Respond, Inc. receives grant for teen dating violence program

Waltham, Mass. – April 27 – Respond, Inc. in Somerville has been awarded $11,505 from the Massachusetts Medical Society & Alliance Charitable Foundation as part of the foundation’s 2016 allocations for health care services.

The grant will help to support the agency’s Teen Dating Violence program for students in middle and high schools. Respond is New England's first domestic violence prevention agency and the second in the nation and has provided shelter, a crisis hotline, support services, training and education free to more than 100,000 members of the community for more than 40 years. This is the first grant to the agency from the Foundation. For information on the agency, visit www.respondinc.org

The grant was one of 15 made by the Foundation to agencies across the Commonwealth to assist in providing services for homeless, uninsured, and underinsured individuals and families; programs promoting healthy lifestyles; treatment for individuals with substance abuse; and programs addressing teen dating violence and infectious diseases.

The Foundation is a supporting organization of the Massachusetts Medical Society, the statewide association of physicians, and the MMS Alliance, the organization of physicians' spouses, physicians, medical students, partners, and friends committed to advancing the health and well-being of the family of medicine. The Foundation’s mission is to support the charitable and educational activities of the Society and Alliance and address issues affecting the health, benefit, and welfare of the community. For more information, visit www.mmsfoundation.org

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