The Survivor Outreach Services (SOS) collaborate with violence prevention and health professionals from Boston and other parts of the State to address issues pertaining to families surviving the murder of a loved one. The Program reaches out to families 24-48 hours after the murder has taken place, connects survivors of violence to appropriate social services, assists them in dealing with the criminal justice system, provides support during criminal trials, and trains them to become advocates for and mentors to other families impacted by violence. Over 300 families have benefited from Outreach Services since its inception.

Massachusetts’ Mothers On the Move (M’MOM): The mothers who have lost their sons to murder, and the mothers who have lost their sons to prison have reached out their hands to each other forming Massachusetts’ Mothers on the Move. The goal of M’MOM is to provide a voice for guidance and support to families in our community who have suffered loss of children through violence, incarceration and an ineffective legal system, with a focus on helping eacother menatlly, emotonally and spriritually. We are also committed to showing support to our children by challenging a system that often violates the very constitutional rights it was designed to protect.

The Teen Survivor To Survivor Services (TSTS) is a component of SOS that specifically works youth homicide survivors, ages 13-17, and connects them to each other in a peer support network that helps them explore their grief and confront their anger. The program helps these students transform their anger into positive energy to prevent violence and promote peace. This is a collaborative effort with the Harvard School of Public Health Division of Public Health Practice.