Local Agencies & Services

Watertown Support Services

City Resources

• Watertown Advocates Co-Response Clinician
  Eli Miller | 617-600-1312 | elmiller@advocates.org 

• Watertown Health Department
  617-972-6446 | www.watertown-ma.gov/184/Health 

• Watertown Police Department (WPD)
  617-972-6500 | watertownpd.org

• Watertown Fire Department
  617-972-6512 | fire.watertown-ma.gov

• Watertown Social Services Resource Specialist Program
  Social services and resources for families including fuel, food and rent assistance, and a variety of support and counseling services.
  Sophia Suarez-Friedman, LCSW | Maysa Ramos, MSW
  617-744-9585 | Wayside Youth & Family Support

Schools

• Watertown Middle School Resource Specialist
  Officer Anna Margaryan | 617-600-1314 | amargaryan@police.watertown-ma.gov

• Watertown High School Resource Specialist
  Kerry Kelley | 617-600-6551 | kkelley@police.watertown-ma.gov

Support Groups

• Belmont Watertown United Methodist Church (BWUMC)
  Support Groups
  617-926-2931 | bwumc.org

• SMART Recovery Family & Friends
  EllenSmartRecovery@gmail.com | smartrecovery.org

Prevention & Education

• Wayside Multi-Service Center & Watertown Youth Coalition
  Offers community-wide initiatives that promote youth mental health and wellness, free from substance use.
  617-926-3600 | waysideyouth.org

• Watertown Overcoming Addiction
  Community Resources & Education
  https://www.facebook.com/watertownovercomingaddiction/

• 2nd Act
  Theater for Prevention & Education
  Karen Synder | 617-926-8124 | weare2ndact.org 

Intervention, Treatment, and Support Services

• Cambridge Needle Exchange Program
  Exchanges clean needles and offers a variety of services to injection drug users.
  617-599-0246 | aac.org

• Community Behavioral Health Center Mobile Crisis Intervention (MCI)

675 Main Street, Waltham – (781) 893-5110

Routine and Urgent Service Hours

Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.–8 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.

Crisis Service Hours (781) 893-2003

24 hours a day, 365 days a year

• AHOPE – Boston Needle Exchange
  Exchanges clean needles and offers a variety of services to injection drug users.
  800-383-2437 | bphc.org

• Mount Auburn Hospital
  617-499-5385 (ER)
  617-499-5051 (Inpatient/outpatient addiction services)
  617-499-5050 (Social Work Dept.)
  https://mountauburnhospital.org/services/addiction-recovery

• Massachusetts General Hospital
  Substance Use Disorders Initiative
  617-726-3557 | massgeneral.org/substance-use-disorders-initiative

• Advocates Psychiatric Emergency Services
  Mental health or addiction crisis help
  800-640-5432 | advocates.org

• Spectrum Health Systems
  Outpatient Services
  781-290-4970 | spectrumhealthsystems.org