DCF Medical Social Worker
The Department of Children and Families has 29 Area Office Medical Social Workers, one per area office. This role was created in 2016 and is a resource for DCF offices and for foster and adoptive families, to help support and navigate health care access for foster care youth. The medical social workers work directly with…
Read MoreCommittee for Public Counsel Services
Lawyers in CPCS’s Children and Family Law Division (CAFL) represent children and parents in cases in which the Department of Children and Families (DCF) removes children from their homes because of claims of neglect or abuse. These cases are called care and protection (C&P) cases or termination of parental rights cases. CAFL also provides lawyers…
Read MorePathways to Permanency
The Pathways to Permanency Program (P2P) offers services to help provide adoptive and foster families with a nurturing and stable environment. The P2P model of services centers on taking into account the specific needs of foster/adoptive children and their families as well as the overarching impact of trauma. These services are provided by clinicians with…
Read MoreA Home Within
The vision of the national organization is that all children who experience foster care are provided this essential support, ensuring that as they transition from foster care, regardless of which stage of life they are in, they have the inner tools they need to thrive. By matching youth with experienced therapists, we address the trauma…
Read MoreAdoption Journeys
Adoption Journeys, a program of Child & Family Services, Inc., is a multi-faceted service available to families living in Massachusetts who have children through adoption or permanent legal guardianship. All types of adoption qualify, as long as the family currently resides in Massachusetts. There are a range of services available, all provided at no cost to families. Services…
Read MoreKidsNet
MSPCC’s Kid’s Net Program provides a range of services to connect foster, pre-adoptive, and kinship families to the information, resources, respite and support networks they need to address the unique challenges that come with raising foster children. Services are available to foster families throughout Massachusetts. These services include: After-Hours HelpingTraining & Support GroupsOnline Training LibraryFamily…
Read MoreMassachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange (MARE)
MARE serves children and teens in the Massachusetts foster care system who are not able to be reunited with their birth families and need permanent adoptive homes. We provide vital services to these children by working with the Commonwealth’s Department of Children & Families (DCF) and its contracted agencies to register each child that cannot…
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