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Adolescent Consultation Services

Since 1973, Adolescent Consultation Services has provided specialized diagnostic and therapeutic services to high-risk children and their families.

Adolescent Consultation Services (ACS) supports and empowers court-involved children and families by providing mental health prevention and intervention services to help them envision and work toward a better future. ACS was founded in 1973 in response to the specialized needs of children involved in the juvenile justice system. Throughout our first two decades, ACS served teens and families who were court-involved from Cambridge and Greater Boston. The program developed expertise in diagnostic and therapeutic services and established key partnerships in the community. In 1998, ACS was awarded the contract administered by the Department of Mental Health (DMH) to provide Juvenile Court Clinic services throughout Middlesex County. Today, ACS provides comprehensive diagnostic evaluations, treatment services, and advocacy for high-risk kids and their families. Private support enables ACS to offer Treatment and Education & Advocacy (E&A) services at no cost to families. We connect children and families with the resources they need to overcome obstacles due to trauma, family difficulties, educational challenges, mental health issues, and substance use concerns. This is the only official page of Adolescent Consultation Services.

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189 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA
02141

Website

http://www.acskids.org/

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Since 1973, Adolescent Consultation Services (ACS) has provided specialized diagnostic and therapeutic services to court-involved children and their families in Middlesex County and Greater Boston. Although their histories and circumstances vary, all our kids have experienced serious setbacks such as learning disabilities, family substance abuse, medical and mental health problems, poverty, and cultural adjustment issues due to recent immigration. For its first two decades, ACS served court-involved kids from Cambridge and Greater Boston. The program developed expertise in diagnostic services and built community linkages within the child welfare and juvenile justice community. In 1998, based on a strong track record of meeting the needs of vulnerable children, the Massachusetts Juvenile Court awarded ACS the contract to provide Juvenile Court Clinic services throughout Middlesex County. Since then, the Department of Mental Health has administered the contract that funds juvenile court diagnostic evaluations, approximately 60% of the overall ACS operating budget. Currently, about 600 kids are referred to ACS for evaluations by the Middlesex Juvenile Court each year. This is the only official page of Adolescent Consultation Services.