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Wayside Youth serves 170 communities in Massachusetts

Wayside Youth serves 170 communities in Massachusetts Wayside helps children, adolescents and young adults across the state Michelle Martin,for Wayside Youth & Family...

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One Antiracist Action You Can Take Today: Increase The Diversity Of Our Suppliers And Vendors

By Korin Ihloff - CFO Wayside is a child welfare and behavioral health agency committed to antiracism, social justice, and advocacy. We continuously seek to grow as a...

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Wayside’s Sophia Suarez-Friedman in the Watertown News on Food Insecurity

Watertown’s Hidden Problem: Food Insecurity Among Us (First Part of a Series) By Charlie Breitrose | December 11, 2023 Food on the shelfs at the Watertown Food Pantry,...

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The Boston Globe Names Wayside Youth and Family Support Network a Top Place to Work for 2023

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 8, 2023 Contact: Betsy Freedman Doherty 774-287-6418 (cell) [email protected] The Boston Globe Names...

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Wayside Youth & Family Support Network Announces Sara McCabe as President and Chief Executive Officer

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 30, 2023 Contact: Betsy Freedman Doherty 774-287-6418 (cell) [email protected] Wayside Youth...

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Wayside Youth & Family Support Network named 2023 TopWorkplaces in Nonprofits & Culture

We are thrilled to announce that Wayside has won three Top Workplace awards from Energage! Our annual Staff Satisfaction Survey has earned us the Top Workplace award in...

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Sara McCabe appointed Wayside President and CEO

June 30, 2023 As chair of the Board at Wayside Youth and Family Support Network, I am very pleased to inform the community that after an extensive search process, Sara...

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One Antiracist Action You Can Take Today: Talk About Neurodiversity In The Workplace

At Wayside's DEI Committee, we are beginning to engage in the conversation of how to build not just an antiracist culture at Wayside, but an anti-ableist one as well. One way...

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One Antiracist Action You Can Take Today:Support Microgrants For Families Fleeing States With Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws

With over 400 anti-LGBTQ bills being proposed across the U.S. in this legislative session and with many states already passing them into law, families with LGBTQ+ kids are...

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Parent-Peer Partnership Program – TEENAGERS AND MARIJUANA

Learn about the effects of marijuana and substance use disorders. We welcome Steve Delbanco, Wayside's substance use intervention coordinator as he teaches us about teen...

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PHOTOS: 19th Annual MetroWest Human Services Advocacy Coalition Legislative Breakfast

FRAMINGHAM – The 19th annual MetroWest Human Services Advocacy Coalition legislative breakfast was held at Nevins Hall inside the Memorial Building in Framingham on...

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One Antiracist Action You Can Take Today: Learn The Roots of the Terms, Asian American, AAPI, and AANHPI

May is Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month. This month dig into knowing more about the history of this term and who it applies to. First coined as a chosen name to...

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Sexual Assault Survivors Fighting for Mass. Law Changes

MILFORD - Survivors of sexual assault spoke at Wayside Youth & Family Services Survivor's Open Mic Night on Wednesday, April 26, advocating for changes in the statute of...

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One Antiracist Action You Can Take Today: Be An Antiracist Interviewer

Juliana Ferreira Recruiting Manager There are some interview questions that help you put antiracism at the forefront of a job interview. If you do interviews...

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One Antiracist Action You Can Take Today: Be An Intersectional Environmentalist

This year's Earth Day theme is "Invest In Our Planet." As we celebrate Earth Day, it is essential to acknowledge the intersectionality of environmentalism and recognize the...

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One Antiracist Action You Can Take Today: Prepare For The National Day Of Silence – Friday April 14th

The GLSEN Day of Silence is a national student-led demonstration where LGBTQ students and allies all around the country—and the world—take a vow of silence to protest the...

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One Antiracist Action You Can Take Today: Get Involved In Advocacy Season

April is the start of "Advocacy Season" in Massachusetts as this is the time in the State legislative calendar where budgets are announced and priorities become clear for...

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One Antiracist Action You Can Take Today: Change A Word Change A Life – Honor Transgender Day of Visibility on Friday March 31st.

By Amy Hogarth, Director of Training and Equity Culture The campaign, Change a Word Change a Life, was founded to call more attention to using proper pronouns can support...

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One Antiracist Action You Can Take Today: Undo Racism Through Social Work

On this Social Worker Appreciation Month, take time to reflect on how social work itself has been used to uphold oppression in the past and how it could be used to undo it in...

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One Antiracist Action You Can Take Today: Follow Women Working To Make AI Ethical, Equitable, & Accountable

Dr. Joy Buolamwini, noticed the facial recognition software she was working on couldn't detect her face, uncovering that the software was never trained to detect the full...

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One Antiracist Action You Can Take Today: Listen To Her Story

In honor of Women's History Month in March, get your free tickets to the Boston Symphony Orchestra to hear the panel discussion: Her Story. "Julia Wolfe’s Her...

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One Antiracist Action You Can Take Today: Connect By Calling In, Not Calling Out

Amy Hogarth Director of Training & Equity Culture What is the difference between Calling In & Calling Out? To us at Wayside – it is about intention and...

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One Antiracist Action You Can Take Today: Read A Book

With so much in the news about legislators trying to pass laws to ban books in school, it really demonstrates just how powerful it is to see yourself and your community...

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One Antiracist Action You Can Take Today: Make Plans to Celebrate Black History Month

This February make plans to celebrate Black History Month in your programs and in your life. After several years of virtual celebrations, many organizations are now holding...

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One Antiracist Action You Can Take Today: Add Crazy Horse To Your List Of Idols

Crazy Horse, or Tasunke Witko, has become a symbol of resistance for his refusal to accept confinement to reservations for his people.  A warrior and leader in the Lakota...

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Framingham SOURCE – Wayside Youth & Family Support Network Receives $580,500 Grant To Assist BIPOC Mental Health Workers

In full transparency, the following is a press release submitted to SOURCE media. FRAMINGHAM – The Massachusetts Executive Office of Human Health Services (EOHHS) has...

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One Antiracist Action You Can Take Today: Embrace The Antiracist Mission

“If a city was a memorial, Boston would be a memorial for America,” Imari Paris Jeffries, Executive Director of the Embrace Memorial, stated. “People come to Boston to...

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Grant Will Allow Wayside to Enhance Internship Program

The following information was provided by the Wayside Youth and Family Support Network: The Massachusetts Executive Office of Human Health Services (EOHHS) has awarded...

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One Antiracist Action You Can Take Today: Understand The Parallels & The Differences

This past Sunday, thousands of protesters stormed the Brazilian capital. The parallels with the U.S. insurrection on January 6th were immediate. “The U.S. example of...

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Wayside Youth & Family receives $580,500 grant to help recruit, hire, BIPOC interns

FRAMINGHAM — Wayside Youth & Family Support Network said a new $580,500 grant will allow the agency to hire master's-level interns that better reflect the population of...

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Wayside Youth and Family Support Network Receives $580,500 Workforce Enhancement Grant

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 4, 2023 Contact: Betsy Freedman Doherty 774.287.6418 (cell) [email protected] ...

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One Antiracist Action You Can Take Today: Know The Discrimination Kids Are Experiencing In Schools

As we start 2023, I want to take a moment to reflect on the experiences of youth in schools in the last year. A recent article from the New York Times describes the record...

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Wayside Youth & Family Support Network Awarded $2 Million Federal Grant to Improve Access to Marginalized Youth and Families Living with Trauma

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 5, 2022 Contact: Betsy Freedman Doherty 774-287-6418 (cell) 
[email protected] FRAMINGHAM, Mass. – The federal...

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Wayside Youth & Family Support Network Receives $7,500 Grant from the Greater Worcester Community Foundation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 1, 2022 Contact: Nick Kane [email protected] CHARLTON, MA – Wayside Youth & Family Support Network received a grant of...

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Congratulations to Guimel DeCarvalho – Multiple Award Recipient!

Guimel DeCarvalho has been selected by MetroWest Health Foundation to receive the Edna Smith Health Equity Award for her work to advance diversity, equity and inclusion at...

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Congratulations to Sara McCabe – Beverly Ross Fliegel Social Policy & Change Award

Congratulations to Sara McCabe, LICSW, Chief Operating Officer, for being selected as this year's recipient of the Beverly Ross Fliegel social policy & change award. Sara...

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This article originally appeared in the Framingham Source on November 23, 2021 FRAMINGHAM – The MetroWest Health Foundation announced it has awarded more than $1.9...

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Our Commitment to the Transgender Community

The below is a statement from Wayside's CEO, Eric L. Masi, Ed. D, that was sent to our 500 staff on Nov. 18, 2021. I write to you today out of respect for the upcoming...

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Greater Lowell Community Health Foundation Awards $208K in Coronavirus Response Grants to Address Mental Health Needs

The article below appeared in the Lowell Sun on Oct. 25, 2021 LOWELL — The Greater Lowell Community Foundation issued a new round of coronavirus-related grants,...

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Wayside Opens New Framingham Residence for Boys

This article appeared in the Framingham Patch on Oct. 8, 2021 FRAMINGHAM, MA — Wayside Youth & Family recently celebrated the opening of its newest residence for...

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Wayside Youth & Family Support Network Holds Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for New Residential Program

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:                                 October 6, 2021  Contact: Michelle Hillman                        ...

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By Daniela Thermora Director of People and Career Development I think part of being Latina, Latino, Latinx, Spanish or Hispanic is understanding the difference between all...

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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Understand Intersectional Feminism

Daniela Thermora Career Development Manager When someone doesn’t know what...

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Watertown Community Foundation awards spring grants

Published in the Watertown Tab on June 29, 2021 The Watertown Community Foundation recently awarded grants totaling $129,500 to initiatives in two categories. WCF’s...

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Wayside Youth & Family Support Network Opens New Program in Charlton 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:                                 June 15, 2021  Contact: Michelle...

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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Remember Pulse

Guimel DeCarvalho Vice President of People & Culture This past weekend was the 5th anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub shooting where 49 LGBTQ+ people lost their...

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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Plan How You Will Celebrate Juneteenth

Guimel DeCarvalho Vice President of People & Culture   Juneteenth commemorates the day the last enslaved people in America learned of their...

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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Learn About the Progress Pride Flag

Guimel DeCarvalho Vice President of People & Culture   For the last 42 years, Gilbert Baker’s rainbow striped flag has been the...

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One Antiracist Action You Can Take Today: Remember George Floyd

By Guimel DeCarvalho Vice President of People & Culture Today is the one-year anniversary of George Floyd's murder. We must first honor his family's wishes and...

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MetroWest Health Foundation Awards More Than $3.3 Million in Grants To Organizations Due To COVID Pandemic

This story originally appeared in the Framingham Source on May 6, 2021 FRAMINGHAM – The MetroWest Health Foundation today announced the award of over $3.3 million in...

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Wayside Statement on Derek Chauvin Conviction

Last week, the nation and world witnessed a historic moment when ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was held accountable for George Floyd’s murder. Black...

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One Antiracist Action You Can Take Today: Observe The Day Of Silence

By Sara Schofield Day Center Senior Program Director Today, the Day Center program is observing the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network's (GLSEN) annual Day of...

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MetroWest Chamber: Strategies for Coping With the Physical Effects of Trauma

This article originally appeared in the Framingham Source on April 20, 2021 By Anastasia Lynge Counselor with Wayside Youth & Family Support Network’s Trauma...

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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Let It Sink In

By Guimel DeCarvalho Vice President of People & Culture and Chief Diversity Officer Yesterday Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all three counts in the murder of George...

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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Use the Word Accountability in Place of Justice When Discussing the Verdict

By Sara McCabe Vice President of Campus Services Like millions of others, I am anxiously awaiting the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial. I was inspired by the words...

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Newly launched Wayside Equity Training Center to offer nonprofits comprehensive training and organizational development services on diversity, equity and inclusion

For Immediate Release April 9, 2021 Contact: Diana C. Pisciotta 617-784-5256 Center builds on more than a decade of experience at Wayside Youth & Family Support...

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Human service agencies seek help, and they’re not afraid to get creative about it

The below article appeared in MetroWest Daily News on April 4, 2021 By Lillian Eden A new billboard near Rte. 1 in Walpole suggests “Get Rich in Human...

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Opinion: ‘Stand In Solidarity with Asian American Colleagues and Friends’

The Op-Ed below appeared in the Framingham Source on March 20, 2021. FRAMINGHAM – Our Framingham group of stakeholders are committed to working in collaboration. Our...

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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Learn the Mental Health Impacts of Anti-Asian Racism

Guimel DeCarvalho Vice President of People & Culture Racism and racial abuse...

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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Know The Root of Anti-Asian Racism

By Guimel DeCarvalho Vice President of People & Culture, Chief Diversity Officer   Violence and the hate crimes against Asian Americans have soared...

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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Learn the Difference Between BIPOC and POC

By Daniela Thermora Career Development Coordinator When I began my agency wide BIPOC - Black, Indigenous, Person of Color - group I received an email asking,...

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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Use Art To Know The Problem We All Live With

By Sara McCabe Vice President of Campus Services I remember being very young the...

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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Appreciate Black Ingenuity

By Diana Duqette Family Support Specialist Black innovators are responsible for inventions that have changed our daily lives, including the way we eat, prepare...

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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Know The Roots of Intersectionality

By Guimel DeCarvalho Vice President of People & Culture, Chief Diversity Officer We often remember Sojourner Truth for her "Ain't I a Woman?" speech, but her legacy...

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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Learn The History of School Desegregation

By Eric L. Masi, Ed.D President & CEO Many in Massachusetts remember or have studied the horrible stories of school desegregation in Boston. I didn't grow up here but...

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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Celebrate Black History Month By Doing The Work

Sara McCabe, LICSW Vice President of Campus Services she/her/hers Dear White People, In honor of Black History Month we are calling on...

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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Educate Yourself on the Laws & Push for Change

By Amy Hogarth Director of Recruitment and Inclusion We are thrilled that the new administration is giving racial equity respect and attention - there is no time to waste...

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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Black Women Are at the Forefront of Social Change, Follow Them

Michelle Hillman Marketing & Communication Manager On Martin Luther King Jr....

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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Reflect On The Beloved Community

Guimel DeCarvalho Vice President of People & Culture As we wait to see the...

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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Reflections on MLK Day

B By Molly Fadden, Department of People and Culture intern Today we celebrated civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. by...

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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Recognize The Fragility Of Gains Without Full Systemic Change

By Guimel DeCarvalho Vice President of People & Culture Over the last 100 years women went from having 8 million jobs in the workforce to 78 million. In the last year,...

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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Leverage Your Expertise

By Guimel DeCarvalho Vice President of People & Culture We all have a...

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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Start With Small Steps

By Guimel DeCarvalho Vice President of People & Culture Throughout the last six months we have shared with you 143 anti-racist actions you can take. Which ones...

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Framingham State, MassBay part of new state pilot to support homeless teen

This story originally appeared in the MetroWest Daily News on Jan. 10, 2021 By Zane Razzaq FRAMINGHAM — A new government-funded scholarship program will provide dorm...

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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Demand Truth & Accountability

By Guimel DeCarvalho Vice President of People & Culture All forms of...

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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Acknowledge The Macro

By Guimel DeCarvalho Vice President of People & Culture On behalf of the...

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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Make A Plan To Vote In Every. Single. Election.

By Guimel DeCarvalho Vice President of People & Culture If there is one thing we have learned this year, it's that every single vote counts. And then it is counted...

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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Appreciate, Don’t Appropriate

By Guimel DeCarvalho Vice President of People & Culture Cultural appropriation is one of those terms you may have heard repeatedly, but many not really know what it...

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Framingham Toy Drive Will Support 100 Local Families

This article originally appeared in the Framingham Patch on Dec. 7, 2020 By Neil McNamara Patch Staff FRAMINGHAM, MA — A holiday toy drive sponsored by...

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10 Holiday Tips for Parents of Children With Mental Health Needs

Parents have been on an eight-month emotional rollercoaster trying to manage their children’s, and their own, mental health. For many, just getting through the holidays...

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Wayland Middle School PTO Purchases $15,000 in Holiday Gifts for Youth in Wayside’s Residential Program

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:                               December 22, 2020 Contact: Michelle Hillman 508-380-5486...

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Make Mindfulness Your Holiday Season Superpower!

By Sukie Bansal-Roberts Benefits Specialist We recently invited Lauren Loehning, a wellness and mindfulness consultant, to give a...

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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Know Racism Is International

By Guimel DeCarvalho Vice President of People & Culture Systemic racism doesn't just happen in America. Around the world systems of oppression replicate many of the...

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Wayside Youth & Family Support Network Awarded $29K Grant From MetroWest Health Foundation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 15, 2020 Contact: Michelle Hillman 508-380-5486 (cell) [email protected] Framingham, MA – Wayside Youth &...

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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Follow the Work of Chief Diversity Officers

By Guimel DeCarvalho Vice President of People & Culture and Chief Diversity Officer After the murder of George Floyd companies issued statements of outrage and...

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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Find Your Accountability Partner

By Guimel DeCarvalho Vice President of People & Culture The best way to change your own behavior is by having someone else hold you accountable to it. This is...

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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Do Whatever It Takes

By Guimel DeCarvalho Vice President of People & Culture So much of what Wayside staff do day in and day out in your jobs are actions to support kids and families who...

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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Eat Some Ice Cream

By Guimel DeCarvalho Vice President of People & Culture Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a business model where companies are socially accountable to their...

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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Share Five Equity Plan Goals

By Guimel DeCarvalho Vice President of People & Culture   Wayside is a child welfare and behavioral health agency committed to anti-racism, social justice and...

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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Apply Equity & Racial Justice To Philanthropy

By Nicolas M. Kane Development Manager Today, Dec. 1, 2020, is Giving Tuesday. If you follow Wayside on social media, you know that we are participating and asking the...

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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Remember Them, Transgender Day of Remembrance

By Guimel DeCarvalho Vice President of People & Culture, Chief Diversity Officer On November 20th we remember the lives of transgender...

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How a White CEO Can Support Anti-Racist Work

This column was originally published in November issue of The Provider, the newspaper of the Providers' Council. By Eric L. Masi President/CEO of Wayside Youth & Family...

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MetroWest Health Foundation Awards $720,000 in Grants to Address COVID & Health Equity Needs

This article originally appeared in the Framingham Source on Nov. 9, 2020 FRAMINGHAM – The MetroWest Health Foundation announced the award of over $720,000 in new grants...

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Wayside Warriors: JP Posnak and Kendra Holmgren

By Allison Parks Site Director, Wayside MetroWest Community Services It’s not often families reach out to share the positive stories. It’s not because there aren’t...

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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Learn About Stacey Abrams and The Long Game

By Guimel DeCarvalho Vice President of People & Culture and Chief Diversity Officer When Vice President Joe Biden took the lead in Georgia this morning - the first time...

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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: 24 Hours of Self-Care to Get You Through Election Day

By Amy Hogarth Director of Recruitment & Inclusion Rather than doomscrolling while waiting for election results, I recommend you do one, two, or all of the 24 items...

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One Anti-Racist Action to Take Today: Invest in Your Own Wellness

By Sara McCabe Vice President of Campus Services We’ve all had the experience of being told to “calm down” or “just relax” or we’ve...

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Watertown Residents Can Help Neighbors Celebrate Thanksgiving in 2020

This article originally appeared in the Watertown News on Oct. 29, 2020 Mutual Aid, which is sponsored by the Watertown Community Foundation and Wayside Youth and Family...

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New Partnership Provides Local Resource for Survivors of Domestic Abuse, Sexual Assault and Children Impacted by Substance Use

This article originally appeared Franklin Local Town Pages By Judy O'Gara The SAFE Coalition, a non-profit organization that provides supportive services to those...

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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Self-Care to Beat Election Anxiety

By Sukie Bansal-Roberts Benefits & Wellness Coordinator Graphic image credit: Getty Images As the 2020 presidential election looms, most of the country is gripped in...

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Wayside Youth & Family Support Network’s team receives award

This article originally appeared in the MetroWest Daily News in the Business Digest on Oct. 21, 2020 Wayside Youth & Family Support Network’s COVID Positive...

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Wayside Youth & Family Support Network’s Virtual 5K4Kids Raises Over $98K

*This release was updated on Nov. 18, 2020 to reflect the final total raised FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 19, 2020 Contact: Michelle Hillman Cell: 508-380-5486...

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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Know Your Rights – Overview

By Guimel DeCarvalho Vice President of People & Culture and Chief Diversity Officer Our country is going through major...

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Wayside Youth & Family Support Network’s Virtual 5K4Kids Raises Over $77K

Wayside Youth & Family Support Network’s Virtual 5K4Kids Raises Over $77K Wayside will continue fundraising to reach its $100K goal FRAMINGHAM, MA – Wayside Youth...

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Wayside Youth & Family Support Network’s COVID Positive Program Team Awarded the Excellence in Perseverance Award from the Association for Behavioral Healthcare

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:                               October 16, 2020   Contact: Michelle Hillman 508-380-5486...

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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Know Whose Land You Are Living On

By Guimel DeCarvalho, Vice President of People and Culture, Chief Diversity Officer Today is Indigenous Peoples' Day. It is a day to celebrate all of the contributions...

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Massachusetts Nonprofit Network Conference opens with a keynote on racial justice

This article originally appeared in the Boston University News Service on Oct. 6, 2020 By Nathan Lederman BU News Service The Massachusetts Nonprofit Network began its...

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Wayside Youth & Family Services Supporting Youth During COVID; Seeks Community Support with Virtual 5K4Kids Event

This article originally appeared in the Source on Oct. 5, 2020 FRAMINGHAM – The 11th annual 5k4kids fundraising event by Wayside Youth and Family Services will be held...

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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Condemn White Supremacy

When someone asks you to condemn white supremacy, you do it.  By Guimel DeCarvalho Vice President of People & Culture and Chief Diversity Officer Blog Image Photo...

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Saab Foundation Awards $5,000 COVID-Relief Grant to Wayside Youth & Family

This article originally appeared in the Framingham Source on Sept. 14, 2020 FRAMINGHAM – Wayside Youth & Family Support Network received a COVID-19 Relief Grant from...

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

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 14, 2020 Contact: Michelle Hillman 508-380-5486 (cell) [email protected] LOWELL, MA – Wayside Youth & Family...

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Saab Foundation Awards $5,000 COVID-Relief Grant to Wayside Youth & Family

This article originally appeared in the Framingham Source on September 14, 2020 FRAMINGHAM – Wayside Youth & Family Support Network received a COVID-19 Relief Grant...

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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Explore Your Privilege

By Guimel DeCarvalho Vice President of People & Culture, Chief Diversity Officer Privilege in its simplest form is getting things you haven't earned because there are...

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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Appreciate a Cultural Icon

By Guimel DeCarvalho Director of People and Culture, Chief Diversity Officer Jackie Robinson, Thurgood Marshall, James Brown, and the Marvel character T'Challa in...

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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Push Past Your Own Silence

By Guimel DeCarvalho Director of People & Culture, Chief Diversity Officer Silence is a powerful thing. Whether choosing not to speak up about witnessing racism or...

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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Support the Sports Strike

By Guimel DeCarvalho Director of People & Culture, Chief Diversity Officer Yesterday the Milwaukee Bucks and Orlando Magic voted to not play in their playoff game in...

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Sexual Assault and Children Impacted by Substances Support, Partnership with Wayside Youth & Family Support Network

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Jennifer Levine SAFE Coalition 858-952-8120 [email protected] Franklin, MA: SAFE Coalition today announced a...

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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Volunteer To Be A Poll Worker

By Guimel DeCarvalho Director of People and Culture Given the obstacles to voting presented by the pandemic and the attacks on the postal service, it's more important than...

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Column: Explaining What “Normal” Looks Like

This column originally appeared MetroWest Daily News on August 9, 2020 By Dr. Lauren Barry/Guest Columnist Director of Clinical Initiatives and Data Analytics Explaining...

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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Appreciate Multilingualism

By Guimel DeCarvalho Director of People and Culture, Chief Diversity Officer Have you ever tried to learn another language? It's hard! So why is it that multilingualism is...

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Greater Lowell Community Foundation Grants $1.1 Million to 55 Nonprofits

This article originally appeared in massnonprofitnews on August 3, 2020 August 3, 2020 —The Greater Lowell Community Foundation announced it granted $1,139,000 in...

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Wayside Youth & Family Support Network Awarded COVID-19 Relief Fund Grant From the Greater Lowell Community Foundation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 28, 2020 Contact: Michelle Hillman 508-380-5486 (cell) [email protected] FRAMINGHAM, MA – Wayside Youth &...

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Parenting Children With Anxiety During COVID-19

By Dr. Lauren Barry, Director of Clinical Initiatives and Data Analytics It’s been a rough couple of months living through a pandemic, with little indication regarding...

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Be Inspired by John Lewis, a Civil Rights Icon

By Guimel DeCarvalho Director of People and Culture On July 17th Civil Rights leader and Congressman, John Lewis passed away. He was the last remaining March on Washington...

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How to Stay Safe if You Are Living in an Abusive Home

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...

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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Support and Learn From Black Academics and Activists

By Taiany Goulart Medford Program Director Today's anti-racist action comes from Medford Program Director, Taiany Goulart. Taiany is following the work of Rachel Cargle, a...

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Signs of Generosity Pop Up Around Watertown

This article originally appeared in the Watertown News on July 9, 2020 By Charlie Breitrose The Watertown Community Foundation wanted to thank those who have donated to...

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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Relearn History

By Guimel DeCarvalho Director of People and Culture, Chief Diversity Officer You may have heard the phrase "history is written by the winners" or "history is written by the...

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Summer and COVID-19 – What’s Safe for Families?

By Lisa Gibalerio, MPH Prevention Specialist, Wayside Youth and Family Support Services Program Coordinator, Belmont Wellness Coalition It's almost 4th of July weekend...

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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Support Black-owned Businesses

By Guimel DeCarvalho Director of People and Culture, Chief Diversity Officer Black-owned businesses have long been shut out of capital, loans and lines of credit due to...

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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Request an Absentee Ballot, Register to Vote, & Run for Office!

By Guimel DeCarvalho Director of People and Culture, Chief Diversity Officer Voting matters. Voting...

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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Learn and Practice the Tasks of the Privileged by Dr. Ken Hardy

By Guimel DeCarvalho Wayside's Director of People and Culture and Chief Diversity Officer Prior to engaging in a conversation about race, read, learn, and practice the...

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Why We’re Making Juneteenth a Paid Holiday

By Guimel DeCarvalho, Director of People and Culture and Chief Diversity Officer at Wayside Youth & Family Support Network Wayside Youth & Family Support Network has...

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Column: Why we’re making Juneteenth a paid holiday

This column originally appeared in the MetroWest Daily News on June 18, 2020. By Guimel DeCarvalho, director of People and Culture and chief diversity...

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10 Things We Want White People to Do to Celebrate Juneteenth

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...

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Mutual Aid Program Has Linked Dozens in Watertown to Help Each Other During COVID-19

This article originally appeared in the Watertown News on June 18, 2020 As the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown began, a new program paired up people who needed help doing...

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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Learn About & Plan How You Will Celebrate Juneteenth

By Guimel DeCarvalho Director of People and Culture Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United...

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We Have Been Called Into Action – What Are YOU Going To Do

Sukhbir Bansal-Roberts Benefits Specialist The question that many of us have been asking ourselves...

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George Floyd and the Pandemic of Racism

By Eric L. Masi, Ed.D. President & CEO I am writing to acknowledge the terrible crisis in...

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MetroWest Daily News – Parenting Children With Depression During COVID-19

This column originally appeared in the MetroWest Daily News on May 22, 2020 By Lauren Barry/Guest Columnist Children with mood disorders like depression will have a...

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The Belmontonian – Coexisting With COVID-19

This piece originally appeared in The Belmontonian on May 14, 2020 By Lisa Gibalerio, Prevention Specialist, Wayside Youth and Family Support Services and Corinne Jackman,...

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WickedLocal Watertown – Mutual aid network launches in Watertown

This article was originally published in WickedLocal Watertown on May 13, 2020 The Watertown Community Foundation’s Community Resilience Fund has teamed with Wayside...

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Wayside Youth & Family Support Network Receives $10,000 Grant from the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:                                 May 12, 2020                          Contact: Michelle...

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Foundation for MetroWest grants $1.25M in emergency funds to local nonprofits

This story originally appeared in MetroWest Daily News on May 12, 2020 NATICK — The Foundation for MetroWest recently announced that it has granted over $1.25...

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Parenting Children With PTSD During COVID-19

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...

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Project Toy Box & United Way of Tri-County Helping Families Bring Home Some Fun During COVID-19

This article originally appeared in the Framingham Source on May 6, 2020 FRAMINGHAM – Countless children from lower-income families are in for a big surprise! The...

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Framingham ‘Community Hour’ features health pros offering help during pandemic

By Evan Lee /Daily News Correspondent This story originally appeared in the MetroWest Daily News on May 7, 2020 “What we’re noticing is that kids’ depression...

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Watertown News: An Open Letter to WHS Seniors from Wayside & the Watertown Youth Coalition

This letter was written by Lisa Gibalerio, Prevention Specialist, for Wayside Youth & Family Support Network and the Watertown Youth Coalition. It was originally...

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Social Workers Step up to Provide Crucial Support to People Affected by the Coronavirus

By Jason Kornwitz This article originally appeared on May 4, 2020 in the Boston College School of Social Work News. Students, faculty, and alumni have delivered...

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Wayside Warrior – Debbie Brooks

Debbie Brooks, contract manager, Accounts Receivable Debbie Brooks' sewing talents aren't exactly a secret ever since that time she wore a handmade leprechaun costume to...

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Wayside Warriors – Olivia Chiacchia

Olivia Chiacchia, coordinator of STEPS Young Adult Resource Center Meet Olivia Chiacchia, coordinator of STEPS Young Adult Resource Center in Arlington, which...

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Weekly Wellness With Sukie

By Guimel DeCarvalho Director of People & Culture and Chief Diversity Officer Earlier this month, we welcomed our new Coordinator of Wellness and Benefits, Sukie...

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Lowell Sun – Greater Lowell Community Foundation disperses emergency grants

This article originally appeared in the Lowell Sun on April 27, 2020 LOWELL — The Greater Lowell Community Foundation has provided its first phase of emergency grants...

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MetroWest Daily News – The Parmenter Foundation Awards $10K to Behavioral Health Partners MetroWest

This story originally appeared in the MetroWest Daily News on April 17, 2020 WAYLAND — The Wayland-based Parmenter Foundation recently awarded a $10,000 grant to...

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Learn Your APCD’s of Sexual Assault Prevention

By Samantha Jean Wayside Trauma Intervention Services, education and outreach coordinator In honor of April being Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM), we're sharing a...

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Parenting Children With Depression During COVID-19

By Dr. Lauren Barry, Director of Clinical Initiatives and Data Analytics For children who struggle with mental health issues, being at home during COVID-19 normalizes many...

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MetroWest Daily News – Column: Parenting Children with ADHD During the COVID-19 Crisis

This column originally appeared in the MetroWest and Milford Daily News on April 20, 2020 At Wayside Youth & Family Support Network, where I’ve worked as a...

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Belmont Citizen-Herald – Being a teen isn’t easy. Coronavirus has made it harder

This article originally appeared in the Belmont Citizen-Herald on April 17, 2020 and features Wayside's Lisa Gibalerio, prevention specialist for Wayside Youth and Family...

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Framingham Patch – OUT MetroWest Still Supporting LGBTQ+ Youth During Coronavirus

This article originally appeared in the Framingham Patch on April 14, 2020 By Neal McNamara FRAMINGHAM, MA — The group OUT MetroWest wants LGBTQ+ youth in the region...

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Wayside Warriors – Christi Fagerberg

Christi Fagerberg, family support specialist, Parent-Peer Partnership Program Christi Fagerberg is a marketing whiz when it comes to promoting her Parent Support Groups,...

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Parenting Children With ADHD During COVID-19

By Dr. Lauren Barry, Director of Clinical Initiatives and Data Analytics At Wayside Youth & Family Support Network, where I’ve worked as a psychologist for 22 years,...

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MetroWest Daily News – Foundation for MetroWest Announces $75K in Emergency COVID-19 Grants

This article appeared in the MetroWest Daily News on April 3, 2020 Less than one week after announcing its grant process, the Foundation for MetroWest provided the first...

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Wayside Youth & Family Support Network Receives $3,000 Grant from the Frederick E. Weber Charities Corporation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 27, 2020 Contact: Michelle Hillman [email protected]   MEDFORD, MASS. – Wayside Youth & Family Support...

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16 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Books Our Staff Love

Wayside’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Committee is constantly exploring new ways to fulfill our agency’s mission of being anti-racist and inclusive. It's a...

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Wayside Youth & Family Support Network Receives $3,000 Grant from the Aubert J. Fay Charitable Fund

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 17, 2020 Contact: Michelle Hillman 508-270-1254 (work) 508-380-5486 (cell) [email protected]   LOWELL, Mass....

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ShortStop Program Director Wins the Grand Prize

By Liam Haley, intern Antwan Steed, program director of Wayside Youth & Family Support Network’s Shortstop program in Somerville, is doing something that will make...

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Watertown Patch – Watertown Joins MBTA Youth Pass Program

This article originally appeared in the Watertown Patch on Jan. 9, 2020 By Samantha Mercardo WATERTOWN, MA — Watertown is making an effort to help youth get around...

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Wayside Youth & Family Support Network Awarded $10,000 Grant from Foundation for MetroWest 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 7, 2020 Contact: Michelle Hillman  508-270-1254 (work)  508-380-5486...

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Surviving and Thriving This Winter: Mental Health Tips From the Belmont Wellness Coalition

By Lisa Gibalerio Prevention Specialist and Belmont Wellness Coalition Coordinator Winters can be tough, for both students and their families. The excitement of the...

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My Most Memorable Holiday: Giving the One Gift That Meant Everything to a 12-Year-Old Boy

By Kimberley Ward Senior Program Director, MetroWest Community Services, Framingham Sometimes all it takes is a new Easy Bake Oven to make a child's holiday the most...

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Message from the CEO: This Thanksgiving Take Care of Yourself

By Eric Masi President and CEO Recently some senior Wayside managers and I were reflecting with some of our board members about Wayside's strengths and accomplishments....

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Wayside Youth & Family Support Network Receives $10,000 Grant from The Greater Lowell Health Alliance 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:   November 1, 2019   Contact: Michelle Hillman  [email protected]  508-270-1254 (direct)   508-380-5486...

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Why I Love Halloween on the Wayside Campus

By Sara McCabe, vice president of campus services, (aka Veruca Salt in staff photo above) Every year beginning in September, or honestly, mid-August, we start planning of...

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Former ShortStop Client Lifting up Poor Kids in Guatemala

  Rolando Rojas, 24, is fulfilling the motto “Lift as You Climb” by returning to Guatemala for the first time in six years to deliver school supplies to children...

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Lowell Sun – Greater Lowell Health Alliance Assessment Points out Top Issues

This article originally appeared in the Lowell Sun on Oct. 25 By Nicole DeFeudis LOWELL — Mental health, substance addiction, alcohol abuse, cancer and nutrition are...

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massnonprofit news – Wayside Youth & Family Support Network Raises $106K

This article originally appeared in the massnonprofit news on Oct. 22. Wayside Youth & Family Support Network, a Framingham nonprofit that provides outreach services,...

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Wayside’s Guimel DeCarvalho Named Emerging Leader by the Association for Behavioral Healthcare 

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 18, 2019 Contact: Michelle Hillman Marketing and Communications Manager 508-270-1254 (direct) 508-380-5486...

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Framingham Patch – Wayside’s 5K4Kids Raises Over $100K

This article originally appeared in the Framingham Patch on Oct. 9. FRAMINGHAM, MA — The Wayside Youth and Family Support Network's largest annual fundraiser was largely...

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New England Psychologist – Wayside Launches New Program for Children Impacted by Opioid Crisis

This article originally appeared in the New England Psychologist on Oct. 9. By Margarita Tartakovsky In response to the devastating effects of the opioid crisis on...

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10th Annual Wayside Youth & Family Support Network’s 5K4Kids Raises Over $100K  

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  October 8, 2019   Contact: Michelle Hillman       Marketing and Communications...

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Framingham’s Gabriel Casado Recognized by Department of Mental Health for Peer Mentoring Work

This press release was originally distributed by the Department of Mental Health and reposted here with permission. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 2, 2019 Contact:...

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I Took Lady Gaga’s Advice and Attended Mental Health First Aid Training and Here’s What I Thought

This guest blog originally appeared on the UMass Medical School Transitions to Adulthood Center for Research's parent blog and is posted here with permission. On Friday,...

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The Provider – Wayside celebrates 10 years, acceptance of ‘our kids’

It's been 10 years since Wayside combined four group homes, an accredited school, day treatment program and administrative offices on one site. Read more about our campus...

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Twenty Years of Doing Better for Kids

Dave Boothe can attest that seeing is believing. In the 20 years since joining Wayside, Dave has met a variety of kids, from all different backgrounds, each with their own...

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Wayside Youth & Family Support Network Celebrates Selection as a Stop & Shop Community Bag Beneficiary 

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  July 15, 2019    Contact: Michelle Hillman       Marketing and Communications...

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Wayside Youth & Family Support Network Receives $24,900 Grant From the Sudbury Foundation 

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  July 3, 2019    Contact: Michelle Hillman       Marketing and Communications...

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Five Facts About Juneteenth

By Rosalind Baker Program Director, Framingham Family Resource Center Up until last year, my mom would call everyone in my family and make sure they knew it was June...

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Campus Celebrates 10 Years, Acceptance of ‘Our Kids’

Eric Masi remembers the excitement and relief of cutting the ribbon on the Framingham campus of Wayside Youth & Family Support Network, an agency he has led as CEO for...

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MetroWest Daily News – Wayside offers therapeutic, education to teens

Our CEO, Eric Masi, was recently featured in the MetroWest Daily News. Read the full story below.   By Zane Razzaq FRAMINGHAM – For 10 years, Wayside Youth...

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Wayside Youth & Family Support Network Hires Program Coordinator, Launches New Program for Children Impacted by the Opioid Epidemic  

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  June 5, 2019    Contact: Michelle Hillman       Marketing and Communications...

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Wayside Youth & Family Support Network Receives $5K Grant From the Foundation for MetroWest

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  May 31, 2019    Contact: Michelle Hillman       Marketing and Communications Manager  508-270-1254...

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Worcester Telegram & Gazette – PhotoVoice exhibit in Worcester, tells youths’ stories, struggles

Wayside's PhotoVoice program held an exhibit in Worcester displaying 20 pieces of artwork from youth who participated in the eight-week workshop where young people are...

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MetroWest Daily News – Roche: Support and treatment, not shame, for mental illness

This column originally appeared in the MetroWest Daily News on May 8, 2019 during National Children's Mental Health Awareness Week. The most important thing I tell parents...

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Committing to a Year With Charlie

By John Karash In early 2016 I was assigned to take an outpatient transfer client because his previous clinician had left the agency. This is when I met Charlie. Charlie...

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MetroWest Daily News – Milford service dog helps victims of trauma

Wayside's Trauma Intervention Services program in Milford includes a trained Labrador retriever to help clients with traumatic events. Read the article as it originally...

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massnonprofit news – How to Create Culture Change in Your Organization

Our Director of People and Culture, Guimel DeCarvalho, was featured in massnonprofit news. Read the full article below or as it originally appeared here. The election of a...

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MetroWest Daily News – Grant progam helps formerly homeless Framingham man get an apartment

A new grant program helps homeless young adults - or those at risk of becoming homeless - with the finances needed to rent an a place to live. Read the full article as it...

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Human trafficking does not happen elsewhere, it happens here 

By Suzanne Rea, LICSW, Wayside Youth and Family Support Network Clinical Supervisor We all were shocked to learn that a high-profile philanthropist allegedly visited a...

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Boston Globe – Wayside CEO speaks out about child sex trafficking

Wayside Youth & Family Support Network's CEO, Eric Masi, wrote that human trafficking is not something that happens "elsewhere." Read his Letter to the Editor as it...

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