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Healey-Driscoll Administration Expands Community-Based Behavioral Health Services for Children and Youth

September 5, 2025

Statewide Network of Community Service Agencies Selected to Provide Critical Services for MassHealth Children For immediate release: 9/03/2025 Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll Executive Office of Health and Human Services Boston — Today, the Healey-Driscoll Administration announced that 36 community service agencies have been selected across the state to provide home- and community-based…
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Addgene Supports Wayside Multi with Back-to-School Backpack Donation

August 7, 2025

  The following piece was provided by the Wayside Multi Service Center: As the new school year approaches, preparation can make all the difference — and thanks to Addgene, youth supported by Wayside Youth & Family Support Network’s Multi-Service Center (Wayside Multi) in Watertown will be starting the year well-equipped and ready to succeed. Addgene,…
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Q&A with Laura Kurman Who is Retiring from Wayside Multi Service Center After More Than 30 Years

July 3, 2025

For more than three decades, Laura Kurman has been working to help those in need in Watertown. She retired as Executive Director of the Wayside Multi Service Center at the end of June, and looked back on her time. Kurman spoke with Watertown News Editor Charlie Breitrose in her office at the house on North Beacon Street…
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Wayside Honors Juneteenth 2025

June 25, 2025

  Dear Wayside Community, Thank you for being here to commemorate this powerful and sacred day—Juneteenth, the oldest nationally celebrated remembrance of the ending of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed, freedom finally reached the last remaining enslaved African Americans in Galveston,…
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Wayside Youth & Family Support Network Wins 2025 Top Workplaces Culture Excellence Award(s) for Innovation, Purpose & Values

April 14, 2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Betsy Freedman Doherty 774-287-6418 (cell) Betsy_FreedmanDoherty@WaysideYouth.Org Wayside Youth & Family Support Network Wins 2025 Top Workplaces Culture Excellence Award(s) for Innovation, Purpose & Values FRAMINGHAM, MA, April 15 – Wayside Youth & Family Support Network has announced that it is a 2025 Top Workplaces Culture Excellence winner for the second consecutive…
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Wayside Youth & Family Support Network Receives $20,000 Grant from Watertown Community Foundation to Provide Emergency Assistance for Local Families

April 14, 2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 15, 2025 Contact: Betsy Freedman Doherty 774-287-6418 (cell) Betsy_FreedmanDoherty@WaysideYouth.Org Wayside Youth & Family Support Network Receives $20,000 Grant from Watertown Community Foundation to Provide Emergency Assistance for Local Families WATERTOWN, MA – Wayside Youth & Family Support Network’s Multi-Service Center in Watertown has been awarded a $20,000 grant from the Watertown…
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Comprehensive Resources for LGBTQIA+ Support, Advocacy, and Equality

January 27, 2025

The Trevor Project The Trevor Project is the leading suicide prevention nonprofit for young LGBTQIA+ people. You can contact the organization on its 24/7 hotline at 866-4-U-TREVOR (866-488-7386) or message someone on TrevorChat for counseling support and crisis intervention. Visit the website Equality Federation The Equality Federation is a nonprofit organization that works with state-based advocacy groups…
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Wayside Youth & Family Support Network Named Boston Globe Top Workplace for Second Consecutive Year

December 12, 2024

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 12, 2024 Contact: Betsy Freedman Doherty 774-287-6418 (cell) Betsy_FreedmanDoherty@WaysideYouth.Org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wayside Youth & Family Support Network Named Boston Globe Top Workplace for Second Consecutive Year FRAMINGHAM, MA (December 8, 2024) – Wayside Youth & Family Support Network is honored to be named a Boston Globe Top Workplace for 2024,…
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Know Your Legal Rights During Police Stops In MA

November 19, 2024

Know Your Rights and Stay Protected  Did you know that most individuals lack clarity regarding their legal rights during police stops? Grasping your rights in such instances is essential for self-protection and the protection of all parties involved.  Being pulled over by the police can be a a frightening experience.  While police stops may be…
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Know Your Rights: Printable Handouts from the American Immigration Lawyers Association for Every Scenario

November 13, 2024

You have Constitutional Rights Printable Cards Link: https://www.cfiaus.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/know-your-rights-printable-cfia-1.pdf American Immigration Lawyers Association has developed Know Your Rights handouts for several scenarios and they can be printed out and placed within offices and centers: Know your Rights: https://www.miracoalition.org/news/know-your-rights/ Links to Know Your Rights Handouts: https://www.aila.org/library/know-your-rights-handouts-if-ice-visits-public ** available in over 9 different languages   Click the cards…
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Wayside Youth & Family Support Network provides a wide variety of mental health counseling and family support services to children, young adults and families in 200 cities and towns across Massachusetts. To find the service that’s right for you and your family, please visit our services overview page for more information or contact us by calling 508.879.9800.

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