As of January 1, 2020, Family Services of Central Massachusetts (FSCM), headquartered in Worcester, will officially become an Affiliate of the Seven Hills Foundation. FSCM provides services and supports for hundreds of children, families, and individuals throughout central Massachusetts.  FSCM will become Seven Hills Foundation’s thirteenth affiliate.

This affiliation will enable both organizations to build stronger programs for children, adults and seniors that utilize the strengths and resources of both Seven Hills Foundation and FSCM.  Each organization will be able to share and benefit from each other’s depth of experience and community support expertise. 

For 130 years, Family Services of Central Massachusetts has been serving the greater Worcester community as a valuable resource providing high quality support, guidance and counseling.  FSCM offers a diversity of programs and services that include individual, child and family counseling; employee assistance; home care; community mediation, senior volunteer and companion opportunities, and professional development for the early child care industry.

"Family Services of Central Massachusetts will continue to provide exceptional services to the Central MA community, as it has for the past 130 years.  Their services for children through seniors help those most vulnerable in our community, and together we will expand programming so that more individuals and families are strengthened and valued,” commented Dr. David A. Jordan, President of Seven Hills Foundation.

With its corporate office in Worcester, the Seven Hills Foundation currently offers program sites at 160 locations throughout Massachusetts and Rhode Island employing nearly 4,000 professionals. Seven Hills Foundation offers a continuum of support and services to 45,000 children, adults and seniors with disabilities and other life challenges through its affiliate organizations that are part of the Foundation.  Seven Hills Foundation stands as one of the most dynamic and comprehensive health and human services agencies in the country and is widely recognized as a premier provider of comprehensive supports for children and adults with significant life challenges.

“After an extensive and thorough process, it was clear that Seven Hills Foundation offered the best path forward for FSCM to continue to fulfill its mission.  This affiliation will ensure that Family Services of Central Massachusetts will have the financial stability and programmatic capacity to continue providing our current services to people in central Massachusetts for years to come.  This affiliation will also provide the leverage to expand into other areas of need in the community as they arise, preserving FSCM’s legacy of responsive service provision.” said Jim Regan, who will continue leading the organization as Vice President of the new Affiliate of Seven Hills Foundation.  

“We are pleased to be associating with an organization as respected and focused on quality outcomes for children and adults with life challenges as is the Seven Hills Foundation. This is a win-win for our organization, clients, and staff,” stated Carol Donnelly, newly elected board chair, who will be leading the Board and staff through the affiliation process.