A Two-Generation Approach to Family Stability
Every child deserves to thrive. Every parent deserves the support to succeed.
FamilyAid is Greater Boston's two-generation solution to family success. We work side by side with children and parents facing housing instability and homelessness. Through long-term, two-generational wraparound supports, eviction and homelessness prevention services, temporary shelter and long-term housing search and placement, we address families’ needs and help them build lasting stability.
Building Better Futures
For more than a century, FamilyAid has been meeting families at the moment they need help most.
Founded in 1916 as Travelers Aid Society of Boston, the organization began with a simple belief: when families facing crisis are met with support, dignity and opportunity, their stories don’t end in hardship—they continue toward stability and hope.
Today, FamilyAid serves more than 5,000 children and parents each year across Greater Boston. This film reflects on FamilyAid’s 110-year legacy and the question that drives its work today: what happens after a family leaves FamilyAid’s care?
Family homelessness in Greater Boston is a crisis, and it's getting worse
Massachusetts has the third-highest rate of family homelessness in the US. As federal and state safety nets continue to fray, more families are being pushed to the edge. Children pay the steepest price.
children and parents are homeless or housing unstable in Greater Boston on any given night.
of people experiencing homelessness in MA are in families with children, the highest share in the country.
Massachusetts’ rank in the nation for family homelessness.
months: the maximum state shelter stay allowed for kids and parents — far less than most families need to stabilize.
Our Programs
FamilyAid’s nationally recognized 2Generation approach is rooted in the understanding that lasting change only happens when we invest in children and parents at the same time. Through prevention services that stop homelessness before it starts, supportive temporary housing and long-term 2Gen supports that address a whole family’s economic mobility, education and well-being, we help families build brighter, stronger futures.
2Gen Service
Navigation & Support
We engage struggling families with workforce development, childcare, health, education, economic mobility and basic needs. In 2026, more than 2,880 clients were enrolled in community programs to offset lost government supports.
Homelessness Prevention
When a child's housing stability is at risk, we step in immediately. Through legal advocacy, landlord mediation, financial assistance and wraparound supports, we protect more than 3,000 children and parents from losing their homes each year.
Temporary Housing
With 150 temporary housing units, we provide children and parents with safe places to stay while also providing educational and housing search and placement services and connections to vital community resources they need to return to a home of their own.This year, your support helped us change thousands of lives for the better.
As systems fail and safety nets unraveled, FamilyAid stepped in. Here’s what we accomplished together in 2025.
Note: Financials reflect fiscal year 2024–2025.
families supported last year
"Four months after living in a car under a bridge, Chloe and her four children are safe in a home of their own."
After fleeing an abusive husband with her four children—two with permanent disabilities—Chloe was turned away from state shelter because she had fallen behind on rent to cover food and medical bills. When FamilyAid found the family living in a car under a bridge, we stepped in with private support, legal advocacy and wraparound services. Four months later, Chloe and her children were safe in a home of their own.
Chloe and her kids are five of the more than 5,200 children and parents we supported last year. Read more of our family success stories below.
Get Involved
Give Now
Your gift provides immediate, direct support to children and parents in crisis.
Give Monthly
A recurring gift provides stable, predictable support that lets us plan ahead for families who need us.
Fundraise for Us
Host a birthday fundraiser, a workplace campaign, or a community event in support of FamilyAid. Start your fundraiser today and we'll support you every step of the way.
Gift of Securities
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Advocate
Use your voice to advance policies that protect families. Speak up for children in Greater Boston and across Massachusetts.
Volunteer
Volunteers from our corporate partners are essential to our mission. We're grateful for every company that brings their team to support our families, and we’d love to discuss how yours can, too.
