MSPCC Leads Efforts to Recognize Celebrate Babies Week in MA

From October 21-25, 2024, MSPCC and MassAIMH joined organizations around the country in recognizing Celebrate Babies Week, a national initiative dedicated to raising awareness of and celebrating the individuals, families, groups, and systems working to promote the well-being of expectant parents, infants, toddlers, and their families.

As an organization devoted to protecting and promoting the rights and well-being of children and families, we were especially excited to partake in this year’s celebrations. In addition to sharing resources across our social platforms, MSPCC staff and partners shared their own baby photos and discussed how they celebrate babies in their personal and professional lives (take a look here!).

The cornerstone event of the week was a virtual convening of practitioners, partners, and community members who support and champion babies and their families through advocacy and in their personal and professional lives. Attendees had the opportunity to hear from Nancy Allen-Scannell, Executive Director of MSPCC; Aditi Subramaniam, Director of Infant and Early Child Mental Health Policy at MSPCC; Anat Weisenfreund, MassAIMH Board President; and Dr. Jayne Singer, Clinical Director of the Child and Parent Program in the Boston Children’s Hospital Developmental Medicine Center, before participating in group and one-on-one discussions.

Finally, MSPCC was proud to spearhead efforts to obtain a gubernatorial proclamation to officially recognize Celebrate Babies Week across the Commonwealth. We would like to thank each of the individuals who joined us in signing the proclamation, as well as the following partner organizations who co-signed:

Berkshire United Way
The Boston Foundation
Boston Public Health Commission
Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester
Brazelton Institute
Brazelton Touchpoints Center at Boston Children’s Hospital
BU School of Social Work
Center for Early Childhood @ The Home for Little Wanderers
Connected Beginnings
Early Childhood Mental Health BPHC
Eliot Community Human Services
Family Nurturing Center of MA
Greater Boston Early Educators Network
Grove Hall Child Development Center
Health Care For All
HealthySteps/Zero To Three
Housman Institute
IECMH Roundtable of Hampshire, Franklin & North Quabbin
Massachusetts Association for Infant Mental Health
Massachusetts Early Childhood Funder Collaborative
Mother Clarac Daycare
Paula’s Barn, Inc
Perspectives Health Services, LLC
Together For Kids Coalition
Vital Village Networks, Inc.
YMCA of Greater Boston

We are grateful to all the supporters and champions who came together to celebrate our collective commitment to ensuring that Massachusetts is a state in which expectant parents and families feel supported and empowered to raise their babies, and we look forward to continuing this important work throughout the rest of the year.