Organizations Filed Purposes:
THE PRIMARY GOAL OF SIBLING CONNECTIONS IS TO SUPPORT THE CREATION OF ENDURING FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS AND COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS FOR SISTERS AND BROTHERS WHO EXPERIENCE FOSTER CARE. OUR WORK IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES THAT RESTORE AND STRENGTHEN THE LIVES OF SIBLINGS WHO HAVE BEEN SEPARATED WHEN PLACED IN THE PUBLIC FOSTER CARE SYSTEM.
SIBLING CONNECTIONS IS THE ONLY ORGANIZATION IN MASSACHUSETTS DESIGNED TO STRENGTHEN THE SIBLING BOND OF CHILDREN SEPARATED BY FOSTER CARE. MORE THAN HALF OF MASSACHUSETTS FOSTER CARE YOUTH ARE SEPARATED FROM THEIR SISTERS AND BROTHERS. WITH CONSTANT CHANGES IN ADULT FIGURES AND A LACK OF SUPPORT SYSTEM IN THEIR LIFE, YOUTH IN FOSTER CARE NEED TO BE GIVEN TIME TO SPEND WITH THEIR SIBLINGS TO FORM STRONG BONDS AND HAVE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF "NORMALCY" IN THEIR LIVES. WHILE THE SIBLING RELATIONSHIP IS THE LONGEST, AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT, RELATIONSHIPS MOST PEOPLE HAVE IN THEIR LIVES, THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE REMOVED FROM THEIR FAMILIES BECAUSE OF ABUSE OR NEGLECT. IN MANY INSTANCES, A BROTHER OR SISTER MIGHT LITERALLY BE THE ONLY CONSTANT RELATIONSHIP IN A CHILD'S LIFE. WE CONNECT SIBLINGS SEPARATED BY FOSTER CARE THROUGH VARIOUS PROGRAMS INCLUDING: CAMP TO BELONG - MASSACHUSETTS, SIBLING SUNDAYS, WEEKEND RETREATS AND THE YOUTH LEADERSHIP PROGRAM. 212 CHILDREN WERE SERVICED IN OUR PROGRAMS DURING FY 2019.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Cynthia Dantas | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $41,730 |
| Jennifer Meyerhardt | DIRECTOR | 4 | $0 |
| Greg Hegerich | DIRECTOR | 4 | $0 |
| Wendy Perlman | DIRECTOR | 4 | $0 |
| Adam Roy | DIRECTOR | 8 | $0 |
| Philip Mastroianni | DIRECTOR | 4 | $0 |
| Susan Janosky | CHAIR | 8 | $0 |
| Michael Jones | VICE-CHAIR | 8 | $0 |
| Savannah Kelleher | DIRECTOR | 4 | $0 |
| Joanna Neas | SECRETARY | 8 | $0 |
| John Green | TREASURER | 8 | $0 |
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