Helpline
ENGLISH: 617-357-8431 EXT. 3224
ESPAÑOL: 617-357-8431 EXT. 3237
We provide help for children who are facing barriers to receiving educational supports and services to which they are legally entitled. Our priorities are children with disabilities, children who have been expelled or suspended from school, and children traumatized by exposure to family violence or other adverse experiences.
Visit our Helpline page for more information.
Pro Bono Legal Assistance
MAC maintains a panel of private bar attorneys to take special education cases on a pro bono basis for low-income families who have children with disabilities. MAC identifies appropriate cases from calls to its Helpline and seeks an attorney willing and able to provide legal representation.
Other ways the private bar is involved in MAC projects include participation in trainings that MAC offers, participation as members of the Coalition to Defend Special Education, and partnerships around specific legislative and administrative advocacy. Finally, private attorneys are active as volunteers at MAC: as board members and as Helpline staff.