Foster Care
A network of support for families
MSPCC’s Foster Care and Adoption programs provide a network of support for families, offering a range of programs and services dedicated to strengthening families, supporting children in foster care, and helping the families who care for them.
Encompass is a referral-based service that connects foster, kinship, child-specific, and pre-adoptive families with peer mentors who provide support during times of increased stress or crisis.
Kid’s Net is a resource hub connecting foster, pre-adoptive, and kinship families with the information, resources, respite, and support needed to address the unique joys and challenges that come with raising children in care.
The Massachusetts Alliance for Foster Families (MAFF) is MSPCC’s foster parent advisory board.
Adoption Services
When children cannot be returned to their biological families, MSPCC’s Adoption Services assist in the assessment of children and prospective adoptive families. Post-adoption, MSPCC’s Adoptive Families Together offers continued training, education, and support for adoptive families. Additionally, MSPCC maintains adoption records from multiple closed adoption programs.
