PLEASE NOTE:  Early Childhood Partners provides referrals NOT recommendations. 
​Responsibility for selecting a provider resides with each parent or guardian.  

​GENERAL INFORMATION

Beverly Bootstraps
35 Park Street, Beverly, MA 01945
Beverly Bootstraps Case Management Team provides an array of support services to help individuals and families cope with complicated situations. Case Managers first assess the clients’ financial and living situations, then facilitate connections to community resources and services to promote a path to sustainability and to assist with basic needs such as food, housing, heat, utilities, clothing and household items. Additionally, Case Managers assist clients in signing up for government benefits and creating personalized action plans for each client to help them establish self-sufficiency. Through their collaboration with the Acord Food Pantry in Hamilton, they are providing on-site Case Management services. Clients visiting the Acord Food Pantry can access support services that help them signup for government benefits and receive referrals to other agencies and programs.
http://www.beverlybootstraps.org/
Serving Beverly, Hamilton, Wenham, Essex, and Manchester-by-the-Sea​

Great tools to heighten your Financial Literacy. 
www.FinancialLiteracyMonth.com

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
Open Door
Diaper Circle
Many companies will send you free samples and coupons simply for giving them your email address. Here is a list of them:​​
Car Seats
  • Boston Medical Center Free Car Seat Program 888-566-0010
  • Beverly Fire Department, Jake Kreyling 978-922-2424
  • Boston EMS 617-343-6891
  • Danvers Police Department, Sgt. Steve Baldassare 978-774-1213 x4130
  • Gloucester Police Department, Lt. Joseph Fitzgerald jfitzgerald@gloucester-ma.gov
  • Ipswich Fire Department, Jeremy Dalton jeremyd@ipswichfire.org
  • Topsfield Fire Department, Chief Jennifer Collins-Brown 978-887-5148

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 

Back To School Backpacks
Beverly Bootstraps Back To School Backpack Program
If you live in Beverly, Manchester, Essex, Hamilton or Wenham and need assistance with school supplies for your children.

Holiday Assistance

Beverly Bootstraps "Fixin's For The Feast" Food Bags and Community Meals
Fixin’s for the Feast bags are filled with all the Thanksgiving fixin’s to help our neighbors in need. Each Thanksgiving, clients enjoy a pre-packed bag of all the fixin’s along with a grocery store gift card for additions to their feast!

ACORD Food Pantry Holiday Bag Program
Acord provides clients additional items during the holidays so that they can prepare a special meal for themselves and their families.

Cape Ann Kids Holiday Fund
The Cape Ann Kids Holiday Fund supports children in our community by providing gift cards for families who are struggling financially. The cards allow families to purchase holiday gifts, either locally or online, that might not be available through traditional toy drives.  Serving Gloucester, Rockport, Manchester, Essex, and Ipswich

Beverly Bootstraps Winter Wishes Program
Each family in need will have completed a wish list for donors to shop with. Thanks to the generosity of our community, our 2022 program is full!  If you would like to be involved in 2023, please use this interest form link and you will be added to the list for next year.
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
35 Park Street, Beverly, MA 01945
http://www.beverlybootstraps.org/
Serving Beverly, Hamilton, Wenham, Essex, 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

The Open Door Mobile Market Farmers Truck In MBTS and Essex

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

Formula
HHS Fact Sheet: Helping Families Find Formula During the Infant Formula Shortage
HealthyChildren.org
AAP Parenting Website 
Free Formula Exchange​

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 

Beverly Bootstraps
35 Park Street, Beverly, MA 01945
http://www.beverlybootstraps.org/#
Serving Beverly, Hamilton, Wenham, Essex, and Manchester-by-the-Sea

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.

Assistance for Hamilton Residents
Hamilton Foundation

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

Housing Navigator Massachusetts
search.housingnavigatorma.org/

List of Emergency Shelters
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. ​​