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(Hotline numbers are in red)

ADDICTION/SUBSTANCE ABUSE NUMBER WEB
Al-Anon/Alateen 508-366-0556 www.ma-al-anon-alateen.org
Mothers Against Drunk Driving 1-800-633-6233  
Adcare 508-999-1102 http://www.adcare.com/ 
A-A Hotline (local) 508-992-7788  
MA Council on Compulsive Gambling 1-800-252-6465 http://www.masscompulsivegambling.org/ 
Overeaters Anonymous 617-641-2323 781-641-2303 http://recovery.hiwaay.net/intergroups/oaigww.html 
Positive Action Against Chemical Addiction (PAACA) 508-997-9051 (Paste agency name into your browser to reach site)
McLean Hospital  (Eating Disorders Unit) 800-333-0338 http://www.mcleanhospital.org/Child/eating_disorders_center.htm 
National Eating Disorders Association (206) 382-3587 http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/p.asp?WebPage_ID=337 
CHILD ABUSE NUMBER WEB
DSS (report abuse of child) 508-910-1000 http://www.state.ma.us/dss/ 
Child at Risk Hotline 1-800-792-5200 http://www.state.ma.us/dss/ 
CRISIS NUMBER WEB      
New Bedford Crisis Center 508-996-3154 http://www.cfservices.org/aboutus.html 
Suicide (Local Samaritans)     508-999-7276 http://www.suicide-helplines.org/usa/massachusetts.htm 
Samaritans (National) (Web Only) http://www.befrienders.org/bidir/usa.htm 
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE NUMBER WEB
Greater New Bedford Woman's Center 508-996-3343 www.gnbwc.org/
Woman's Center Hotline (Sexual Assault/Rape) 508-999-6636  
Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network 1-800-656-Hope http://www.rainn.org/ 
ELDER SERVICES NUMBER WEB
Elder Protection Hotline 1-800-922-2275 http://www.ago.state.ma.us/sp.cfm?pageid=1089
Dartmouth Council On Aging 508-999-4717  
Dept of Elder Affairs Hotline 1-800-882-2003  
FAMILY SERVICES NUMBER WEB
New Bedford Child and Family Services 508-996-8572 http://www.child-familyservices.org/
Dartmouth Youth Commission (Kevin Lee, Youth Advocate) 508-910-1855 www.DartmouthYouth.com
Greater NB Community Health Center 508-992-6553 http://www.gnbchc.org/ 
Center for Health and Human Services 508-990-8345 http://alcoholism.about.com/od/tx_ma/qt/ma067.htm
CHHS AIDS Advocacy/Project Care 508-990-8280  
Catholic Social Services 508-997-7337  
Inter-Church Council of Greater New Bedford 508-9936242 http://www.inter-churchcouncil.org/
Jewish Family Services 508-997-7471 http://www.ajfca.org/cgi-bin/dir.pl?string=XXMA
Project Rachel 508-997-3300 (Support for persons hurting from past abortions)
Caring Tree Family Grief Group 508-991-4404  
MA Child Support Enforcement 1-800-332-2733 http://www.cse.state.ma.us/
HEALTH NUMBER WEB
Greater New Bedford Community Health Center (GNBCHC) 508-992-6553 http://www.gnbchc.org/ 
Teen Clinic (GNBCHC) 508-992-6553 http://www.gnbchc.org/adolesc.htm 
HIV Testing/Project Care 508-996-3147  
HEALTH, MENTAL NUMBER WEB
Adult Mental Health Clinic 508-999-3317  
(See also: Hospitals, Psychiatric)     
HOSPICE NUMBER WEB
Community Nurse and Hospice Care 508-999-3400 http://www.communitynurse.com/ 
Southcoast Hospital Group Hospice 508-984-0270 http://www.southcoast.org/ 
Hospice Foundation of America (Web only) http://www.hospicefoundation.org/ 
HOSPITALS (General) NUMBER WEB
Saint Luke's Hospital 508-997-1515 http://www.southcoast.org/  
Charlton Memorial Hospital 508-679-3131 http://www.southcoast.org/  
HOSPITALS (CHILDREN'S) NUMBER WEB
Children's Hospital Boston 617-355-6000 http://web1.tch.harvard.edu/
Hasbro Children's Hospital 401-444-4000 http://www.lifespan.org/partners/hch/
HOSPITALS (PSYCHIATRIC) NUMBER WEB
Pembroke Hospital 617-826-8161 http://www.arbourhealth.com/wphs.html
Bradley Hospital 401.432.1000 http://www.lifespan.org/partners/bh/
McLean Hospital 617-855-2000 http://www.mcleanhospital.org/ 
LOCAL EMERGENCY NUMBER WEB
Police (Dartmouth) 911 http://www.dartmouthpd.org/ 
Massachusetts State Police 508-993-8373 Mass State Police
Fire (Dartmouth) 911 http://www.town.dartmouth.ma.us/fire_districts.htm 
Ambulance (Dartmouth)

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STAT Ambulance Company 508-997-6123  (Paste agency name into your browser to reach site)
POISON CONTROL  NUMBER WEB
Poison Control 1-800-682-9211 617-232-2120 http://www.pediatricnursing.com/resources/poison.html#MA 
National Poison Control Info (Web only) http://www.pharmacyandyou.org/poisoncontrol/poisoncenters.html 
RAPE NUMBER WEB
Greater New Bedford Woman's Center (Sexual Assault/Rape) 508-999-6636 www.gnbwc.org/
Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network 1-800-656-Hope http://www.rainn.org/ 
Greater New Bedford Woman's Center (Office) 508-996-3343 www.gnbwc.org/
SUICIDE NUMBER WEB 
New Bedford Crisis Center 508-996-3154 http://www.cfservices.org/aboutus.html 
Suicide (Local Samaritans)   508-999-7276 http://www.suicide-helplines.org/usa/massachusetts.htm 
Samaritans (National) (Web Only) http://www.befrienders.org/index.htm
YOUTH CRISIS     (NATIONAL HOTLINES) NUMBER WEB
National Runaway Switchboard 1-800-621-4000 http://www.nrscrisisline.org/
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children 1-800-The-Lost http://www.missingkids.com/
Girls and Boys Town National Hotline 1-800-448-3000 http://www.girlsandboystown.org/hotline/index.asp
Child Help USA (National Child Abuse Hotline) 480-922-8212 http://www.childhelpusa.org/index.htm