BOSTON OUTPATIENT ASSISTED TREATMENT (BOAT) PROGRAM
According to its official website, “The Boston Outpatient Assisted Treatment Program (BOAT) is a mental health treatment program created in partnership between the Boston Municipal Court and Boston Medical Center. The program provides intensive social, mental health, and substance use disorder services designed to help court-involved clients maintain stability, achieve recovery within the community, and avoid hospitalization and incarceration.
“Thanks to a grant from SAMHSA, we are able to closely monitor treatment outcomes with consistent court oversight and strong clinical and social services support. Our goals are to eliminate barriers to the timely and effective treatment of severe mental illness, remove the stigma associated with mental health diagnoses and work towards decriminalizing mental illness in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
BOAT is tailored for clients who have a major mental illness and have a pending criminal matter or are on probation within the Boston Municipal Court system.”
Note: If you or someone you know is experiencing mental illness and is involved with Boston Municipal Court, please call 617.414.1391 or email boat@bmc.org for more information on how to refer.
Click here to learn more about the BOAT Program.