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Family leaders share their social isolation stories on WBUR
MFOFC Co-Chair, Sophia Johannson, and MFOFC family leader, Elizabeth Bostic, made waves on the radio this past week on a piece produced by Boston's NPR News Station, WBUR. These two moms, along with another family caregiver in Massachusetts, painted a vivid picture of...
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...
COVID-19 Special Education Resources
Life has changed drastically for many, including students receiving special education services in Massachusetts. Parents now have the added responsibility of monitoring and making sure their children are keeping up with their school work. MassPAC/FCSN has created...
Multilingual Covid-19 Resources
In a search for materials available in Vietnamese for the families she serves, Oanh Bui, MFOFC family leader, compiled this great list of links to information about Coronavirus (Covid-19). She not only found a wealth of resources in Vietnamese, but a bunch of other...
Imagining Better: Person-Centered Planning and Living Arrangements
Here at MFOFC, we are driven by the vision of empowerment for individual and family support that includes planning, choices and decision-making. Person-centered planning is very much in line with this vision, as it puts the individual at the center, helping them...
Imagining Better: Innovative housing complexes for individuals with disabilities
In Connecticut, Favarh – The Arc of The Farmington Valley is playing a role in the construction of specialty housing for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Check out how this project is generating excitement with features using enhanced accessibility and technology.
Meet Sagrario Guerrero, MFOFC board member and Family Leader in Action
MFOFC knows that parents and individuals across our state work hard everyday to make positive change for people with disabilities in their communities and beyond. These are people just like you and I who are imagining better and then making their ideas happen. We are...
Webinar in two weeks!! Planning for Housing: Considerations for Parents with Transition-Age Children
We can't wait for the next MFOFC Housing Webinar! We'll be hearing from Sandra Heller. She's MFOFC's board co-chair, but in certain circles, she's better known as Craig's mom. Sandra will share what it was like to successfully launch Craig from the nest and how they...
New Position Paper from MFOFC: Supported Decision-Making
A new Position Paper is hot off the presses here at MFOFC today. Thanks to the last 30 years of building strong family leaders in Massachusetts, we have learned a lot about what it means to help families imagine better. MFOFC recognizes, like many here in...
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