Meet the Family Advisory Committee Members...

The Family Advisory Committee brings together those with lived experience as biological, kinship, foster and adoptive parents along with those working to serve the community in a variety of supportive ways.

We have members raising the voices of youth and families across the Commonwealth and across all five DCF defined regions. Our members collectively have hundreds of years of direct service, system navigation, lived, and community engagement experience to draw upon in informing our work.

We have specialty experience in many areas...

Diversity Education

Fatherhood

Foster/Kinship Support

Grandparent Support

LGBTQIA+ Support

Mental Health

Substance Use

These same members help to inform our committees and our work through direct contribution and engagement with DCF, child welfare advocates and systems, and help to “raise the family voice” in policy and practice matters.

We are grateful to everyone for their contribution of knowledge and advocacy in this critical work.

Western Region

Northern Region

Southern Region

In MeMorIaM

Edward Downie passed in early 2023. We are all saddened by this news. Edward was not only a member of the FAC, he also was actively involved in the Brockton community -- working as the former Vice President of the Brockton Chapter of the NAACP and longtime member of the Brockton Interfaith Coalition and the Brockton Community Connections Coalition.

Boston Region

Committees

The MA Family Advisory Committee is home to a broad range of work to support the varied and expansive needs of the community members served by the organization. This work takes many forms, and is overseen by the Leadership Team in formalized committee, and project settings. We are pleased to present this work on the pages to follow, and to further share examples of the impact we have made supporting youth & families across the Commonwealth.

Leadership Committee