The Brookline Center for Community Mental Health

For nearly 70 years, the Brookline Center has been serving kids and families, taking on the hardest cases and creating programs that make a meaningful and measurable impact. And what we've built hasn't just stayed here. Our programs are built in Brookline and replicated across cities and states because they work.

Your support closes the gap between what the system funds and what our communities actually need.

Today, inflation is making it even harder for families to afford care, and federal funding for mental health care is eroding in real time.

Our Kids Fund Campaign is aiming to raising critical funds through the month of June to help kids and families get the care they need right now.

Will you join us? Visit brooklinecenter.org/kidsfund2026 💙

The Brookline Center is hiring! Open positions include Senior Manager (School-Based Telebehavioral Health), Outpatient Clinician, Neurological Service Testing Expert, and more! Visit brooklinecenter.org/careers to learn more and apply now! ✍

You don't have to be a parent to care about our children’s future. You just have to be paying attention.

We are living through a youth mental health crisis that is reshaping what it means to grow up in America. When a child doesn't get the mental health care they need, the impact reaches beyond one family. It ripples through classrooms, communities, and futures that could have gone differently, if only someone had stepped in sooner.

The Brookline Center steps in and shows up. We show up for the kids who can't afford care. For families navigating a fragmented and overwhelming system. For young people in crisis who have nowhere else to turn.

For nearly 70 years, we’ve been committed to saying yes when others say no. We need your help to sustain our unwavering commitment to children and families in Brookline and beyond.

Learn more and support access to life-saving mental health care at brooklinecenter.org/kidsfundcampaign 💙

Children's mental health needs are everywhere, yet only 1.7% of philanthropic dollars go toward mental health causes. The need and the funding couldn't be further apart.
Meanwhile, children in our community are going without care because of unaffordable costs and long waitlists.

That's why our commitment is uncompromising. We're fighting to close the gap to make life-saving mental health care a reality for the kids and families who need it most.

Visit brooklinecenter.org/kidsfundcampaign to join us. 💙

Your support can save lives.

For over 20 years, The Brookline Center’s bryt program has been a safe place to land for students returning to school after a mental health crisis. Between increased risk of dropping out or rehospitalization and academic or social challenges, bryt shows up when young people need it most.

In moments when their future feels uncertain, our support is unwavering. Visit brooklinecenter.org/kidsfundcampaign to learn how you can help support kids when they need it the most. 💛

The Brookline Center is hiring! Open positions include Post Doctoral Clinical Staff Psychologist, Outpatient Clinician, Neurological Testing Expert, and more! Visit brooklinecenter.org/careers to learn more and apply now! ✍

What a journey it has been for Team Brookline runner Eli. 💙🏃‍♂️

After training for months for the Boston Marathon and fundraising for The Brookline Center, Eli faced an unexpected setback when he tested positive for COVID just before race weekend and was unable to run on Marathon Monday. Despite the disappointment, Eli approached the moment with incredible resilience, perspective, and determination.

This past weekend, Eli took on the Charles River Marathon as his makeup race — proving that the marathon journey is about so much more than a single day. Alongside one of his closest friends, Ilyas, and surrounded by incredible support from family, friends, and teammates, Eli pushed through and finished with an incredibly impressive time of 3:48

We’re incredibly proud of Eli’s resilience, determination, and commitment throughout this entire marathon journey. Congratulations, Eli! 💙🦄

We had a lovely send off for The Brookline Center's out-going CEO Ian Lang yesterday! Thank you, Ian, for your incredible impact and innovation at the Center these past eight years. We're wishing you the best in your next chapter!