The Home for Little Wanderers: Affiliations & Resources

Affiliations & Resources

Part of The Home's mission is to be a change agent in the field of child welfare, and additionally to ensure the healthy development of children, families and communities at risk. We would like to provide resources for those who may need quick referral sources.

Casey Family Programs
Casey Family Programs provides an array of services for children and youth, with foster care as its core. Casey services include adoption, guardianship, kinship care (being cared for by extended family), and family reunification (reuniting children with birth families). Casey is also committed to helping youth in foster care make a successful transition to adulthood. As a direct service operating foundation, Casey Family Programs does not make grants.

Casey Family Programs,
Corporate Headquarters
1300 Dexter Avenue North
Seattle, Washington 98109
Phone: 206-282-7300
Fax: 206-282-3555
http://www.casey.org/

Child Welfare League of America (CWLA)
The Child Welfare League of America is the largest national nonprofit organization developing and promoting policies and programs to protect America's children and strengthen America's families.

Headquarters:
440 First Street, NW, Third Floor
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: 202-638-2952
http://www.cwla.org/

The Coalition for Community Schools
The Coalition for Community Schools works toward improving education and helping students learn and grow while supporting and strengthening their families and communities. Community schools bring together many partners to offer a range of supports and opportunities to children, youth, families and communities -- before, during and after school, seven days a week.
http://www.communityschools.org/

Massachusetts Association of 766 Approved Private Day Schools
Massachusetts Association of 766 Approved Private Day Schools (MAAPS) is a non-profit association of Chapter 766 approved private schools dedicated to providing educational programs and services to students with special needs throughout Massachusetts.

Membership in MAAPS signifies a commitment to excellence and ethical integrity. MAAPS is concerned that all children with special needs have access to appropriate, high quality educational experiences and that children and their families have knowledge of the rights, policies, procedures and program options which make the educational process a productive reality for special needs children.
http://www.spedschools.com/

The Massachusetts Children's Trust Fund
The Massachusetts Children's Trust Fund leads statewide efforts to prevent child abuse and neglect by supporting parents and strengthening families. As an umbrella organization, CTF funds, evaluates, and promotes the work of over 100 agencies that serve parents. Support by state, federal, and private funding, the Children's Trust Fund invests in Massachusetts' most precious resource - children and their families.

Massachusetts Children's Trust Fund
294 Washington St., Suite 640
Boston, MA 02106
617-727-8957
888-775-4543 (toll-free in Massachusetts)
http://www.mctf.org/

The Massachusetts Department of Children and Families
If you suspect a child is being abused or neglected contact The Massachusetts Department of Children and Families at:
1-800-KIDS-508
To report abuse/neglect after hours call
1-800-792-5200
http://www.state.ma.us/dcf/

Massachusetts Department of Mental Health
The mission of the Department of Mental Health (DMH) is to improve the quality of life for adults with serious and persistent mental illness and children with serious mental illness or severe emotional disturbance. This is accomplished by ensuring access to an integrated network of effective and efficient services that promotes consumer rights, responsibilities, rehabilitation and recovery.

Department of Mental Health
Central Office
25 Staniford Street
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-626-8000
TTY: 617-727-9842
E mail: dminfo@dmh.state.ma.us

The OCA was created in Chapter 176 of the Acts of 2008, "An Act Protecting Children in the Care of the Commonwealth," to investigate critical incidents involving children receiving services from the Commonwealth, review complaints regarding these services, and work with state agencies to develop inter-agency coordination. The OCA has a special responsibility toward children in the care of the Commonwealth and in helping to resolve the problems of youth in foster care.

The OCA does NOT provide emergency responses to reports of child abuse and neglect. Claims of child abuse or neglect should be reported immediately to the Department of Children and Families Hotline at 1-800-792-5200.