News & Perspectives

News & Perspectives

  • August 31, 2015 Press Releases
    The Children's Trust, Massachusetts' leading family support organization, announced today that it will honor Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh at its Evening of Promise gala to be held November 14th at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center.
  • June 30, 2015 Children's Trust News
    This Father’s Day, the Children’s Trust called on friends and supporters to shake up the all-too-common stereotypes of fathers as incompetent, emotionally unavailable knuckleheads by sharing images of themselves challenging negative dad stereotypes on social media with the hashtag #TurnDadStereotypesUpsideDown.
  • June 25, 2015 Children's Trust in the News
    WBZ radio's Parent Report reports on the Children's Trust's public awareness campaign about never leaving children alone in cars
  • June 17, 2015 Children's Trust News
    Tufts University has released results from a rigorous evaluation of Healthy Families Massachusetts that shows the program is significantly benefiting the young parents and children it serves – and setting parents and families up to succeed. Highlights of the evaluation confirm that Healthy Families Massachusetts is significantly: • Lowering parents’ risky behaviors, which likely reduces children’s exposure to traumatic events • Reducing participants’ parenting stress, a risk factor for child abuse and neglect • Increasing educational achievement for young mothers, paving the way toward self-sufficiency.
  • June 4, 2015 Children's Trust in the News
    With an increasing majority of women joining the full-time workforce and families commonly relying on dual incomes to make ends meet, the movement of guys taking more prominent roles in parenting continues to progress, driven by both necessity and personal preference. Boston Parents Paper's June issue spoke with Haji Shearer, the director of the Fatherhood Initiative at The Children’s Trust, and others to help cast aside the lies, myths, and stereotypes that have characterized fatherhood for too long.
  • May 20, 2015 Press Releases
    Tufts University awarded an honorary doctoral degree to Suzin Bartley of Milton, Massachusetts. Ms. Bartley is Executive Director of the Children’s Trust, Massachusetts’ leading family support organization. This degree was awarded in recognition of her long-term leadership in ensuring that families are strong and healthy so children thrive.
  • May 14, 2015 Children's Trust in the News
    WBZ-TV Channel 4 reporter Julie Loncich talks with Kate Bullock, Family Support Coordinator at the Children's Trust, about tips for parents to prevent leaving a child alone in a car. This follows news reports about a local father who goes on "autopilot" and forgets to drop off his child at daycare.
  • May 11, 2015 Children's Trust News
    Along with former Secretary of State Madeline Albright and four other distinguished men and women, Tufts University announced it will award an honorary degree to Suzin Bartley, Executive Director of the Children’s Trust, at its May 17th commencement. Ms. Bartley will receive an honorary doctor of public service degree.
  • April 13, 2015 Children's Trust in the News
    The Berkshire Eagle, WAMC, and iBerkshire coverage of Step Up for Kids
  • April 10, 2015 Children's Trust News
    On April 10th, the Children’s Trust joined with Child Care of the Berkshires, State Senator Benjamin Downing, Representatives Gailanne Cariddi and Trisha Farley-Bouvier, District Attorney David Capeless, North Adams Mayor Richard Alcombright, and others to announce April as Child Abuse Prevention Month, a time to recognize that working with families early to ensure they are strong and healthy is the surest way to keep kids safe. The “Step Up for Kids” event, held at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, featured a display of 60 shoes that represented the average number of children confirmed as abused or neglected each month in Berkshire County. The TJX Companies, Inc. donated the shoes which the Children’s Trust gave to local families in its programs.