Horizons for Homeless Children (HHC) is delighted you are joining us through the Walmart Associate Choice Program, to learn more about the work that we do for homeless children and their families all across the state of Massachusetts. Because of the support of the companies like yours, we provide opportunities for learning and growth for young homeless children each day and parent support services for their families.
We rely on your support and we hope that you will contemplate voting for Horizons for Homeless Children through the Walmart Associate Choice Program. Vote today and you could help HHC receive a $ 100,000 award to make a difference in the lives of homeless children and their families.
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Did you know that over 100,000 children are without a home tonight in Massachusetts? Horizons for Homeless Children is here to help some of the most vulnerable citizens in our society.
What do we do here at HHC? The mission of Horizons for Homeless Children is to improve the lives of homeless children and their families. We provide homeless children in Massachusetts with the nurturing, stimulation and opportunities for early education and play that all children need to learn and grow in healthy ways. To improve the lives of the children we serve over the long term, we connect their parents with the tools they need to achieve social and economic self-sufficiency. We provide leadership in advocating for homeless children and their families through leveraging and sharing our expertise with others and advocating with policy makers and the public.
HHC's three Community Children's Centers (CCCs) provide children with early education and play opportunities so that they can learn and grow in healthy ways. 175 children, aged 2 months to 6 years old, are enrolled full-time in our three CCCs. Additionally, while their children are engaged in the classroom, parents have access to on-site counseling, education, job training and parenting workshops so that they are able to work toward social and economic self-sufficiency.
Our Playspace Programs collaborate with residents and staff of family shelters to design and build age-appropriate, "kid-friendly" spaces that come equipped with libraries, building blocks, art supplies and more - the all-important tools to challenge children physically and creatively and allow them to have a place to play, use their imaginations and just be kids. Since 1990, the Playspace Programs have recruited, trained, and placed over 13,000 volunteers in over 140 shelter Playspaces to supervise and engage the children in fun, educational play. Today, the programs improve the lives of more than 2,200 children statewide each week.
Our Training and Technical AssistanceProgram is designed to share our expertise on the issues facing homeless children with other service providers who encounter this population. We participate in and sponsor national and local workshops and conferences, bringing together experts to focus specifically on homeless children.
Our Policy and Advocacy Initiative works at the local, state and national levels to help key decision-makers understand the needs of homeless children. While our direct service programs help change the lives of individual homeless children and their parents, our Policy and Advocacy Initiative seeks to effect systemic change. At both the state and national levels, we are working to increase the resources targeted to this vulnerable population.
There are so many ways to be involved in the work of Horizons for Homeless Children! Here are just a few:
Become a volunteer Playspace Activity Leader and spend just two hours a week with homeless children in statewide family shelters.
Make a monetary donation and help HHC continue to provide high quality programs and services to homeless children and their families.
Invite your family, friends and colleagues to be a part of "Small Change for Big Change," HHC's new online fundraising initiative.
Join us on Facebook and help spread the word about the crisis of child and family homelessness and of the important work that we do.
HHC's three Community Children's Centers (CCCs) provide children with early education and play opportunities so that they can learn and grow in healthy ways. 175 children, aged 2 months to 6 years old, are enrolled full-time in our three CCCs. Additionally, while their children are engaged in the classroom, parents have access to on-site counseling, education, job training and parenting workshops so that they are able to work toward social and economic self-sufficiency.
Our Playspace Programs collaborate with residents and staff of family shelters
Our Training and Technical Assistance Program is designed to share our expertise on the issues facing homeless children with other service providers who encounter this population. We participate in and sponsor national and local workshops and conferences, bringing together experts to focus specifically on homeless children.
Our Policy and Advocacy Initiative works at the local, state and national levels to help key decision-makers understand the needs of homeless children. While our direct service programs help change the lives of individual homeless children and their parents, our Policy and Advocacy Initiative seeks to effect systemic change. At both the state and national levels, we are working to increase the resources targeted to this vulnerable population.