Changing the lives of vulnerable children

...one child at a time.

Friends of Children has improved the lives of over 9000 children and their families by:

• Mentoring teens aging out of the foster care system
• Providing education advocacy and training to benefit special needs children
• Interim case coordination services for children with multiple special needs
• Initiating Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Programs in two western Massachusetts counties
• Operating Foster Dignity, a multigenerational volunteer program providing new backpacks and personal items to more than 2000 foster children
• Writing and distributing several publications, including A CASA Legal Manual, A Parent’s Guide to Special Education, and Report of Friends of Children’s Child Health Care Advocacy Project
• Creating and sponsoring three full-day conferences on vital issues pertinent to children and youth.