Community Resources
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Independence House of Hyannis offers free and confidential supports for people impacted by domestic violence, sexual assault and homicide. (508) 771-6507. (Website currently under construction)
HOMELESSNESS
A directory of agencies and resources on the Cape that support those who may be struggling with housing. (Thanks to Jill Scalise from Brewster Brewster Church for sharing it)
https://nausetinterfaith.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Community-Resources-for-Homelessness.pdf
IMMIGRANT SAFETY
From MIRA (Massachusetts Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy Coalition):
Immigrant Safety tools (updated 2/6/25)
Below, please use the link below to the Immigrant Safety page from: miracoalition.org
Find Know Your Rights material and a Family Preparedness Tool Kit here using the QR code [in the link]. These resources will help you be better prepared if a family member experiences separation from being detained or deported.
INFO in cooperation with: Nauset Interfaith Association, Falmouth Immigrant Rights Coali1on
https://nausetinterfaith.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/CCSC-QR-CODES-Flyer-FINAL-FEB-6-2025.pdf
Excellent ‘Know Your Rights’ page with many of the presentations offered in multiple languages including Creole (Kreyol ayisyen), Portuguese (Portugues) and Spanish (Espanol) and community slide presentations and ‘know your rights’ handouts in those and other languages. https://miracoalition.org/news/know-your-rights/
Freedom For Immigrants organization educating and advocating against US immigration detention system. www.freedomforimmigrants.org
Local Police & Our Immigrant Communities
Police chiefs on the lower and outer Cape have assured NIA that they will not participate in Federal Governement operations to detain or deport immigrants from our communities. Here is a Public Safety document from Brewster outlining their policies: https://nausetinterfaith.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Secure-Communities-Flyer-1.pdf (English version)
Y en espanol: https://nausetinterfaith.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Secure-Communities-Flyer-Spanish.pdf
TRANSGENDER CARE
From Faithful America: 3 concrete actions you can take to help transgender children know they are seen, heard, and loved. https://act.faithfulamerica.org/signup/protect-trans-children/?t=3&akid=10222%2E609622%2Ejbv1YK
MEDICAL CARE
Barnstable County Bridge Care – volunteer healthcare professionals providing interim care while awaiting long-lterm primary care. Services open to everyone including immigrants, those without insurance, those newly insured but without primary care access and the homeless population. Contact at 774-470-4946 or bridgecare11@outlook.com.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM
Local Cape organization, Amazing Grace is a “program for children from Cape Cod and the South Shore whose family member is or has been incarerated. Visit their website for more information: https://amazinggracecapecod.org/
A website for those interested in deeper dive into Criminal Justice Reform (added 1/2026):
https://www.prisonpolicy.org/racialjustice.html
To build knowledge from the power of human connection, the Barnstable County Sheriff’s Office https://www.bsheriff.net/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=47 ) is proud to present the Frederick Douglass Project for Social Justice. (https://www.douglassproject.org/ )
The project brings community members together with incarcerated individuals to talk and learn from each other during structured conversations. It fosters learning and ignites a mutual transformation that enriches lives and reshapes our broader community.
During the pilot event on March 25 and future events throughout the year, the Sheriff’s Office will invite 20 community members to the correctional facility to meet 20 incarcerated individuals. The event includes an orientation, tour of the facility, facilitated introductions, and small group conversations over dinner.
“These conversations will correct misconceptions that incarcerated individuals are fundamentally different from everyone else,” said Barnstable County Sheriff Donna D. Buckley. “The average length of stay in the Barnstable County Correctional Facility is less than a year. Most of the people jailed here will soon return to society, and their successful rehabilitation depends on citizens who understand their challenges.”
Georgetown University Professor and Founder of the Frederick Douglass Project for Justice Marc Howard, and his staff will lead the discussion at the first event. Howard’s own life was transformed the first time he went to a prison to visit his childhood friend, Marty Tankleff, who had been wrongfully convicted of a double murder. That visit—and his ongoing relationship with Marty— became the genesis of his career as a criminal justice reform leader, both at Georgetown and through the Douglass Project. Founded in 2019, the project is offered at prisons and jails nationwide.
“Jails are built in isolated areas, but the reasons people end up in jail and their chances of successful re-entry must be front and center for community leaders, policymakers, educators, public safety officials, business owners, and good neighbors,” Buckley said.
The Frederick Douglass Project is an ongoing program at the BCSO. We welcome members of the public to sign up at Visitation Participation to get on the guest list for these events.
RESOURCES FOR SENIORS
Councils on Aging: Brewster 508-896-2737; Chatham 508-945-5190; Harwich 508-430-7550; Eastham 774-801-3151; Orleans 508-255-6333; Provincetown 508-487-7080; Truro 508-487-2462; Wellfleet 508-349-0313
Family Pantry of Cape Cod www.thefamilypantry.com or 508-432-6519
Lower Cape Outreach lcoutreach.org or 508-240-0694
St. Vincent DePaul Society 508-237-7983
Chatham Ecumenical Council preventingcapehomelessness.org
Harwich Ecumenical Council 508-432-0015
The Alzheimer’s Family Support Center, 508-896-5170 or www.alsfamilysupport.org
MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES
Behaviorial Health Innovators (https://bhinnov.org/the-cape-cod-youth-crisis-deepens/ ) is a non profit helping teens dealing with mental health or substance abuse challenges by sponosring prevention, intervention and treatment and recovery programs for Cape Cod youth and young adults.
Above flyer from National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)