Ludlow Public Schools

Local Resources

Center for Human Development (CHD)

(multiple locations - Chicopee is Ludlow’s catchment area)

Phone: 1-833-CHD-TALK

Behavioral Health Network & Crisis Services (BHN) 

Walk In: 417 Liberty Street, Entrance B, Springfield MA

Phone: 413-733-6661

Mental Health Association of Springfield (MHA) 

995 Worthington Street, Springfield MA

Phone: 413-734-5376

Ludlow Health Department 

413-583-5600 ext. 1266

Learn More 

• Hand Hold
  • Handhold was created by a team of mental health and child development experts in partnership with parents who have gone through what you are going through. Our goal? To guide you in caring for your child’s mental health and emotional well-being. 

• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI): 1-800-950-6264 (NAMI)
  • Provides free information, referrals, and support to anyone with a mental illness, anyone living and/or assisting someone with a mental illness, and the general public. Often has volunteer attorneys who may be able to offer expertise and referrals in necessary cases. 
• Vital 
  • (a project of the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Cross-Cultural Student Emotional Wellness)
  • Has a video series introducing some concepts of mental wellbeing in English, Mandarin, and Vietnamese.​
• CDC - Keeping Children Safe 

Youth Mental Health Roadmap for Western, MA (September, 2023)

Over the past year, the Public Health Institute of Western Mass has brought people together in our region to outline a mental health for our region.  

Roadmap Brief

Presentation (November,2023)