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The Children’s Trust announced today that Malden resident Anthony Rizzuto has received its Faces of Prevention award which honors and recognizes family support professionals across Massachusetts who go above and beyond to support families and prevent child abuse. The Children’s Trust is the state’s child abuse prevention agency. “Ton…

“I needed to learn how to be the best dad I could possibly be.” Andrew turned to the Children’s Trust Healthy Families program for the tools and resources to help him be a present, loving father. Today, he is raising a happy and healthy toddler. In the video below, Andrew shares how Healthy Families helped…

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 …

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. …

Healthy Families Massachusetts helped Nadia build parenting confidence, strengthen her mental health, and create a safe, stable future for her daughter.