Margaret's House

Our Dorchester campus houses Margaret’s House, an Adult Family Shelter program which provides 36 families (moms and their children) experiencing homelessness with shelter and trauma-informed services uniquely needed during their path to long-term, multi-generational stabilization.

The typical length of stay for a family is 12 months.

Striving to enhance a family’s ability to not only achieve, but to sustain economic and social independence, the program offers residents:

Shelter for families experiencing homelessness
Assessment and crisis stabilization services
Intensive case management and advocacy
A full continuum of skills groups on topics ranging from budgeting, to parenting, to substance abuse recovery
Access to family libraries, book clubs, and infant/toddler playrooms
Therapeutic recreation programming for children
On-site family medicine and additional case management provided by Boston Healthcare for the Homeless Program
Education support and workforce development mentorship
On-site behavioral health services
Access to on-site childcare through the Carolyn Lynch Children’s Center

Housing advocates prepare each family’s move from shelter to permanent housing and support families during a 24-month stabilization period.

St. Mary’s Center for Women and Children

90 Cushing Avenue, Dorchester, MA 02125
P: 617.436. 8600

F: 617.288.8961

St. Mary’s Center for Women and Children is registered as a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. Contributions to St. Mary’s Center are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.