Eliot

01/28/2026

Massachusetts families are navigating a youth behavioral health landscape defined by rising need—and a system that can feel confusing to access when support is needed most.

We’re sharing a 3-part series to break it down and highlight how Eliot is strengthening a clearer path to care—especially through CSA expansion and deeper integration across services.

Part 1 is live now: https://hubs.ly/Q040H0690

Up next: Part 2 focuses on FIT, warm handoffs, and family-systems care—and why continuity matters for outcomes.

01/21/2026

When things feel like they’re escalating at home or school, families deserve support that’s connected—not fragmented. Eliot’s new Family Intensive Treatment (FIT) program brings a unified team to help youth and families in the places life happens: home, school, and the community.

FIT is intensive, flexible, and time-limited (typically 4–6 months) and includes 24/7 urgent response for therapeutic stabilization.

Care focuses on communication, routines, safety planning, and building skills, with a shared plan of care developed alongside families.

FIT also supports smooth transitions with a No Wrong Door intake and warm handoffs to less intensive services when families are ready.

FIT works closely with Eliot’s CSA and CBHC services to keep care coordinated.

✅ No waitlist
✅ Now accepting referrals: https://hubs.ly/Q03_J-Hs0

01/20/2026

📬 Check out highlights from our most recent newsletter, Inspired Impact: Fueling Change in Behavioral Health and Human Services.

Featured highlights:

✔️Turning Data into Better Care: how Eliot is embedding Measurement-Based Care to strengthen outcomes and clinical culture. (https://hubs.ly/Q03_yFF-0)
✔️Connecting Through Culture: Meet Eliot’s Equipo Renacer: culturally specific, Spanish-language wraparound services expanding access for Hispanic-Latino individuals and families. (https://hubs.ly/Q03_yD-X0)

Also in this issue:

✔️Eliot Sponsors WBUR Feature Highlighting National Innovation in Bipolar Care (Bipolar Action Network).
✔️Harmony in Action: Bringing Music and Joy to Vulnerable Youth (Eliot + Stitcch partnership at our Everett Eliot Family Resource Center).
✔️Creating Hope and Healing for Justice-Involved Girls (Adira Place + Winsor Place).

✉️ Sign up for future issues: https://hubs.ly/Q03_yJgc0
🗞️ Check out more Eliot news: https://hubs.ly/Q03_yHcN0

01/19/2026

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., spoke the above words at Spelman College in 1960, and today, more than 65 years later, we honor his message of justice and perseverance.

This Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, we at Eliot and MSPCC renew our commitment to moving forward toward an equitable world in which all children, families, individuals, and communities have the support they need to thrive. We pledge to continue to advocate for communities across the Commonwealth, uplift those most in need, ensure that our services are accessible and effective for all who need them, and reflect and celebrate the rich diversity of the Commonwealth.

Thank you, Dr. King, for inspiring us all.

01/08/2026

Join Team Eliot for the 10th Annual Winter Walk Boston on Sunday, February 8, 2026! ❄️🚶‍♂️

We’re walking in solidarity to help end homelessness — and we’re proud that Eliot has achieved formal Winter Walk Program Partner status this year. That means proceeds raised by our team will directly support Eliot’s homelessness and housing programs.

Together with our unhoused neighbors, advocates, and service providers, we’ll gather on the Boston Common to raise awareness and vital funds for individuals and families experiencing homelessness. Whether you walk, donate, or cheer us on, your participation helps amplify our impact.

📅 Date: Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026
⏰ Time: Registration at 10:00 AM
📍 Location: Boston Common
🔗 Join or donate to Team Eliot: https://hubs.ly/Q03-3C380

We hope to see you there! 💙

12/22/2025

Throughout the holiday season, Eliot staff came together to spread joy, care, and connection across our programs and communities 🎄💙

🎁 Through the MSPCC holiday gift drive, staff “adopted” families to provide gifts for children and caregivers
🍽️ Adult Mental Health & ACCS teams collected food and prepared hundreds of holiday meals for ACCS clients in Acton and Lynn, and for members of Elm Brook Place Clubhouse
🎅 Our Family Resource Center hosted multiple holiday and Santa events for hundreds of community members from Everett, Saugus, Lynn, and surrounding towns
🎄 MSPCC Healthy Families staff in Lowell gathered to celebrate the season and spend time together

We’re so grateful for the kindness, teamwork, and holiday spirit shown by our staff — it’s what makes Eliot, Eliot. ✨

12/16/2025

Where Joy Becomes Possible Again 💙

At Eliot Community Human Services, our Community Behavioral Health Centers (CBHCs) are helping families find healing, connection, and hope at critical moments. In a recent story, a mother shared how her daughter’s emotional well-being transformed with the right support — and how the whole family grew stronger through care that met them where they were.

CBHCs offer wraparound services — including clinicians, care coordination, and compassionate support — that make a real difference in the lives of youth, adults, and families across Massachusetts. When help arrives with empathy and expertise, joy truly becomes possible again.

👉 Read the full family story on our website:
🔗 https://hubs.ly/Q03Yk7YT0

💬 If you or someone you love needs support, we’re here — 24/7.

12/05/2025

This past Thanksgiving, clients and residents of several of our housing and homelessness services programs came together to share home cooked food, laughter, and connection. 🧡

We’re grateful for our housing teams who create warmth and community during the holidays, and all year long.

12/04/2025

🐴 Mini horses, big benefits.

Earlier this fall, one of our mental health residential programs hosted its first annual Mini Horse Therapy Event, inviting clients from several group homes—and some outreach clients—to spend an afternoon outside with rescue mini horses.

Clients were able to pet the horses, take pictures, share snacks, and relax together in a low-pressure, supportive setting. Staff noticed that even individuals who often feel anxious in groups appeared more at ease and engaged.

These kinds of nature-based, animal-assisted experiences can be grounding, reduce stress, and encourage people to try other outdoor and community activities in the future.

We hope to make this mini horse visit a recurring tradition and continue building creative ways for clients to connect, cope, and feel supported. 💚

Read more: https://hubs.ly/Q03WYqdt0

11/26/2025

11/26/2025

This Thanksgiving, we’re especially grateful for the people who make Eliot who we are - the individuals and families we serve, our dedicated staff, and our partners and community supporters.

Thank you for all the ways you help foster hope, healing, and connection across our communities.

From all of us at Eliot, we wish you a warm, safe, and restful Thanksgiving.

11/20/2025

From a winter shelter in Malden to building a new life with his dog, Chester, Ken’s journey with Eliot is a powerful reminder of what’s possible when people have the support, compassion and affirmation they need.

When Ken first connected with our Homelessness Services team, he was focused on surviving each day on the streets. Together, we started with the basics: replacing his birth certificate and ID, securing benefits, connecting him with mental health care and medication, and enrolling him in Eliot’s Rapid Rehousing program.

Over time, Ken took brave steps forward—securing a job at Petco, working toward a studio apartment, and rebuilding his sense of self after the trauma of homelessness.

“People would look at you like you did something wrong,” he shared. “They don’t know your story… Remembering who I am. That’s what got me through.”

Ken’s story is one of resilience, self-love, and the power of compassionate connection.

Read more about his journey from survival to stability and hope: https://hubs.ly/Q03VfS1B0