Employee Resource Groups Elevate Voices
Employee Resource Groups are an excellent way to recognize the different needs of employees and elevate their voices, offer feedback to leadership, and encourage positive changes in an organization. As part of Riverside’s Diversity & Inclusion strategic plan, we launched three ERGs: BIPOC for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color; POLE for people with lived experience; and TLC for members of the LGBTQ+ community. Here's a look at how we organized and sustain them.

Wearing Green for Children's Mental Health Week
In celebration of Children's Mental Health Week, May 1 - 7, Riverside employees wore green - signifying new life, new growth, and new beginnings. Check out our Facebook page to see how our employees showed their colors!
Clubhouse Member Erez Finds A New Home
The four Riverside Community Care Clubhouses are structured day programs for people with mental illness, where members work with staff to reach their individual goals for employment, education, and housing. We were following the progress of Neponset River House member Erez B. and are pleased to share how he is doing in his own new apartment!

Early Head Start Grant Renewed for Five Years
The Riverside Early Head Start team is gratified to have received a five-year renewal of its federal grant to continue their work with families with infants and toddlers in Cambridge, Medford, and Somerville. In-home visits help prepare children for preschool and strengthen parenting skills, family well-being, economic mobility, and financial literacy.

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Vote for Early Intervention!
Riverside Early Intervention in Needham has been nominated for a “Best Of” in Boston Parents magazine! Please consider voting for this program that helps babies and toddlers reach developmental milestones. Visit the link below by May 31, select Health/Learning Disabilities Specialists from the left-hand column, and then select “Riverside Early Intervention." Thank you!
Do You Have Room in Your Home and Your Life?
Riverside's Shared Living program is seeking welcoming individuals or families to host adults with disabilities in their homes for long-term placement. The goal is to help the individual thrive by developing meaningful relationships and becoming active and independent community members. Riverside will help support the placement every step of the way.

Riverside Community Care makes a difference in the lives of individuals, families, and communities through innovative and compassionate behavioral healthcare and human services. A community-based non-profit organization, Riverside offers a wide range of mental healthcare, developmental and brain injury services, early childhood and youth programs, addiction treatment, trauma response, and more. Riverside’s behavioral health consulting, screening, and suicide prevention programs for schools, communities, businesses, and organizations are extending our reach to more than 3.5 million people around the globe.