Women’s Recovery Resource Guide
For Substance Use Resources and Services
Emergency/ Hotlines
Brien Center 24/7 Crisis Line: 1-800-252-0227
988 (call or text)
Berkshire County Kids’ Place, Violence Prevention Center: (413) 499-2800
Elizabeth Freeman Center 24/7 Hotline: 1-866-401-2425
National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-4673
Parent Stress Hotline: 1-800-362-8188
Postpartum Support International: 1-800-944-4773
A Call for Change: (877) 898-3411 anonymous intimate partner abuse prevention helpline
Family, Pregnancy, Parenting, & Youth Services
Family Resource Centers (FRCs) are community hubs offering free support, education, and resources for families with children (birth to 18), aiming to build family stability, strengthen parenting, and connect people to community services like mental health, housing, and basic needs (food, clothing). FRCs in Berkshire County include nbCC (North), 18 Degrees (Central) and Clinical Support Options (South)
18 Degrees: (413) 448-8281
nbCC Family Resource Center (413) 663-7588
Great Barrington Family Resource Center (413) 528-0298
Berkshire Connections: (413) 822-9774
Comprehensive prenatal and postnatal support program for women with a history of substance use
Brien Community Behavioral Health Center: 1-800-252-0227
Empty Arms Bereavement, Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support: (413) 570-0811 (leave message)
Healthy Families Program (413-445-4324 or text 413-358-0287)
A free family support program that offers visits and support to first-time young parents who are age 25 and under, who are either pregnant or who are parenting a child under one year old. We serve all of Berkshire County
Child Care of the Berkshires, Inc. (413-663-6593)
Serving families and children in Berkshire County by offering quality childcare and family support services, including a Family Center.
Railroad Street Youth Project (41) 528-2475
Elizabeth Freeman Center Youth Prevention Program (413) 499-2425
CHP Family Services (413) 528-0457
Berkshire North WIC Program: (413) 447-3495
Berkshire South WIC Program (413) 525-0457
Good food and a whole lot more!
Services for Supervised Parenting Time
18 Degrees: (413)-448-8281
Berkshire Family YMCA: (413)-499-7650 x 132
Elizabeth Freeman Center: (413)-499-2425
Women’s Healthcare
Berkshire Harm Reduction (413) 447-2654
Free services throughout the county including syringe service, safer smoking and snorting supplies, STI screening/ treatment, medical support, naloxone, test strips, safer consumption supplies, basic wound care and more. Comprehensive Hepatitis C treatment track and navigator. Mobile unit and home delivery also available.
Berkshire OBGYN (413) 499-8570
Brien Community Behavioral Health Center (CBHC) (413) 499-0412
Help organize care and facilitate communication across medical, behavioral health and long-term services, including agencies and social supports.
Tapestry Sexual & Reproductive Health Clinic (413) 443-2844
Volunteers in Medicine (those ineligible for all insurance): (413) 528-4014
Barrington OBGYN – CHP (413) 528-1470
Berkshire Community Health Programs (CHP) (413) 528-9311
Justice Involved Women’s Services
2nd Street, Second Chances (413) 770-0560
Berkshire County DA (413) 443-5951
Pittsfield Community Justice Support Center (413) 358-4321
Elizabeth Freeman Center (Safety Planning) (413) 499-2425
Community Navigators for Women
2nd Street, Second Chances (413) 770-0560; (413) 822-1811
Central Berkshire Habitat for Humanity: (413) 349-3831
George B. Crane Memorial Center (413) 464-7066
Brien Center Female Resource Navigator (413) 770-8747
CHP Community Navigators (413) 854-2816
Volunteers in Medicine (those ineligible for all insurance): (413) 528-4014
Pittsfield Health Department City Health Worker: (413) 448-9852
Offering a Child Passenger Safety Program with free car seat installations, checks, and car seats for low-income families. A free naloxone distribution site at 100 North St and referrals to local services. A Wellness program that offers blood pressure checks, nutrition consultations, and a variety of other services at locations throughout Pittsfield.
Women’s Groups for Safe Social Connections
2nd Street, Second Chances Women’s Aftercare Group (413) 770-9031
Berkshire Connections, Pregnancy and Postpartum Group: (413) 822-9774
Have Hope Women’s Group (37 Main Street Suite 201, North Adams), every 2nd and 4th Thursday from 5:00-6:00 pm: (413) 398-1389
Rural Recovery Women’s Group (Great Barrington): (413) 645-3564
Women’s Recovery Housing
Safe Harbor (413) 499-1456
Vanderburg House (844) 762-3747
Shelter and Services for Unhoused Families
ServiceNet Shelter (The Pearl): (413) 320-6550
Our Friends’ House: (413) 499-2877
Onota Family Shelter: (413) 582-4257
Louison House (North Adams): (413) 663-6323
Culturally Specific Women’s Services
Multicultural Bridge (Great Barrington): (413) 274-8142
Rites of Passage and Empowerment Program, R.O.P.E.
Berkshire Pride LGBTQIA+ Social Connections: info@Berkshirepride.org
Berkshire Pride is a nonprofit organization committed to fostering a safe, inclusive, and affirming environment for LGBTQ+ individuals and their allies in Berkshire County.
Educating Equity: a collaboration between the Elizabeth Freeman Center’s Violence Prevention Team and Berkshire Pride to create inclusive sex-ed and healthy relationships education for marginalized youth, including LGBTQ and BIPOC students, who reside in Pittsfield. The Elizabeth Freeman Center also has specific Children Exposed to Domestic Violence (CEDV) counselors and LGBTQ-specific counselors.
Tech safety for survivors of domestic violence
Wildflower Alliance (413) 464-9807
Berkshire Immigrant Center (413) 445-4881