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Best Buddies MA & RI

General Info

Program Name
Integrated Employment Jobs Program
Agency Office
529 Main Street Suite 202
Boston, MA 02129
Phone
617-778-0522
Program Type
Workprogram types definition
Business Filing Type
Corporation
Organizational Type
Non-Profit
Hours of Operation
9:00am-5:00pm
Accessibility Features
Wheelchair Ramps, Elevators, Accessible Parking, Accessible Restrooms, Near Public Transportation, Able to serve clients in their wheelchair , Accessible Public Transportation, Services at Home, Services at Work
Contact
Jessica Urquhart
Services
Job Support, Job Training, Relationship/Friendship Support, Skills Training, Socialization Activities
Populations Served
Developmental Disability, Intellectual Disabilities
Eligibility Requirements
DDS eligibility

Narrative

 

All individuals served by Best Buddies Jobs must:

• Have a primary diagnosis that is an intellectual or developmental disability
• Have a desire to work in the community

The Best Buddies Jobs program represents one of our organization’s four key mission pillars, Integrated Employment. This program secures jobs for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), allowing them to earn an income, pay taxes, and continuously and independently support themselves.

The Jobs program places focus beyond the typical jobs in which a person with IDD might be placed. Best Buddies focuses on finding work that matches the job seeker’s interests and talents. 

Licensure

Client Information

Staff to Client Ratios
clients to every staff person
Age Range of Clients
22 years to 99 years

Towns Served

ABINGTON, ACTON, ACUSHNET, ALLSTON, AMESBURY, ANDOVER, AQUINNAH, ARLINGTON, ASHBURNHAM, ASHBY, ASHLAND, ASSONET, ATTLEBORO, AUBURN, AUBURNDALE, AVON, AYER, BACK BAY, BARNSTABLE, BARRE, BEACON HILL/WEST END, BEDFORD, BELLINGHAM, BELMONT, BERKLEY, BERLIN, BEVERLY, BILLERICA, BLACKSTONE, BOLTON, BOSTON, BOURNE, BOXBOROUGH, BOXFORD, BOYLSTON, BRAINTREE, BREWSTER, BRIDGEWATER, BRIGHTON, BROCKTON, BROOKFIELD, BROOKLINE, BURLINGTON, BUZZARDS BAY, BYFIELD, CAMBRIDGE, CANTON, CARLISLE, CARVER, CENTERVILLE, CHARLESTOWN, CHATHAM, CHELMSFORD, CHELSEA, CHESTNUT HILL, CHILMARK, CHINATOWN, CLINTON, COCHITUATE, COHASSET, COLUMBIA POINT, CONCORD, COTUIT, DANVERS, DARTMOUTH, DEDHAM, DENNIS, DEVENS, DIGHTON, DORCHESTER, DOUGLAS, DOVER, DRACUT, DUDLEY, DUNSTABLE, DUXBURY, EAST BOSTON, EAST BRIDGEWATER, EAST BROOKFIELD, EAST FREETOWN, EAST LONGMEADOW, EASTHAM, EASTON, EDGARTOWN, ESSEX, EVERETT, FAIRHAVEN, FALL RIVER, FALMOUTH, FITCHBURG, FORESTDALE, FOXBOROUGH, FRAMINGHAM, FRANKLIN, FREETOWN, GARDNER, GEORGETOWN, GLOUCESTER, GOSNOLD, GRAFTON, GROTON, HALIFAX, HAMILTON, HANOVER, HANSON, HARVARD, HARWICH, HAVERHILL, HINGHAM, HOLBROOK, HOLDEN, HOLLAND, HOLLISTON, HOPEDALE, HOPKINTON, HUDSON, HULL, HYANNIS, HYDE PARK, IPSWICH, JAMAICA PLAIN, KINGSTON, LAKEVILLE, LANCASTER, LAWRENCE, LEICESTER, LEOMINSTER, LEXINGTON, LINCOLN, LITTLETON, LOWELL, LUNENBURG, LYNN, LYNNFIELD, MALDEN, MANCHESTER, MANOMET, MANSFIELD, MARBLEHEAD, MARION, MARLBOROUGH, MARSHFIELD, MARSTONS MILLS, MARTHA’S VINEYARD, MASHPEE, MATTAPAN, MATTAPOISETT, MAYNARD, MEDFIELD, MEDFORD, MEDWAY, MELROSE, MENDON, MERRIMAC, METHUEN, MIDDLEBORO, MIDDLEBOROUGH, MIDDLETON, MILFORD, MILLBURY, MILLIS, MILLVILLE, MILTON, NAHANT, NANTUCKET, NATICK, NEEDHAM, NEWBURY, NEWBURYPORT, NEWTON, NORFOLK, NORTH ANDOVER, NORTH ATTLEBORO, NORTH BROOKFIELD, NORTH DARTMOUTH, NORTH EASTON, NORTH END, NORTH READING, NORTH WEYMOUTH, NORTHAMPTON, NORTHBORO, NORTHBRIDGE, NORTON, NORWELL, NORWOOD, OAK BLUFFS, ONSET, ORLEANS, OSTERVILLE, OXFORD, PAXTON, PEABODY, PEMBROKE, PEPPERELL, PLAINVILLE, PLYMOUTH, PLYMPTON, POCASSET, PRIDES CROSSING, PRINCETON, PROVINCETOWN, QUINCY, RANDOLPH, RAYNHAM, READING, REHOBOTH, REVERE, ROCHDALE, ROCHESTER, ROCKLAND, ROCKPORT, ROSLINDALE, ROWLEY, ROXBURY, RUTLAND, SALEM, SALISBURY, SANDWICH, SAUGUS, SCITUATE, SEEKONK, SHARON, SHERBORN, SHIRLEY, SHREWSBURY, SOMERSET, SOMERVILLE, SOUTH WEYMOUTH, SOUTH YARMOUTH, SOUTHBOROUGH, SOUTHBRIDGE, SPENCER, STERLING, STONEHAM, STOUGHTON, STOW, SUDBURY, SUTTON, SWAMPSCOTT, SWANSEA, TAUNTON, TEWKSBURY, TOPSFIELD, TOWNSEND, TRURO, TYNGSBOROUGH, UPTON, UXBRIDGE, VINEYARD HAVEN, WABAN, WAKEFIELD, WALPOLE, WALTHAM, WAREHAM, WATERTOWN, WAYLAND, WEBSTER, WELLESLEY, WELLFLEET, WENHAM, WEST BOYLSTON, WEST BRIDGEWATER, WEST BROOKFIELD, WEST NEWBURY, WEST ROXBURY, WEST YARMOUTH, WESTBORO, WESTFORD, WESTON, WESTPORT, WESTWOOD, WEYMOUTH, WHITINSVILLE, WHITMAN, WILMINGTON, WINTHROP, WOBURN, WORCESTER, WRENTHAM, YARMOUTH

Record last updated on 08/05/2023

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