The Children’s Trust

The Children’s Trust is a public-private organization working toward a Massachusetts free from child abuse and neglect. It focuses on prevention, built on the idea that stable relationships, economic security, access to support and communities that surround families all help children grow up safe. The organization works with trusted family support agencies across the state and designs its approach with families rather than simply for them.

Much of its work centers on training and resources for the professionals who support families. Partner trainings cover topics such as inequities in child welfare systems, trauma-resilient workplaces and practical staff training on preventing child sexual abuse. It also emphasizes engaging fathers, helping professionals see and hear dads as a path to better outcomes for the whole family, and it publishes annual reports on its progress.

What to Know

• A board drawn from both the public and private sectors guides the organization.
• The organization accepts donations to support prevention work.
• It issues public statements, recently including one responding to the state Attorney General.