This project and the first edition of the pamphlet, was designed together with Tricia Pauline Velena, MPH.

We would like to thank the parents and caregivers in our focus groups. They inspired us with their efforts on behalf of their children and foster children.

The help, advice and hands-on labor of many professionals and volunteers were essential to this project including: Astraea Augsberger, Ph.D., Michelle Botus, MS, Jenny Duval, Anne Fidler, ScD, Jennie Fishman, MPH, the Honorable Gail Garinger (Ret.), Kim Kamins, Genevieve Kane-Howse, LMHC, Edward Jacoubs, Patricia Keenan, Barbara Dioguardi Lopez, MSW, Lois McCloskey, DrPh, Michael Melendez, Ph.D., Jose Monteiro, M.Ed., Beth Pond, Rebecca Pries, M.Ed., CAGS, Gema Schaff, MS, ABD, Robert Sege, MD, PhD, Audrey Smolkin, MPP, Rose Tedesco, Melissa Threadgill, MPP, Madi Wachman,MSW, MPH, Ray Wallace, Esq., Renee Williams.

We are grateful to the following institutions for their support: the Boston

University School of Public Health Activist Lab, the Boston University School

of Social Work, the Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health

(BUSPH), the Child Trauma Training Center @ UMass Medical School, the

Family Resource Centers, the Federation for Children with Special Needs,

the HOPE (Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences) Project at Tufts

Medical Center, the MA Office of the Child Advocate, the MA Department of

Mental Health, the Parent/Professional Advocacy League, and UMass Medical School/Commonwealth Medicine.

Thank you for making this project possible.