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.

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