Proactive Families Advocacy Inc.

12/16/2025

Event Update Coming Soon!

Thank you to everyone who signed up for the PFAinc. Christmas Party & Toy Giveaway 2025! We’re so grateful for the overwhelming interest and support from our community.

📣 Important Update:
We will be sharing an official update this Wednesday, December 17th, and confirmation messages with additional event details will begin going out at that time.

Please keep an eye on your email/text and be sure to check your spam/junk folder just in case. Responding to your confirmation will be required to secure your spot at the event.

We truly appreciate your patience as we finalize details to ensure a joyful, organized, and meaningful celebration for all families.

💙 More information coming Wednesday — stay tuned!

— Proactive Families Advocacy Inc.

11/18/2025

𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧, 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐔𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 & 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲! 📣

Proactive Families Advocacy Inc. and the Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee - MHLAC are hosting two free, deeply informative trainings designed to help parents and families understand the systems that impact them most. This isn’t just another workshop; it’s a deep-dive session that cuts through the loopholes, shines a light where accountability often falls short, and equips you with the knowledge you need to advocate confidently for your child, yourself, and your family.

𝗜𝗡-𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗧
📅 𐌃𐌀𐌕𐌄: December 9
🕔 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦: 5PM–8PM
📍 𝘓𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘽𝙖𝙣𝙭 𝙍𝙤𝙤𝙢 in the Worcester Public Library, 3 Salem St.

𝐕𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐔𝐀𝐋 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆
📅 𐌃𐌀𐌕𐌄: January 8
🕔 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦: 5PM–7PM
💻 𝘓𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: On Zoom

𝐖𝐞’𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠:
✔️ Your child’s education rights
✔️ Special education + English language learner services
✔️ Disability accommodations when DCF is involved
✔️ Overmedication issues in DCF custody
✔️ Where families commonly get misinformed and how to protect yourself
✔️ Open Q&A with legal experts

These sessions are crucial for parents and families navigating schools, special education, and/or DCF involvement. Understanding your rights can make all the difference, especially when the systems meant to support you fall short on transparency and accountability.

If you need an interpreter or disability accommodations, let us know when you sign up at least 1 week in advance.

More info: www.mhlac.org
📞 1-800-342-9092

🔗 Register by clicking the link or scanning the QR code in the flyer! 👇👇
https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=6u4tGjaV3U-HI2zQ9swTPROkw5euE7RNmX1cX8Y7Q21URVRVQkYwUlAxQ0I4TFJWUlA4VFA0S0o4Ny4u&route=shorturl

Empower yourself. Protect your family. You deserve the full picture. ❤

11/03/2025

𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐊𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐀𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞! 📣

In collaboration with 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐔 𝐇𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐥 & 𝐑𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐥’𝐬 𝐓𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞, Proactive Families Advocacy Inc. is offering free 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐊𝐢𝐭𝐬 to families facing hardship due to the government shutdown. These kits are filled with essential shelf-stable foods, including:

🥫 𝐶𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑣𝑒𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠, 𝑓𝑟𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑠, 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑝𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑠
🐟 𝐶𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑎, 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑛, 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑢𝑡 𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟
🍝 𝑃𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑎, 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑎 𝑠𝑎𝑢𝑐𝑒, 𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒, 𝑚𝑎𝑐 & 𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑒𝑠𝑒, 𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙, 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑙𝑎/𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑏𝑎𝑟𝑠
🥛 𝑆ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑓-𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑘 (1% 𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑙𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑑), 𝑗𝑢𝑖𝑐𝑒, 𝑐𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑒𝑎

𝐏𝐢𝐜𝐤-𝐮𝐩 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧:
📍 900 Main Street STE B, Worcester, MA 01610
🚎 Conveniently located near WRTA bus routes 33, 27, and 19 with free parking on-site.

𝐏𝐢𝐜𝐤-𝐮𝐩 𝐛𝐲 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 – 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲!
Delivery may be available within the Worcester area.

Don’t wait – sign up now to secure your meal kit!
𝑆𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑄𝑅 𝑐𝑜𝑑𝑒 in the flyer or click the link to complete the Emergency Meal Kit Request Form.

https://wkf.ms/4hEesKn

Let’s come together and help our community during this difficult time.

10/23/2025

10/10/2025

Friendly Reminder!
Our 4th Annual Christmas Party & Toy Giveaway application is now closed.

Thank you to everyone who applied! Stay tuned, more holiday updates and announcements are coming soon.🎁

10/02/2025

It’s that special time of year! ✨🎄

Proactive Families Advocacy Inc. is thrilled to invite you to our 4th Annual Christmas Party & Toy Giveaway! 🎅 🎁🎄

𝘿𝙖𝙩𝙚: Saturday, December 20th, 2025
𝙏𝙞𝙢𝙚: 12pm - 3pm
𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Worcester (exact location to be announced)

Music Food • Toys • Santa photos • Giveaways

• Application is 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗡!
• 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝘂𝗽: October 10, 2025
👉Apply here: https://wkf.ms/4gmMxOo

📞 Contact us at (774) 234-6075
📧 Email: [email protected]

Come celebrate the season with us, we can’t wait to see you and your family there! ❤️🎄🎁

06/06/2025

𝑪𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑭𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝑨𝒅𝒗𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒄𝒚!

𝙁𝙐𝙉𝘿𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙚® 𝘾𝙤𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧 - Tiffany Lin Scott [email protected]

Oᥙɾ ᘜoᥲꙆ: $500
193 Tall Kitchen Bags (avg. 13 lbs.)
38 Medium boxes (household goods)

ᖴᥙᥒᑯɾᥲɩ⳽ᥱɾ ᙃᥲtᥱ⳽:
06/05/2025 - 07/05/2025

𝙋𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙚𝙨, 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤𝙮𝙨.

𝘿𝙧𝙤𝙥 𝙤𝙛𝙛 𝙖𝙩 - PFAinc Office: 900 Main Street STE B, Worcester, MA 01610
340889
𝙒𝙚 𝘼𝙧𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜

𝘾𝙡𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨 -
Men's, women's, & children's clothes, coats, shoes, scarves, handbags, wallets, fashion accessories, belts, backpacks, etc.

𝙃𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙏𝙚𝙭𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙨 -
Bedding, comforters, blankets, sheets, towels, linen, tablecloths, curtains, pillows, etc.
Small Household Goods kitchen items (such as pots/pans, dishes, silverware, glasses, serving pieces, and hand-held appliances), home decorative items, knick-knacks, toys, games, and small electronics

𝘽𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙨 & 𝙈𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙖 -
paperback, hardcover - all genres
*media needs to be boxed separately
*no encyclopedias or textbooks

Please use bags for clothes and textiles and tightly packed boxes of small household goods. Separate books from household goods and media. All items must be clean and in sellable condition.

ℍ𝕖𝕝𝕡 𝕦𝕤 𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕕 𝕠𝕦𝕥. ℂ𝕝𝕚𝕔𝕜 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕤𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕖. 📲

06/05/2025

𝑫𝒂𝒚 𝟰: 𝙒𝙚 𝘿𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙉𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙍𝙪𝙨𝙝 𝙏𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣. 𝙒𝙚 𝙉𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙁𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙁𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙨

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗱𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗔𝗰𝘁 (𝗔𝗦𝗙𝗔) allows the state to 𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙚 parental rights, ρᥱɾຕᥲᥒᥱᥒtꙆყ, after just 𝟷𝟻 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚑𝚜, even when a family is doing everything possible to reunite.

But what if we stopped punishing families for being in crisis… and started investing in their healing and stability?

Imagine a child welfare system that:

✅ Funds stable housing, child care, and accessible mental health services

✅ Extends timelines to reflect real-life healing and reunification processes

✅ Requires agencies to show true, meaningful reasonable efforts to bring families back together

✅ Empowers parent advocates to walk alongside families through the process

We don’t need to fast-track termination. We need to fast-track support.

𝐀𝐒𝐅𝐀 was built to separate. We can build something better.
Something that heals, strengthens, and unites.

➡️ Follow us this week as we break down 𝐀𝐒𝐅𝐀 and 𝕨𝕙𝕪 𝕚𝕥 𝕟𝕖𝕖𝕕𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖. ⬅️

06/05/2025

🌟 Let’s join Family Matters 1st of Boston and MJCF: The Coalition Tonight! 🌟

Let’s come together to learn about the powerful impact of Love Letters to Stolen Children and Loved Ones. 📝

Tonight: 7PM-8PM
Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89757429211

This heartfelt movement gives voice to parents who’ve been separated from their children, honoring their love, pain, and hope.

Be part of the healing. Be part of the change.

❤️ Your presence matters. Your voice matters. Let’s lift each other up. 💪

06/05/2025

Ｈａｐｐｅｎｉｎｇ ＴＯＤＡＹ!

Proactive Families Advocacy Inc. is holding a fundraiser with the Papa Gino's at 915 Grafton St, Worcester MA, to raise money for our mission: to provide wrap-around services that are family-centered and culturally competent to families who are currently involved or at risk of involvement with the child protection system.

The fundraiser is today, June 5th, from 11AM-8PM. Plus meet our PFA volunteers this evening!

Make your order count! Either mention you’re ordering for the Proactive Families Advocacy Inc. Fundraiser at checkout or use code 19 online, and Proactive Families Advocacy Inc. will earn 20% of all qualifying sales.

Thanks for your support and please share this post to spread the word! 😊

06/04/2025

𝑫𝒂𝒚 𝟑: 𝑾𝒉𝒐 𝑫𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝑨𝑺𝑭𝑨 𝑯𝒖𝒓𝒕 𝑴𝒐𝒔𝒕?

👩🏽‍🦱👨🏿‍🦰 𝙒𝙝𝙤 does 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒅𝒐𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒂𝒇𝒆 𝑭𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝑨𝒄𝒕 (𝑨𝑺𝑭𝑨) hurt most? The answer is clear: ʙʟᴀᴄᴋ, ꞮɴᴅꞮɢᴇɴᴏᴜ🆂, ᴀɴᴅ ᴘᴏᴏƦ ꜰᴀᴍꞮʟꞮᴇ🆂

𝑨𝑺𝑭𝑨 doesn’t just enforce a strict timeline, it reinforces long-standing racial and economic injustice in the child welfare system.

- 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒏 are 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 in foster care and terminated from their families at the 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬.

- 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 are still 𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙙, despite laws like Ꮖᑕᗯᗩ.

- 𝑭𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒑𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒚 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 their 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙣 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙗𝙪𝙨𝙚, but because they ᥴᥲᥒ’t ᥲƒƒoɾᑯ 𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘, 𝕗𝕠𝕠𝕕, 𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕤𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟

💥 𝑨𝑺𝑭𝑨 makes it easier to adopt children out than to support the families they came from. 💥

📢 This is what family policing looks like!! 📢

📣 This is why we demand: Repeal 𝑨𝑺𝑭𝑨. Fund Families. Restore Justice.

➡️ Follow us this week as we break down 𝐀𝐒𝐅𝐀 and 𝕨𝕙𝕪 𝕚𝕥 𝕟𝕖𝕖𝕕𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖. ⬅️