News & Perspectives

June 26, 2014 • Children's Trust News

healthy families researcher receives national honor

BOSTON – Prevent Child Abuse America honored Jessica Goldberg, Ph.D., of Tufts University, with the Service Excellence Award for Research and Evaluation Partners for work with Healthy Families Massachusetts, an in-home family…
June 19, 2014 • Children's Trust News

home visiting advice from experience and a few mistakes

After 36 years in the field, Brenda Jones Harden, PhD, knows quite a bit about home visiting. She shared practical and candid information – and, yes, she admitted some mistakes -- with…
June 10, 2014 • Children's Trust News

young father tells audience at golf fundraiser how children’s trust program made him a better dad

Jamaul Miller, a graduate of a Nurturing Fathers Group funded by the Children’s Trust, told nearly 100 golfers that the program helped him gain the skills to be a great dad and…
June 3, 2014 • Children's Trust in the News

wbur reports on healthy families and a study that finds improved children’s health when poor moms receive support

National Public Radio station WBUR reports on a new study that shows home visiting programs such as Healthy Families, a family support and coaching program of the Children's Trust, are improving the health…
May 29, 2014 • Children's Trust in the News

columnist recommends the Children's Trust as a resource for parents

In her column debunking the idea of "spoiling" children with too much love, Fitchburg Sentinel columnist Bonnie Toomey recommends the Children's Trust as a resource for parents.…
April 1, 2014 • Children's Trust in the News

children's trust honors senator flanagan for her work on abuse prevention

The Fitchburg Sentinel & Enterprise reports on the Children's Trust's "Step Up for Kids" event where the governor's office declared April "Child Abuse Prevention Month" and Sen. Jennifer Flanagan received a "Valuing Our Children…
April 1, 2014 • Children's Trust in the News

state legislators aim to prevent child abuse

WWLP Channel 22 in Springfield covers the Children's Trust's "Step Up for Kids" event that acknowledge April as Child Abuse Prevention Month and included a display of 409 children's shoes at the State…
April 1, 2014 • Children's Trust News

children's trust holds "step up for kids'

On April 1st, the Children’s Trust covered the Grand Staircase of the State House with 409 children’s shoes representing the average number of children abused each week in Massachusetts as part of…
March 5, 2014 • Children's Trust News

business leaders promote child abuse prevention at massachusetts state house

BOSTON – February 25, 2014 – James Rooney, executive director of the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, and Ryan Hutchins, senior vice president at Gilbane Co., spoke about the benefits of family support…
February 12, 2014 • Perspectives

letter to the editor: parent-child relationships at core of education

Claudia Shuster, a member of the board of Healthy Families of the Berkshires, placed this letter to the editor in The Berkshire Eagle. It addressed the importance of family support and coaching…

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