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Written by Luke DeRoy and shared at The Children’s Trust Gala I always wanted to change the world. I wanted to make a difference. I just thought, if we could all just give more love to each other, we could ascend to a higher plane of humanity. When my son was born, I realized: I can change…
Andrée Gonzalez of Shrewsbury watched with pride as a video about her experience as a participant in and now employee of the Children’s Trust Healthy Families Massachusetts program aired at the Children’s Trust annual Gala last month. Gonzalez and her partner enrolled Healthy Families Massachusetts when she became pregnant at 19 years old and …
The Children’s Trust, Massachusetts’ child abuse prevention agency, announced at its annual Gala last week that Jennifer Valenzuela has been appointed as its new executive director. Valenzuela has a clinical social work and public health background and over 20 years of experience partnering with children and families. Her local and national wo…
When Norland started the Children’s Trust Healthy Families program, he was just 15 years old. Now at 29, he has built a successful career as a business analyst and a happy, healthy family with his 13-year-old son, fiancé, and one-year-old baby. Norland believes in setting big goals and working hard to achieve them. He says he is naturally goal…
Originally published on IBerkshires.com NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Children’s Trust has announced North Adams resident Bethany Prince-Malloy, Associate Coordinator of the Family Center of Northern Berkshire County, is the recipient of its Faces of Prevention award, which honors and recognizes family support professionals across Massachu…
Former Children’s Trust Healthy Families participant Regina Serverius knows what it’s like to age out of the child welfare system and face the prospects of homelessness. Regina spent her youth bouncing around foster homes and residential placements but when she turned 18, the system no longer supported her, and she was on her own. Luckily,…
The Children’s Trust announced today that Dracut resident Robin Akram, Greater Lowell Healthy Families Program Coordinator, is the first recipient of its new Faces of Prevention award program, which honors and recognizes family support professionals across Massachusetts who go above and beyond to support families and prevent child abuse. …