We’re here if you need us!
For questions about care for children ages birth to three years old:
Email Greatstarts@boston.gov
Help is available in English, Spanish, French, Haitian Creole and Arabic.
For Boston Public Schools, contact a Welcome Center near you:
Dorchester
1216 Dorchester Ave, Dorchester, MA 02125
617-635-8015
Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Wednesday: 12 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Help is available in English, Portuguese, Spanish, Cabo Verdean Creole, and Vietnamese.
East Boston
312 Border Street, Boston, MA 02128
617-635-9597
Mon, Tues: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Wednesday: 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. (January only)
Help is available in English, Spanish, Portuguese.
Please note that the East Boston Welcome Center, located at the Umana Academy, is closed on all BPS school holidays.
Roslindale
515 Hyde Park Ave, Boston, MA 02131
617-635-8040
Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Wednesday: 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. (January only)
Help is available in Cabo Verdean Creole, English, French, Haitian Creole, Portuguese, and Spanish.
Roxbury
2300 Washington Street, Roxbury, MA 02119
617-635-9010
Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Wednesday: 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. (January only)
Help is available in Cabo Verdean Creole, English, Portuguese, Somali, and Spanish.