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Several mental health and counseling organizations in the Quincy area have started providing mental support to residents during the COVID-19 crisis.
According to WGEM, residents in need will be able to access services through a Community Foundation grant. Transitions has opened an emotional support hotline for people who feel they are in an emotional crisis caused by the lockdown.
Chapin, who is the says the agency has limited funds but the grand is helping.
"Agencies like transitions have limited funds, particularly for it services, for computers and laptops, and iPads, and things you need in order to provide services by video conferencing," Barbara Baker Chapin, director of development for Transitions, told WGEM.
Jessica Peters, director of Transitions mental health and children's services, said the grant will be a big help.
"The grant will be a huge thing for them," Peters told WGEM. "We'll be able to provide smartphones, iPads, wi-fi hot spots ... (that) will help people to be able to connect with our services in a more meaningful way."
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