The Caring Force Blog

The Caring Force is honored to announce Laquinta Bryan as our TCF December 2025 Workforce Hero Spotlight honoree. Bryan has worked at Communities for People for 11 years, and has served as a Residential Staff Supervisor, an Independent Living Outreach worker, and was recently promoted to Young Adult Supported Living Community Site Coordinator.

The Caring Force is honored to announce Maribel Van Corbach as our TCF November 2025 Workforce Hero Spotlight honoree. Van Corbach is a clinician at Casa Esperanza.

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!