Dear Families and Community Partners,

 

Sadly, Family ACCESS, our lead agency is closing. Unfortunately, that means our CFCE Grant Program, ParentChild+ and our Young Parent Support programs are also ending as of June 26th. Work is being done to secure a new CFCE program to support you in your communities, and we will share more information as soon as we are able. 

 

It has been an absolute joy, pleasure and privilege to have connected and supported so many amazing, beautiful families and your beautiful children. What a joy! We are sorry to leave this work we have been so committed to for the past 8+ years. Family ACCESS as an agency (formerly Newton Community Service Center) has been an institution for 118 years. 

 

Please reach out and let us know how we can connect you to the resources you need before our doors close. 

 

THANK YOU to everyone who has participated in and supported our programming.



There are too many of you to thank here. I hope you know who you are. We could never have accomplished so much without the support of the many community partners who have housed us, collaborated with us and supported us over the years. Thank you!

 

I want to take a moment to thank my team: Haley, Lisa, Patricia and Jamie. Your support, enthusiasm, creativity, flexibility and heart have been invaluable and have made coming to work a joy. Thank you to our past facilitators as well, Valerie, Adela, Natalia and Aura. 

 

More thanks to our PC+ colleagues past and present. There are a lot of you. The work you do is irreplaceable and the impact you’ve had on the families you’ve supported is immeasurable; Angelica, Teresa, Nelly, Gaby, Susan, Barbara, Sally and Judy. Gratitude and  admiration are shared with our YPS team as well; Magda, Jazmin and Paula. You will all be missed.

 

Special thanks to the Mass Department of Early Education and Care, especially Loretta Prendeville – our guardian angel.

 

Special Special thanks to Kyleigh for helping with this newsletter and being my technical support guru over the years!

 

I must share public thanks for Katherine Barry, the previous CFO of Family ACCESS who never failed to think outside the box and who worked tirelessly and with passion and commitment to make Family ACCESS and our Grant Funding work to its fullest potential.

 

And finally, Debbie Brush, Director Extraordinaire, who hired me some 13+ years ago, mentored me, guided me, supported me and built the amazing community programs we have at Family ACCESS. Debbie shepherded ParentChild+ (once PCHP) for decades, brought the CFCE Grant to Family ACCESS and carried the Young Parent Support Program when it was left without leadership. There are no words that do justice to the impact Debbie has had on this agency, all of our teams, our families, our colleagues and the important work that we have been able to do. Thank you for everything, Debbie.

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All that said, we still have a few programs happening in June ! We hope you'll join us. See below.

 

Wishing everyone a safe and happy Summer! I hope our paths will cross again.

Warmly, Jodi Levin