database to find all pantries and food support by area.

Ipswich Community Food Pantry
P.O. 316
31 N. Main Street, Ipswich, MA 01938
http://www.essexcountyhungerrelief.org/Ipswich-Community-Food-Pantry
Serving Hamilton, Wenham, Essex, Gloucester, Ipswich, Rowley, and Topsfield

The Open Door
28 Emerson Ave, Gloucester, MA
http://www.foodpantry.org/01_About_Us/Service_Area.html
Serving Manchester-by-the-Sea, Essex, Gloucester, Rockport, and Ipswich

Project Bread Food Source Hotline
Hotline to refer callers to emergency resources in their Community
800-645-8333
www.projectbread.org

SNAP Benefits (food stamps)
Department of Transitional Assistance

877-382-2363

Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
Beverly: 978-922-2110
Gloucester: 978-281-4540
Eligibility restrictions: low-income women with children up to age five

​
Cooking Matters A resource for healthful meals on a budget. Great Recipes!  https://cookingmatters.org/recipes

FUEL ASSISTANCE

​MA 211
. Call MA 211 or visit them on the web.
Link to Essex County Fuel Assistance on the MA 211 website. 

Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) 


Search for Fuel Assistance agencies by town 

Assistance for Wenham Residents
Wenham Issues of Social Service Help - WISSH
Wenham Issues of Social Services Help is a Committee approved by the Wenham Board of Selectman to assist them in serving Wenham residents in need of temporary financial or social service assistance. No town monies are used, WISSH functions on donations from both residents and businesses. The mission of WISSH is to identify the social-service needs of Wenham residents and to coordinate and implement appropriate immediate unmet financial assistance to those in need.

Fuel Assistance, Weatherization Services, Heating System Services
Action Inc. 
47 Washington Street, Gloucester, MA 01930
(978) 281-3900  
1-800-696-9276 - Toll Free

Good Neighbor Energy Fund
800-334-3047
www.magoodneighbor.org/assistance

Joe-4-Oil
1-877-563-4645
www.citizensenergy.com

LEGAL ASSISTANCE

Children's Law Center of Massachusetts

Provides information, referrals, and legal advice on matters that impact children.
888-543-5298

www.clcm.org

Essex County Bar Association
978-741-7888
www.essexcountybar.org

Essex County District Attorney's Office
978-745-6610
www.mass.gov/essexda

Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD)
617-426-1350
www.glad.org

Massachusetts Bar Association Legal Referral Service
617-654-0400
866-627-7577

www.masslawhelp.com

North Shore Community Mediation
978-232-1212
www.nsmediation.org

HOUSING RESOURCES

Action Inc
Advocates help with housing issues such as evictions, housing searches, landlord/tenant disputes, move-in costs, and applying for state/federal/subsidized housing.  Emergency Shelter.
978-282-1000

Family Promise North Shore Boston
Help for families experiencing homelessness on the North Shore.  Eligibility restrictions: must have a dependent child under 18yrs.
978-922-0787
www.familypromisensb.org

Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA)
Assists with emergency shelter.
800-249-2007
Salem Office: 978-825-7300

North Shore Community Development Coalition
Workshops on home buying and housing for low income families.
978-745-8071

Wellspring House, Inc
Housing search assistance, advocacy for affordable housing.  Serves Manchester and Essex.
978-281-3221

Essex Housing Authority
978-768-6821

Hamilton Housing Authority
978-468-3981

Manchester Housing Authority
978-526-1850


Wenham Housing Authority
978-468-1532


List of Emergency Shelters

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Early Childhood Partners programs are funded by the Massachusetts Coordinated Family & Community Engagement (CFCE) grant awarded to Hamilton-Wenham Regional School District by the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care (EEC) serving Hamilton, Wenham, Manchester, and Essex.  All educational and non-academic programs, activities and employment opportunities at Hamilton-Wenham RSD are offered without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, homelessness, age and/or, disability, and any other class or characteristic
​protected by law. ​​

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Early Childhood Partners

You are your child's first and most important teacher.  We are here to support you in that journey. 

Contact

E. Paige Menchini, MSW, LICSW
Early Childhood Partners
​Program Coordinator
978-468-5489
​e.menchini@hwschools.net