Encompass: Community and Collaboration for Foster Families
MSPCC launches a pilot program to implement an enhanced foster care system that provides Worcester-based foster parents with trauma coaching, a peer support program, and the ability to connect with supportive community volunteers.
IECMH Endorsement®
MSPCC partners with MassAIMH to strengthen and expand the Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Workforce in Massachusetts. Learn more here!
Foster Care Survey
MSPCC conducts a statewide survey of foster parents, giving voice to their experiences, concerns, and needs.
Eliot Community Human Services
MSPCC combines with Eliot Community Human Services in 2016 to further strengthen the agency’s services and better address the needs of children and families.
Prevention of Sexual Abuse
Spearheads legislation to establish Task Force on Prevention of Sexual Abuse
CHINS Reform
MSPCC joins forces with legislative leaders to pass CHINS reform, ensuring community-based services for at-risk children and establishing Family Resource Centers.
CMHC is Formed
MSPCC and Boston Children’s Hospital join together with the Parent/Professional Advocacy League, Health Law Advocates, and Health Care For All to form the Children’s Mental Health Campaign (CMHC).
Children’s Mental Health
MSPCC and Children’s Hospital Boston collaborate on a policy paper that has become the platform for a campaign to reform children’s mental health services in Massachusetts.
Foster Care Policy Paper
In collaboration with more than 30 organizations and legislators, MSPCC releases “18 and Out: Life After Foster Care in Massachusetts,” a policy paper that addresses the significant challenges faced by teens exiting the foster care system.
National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect
MSPCC hosts the 15th National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect. Approximately 2,300 individuals attended, taking part in roundtable discussions, seminars, experiential learning opportunities, plenary sessions, and workshops.