Representative Marjorie Decker met with MAJCC Co-Chair Rebecca Pries in February 2024. Read Representative Decker’s February 9th newsletter to get recent updates. Representative Marjorie Decker, Joint Committee on Public Health Chairperson, is a strong advocate for the mental health needs of children and families.

Rebecca Pries, LMHC, Dr. Pooja Khialani, and Ed Brennan meet with State Representatives and Senators in February 2024 MAJCC Co-Chairs Rebecca Pries and Pooja Khialani and MAJCC lobbyist Ed Brennan advocated and educated our state legislators about MAJCC’s advocacy goals for FY2025.

Chief Justice Amy L. Nechtem and Tom Capasso, Deputy Court Administrator meet with Juvenile Court Clinic Directors on January 25, 2024. Top Row L-R: Dr. Paul Rotkiewicz, Kris Latour Kennedy, LICSW, Chief Justice Amy L. Nechtem, Tom Capasso, Deputy Court Administrator, Dr. Leah Kelly Bottom Row L-R: Rebecca Pries, LMHC, Rebecca Harrington, LICSW, Bridget Nichols, LICSW, Manager of…

Massachusetts Alliance of Juvenile Court Clinics (Line Item 5055-0000) Every year, thousands of the Commonwealth’s most vulnerable, under-resourced children and families appear before the Massachusetts Juvenile Courts. Over 70% face a combination of mental health and behavioral problems, medical issues, substance use, histories of abuse and neglect, learning disabilities, and acculturation stressors. The Juvenile Court…

Massachusetts Alliance of Juvenile Court Clinics (Line Item 5055-0000) Every year, thousands of the Commonwealth’s most vulnerable, under-resourced children and families appear before the Massachusetts Juvenile Courts.  Over 70% face a combination of mental health and behavioral problems, medical issues, substance use, histories of abuse and neglect, learning disabilities, and acculturation stressors. The Juvenile Court…

Massachusetts Alliance of Juvenile Court Clinics (Line Item 5055-0000) Every year, thousands of the Commonwealth’s most vulnerable, under-resourced children and families appear before the Massachusetts Juvenile Courts.  Over 70% face a combination of mental health and behavioral problems, medical issues, substance use, histories of abuse and neglect, learning disabilities, and acculturation stressors. The Juvenile Court…

Massachusetts Alliance of Juvenile Court Clinics (Line Item 5055-0000) Every year, thousands of the Commonwealth’s most vulnerable, under-resourced children and families appear before the Massachusetts Juvenile Courts.  Over 70% face a combination of mental health and behavioral problems, medical issues, substance use, histories of abuse and neglect, learning disabilities, and cultural issues. The Juvenile Court…

Massachusetts Alliance of Juvenile Court Clinics (Line Item 5055-0000) Every year, thousands of the Commonwealth’s most vulnerable children and families appear before the Massachusetts Juvenile Courts.  Over 70% face a combination of mental health and behavioral problems, medical issues, substance use, histories of abuse and neglect, learning disabilities, and cultural issues. The Juvenile Court Clinics…

Massachusetts Alliance of Juvenile Court Clinics (Line Item 5055-0000) Every year thousands of the Commonwealth’s most vulnerable children and families appear before the Massachusetts Juvenile Courts.  Over 70% face a combination of mental health and behavioral problems, medical issues, substance abuse, histories of abuse and neglect, learning disabilities, and cultural issues. The Juvenile Court Clinics…

L-R front: Chief Amy Nechtem, Rebecca Pries, Co-Chair MAJCC L-R standing: Dr. Leah Kelly, Dr. Pooja Khialani, Dr. Paul Rotkiewicz, Dr. Michelle Lockwood, Dr. Danielle Audet, Julie Ann Lamacchia, LICSW, Kris Latour Kennedy, LICSW, Dr. Gary Dube, Bridget Nichols, LICSW, Manager of Juvenile Court Clinic Services, DMH, Tom Capasso, Deputy Court Administrator, Dr. Dan Sanford

Standing in front of a painting by DYS Youth Artists, Representative Kay Khan, House Chair of the Committee on Children, Families, and Persons with Disabilities, met to discuss advocacy goals for FY2020 with Ed Brennan and Rebecca Pries.