MSPCC ( Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children) MSPCC (Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children) The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (MSPCC) is a private, non - profit agency dedicated to protecting and promoting the rights and well - being of children and families. We believe that every child deserves to be safe and healthy, that children grow up best in families and that all families deserve support.
Services MSPCC provides in the Greater Holyoke area include:
Healthy Families, a free, voluntary home visiting
program for teen and young parents funded by DPH and The Children’s Trust. We cover Holyoke, Chicopee, and Westfield. Healthy Families serves first time parents who are 23 years old and younger( right up to their 24th birthday). We can work with a family from pregnancy until a child is three years old.
We also provide one on one support, goal planning, parenting education, connections to com- munity resources, and social and supportive groups.
Parents as Teachers, a free, voluntary, home visiting program for parents funded by DPH. We cover the towns of Holyoke, Westfield, Chicopee, South Hadley,
Ludlow, and surrounding towns. Parent Educators can work with a family from pregnancy up until a child turns five years old. The family can have multiple children but one child must be under the age of 5. We provide one on one support, parenting education, literacy goals, connections to community resources, and supportive parenting groups. Both programs have a convenient online referral link You can learn more about Parents As Teachers here. https://www.mspcc.org/hf - referrals/ We also have bilingual staff in both programs. Please contact Sarah Lynn at slynneliotchs.org or at 781 - 879 - 8665 for more information or to make a referral. MSPCC Wraparound Clinic Services · Child & Family Behavioral Health Services: MSPCC provides wraparound CBHI services including In Home Therapy, Therapeutic Mentoring, and Psychiatry Services up to the age of 21. · Survivor Services Program: MSPCC clinicians help children who have experienced traumatic events like physical or sexual abuse, domestic violence, community violence, or the death of a loved one heal using highly effective treatments.. To make a referral contact Intake Coordinator, Sierra Forney, MSW, LICSW at 413 - 532 - 9446 or utilize the link https://www.mspcc.org/child - family - counseling/ · MSPCC’s Kid’s Net Program provides an array of support services for foster families and kinship caregivers including: statewide training, respite, childcare, and babysitting services, support groups in every area DCF office and the Behavioral Health Partnership program to support fos- ter parents and foster youth in homes. For more information contact program director Amneris Figueroa. afigueroa@eliotchs.org or the Main Office Number: (413) 532 - 9446 9 Sullivan Road Holyoke, MA 01040.
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