Trauma Intervention Services
About Our Free Services:
We provide comprehensive crisis intervention services to survivors and their families of domestic violence, sexual assault, rape, and homicide through experienced professionals to 25 Milford area communities. All services are FREE and confidential.
Homicide Bereavement Program
- Support services for individuals impacted by homicide, including vehicular homicide and attempted homicide:
- Crisis intervention and debriefing
- Individual, family, and group counseling
- Legal advocacy
- Benefit access assistance
Our Homicide Bereavement services are open to:
- Anyone affected by homicide, including vehicular incidents
- Victims of attempted homicide
- Family and friends grieving the loss of a loved one due to homicide
- First responders such as police, paramedics, firefighters, and hospital workers
Accessible Free Support Services and Programs
Children Who Witness Violence Program
Services for children ages 5 and older and their non-offending family who witness violence directly or indirectly:
- Crisis intervention
- Individual, family and group counseling
- Therapeutic supportive groups
- Individually tailored referrals and resources
Our Child Who Witness Violence services are open to:
- Children age 5 and older and their adult caregivers
Domestic Violence Services
Services for survivors of interpersonal violence and their non-offending families including:
- Crisis intervention
- Individual, family and group counseling
- Safety planning and assistance with restraining orders
- Court accompaniment
- Individually tailored referrals and resources
- Multilingual services when available
Our Domestic Violence services are open to:
- All survivors of domestic violence including those currently in violent and/or controlling relationships
Rape Crisis Program
Services for survivors ages 12 and older of sexual violence, adult survivors of child sexual abuse, and their significant others:
- Blackstone Valley Rape Crisis Hotline: 800-511-5070
- Individual, family, group crisis counseling
- Direct response to hospitals to provide support during SANE examinations
- Support connecting to Legal resources
- Safety planning
- Community outreach and education
- Individually tailored referrals and resources
- Counseling available in Spanish and Portuguese
SAFE Coalition – Satellite Office
- Phone Number: 508-488-8105
- Address: 31 Hayward Street Suite 2C Franklin, MA 02038
Chris’ Corner – Satellite Office
- Phone Number: 508-552-8080
- Address: 12 Main Street Milford, MA 01588
- TTY: 508-478-4205 (M-F, 9am-5pm)
- For non-business hours: Call Mass Relay
(711) and ask for 1.800.511.5070
Rape Crisis Volunteer opportunities
- Join us in our mission to empower survivors and to end violence in our communities.
- 40-hr Rape Crisis Volunteer Advocate training provided Answer/respond to hotline calls
- Support sexual assault survivors at hospitals Use essential counseling skills
- Volunteer at events to raise awareness and
- Promote prevention efforts to end violence
Who We Support
- Services are inclusive of all survivors regardless of gender, sexual orientation, education and employment status, religion, race and ethnicity.
- Choose between in-person or virtual services based on your preference.
Free Support Services Offered
- One-on-One Debriefing and counseling for Individuals
- Family Debriefing and Counseling
- Support Group Sessions
- Court Accompaniment and support connecting to legal resources
- Assistance in Accessing Benefits, including Victim’s Compensation
- Community Outreach and Educational programming for schools, law enforcement, human services, and mental health professionals, as well as faith communities and residential programs on topics such as domestic/sexual violence, harassment, trauma from interpersonal violence, teen dating violence, healthy relationships, bullying, and managing disclosures of violence/abuse with referral information.
Serving Regions:
Blackstone Valley, Assabet Valley, and MetroWest.
Supported by grants from:
Massachusetts Office for Victim Assistance through a Victims of Crime Act 1984 (VOCA) grant for the Office of Victims of Crime, Office of Justice Programs, U.S.
Department of Justice, Department of Public Health, Executive Office of Public Safety, FFY2009 Recovery Act VOCA Formula Grant, 2009-40219-MA- SG, awarded by the OVC, OJP, U.S. DOJ through MOVA. Also supported by Grant No. 2019-AR-BX-K083 awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance.
Main Office
- Main Line: 508.469.3135
- Referral Number: 508.469.3230
- 24 Hour Hotline: 800-511-5070
- Email: TISreferrals@Waysideyouth.org
- Fax: 508.478.9042
- Address:
10 Asylum Street Milford, MA 01757
