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ENGLISH CLASSES:
Literacy Volunteers of Berkshire County, 1 Wendall Avenue, Pittsfield, MA 413-499-9487, offers free English tutors
BCC’s Adult Learning Program– offers free ESOL and ABE classes in a morning and evening schedule.
343 Main Street Great Barrington, MA 413-236-2174 www.berkshirecc.edu/alp
The Literacy Network of South Berkshire, 100 Main Street, Lee, MA 01238 413-243-0471 info@litnetsb.org offers free tutoring for ESOL and citizenship preparation.
The Adult Learning Center,141 North Street, Pittsfield, MA 01201, 413-499-9530, 413-499-9509, offers free day and evening ESOL classes
North Berkshire Adult Basic Education, 413-662-5310, t.margulies@mcla.edu, offers free day and evening ESOL classes
MEDICAL HELP:
Volunteers In Medicine Berkshires
777 Main Street, Suite 4
Great Barrington, Massachusetts 01230-2224,
(413) 528-4014,
http://www.vimberkshires.org
Provides free healthcare to people living and working in the Berkshire Region who are currently uninsured.
Advocacy for Access
Advocacy for Access helps uninsured and underinsured people of all ages access various programs that can pay for healthcare services, thereby reducing or eliminating inability to pay as a barrier to receiving health care. Our staff can help you navigate the many available options.
Advocacy for Access at Berkshire Medical Center
510 North Street, Suite 8
Pittsfield, MA 01201
(413) 445-9427
http://www.berkshirehealthsystems.org/access
Advocacy for Access at Fairview Hospital
29 Lewis Ave
Great Barrington, MA 01230
(413) 854-9608
Ecu Health Care
Our mission is to help the uninsured and underinsured residents of North Berkshire access affordable health care.
71 Hospital Ave.
North Adams, MA 01247
413-663-8711
FAX 413-664-5094
ecuhealth@nbhealth.org
http://ecuhealth.boxcarexpress.com/
Community Health Program
CHP offers a comprehensive array of health care and related services.
We provide high quality care for infants, children, adults and elders who reside in South Berkshire County and the surrounding areas, regardless of income or insurance status.
444 Stockbridge Road,
Great Barrington, MA 01230
Office Hours: Monday – Friday 9:00am – 5:00pm
Tel: 413-528-9311
510 North Street, Suite 1
Pittsfield, MA 01201
(413) 447-2351
HELP FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE:
Elizabeth Freeman Center
24/7 Hotline: (866) 401-2425
email: info@elizabethfreemancenter.
website: www.elizabethfreemancenter.org
Pittsfield office
43 Francis Avenue
Pittsfield, MA 01201
(413) 499-2425
North Adams office
61 Main Street, Suite 202
North Adams, MA 01247
(413) 663-7459
Great Barrington office
401 Stockbridge Road, Suite 3
Great Barrington, MA 01230
(413) 429-8190
- Free and confidential services for survivors of domestic or sexual violence, include counseling, court and legal advocacy, shelter, supervised visitation, support groups, pet foster care, prevention education, and much more.
POLITICAL REPRESENTATIVES:
U.S. Senators for Massachusetts:
Elizabeth Warren:
Warren.senate.gov/
Springfield
1550 Main Street, Suite 406
Springfield, MA 01103
(202) 224-4543
Washington D.C.
2 Russell Courtyard
Washington, D.C. 20510
William M. Cowan:
http://cowan.senate.gov
Washington, D.C. Office
365 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-2742
Springfield Office
1550 Main Street, Suite 304
Springfield, MA 01103-1427
Phone: (413) 785-4610
U.S. Congressman (First District)
Richard Neal
Pittsfield Office
78 Center Street
Pittsfield, MA 01201
ph: (413) 442-0946
fx: (413) 443-2792
Monday-Friday 9 am – 5 pm
http://neal.house.gov
State Senator, Berkshire County
Benjamin B. Downing (D), Pittsfield
http://www.senatordowning.com/
Berkshire County State Representatives
First Berkshire District, Gailanne Cariddi (D), North Adams
- State House
- Room 130
- Boston, MA 02133
- Phone: 617-722-2130
- Fax: 617-626-0143
- Email: Gailanne.Cariddi@mahouse.gov
Second Berkshire District, Paul Mark (D)
- State House
- Room 473F
- Boston, MA 02133
- Phone: 617-722-2210
- Fax: 617-626-0249
- Email: Paul.Mark@mahouse.gov
- District Office
- P.O. Box 114
- Dalton, MA 01227
- Phone: 413-496-9666
Third Berkshire District, Tricia Farley-Bouvier (D), Pittsfield
- State House
- Room 156
- Boston, MA 02133
- Phone: 617-722-2240
- Email: Tricia.Farley-Bouvier@mahouse.gov
- District Office
- 113 Oliver Avenue
- Pittsfield, MA 01201
- Phone:
Fourth Berkshire District, William Smitty Pignatelli (D), Lenox
- State House
- Room 448
- Boston, MA 02133
- Phone: 617-722-2582
- Fax: 617-722-2879
- Email: Rep.Smitty@mahouse.gov
- District Office
- Lenox Town Hall
- PO Box 2228
- Lenox , MA 01240
- Phone: 413-637-0631