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Plymouth’s Child and Family Services re-design creates stir

By Susan Gonsalves

Earlier this year, there was an outcry when word got out that the Emergency Services Program (ESP) operated by Child and Family Services in Plymouth was about to change. Executive Director Anne Sampaio, LICSW, noted that people feared the closure of the current office space on Long Pond Road in June would mean that people in 10 communities would be left without `walk-in’ aid or have to travel to the New Bedford site for help. The program provides crisis intervention for a variety of mental health and substance use disorders. The services include facilitating a placement in a treatment facility, [More]

Tags: Mental health, Massachusetts, Child and Family Services, Plymouth, New Bedford, Duxbury, Halifax, Hanover, Hanson, Kingston, Marshfield, Pembroke, Plympton, mergency Services Program, crisis intervention, substance use disorders
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