Welcome to Child & Family Services

Child and Family Services strengthens families and the communities in which they live. Our mission, “to heal and strengthen the lives of children and families,” is built on the following beliefs:

  • Communities thrive when supported by strong families
  • Society is strengthened by ensuring that children and families attain their full potential
  • Families are the foundation of a strong community and are essential to a healthy society
  • Families have the right to raise children in a safe and nurturing environment
  • Every person has inherent worth and dignity… Read more »

Guest View: Mental Health Should Be a Yearlong Conversation

In The News

By Tom Butero Site Director, Child & Family Services May 15, 2013 Each May, we as a nation recognize Mental Health Awareness Month, during which we call for changes in the current system and stress the importance of mental health services. Following the tragedy in our area just a month ago at the Boston Marathon, [...] Read more »

In-Home Therapy Benefits Families

In The News

By Cynthia Mccormick cmccormick@capecodonline.com HYANNIS — Ina Gould does a lot more than talk therapy when she visits the homes of child clients as a therapist with Child & Family Services. She has helped young clients with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder organize cubbies to store belongings and demonstrated deep breathing techniques to families with a [...] Read more »

Gun Violence Brings Attention to Disparities in Physical and Mental Health Care

In The News

By Mike Page April 22, 2013 Recent gun violence has crowded news headlines across the nation, raising difficult questions within our government about gun control, but also bringing much-needed attention to the connections between gun violence and mental health awareness and care. Although Massachusetts has some of the strictest laws surrounding purchasing firearms, there have [...] Read more »

Child & Family Services Celebrates 170 Years of Serving City, State

Child & Family Services Celebrates 170 Years of Serving City, State

By Deborah Allard Herald News April 11, 2013 FALL RIVER – In the mid 1800s, local children who’d lost their parents begged on the streets and stole from shops to eat. Some of the children were left homeless by mothers who passed away and fathers who died at sea during the whaling era. Others came from [...] Read more »

Teen Parent Lobby Day at the State House

Teen Parent Lobby Day at the State House

On March 28th, several clients and staff of Child & Family Services’ Young Parents Believe & Achieve (YPBA) and Young Parents Support (YPS) programs attended the Teen Parent Lobby Day at the State House in Boston. The event, hosted by the Massachusetts Alliance on Teen Pregnancy, invited young parents involved with similar state-funded programs throughout [...] Read more »