The Caring Force Blog

Hello! My name is Ravi, and I’m the new Project Manager for The Caring Force. I’m really excited to start working with all 27,000 of you to amplify our grassroots advocacy efforts throughout the Commonwealth. When I was much younger, my uncle developed a rare, terminal form of cancer and moved in with my family.

After spending four years as Project Manager of the Caring Force, I’ll be leaving the Council and moving onto a new opportunity at the end of the month. The past few years have been such an amazing experience, and I couldn’t have done it without your help! I want to thank each and every Caring

QT is still thinking about the perfect idea for his entry for the Eighth Annual Broadcast Your Love of Human Services Photo Contest. Each year he has so much fun thinking up an idea, taking a photo and submitting it. But his favorite part of the contest is seeing what you will come up with. Take

The start of the summer also means the launch of the Broadcast Your Love contest! That’s right, the Eighth Annual Broadcast Your Love of Human Services Photo Contest has officially begun. Take your best photo, group photo or selfie, showing us why you love working in human services and what inspires you – then share it

Scholarship applications are available now and due by Wednesday, June 26th! The Providers’ Council is offering up to $18,000 in scholarships for human services employees pursuing an advanced degree. Created to support the promotion and development of the human services sector’s workforce, the $10,000 Graduate Leadership Scholarship is a one-time award of $10,000 for a Council member employee

Caring Force members have done it again! You used your voices and stories to let the Legislature know just how vital fair pay and the creation of a student loan repayment program are to you and the human service sector. Earlier this week, human services workers told the Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons

Our Eighth Annual Caring Force Rally and Lobby Day in support of our Pro-Workforce Legislative Agenda was a BIG success! With hundreds of Caring Force members filling the Great Hall and advocating with their legislators after the event, we couldn’t have asked for a better day. Whether you attended in person, watched on Facebook Live,

Our Eighth Annual Caring Force Rally and Lobby Day is right around the corner on Tuesday, May 14! QT has been counting down the days until he can join hundreds of other Caring Force members next week in the Great Hall at the State House. He wants to see you there at 10 a.m. on