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Narrative

We are licensed by the state, COA acredited, to administer the Adult Foster Care Program (AFC program).

The AFC program is a MassHealth program. The program is set up to pay caregivers a monthly, tax-free payment for caring for a friend or family member, living in the same household. People who are elderly or over the age of 16 and physically or mentally disabled. Depending on the level of care that is needed, tax-free stipend payments to caregivers can range between $750 to $1500 per month through our agency.  

Service Types

• Case Management
• Family Support
• Financial Assistance
• Food - Meals
• Relationship/Friendship Support
• Skills Training
• Socialization Activities

Insurances Accepted

• Boston Medical Center HealthNet
• Fallon Health
• Tufts Health Plan

Program Type

• Adult Foster Care
• Aging
• Community Supports Program
• Financial Assistance
• Health Care
• Home Health/Personal Care
• Independent Living
• Information/Referral
• Medical
• Mental Health
• Personal Care

Populations Served

• All Disabilities
• Allergies
• Alzheimer's Disease
• Amputations
• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
• Angelman Syndrome
• Anxiety
• Aphasia
• Apraxia
• Arthritis
• Arthrogryposis
• Asperger's Syndrome
• Ataxia
• Attention Deficit Disorder/Hyper Activity Disorder
• Autism Spectrum
• Autoimmune Diseases
• Balance Disorders
• Barth Syndrome
• Batten Disease
• Behavior Disorder
• Bipolar
• Birth Defects
• Blind
• Blood disorders
• Bone Disorders
• Brain/Head Injury
• Burns
• Canavan Disease
• Cancer
• Celiac Disease
• Cerebral Palsy
• Chemical Sensitivities
• Chiari Malformation
• Chromosome Disorders
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
• Chronic Health Impairment
• Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
• Cleft Lip & Palate
• Cochlear Implants
• Colon Disease
• Cornelia de Lange Syndrome
• Costello Syndrome
• Craniofacial syndromes
• Cushing Syndrome
• Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome
• Cystic Fibrosis
• Dandy-Walker Syndrome
• Deaf
• DeafBlind
• Depression
• Developmental Delay Birth to 3
• Developmental Disability
• Diabetes
• Digestive Disorders
• Dravet Syndrome
• Dual Diagnosis - ID/MI
• Dying/high Risk
• Dysautonomia
• Dysphagia
• Eating Disorders
• Ectodermal Dysplasias
• Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
• Elderly Person with disabilities
• Epilepsy/seizure Disorder
• Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
• FG Syndrome
• Fragile X Syndrome
• Gastrointestinal Disorders
• Gastrointestinal Motility Disorders
• Gastroparesis
• Gaucher Disease
• Genetic Disorders
• Glycogen Storage Disorders
• Grave's Disease
• Growth Disorders
• Guillain-Barré Syndrome
• Hard of Hearing
• Heart Disorder
• Huntington's Disease
• Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome
• Hydrocephalus
• Incontinentia Pigmenti
• Intellectual Disabilities
• Joint Disorder
• Kawasaki Disease
• Kidney Disease
• Klinefelter Syndrome
• Language Impairment
• Laryngectomy
• Learning Disabilities
• Leukemia
• Leukodystrophy
• Liver Disease
• Lupus Erythematous
• Lyme Disease
• Mental Illness
• Microcephaly
• Mitochondrial Disease
• Mowat-Wilson Syndrome
• Multiple Disability
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Muscular Dystrophy
• Musculoskeletal
• Myotonic Dystrophy
• Narcolepsy
• Neurofibromatosis
• Neurogenic Spinal Deformity
• Nonverbal Communication
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
• Oral/Touch Defensive
• Osteogenesis Imperfecta
• Other See Narrative
• Pain
• Panic Disorder
• Parkinson's Disease
• Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders
• Periventricular Nodular Heterotopia
• Phenylketonuria (PKU)
• Phobia
• Physical Disabilities
• Polio
• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Psychotic Disorder (Conditions of the Mind)
• Rare disorders/low incidence
• Respiratory Disorders
• Rett Syndrome
• Rubella
• Sandhoff Disease
• Sanfilippo Syndrome
• Schizophrenia
• Scoliosis
• Self-Harm
• Sensory Processing Disorder
• Sickle Cell Disease
• Skin Disorders
• Smell/taste Disorders
• Smith-Magenis Syndrome
• Sotos Syndrome
• Speech Impairment
• Spina Bifida
• Spinal Cord Injury
• Stroke
• Substance Abuse
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
• Suicide Loss Survivors
• Syringomyelia
• Tarlov Cyst Disease
• Tay-Sachs
• Thyroid Conditions
• Tourette Syndrome
• Tuberous Sclerosis
• Turner Syndrome
• Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome
• Urea Cycle Disorders
• Visual Impairment
• von Hippel-Lindau Disease
• Williams Syndrome
• Xeroderma Pigmentosum

Ages Served

• 14 - 18
• 19 - 22
• 23 – 59
• 60 +

Languages Spoken

• Cape Verdean
• French
• Haitian
• Haitian-Creole
• Portuguese
• Portuguese-Creole
• Spanish

Accessibility Features

• Able to serve clients in their wheelchair
• Accessible Parking
• Accessible Public Transportation
• Accessible Restrooms
• Medical Needs
• Services at Home
• Services at School
• Services at Work

Additional Information

• Accredited By: AOC accredited
• Fees: MassHealth