The Caring Force, the grassroots advocacy initiative of the Providers' Council, empowers supporters of the human services sector to drive meaningful change. Our mission is to create a stronger Massachusetts—one that protects our most vulnerable neighbors while ensuring human services workers receive the pay, recognition, and respect they deserve.
200 Advocates in Haverhill!
On Friday, June 5, The Caring Force returned to the Merrimack Valley for its second rally of the region, gathering over 200 human services workers, advocates, legislators, and persons served at Northern Essex Community College in Haverhill, Massachusetts
This month we recognize Alyssa O’Keefe as our May 2026 Workforce Hero, a social worker with Bay Cove Human Services, who in the words of of their Vice President of Mental Health Community Services, “is a great member of the Bay Cove community!”