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Wayside Youth & Family Support Network Receives COVID-19 Relief Grant from the Saab Family Foundation

September 15, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 14, 2020 Contact: Michelle Hillman 508-380-5486 (cell) Michelle_Hillman@waysideyouth.org LOWELL, MA – Wayside Youth & Family Support Network received a COVID-19 Relief Grant from the Saab Family Foundation to provide personal protective equipment to staff returning to working with families in their homes, gift cards for basic needs like food, cleaning supplies…
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Sexual Assault and Children Impacted by Substances Support, Partnership with Wayside Youth & Family Support Network

August 25, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Jennifer Levine SAFE Coalition 858-952-8120 Jknight-levine@safecoalitionma.org Franklin, MA: SAFE Coalition today announced a partnership with Wayside Youth Services, a new style of clinical support for those impacted by sexual assault and children impacted by substance use.  These clinical and informational supports provide direct care to victims and offer a new way for…
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Wayside Youth & Family Support Network Awarded COVID-19 Relief Fund Grant From the Greater Lowell Community Foundation

July 29, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 28, 2020 Contact: Michelle Hillman 508-380-5486 (cell) Michelle_Hillman@waysideyouth.org FRAMINGHAM, MA – Wayside Youth & Family Support Network is pleased to announce it received a COVID-19 Relief Fund grant from the Greater Lowell Community Foundation. The grant will support ongoing efforts to help our families during this challenging time. The generous grant…
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How to Stay Safe if You Are Living in an Abusive Home

July 10, 2020

By Jeanne Ward Director of Trauma Intervention Services, Wayside Milford The state is reopening, and while some people are venturing out of their homes, those living with their abusers may not be able to leave. Virtual counseling is available across the state and rape crisis hotlines are up and running. Call our FREE, confidential hotline…
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Summer and COVID-19 – What’s Safe for Families?

July 1, 2020

By Lisa Gibalerio, MPH Prevention Specialist, Wayside Youth and Family Support Services Program Coordinator, Belmont Wellness Coalition It’s almost 4th of July weekend when people typically flock to beaches, gather for BBQ’s, head to a swimming pool or decide to take a road trip. While businesses and restaurants are re-opening and we’re starting to return…
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Why We’re Making Juneteenth a Paid Holiday

June 18, 2020

By Guimel DeCarvalho, Director of People and Culture and Chief Diversity Officer at Wayside Youth & Family Support Network Wayside Youth & Family Support Network has long been committed to becoming an anti-racist, social justice and advocacy organization that serves vulnerable youth and families across the state. We apply an equity lens to every facet…
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10 Things We Want White People to Do to Celebrate Juneteenth

June 18, 2020

By Guimel Carvalho, Director of People and Culture and Amy Hogarth Director of Recruitment and Inclusion Juneteenth, also known as Emancipation Day, marks the day when Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, arrived in Galveston, Texas to announce the end of the Civil War and slavery. It was June 19, 1865 and although…
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We Have Been Called Into Action – What Are YOU Going To Do

June 8, 2020

Sukhbir Bansal-Roberts Benefits Specialist   The question that many of us have been asking ourselves is “What can I do, in my own life, to help the nation fulfill its promise?” Like so many, I am heartbroken and outraged by the recent killing of George Floyd in Minnesota while in the custody of police officers, the most recent…
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Wayside Youth & Family Support Network Receives $10,000 Grant from the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation 

May 13, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:                                 May 12, 2020                          Contact: Michelle Hillman  508-380-5486 (cell)  Michelle_Hillman@waysideyouth.org                                                                   …
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Parenting Children With PTSD During COVID-19

May 12, 2020

By Dr. Lauren Barry, Director of Clinical Initiatives and Data Analytics When most people think of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) they likely picture an adult who has been in combat, a serious accident or experienced violence. Children can also have PTSD either from experiencing trauma directly or witnessing it. Childhood trauma can be from a…
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