The Caring Force Blog

The 2025 Annual Caring Force Coalition Meeting took place on Thursday, November 6, at the Providers’ Council office in Framingham. Each year, this gathering brings together Caring Force committee members, regional rally planners, captains, and ambassadors to reflect on the past year’s accomplishments and shape plans for the year ahead.

The Caring Force is honored to announce Moses Osei as our TCF October 2025 Workforce Hero Spotlight honoree. Osei is the Lead Overnight Residential Assistant with the Guild for Human

The Providers’ Council’s bill, An act relative to a livable wage for human services workers (S.130|H.223), has been reported favorably to the Senate Ways and Means Committee.  

As we wind down another year of advocacy, we want to hear from you! Please take a few minutes to complete our 2025 Caring Force Survey.

We’re excited to announce the winner of our 2025 Caring Force T-Shirt Design Contest — Congratulations to Halley Philips from Riverside Industries, Inc.!

Last Friday, September 19, we wrapped up the 2025 regional rally series at Westfield State University for our second rally in the Western Mass. region with nearly 250 attendees! 

The Caring Force is honored to announce Mark Raines as our TCF September 2025 Workforce Hero Spotlight honoree. Raines is a youth development manager at More Than Words.

Thank you to every person and agency who submitted designs for our T-shirt contest. Everyone’s creativity and support for The Caring Force is awesome!

We’re excited to ask for YOUR help in picking our favorites by this Friday, September 12!