Partnership and Collaboration

The Children’s Trust Fund works side- by- side with local and national organizations dedicated to supporting children and families. During the last 12 months, CTF has worked with The Pew Center on the States, The Center for the Study of Social Policy, the National Alliance of Children’s Trust & Prevention Funds. Our local partners include the Department of Early Education & Care, the Department of Public Health and the Department of Children & Families.  

CTF is partnering with the Pew Center on the States to strengthen the field of home visiting. Pew is providing funding to the Massachusetts Healthy Families Evaluation, one of 14 national projects, in support of its work to gather information on the effects of home visiting. Additionally, CTF and Pew are partnering to promote the development and adoption of evidence-based quality standards for Massachusetts’ funded home visitation programs.

Massachusetts Home Visiting is expanding home visiting services in 17 high-need communities. The Children’s Trust Fund in partnership with the Department of Public Health is providing technical assistance and training to support program implementation and holds a key role in the task force that is planning and developing the program enhancements, collaboration, and evaluation.

CTF was selected by the Center for the Study of Social Policy to work on a collaboration project to advance the implementation of the Protective Factors framework in family-serving programs. This project, called the AIM (Action, Implementation and Momentum) Initiative, is funded by the Doris Duke Foundation. Together with the Department of Children & Families, Department of Early Education & Care and Department of Public Health, we are mentoring early childhood professionals in their use of the Strengthening Families Approach. Massachusetts is one of four states selected to participate in this initiative.

On behalf of the National Alliance of Children’s Trust & Prevention Funds, CTF developed a curriculum for family serving organizations so that they can integrate the Strengthening Families Approach in their work.

CTF began working in partnership with the Department of Children & Families to design and implement family support programs and services at their newly created Family Resource Centers.

The 18th Annual a View from All Sides conference brought together 650 family support professionals for in-depth examination of cutting edge theories and promising practices in family support and education.

Last, but not least, CTF continues to be the Commonwealth’s leading provider of free trainings to family service professionals. More than 1,500 individuals participated in our educational programs in FY11.