About Bridge Over Troubled Waters – Boston
Bridge Over Troubled Waters is a nonprofit organization in Boston that provides life changing services for at risk youth. Their services support young people aged 14-24 who are runaways or homeless and need resources to help them find pathways to education, behavioral healthcare, stable housing and community support.
Their community outreach program includes daily on foot outreach to youth living on the streets of Boston and Cambridge. Additionally they offer a mobile medical van that provides critical care including medical attention and survival kits as well as clothes, food and referrals to intake services at their office or outside agencies if needed.
At Bridge, behavioral health therapists provide trauma informed intake and follow up services. They aim to meet youth where they’re at and provide a positive first encounter that helps to form personal connections and start their clients on a road to self sufficiency.
The Welcome Center at Bridge is a place where youth can get a hot meal, take a shower and wash their clothing. Additionally the Transitional Day Program helps individuals improve their life skills and make connections with their case management team.
They also offer an education and career development team that can assist individuals in earning their high school certificates, enrolling in college and learning valuable job skills. Youth can attend Bridge’s alternative high school degree program where they find flexible schedules and small class sizes.
In terms of helping with housing Bridges has a transitional living program as well as single parent housing and independent housing opportunities.
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