BostonCHIME

About Us

Our Vision

Accompanied children experiencing homelessness easily access and obtain critical services that support them in becoming healthy adults.

Our Mission

CHIME engages Boston community leaders, service providers, and people with lived experience to map and improve systems of care for accompanied children experiencing homelessness.

Goals & Objectives

CHIME aims to improve the system of services supporting children accompanied by families (i.e., “accompanied children”) experiencing homelessness as defined by the McKinney-Vento Act.

Project Team

CHIME Project Director and Lead Facilitator 

Kathleen Kemp, Ph.D., Brown University

 

Boston/Child Welfare SIM Advisor and Co-Facilitator 

Marisa Hebble, MPH, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Executive Office of the Trial Court

 

Project Manager 

Masami Dustin, FamilyAid

 

CHIME Planning Advisor 

Patty Griffin, Ph.D.

Lauren Baker, Former Massachusetts First Lady

The Hon. Kathleen E. Coffey, Massachusetts First Justice

Amy Kershaw, Commissioner, MA Dept. of Early Childhood Education and Care

Dr. Kiame Mahaniah, Undersecretary of Health, Executive Office of Health and Human Services

Mary McGeown, Undersecretary of Human Services, Executive Office of Health and Human Services

Kristin McSwain, Director, Mayor’s Office of Early Childhood

Mary Skipper, Superintendent, Boston Public Schools

Gautam Yadama Ph.D., Dean, Boston College School of Social Work

Magnolia Contreras MSW, MBA, Vice President of Community Health, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Ascend at the Aspen Institute

Health Resources in Action

Kate Barrand, President & CEO, Horizons for Homeless Children
Sarah Bartley, Vice President, United Way of Massachusetts Bay & Merrimack Valley
Annissa Essaibi George, President & CEO, Big Sister Boston
Brian Marques, Senior Director, Boston Public Schools
Mark Reeves, Founder & President, New England Community Services
Monica Roberts, Executive Director, City Year Greater Boston
Larry Seamans, President & CEO, FamilyAid
Snehal Shah, MD, MPH, Associate Medical Director, Boston Children’s Hospital
Christi Staples, Vice President, United Way of Massachusetts Bay & Merrimack Valley

826 Boston

Action for Boston Community Development

Big Sister Association of Greater Boston

Boston After School & Beyond

Boston Children’s Hospital

Boston City Council

Boston College School of Social Work

Boston Family Advisory Council

Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program

Boston Housing Authority

Boston Human Services Cabinent

Boston Mayor’s Office for Early Childhood

Boston Mayor’s Office of Black Male Advancement

Boston Mayor’s Office of Housing

Boston Mayor’s Office of Workforce Development

Boston Mayor’s Office of Youth Employment & Opportunity

Boston Mayor’s Office of Youth Engagement and Advancement

Boston Mayor’s Worker Empowerment Cabinet

Boston Medical Center

Boston Partners in Education

Boston Private Industry Council

Boston Public Health Commission

Boston Public Schools Blackstone Innovation School

Boston Public Schools Boston Student Advisory Council

Boston Public Schools Brighton High School

Boston Public Schools Citywide Parent Council

Boston Public Schools Community Hub Schools

Boston Public Schools Margarita Muniz Academy

Boston Public Schools Mario Umana Academy

Boston Public Schools McKinley South End Academy

Boston Scores

Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester

Breaktime

Brookline Public Schools

Brookview House

Brown University Warren Alpert Medical School

Children’s Advocacy Center of Suffolk County

Children’s Express

Children’s League of Massachusetts

Children’s Services of Roxbury

Children’s Trust

City Year Greater Boston

College Advising Corps

Cradles to Crayons

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

East Boston Social Centers

Ellis Early Learning

EMPath

FamilyAid

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Friends of the Children Boston

GEAR UP

Harvard Ed Portal

Health Imperatives

Health Resources in Action

Higher Ground

Hildebrand Family Self-Help Center

Horizons for Homeless Children

Jeremiah Program

Jewish Family and Children’s Service

Jewish Vocational Services

JFK Family Services Center

Justice Resource Institute

KeySteps, Inc.

La Alianza Hispana

Liberty Mutual

Life Science Cares

MA Dept. of Children and Families

MA Dept. of Early Education and Care

MA Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education

MA Dept. of Higher Education

MA Dept. of Mental Health

MA Dept. of Public Health

MA Dept. of Transitional Assistance

MA Early Childhood Funders Collaborative

MA Executive Office of Health and Human Services

MA Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities

MA Executive Office of the Trial Court

MA Head Start Association

MA House of Representatives

MA Office of the Child Advocate

Madison Park Development Corporation

Mass General Brigham

Mass General Hospital Institute of Health Professions

Mass General Hospital Revere Healthcare Center

Massachusetts Association for Mental Health

Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless

Massachusetts Family TIES

Massachusetts House of Representatives

Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers

MassHealth

Neighborhood Villages

New England Community Services

Northeastern University

Nubian Square Foundation

Nurtury

Phillips Brooks House Association

Rockland Trust

Root Cause

Roxbury Youthworks, Inc.

Schools on Wheels Massachusetts

Serlin Haley

Shelter Music Boston

Silver Lining Mentoring

Soccer Without Borders

Sojourner House

Sportsmen’s Tennis

St. Mary’s Center for Women and Children

Suffolk County Family Resource Center

Technical Assistance Collaborative

The Boston Foundation

The Christian Science Monitor

The Dimock Center

The Home for Little Wanderers

Union Capital Boston

Unite Us Massachusetts

United Health Care

United South End Settlements

United Way of Massachusetts Bay

University of Massachusetts Early Education Leaders Institute

Upham’s Corner Health Center

Victory Programs

Walker Community Counseling

X-Cel Education

Year Up

YMCA of Greater Boston

YouthBuild Boston

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