Our Marathon team is raising funds to help homeless children and parents build better futures. For veteran runner Kip Sanford, his 11th time’s the charm. Read Why Kip Runs.
We’re tackling the needs of newly arriving immigrant and refugee families with 24/7 care and support. Here are our successful approaches and proven solutions.
Did you know that housing is only a part of the solution to family homelessness? The key to addressing Boston’s growing humanitarian crisis is to meet the moment when families find themselves at life’s crossroads and help them on the path to survival and ultimately, success. For more than 100 years, FamilyAid has been there for children and their parents at their most critical moments, providing the vital assistance that impacts generations.
FamilyAid was established over a century ago in response to a decline in the U.S. economy, massive migration to Boston by families fleeing vulnerability elsewhere, and the effects and aftereffects of a devastating worldwide pandemic. If that sounds familiar, it’s for good reason. Despite steady technological progress that would have seemed unthinkable 100 years ago and advances in science that save millions of lives each year, the same three issues face Boston today.
Later this week, Massachusetts First Lady Lauren Baker will kick off a 4-year, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute-funded community-building plan to improve services for Boston’s homeless children. Baker will […]
Thanks to generous FamilyAid donors, hundreds of children living in our shelter can choose from a variety of books to read this summer. The children arriving in […]
Boston, MA – June 2, 2022 — FamilyAid, a Boston-based agency providing comprehensive services for homeless children and parents living in poverty, announced that it is one […]
After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, Liberty Mutual Insurance employees are back volunteering in the communities where they work and live. This month, FamilyAid welcomed […]