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Our Voice - Empowering Families & Allies for a world where everyone belongs.
April 12, 2021  |  By Rachel  |  In Advocacy, Central, Featured, Metro-Boston, Northeast, Our Voice, Southeast, Uncategorized, Updates, West

HUGE SUCCESS: MassFamilies Our Voice Community Call Kickoff

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 Diggs Representative Andres X. Vargas Neha Singh Senior Policy Aide for Senator Sonia Chang-Díaz Danielle Allard Chief of Staff […]

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Family Leaders in Action
October 19, 2020  |  By Rachel  |  In Featured, Southeast, Updates

Family Leader in Action: Valeryia Pedersen

It is with pride we congratulate Valeryia Pedersen for her new position as Southeast Regional Coordinator for the Family TIES program (Together In Enhancing Supports) at the Federation for Children with Special Needs.  Val graduated in 2018 from the Family Leadership Series in the Southeast region.  “Her positive attitude and supportive nature were evident throughout […]

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MIchelle SE Family Leader on ABC news
April 6, 2020  |  By Rachel  |  In Southeast, Uncategorized, Updates

Coping with Covid-19: MFOFC Family Leader featured on ABC News

A current member of this year’s Southeast Family Leadership Series, Michelle Winchell, has been collaborating and sharing the experience and insight she gained from her background in education to help others navigate remote learning during the Coronavirus pandemic. We were stoked to see her featured in this ABC news story. Moriah is her beautiful daughter. […]

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Family leaders in action - Heather Baylies-Grigoreas
September 20, 2019  |  By Rachel  |  In Southeast, Uncategorized, Updates

Meet Heather Baylies-Grigoreas, family leader in action

MFOFC wants to introduce you to the movers and shakers in our state, the family leaders who are working to make change for people with disabilities in their communities and beyond. The ones who are imagining better and then making their ideas happen. This week, we’d like to introduce you to Heather Baylies-Grigoreas. Heather is […]

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Family Notice for the Autism Waiver Program 2019
September 11, 2019  |  By Rachel  |  In Central, Metro-Boston, Northeast, Southeast, Uncategorized, Updates, West

Annual open enrollment period of the Autism Waiver Program beginning next month

The 2019 Autism Waiver Open Interest Period will be held from October 17 – 31, 2019. The English, Spanish, Portuguese and Vietnamese versions of the open enrollment application are available here. English (docx) English (PDF) Spanish (docx) Spanish (PDF) Portuguese (docx) Portuguese (PDF) Vietnamese (docx) Vietnamese (PDF) The documents have been translated into multiple languages […]

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DE EL SALTO Campamento de Abogacia
August 9, 2019  |  By Rachel  |  In Central, Featured, Northeast, Southeast, Uncategorized, Updates, West

Campamento de Abogacía – Oportunidad Exclusiva!

La Región del Noreste de Familias de Massachusetts Organizadas para el Cambio (Massachusetts Families Organizing for Change) le invita participar en un Campamento de Abogacía ESPECIAL. Esta sesión del campamento de Abogacía tendrá lugar en Malden, Massachusetts, en las fechas siguientes: September 25, 2019 October 2, 2019 October 9, 2019 October 16, 2019 La fecha […]

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Photo: Ana Colon, FLS grad, and current Outreach Coordinator for the Fall River & New Bedford areas recently took a position as Family Support Advisor at Family Connections Center at the Nemasket Group
July 24, 2019  |  By Rachel  |  In Featured, Southeast, Uncategorized

Family Leadership in Action: Ana’s New Job

In the Family Leadership Series (FLS) series, we teach that there are many ways to improve the lives of people with disabilities and their families and ways to influence the funding and delivery systems that provide our vital supports. Ana Colon, FLS grad and current Outreach Coordinator for the Fall River & New Bedford areas, […]

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July 12, 2019  |  By Rachel  |  In Featured, Southeast, Uncategorized, Updates

Southeast Family Leadership Series Now Taking Applications

The 28th SE Family Leadership Series will kick off November 2019! The Family Leadership Series focuses on supporting families to advocate for their family member with disabilities to live in their communities as naturally and typically as desired.  Families who have completed the series have: pulled seats up to the table to impact policy and decision […]

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Graphic: A Full Life Ahead (inside a yellow road sign), a road and icons for home, friends, work, love, play, money and food [icons CC Money by ✦ Shmidt Sergey ✦ from the Noun Project friends by Sewon Park from the Noun Project Work by sandra from the Noun Project Video Game by 杨皓棱 YHL from the Noun Project Pizza by Adrien Coquet from the Noun Project]
November 30, 2018  |  By Rachel  |  In Featured, Southeast, Updates

A Full Life Ahead Facebook Live Series Schedule Announced

In the Southeast Region, Massachusetts Families Organizing for Change, in partnership with the Building Futures Project and Family Connections Center of the Nemasket Group  is sponsoring A Full Life Ahead Series  via Facebook LIVE!

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November 2, 2018  |  By Rachel  |  In Events, Featured, Southeast

Southeast Family Leadership Series Kicks Off this Weekend!

The 27th SE Family Leadership Series kicks off this weekend in Mansfield, Massachusetts! MFOFC is excited to have family leaders from across our region join us for this life-changing series! The series focuses on supporting families to advocate for their family member with disabilities to live in their communities as naturally and typically as desired. The SE Family […]

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