Eric Masi remembers the excitement and relief of cutting the ribbon on the Framingham campus of Wayside Youth & Family Support Network, an agency he has led as CEO for four decades. It was the culmination of advocacy, fundraising and dedication of staff, board members, families and advocates. It’s been 10 years since Wayside combined…
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Our CEO, Eric Masi, was recently featured in the MetroWest Daily News. Read the full story below. By Zane Razzaq FRAMINGHAM – For 10 years, Wayside Youth and Family Support Network’s Frederick Abbott Way campus has provided teens who struggle in school or come from broken homes with therapeutic and educational services. At the…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 5, 2019 Contact: Michelle Hillman Marketing and Communications Manager 508-270-1254 (direct) 508-380-5486 (cell) Michelle_Hillman@waysideyouth.org Wayside Youth & Family Support Network Hires Program Coordinator, Launches New Program for Children Impacted by the Opioid Epidemic MILFORD, Mass. – Wayside Youth & Family Support Network announced today that it hired Nanci DaSilva, a bilingual licensed mental health counselor and current…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 31, 2019 Contact: Michelle Hillman Marketing and Communications Manager 508-270-1254 (direct) 508-380-5486 (cell) Michelle_Hillman@waysideyouth.org Wayside Youth & Family Support Network Receives $5K Grant From the Foundation for MetroWest FRAMINGHAM, Mass. – Wayside Youth & Family Support Network’s Tempo Young Adult Resource Center received a $5,000 grant from the Foundation for MetroWest’s Youth in Philanthropy (YIP) program. The YIP grant will allow Tempo to provide support services to approximately 150 young…
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Wayside’s PhotoVoice program held an exhibit in Worcester displaying 20 pieces of artwork from youth who participated in the eight-week workshop where young people are encouraged to tell a story from their life using photos and words. Read the original story as it appeared in the Worcester Telegram & Gazette or below. By Susan Spencer…
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This column originally appeared in the MetroWest Daily News on May 8, 2019 during National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week. The most important thing I tell parents of children with a mental health illness who come to me for support is there is nothing to be ashamed of – mental health issues are not the…
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By John Karash In early 2016 I was assigned to take an outpatient transfer client because his previous clinician had left the agency. This is when I met Charlie. Charlie came in for his first session with me and clearly he was interviewing me to see if I was going to be the right fit…
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Wayside’s Trauma Intervention Services program in Milford includes a trained Labrador retriever to help clients with traumatic events. Read the article as it originally appeared in the MetroWest Daily News here or below. By Alison Bosma Editor’s note: The Daily News agreed to keep two sources in this story anonymous, to protect their children who…
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Our Director of People and Culture, Guimel DeCarvalho, was featured in massnonprofit news. Read the full article below or as it originally appeared here. The election of a President whose campaign was divisive and racially charged, while shocking to many, created a sense of urgency at Wayside Youth & Family Support Network that we hadn’t…
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A new grant program helps homeless young adults – or those at risk of becoming homeless – with the finances needed to rent an a place to live. Read the full article as it originally appeared in the MetroWest Daily News here or below. By Zane Razzaq Francesco’s life has become kind of boring since…
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