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Areas/Towns Served by DDS Region

Central West
Metro
Northeast
​Southeast
 
The Central West includes the towns in each of the following areas as listed: 
  • B – Berkshire: Adams, Alford, Becket, Cheshire, Clarksburg, Dalton, Egremont, Florida, Great Barrington, Hancock, Hinsdale, Lanesboro, Lee, Lenox, Monroe, Mt  Washington, New Ashford, New Marlboro, North Adams, Otis, Peru, Pittsfield, Richmond, Sandisfield, Savory, Sheffield, Stockbridge, Tyringham, Washington, West Stockbridge, Williamstown, Windsor
  • FH -Franklin/Hampshire: Amherst, Ashfield, Athol, Bernardston, Buckland, Charlemont, Chesterfield, Colrain, Conway, Cummington, Deerfield, Easthampton, Erving, Gill, Goshen, Greenfield, Hadley, Hatfield, Hawley, Heath, Leverett, Leyden, Middlefield, Millers Falls, Montague, New Salem, Northampton, Northfield, Orange, Pelham, Petersham, Phillipston, Plainfield, Rowe, Royalston, Shelburne, Shutesbury, Sunderland, Turners Falls, Warwick, Wendell, Westhampton, Whately, Williamsburg, Worthington
  • HC – Holyoke/ Chicopee: Belchertown, Chicopee, Granby, Holyoke, Ludlow, Monson, Palmer, South Hadley, Southampton, Ware
  • NC – North Central: Ashburnham, Ashby, Ayer, Baldwinville, Barre, Berlin, Bolton, Clinton, East Princeton, East Templeton, Fitchburg, Gilbertville, Gardner, Groton, Hardwick, Harvard, Hubbardston, Lancaster, Leominster, Lunenburg, New Braintree, Oakham, Pepperell, Princeton, Rutland, Shirley, South Barre, South Lancaster, Sterling, Still River, Templeton, Townsend, West Groton, Westminster, West Townsend, West Groton, Westminster, West Townsend, Winchendon
  • SV - South Valley: Bellingham, Blackstone, Brimfield, Brookfield, Charlton, Douglas, Dudley, East Brookfield, East Douglas, Franklin, Grafton, Holland, Hopedale, Linwood, Medway, Mendon, Milford, Millbury, Millville, North Brookfield, Northbridge, Oxford, Southbridge, Spencer, Sturbridge, Sutton, Upton, Uxbridge, Wales, Warren, Webster, West Brookfield, Whitinsville    
  • SW – Springfield/Westfield: Agawam, Blandford, Chester, East Longmeadow, Granville, Hampden, Huntington, Longmeadow, Montgomery, Russell, Southwick, Springfield, Tolland, West Springfield, Westfield, Wilbraham
  • W – Worcester: Auburn, Boylston, Cherry Valley, Holden, Jefferson, Leicester, Paxton, Rochdale, Shrewsbury, West Boylston, Worcester
 
The Metro Region includes the towns in each of the following areas as listed. 
  • GB  –  Greater Boston: Allston, Beacon Hill, Boston, Brighton, Brookline, Charlestown, Chelsea, Chinatown, Dorchester, Downtown Crossing, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Mattapan, North Dorchester, North End, Revere, Roslindale, Roxbury, South  Boston, South End, West Roxbury, Winthrop
  • CRW – Charles River West: Belmont, Cambridge, Somerville, Waltham, Watertown
  • NSN – Newton/South Norfolk: Canton, Dedham, Foxboro, Medfield, Millis, Needham, Newton, Norfolk, Norwood, Plainville, Sharon, Walpole, Wellesley, Weston, Westwood, Wrentham
  • MW – Middlesex West: Ashland, Dover, Framingham, Holliston, Hopkinton, Hudson, Marlboro, Natick, Northborough, Sherborn, Southborough, Sudbury, Wayland, Westboro
 
The Northeast Region includes the towns in each of the following areas as listed. 
  • CM - Central Middlesex: Acton, Arlington, Bedford, Boxboro, Burlington, Carlisle, Concord, Lexington, Lincoln, Littleton, Maynard, Stow, Wilmington, Winchester, Woburn         
  • LO - Lowell: Billerica, Chelmsford, Dracut, Dunstable, Lowell, Tewksbury, Tyngsboro, Westford  
  • MN - Metro North: Everett, Lynnfield, Malden, Medford, Melrose, North Reading, Reading, Saugus, Stoneham, Wakefield     
  • MV - Merrimack Valley: Amesbury, Andover, Boxford, Georgetown, Groveland, Haverhill, Lawrence, Merrimac, Methuen, Newbury, Newburyport, North Andover, Rowley, Salisbury, West Newbury             
  • NS  - North Shore: Beverly, Danvers, Essex, Gloucester, Hamilton, Hawthorne, Ipswich, Lynn, Manchester, Marblehead, Middleton, Nahant, Peabody, Rockport Salem, South Hamilton, Swampscott, Topsfield, Wenham, West Lynn      
 
The Southeast Region includes the towns in each of the following areas as listed. 
  • B – Brockton: Abington, Avon, Bridgewater, Brockton, East Bridgewater, Easton, Holbrook, Rockland, Stoughton, West Bridgewater, Whitman
  • CC&I – Cape Cod/ Islands: Barnstable, Bourne, Brewster, Chatham, Chilmark, Dennis, Eastham, Edgartown, Falmouth, Gay Head, Harwich, Hyannis, Mashpee, Nantucket, Oak Bluffs, Orleans, Provincetown, Sandwich, Tisbury, Truro, Vineyard Haven, Wellfleet, West Tisbury, Yarmouth
  • FR- Fall River: Assonet, Fall River, Freetown, Somerset, Swansea, Westport
  • NB - New Bedford: Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Gosnold, Marion, Mattapoisett, New Bedford, Rochester, Wareham
  • P – Plymouth: Carver, Duxbury, Halifax, Hanover, Hanson, Kingston, Marshfield, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton
  • SC – South Coastal: Braintree, Cohasset, Hingham, Hull, Milton, Norwell, Quincy, Randolph, Scituate, Weymouth
  • T/A – Taunton/Attleboro: Attleboro, Berkley, Dighton, Lakeville, Mansfield, Middleboro, North Attleboro, Norton, Raynham, Rehoboth, Seekonk, Taunton

For more information please contact: 
Lisa DiBonaventura,  M.A.,  COMS
Statewide Director Vision & Vision Loss Services
Department of Developmental Services  (DDS)
131 Emerald Street, Wrentham, MA 02093

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