Child & Adolescent Services

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Willis Center's Child & Adolescent Services provides support for families of children with emotional disturbances, places children in loving homes with foster parents, and operates the Starting Point residential home for adolescent boys.

Staff recognize individual needs and support each family in a culturally competent manner as they work towards overcoming emotional issues and becoming happy families.

The Family Care foster child placement program is an intensive program that provides the necessary support for children and families to ensure that children with a history of abuse and neglect can begin to heal in a loving and stable home. Become a foster parent today and experience the joy and rewards of helping a child in need of love.

Starting Point is a residential program for boys 12-18 who have been removed from their homes by the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families.  The program supports adolescent boys, focusing on their strengths and building strong bonds within the program, with the family, at school, and in the community.

Families and Communities Together uses a wraparound approach with help from care coordinators and family partners to target the needs of families with children with  emotional disturbances. The program is a collaboration of Willis Center, Community Healthlink and LUK, Inc to support families and create a plan for the child's future.