Grants are available for child abuse Prevention/education programs, victim and family support, and for sibling secondary educational support. for more information, please email board member Linda Ayer at [email protected].
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recent grant recipients:
Reach Beyond Domestic Violence: Kids art therapy counseling groups
La Causa crisis nursery and respite center
Mini Obeirne Crisis nursery
Parents helping parents: child abuse hotline (FEatured on CBS News Boston)
Childrens home and aid
National center on shaken baby syndrome
surviving victim school grant
sibling of deceased victim of sbs college grant

previous grants and programming supported by the matty eappen foundation:

National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome International Conference: grants to victims and families to attend, keynote speakers, parents panel, vigil gathering for remembrance

Public Transit/billboard Prevention Campaigns: Never Shake a Baby

equipment grants for surviving victims

Research grants for pediatric clinician scientists

Children's Trust Fund: creating a Train the Trainer prevention program

Testifying to legislature on medical examiner's bill, and on bill requiring birthing hospitals to provide prevention training to all parents delivering babies in MA

Matty's Place Children's Advocacy Center: development

Chaplains for Children Program development