by Rachel | Apr 12, 2021 | Advocacy, Central, Featured, Metro-Boston, Northeast, Our Voice, Southeast, Uncategorized, Updates, West
More than 70 family members, self-advocates, professionals, and policymakers showed up to share with and listen to one another on April 5 for our kick-off OUR VOICE community call. A BIG THANK YOU to Representative Kip DiggsRepresentative Andres X. VargasNeha Singh...
by Rachel | Mar 22, 2021 | Featured, Northeast, Uncategorized, Updates
MassFamilies is looking for a Northeast Regional Coordinator that aligns with our core values as an organization and has direct experience supporting a family member with disabilities and/or complex medical needs. Must live in the Northeast Region. Ideal candidates...
by Rachel | Feb 22, 2021 | Featured, Metro-Boston, Uncategorized, Updates
MassFamilies is proud and excited to share a recent podcast featuring Jaya Pandey, a Metro-Boston Family Leadership Series graduate from Fitchburg. Jaya shared her experience as a mom of a child with disabilities and blogging as a way of giving the world a glimpse...
by Rachel | Feb 22, 2021 | Featured, Uncategorized, Updates
I was asked if I could share what it means to me and my family to get vaccinated. I am very grateful to have been able to receive the first dose of Moderna for Covid-19. I was able to receive the vaccine during Phase 1, because I am a home-based worker for the...
by Rachel | Feb 5, 2021 | Featured, Uncategorized, Updates
Like so many our world came to a crashing halt on March 16, 2020. It really hasn’t moved forward in almost a year. It has become so very lonely for our daughter Grace. No school, limited visitors, limited nursing support, and the constant fear that my job as a...
by Rachel | Jan 22, 2021 | Advocacy, Featured, Uncategorized, Updates
Do you or a loved one have an Intensive Supports Waiver, Adult Supports Waiver, or Community Living Waiver? The public input process is open for amendments to these waivers. You can find the following information on the mass.gov website by following this link:...