Julia Scherer-Hoock

For 10 years, the Children’s Trust has partnered with the Hampshire County House of Correction, HHOC to implement the Nurturing Fathers program.

Utilizing funding through the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), the Children’s Trust conducted its Family Financial Pilot, which provided cash assistance to parents enrolled in the Children’s Trust’s Healthy Families Massachusetts (MA) program in Springfield.

When families receive support before they reach crisis, children stay safe and families thrive. Originally published in The Boston Globe, this Letter to the Editor highlights the power of concrete support.