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  • About
    • About Us
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    • Staff Members
    • President's Page
    • Employee >
      • Employment Opportunities
      • Employment Application
      • Volunteer Application
  • Programs
    • Emergency Food Pantry
    • Public Health Program
    • Family Support
    • Clemente >
      • Clemente Program
      • Clemente Faculty
      • Clemente Alumni
      • Clemente Online Application
    • King's Kids >
      • King's Kids After School Program
      • King's Kids Summer Program
    • HBCU >
      • About HBCU Tour
      • HBCU College Tour Application
      • HBCU WorkShop Series
  • Social Justice Awards
  • Donate
  • Calendar
  • Events
    • 2014 Events
    • 2015 Events
    • 2016 Events >
      • MLKFS 2016 King Day Celebration
      • Mason Square Health Fair 2016
      • B.U.I.L.D Kings Male Summit 2016
      • Black College Tour 2016
    • 2017 Events >
      • MLKFS 2017 King Day Celebration
      • Black College Tour 2017
      • Clemente Graduation 2017 ​
      • Constructing Kings 2017
      • Social Justice Program 2017
      • Social Justice Awards 4/8/2017
      • Social Justice Awardees 2017
      • Social Justice Videos 2017
    • 2018 Events >
      • MLKFS 2018 King Day Celebration
      • HBCU Fair NY Trip 2018
      • Black College Tour 2018
      • 2018 Social Justice
      • SJA 2018 Sponsor Levels
      • SJA 2018 Sponsor Letter
      • Social Justice 2018 Ad Purchase
      • Social Justice Gallery 2018
      • Social Justice Videos 2018
      • Summer Camp 2018
    • 2019 Events >
      • Black College Tour 2019
      • HBCU Fair NY Trip 2019
      • Mobile Food Bank 2019
      • KING DAY 2019
      • KING DAY 2019 Gallery >
        • KING DAY 2019 Attendees
        • KING DAY 2019 Speakers
        • KING DAY 2019 Community
        • KING DAY 2019 Dance
        • KING DAY 2019 Music
    • 2019 Compilation
    • Social Justice Awards 2019 >
      • Social Justice Awards Post
      • Social Justice 2019 Tickets
      • Social Justice 2019 AD Sales
      • Social Justice 2019 Reports
      • Summer Programs 2019
    • MLK King Day 2020
    • 2020 Events >
      • Say Their Names Mural
      • Soul Food Sunday
      • Social Justice Award 2020 >
        • MLK Social Justice Awards Breakfast
  • Media
    • Servicing the Changing Faces of Hunger
    • Racial Equity Grant
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2021 Appeal Letter

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King Celebration 2021

CORONAVIRUS 2020 BRIEFING

Here at Martin Luther King Family Services, Inc, (MLKFS) the health and wellness of our community is always our highest priority. In response to the unprecedented public health crisis caused by Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), and following the recommendations of the Center for Disease Control and local/state governments, we have taken the following steps:
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"Once a member of our family, always a member of our family."

For more than 30 years we have served more than 300 families a year with an array of educational, cultural, and basic needs supports.  We depend on your support for our continued programming.
Here is a sampling of what we offer:
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Family Stabilization Services Family Skill Building (FSB) Program
This program offers support to families in keeping their children safely at home and in the community by advocating for the well-being and rights of all children. Parents are provided with opportunities to develop and improve parenting skills and learn money management and incoming maximizing skills. 


DEEC School Age Child Care Program: King's Kids After School Program DCF Enhanced After School Program 
Up to 130 children utilize the MLKFS youth center after school and participate in quality programming with the goal of helping them to become academically sound and nurturing their critical thinking skills. Students are offered homework help, character building, sports and fitness, literacy retention and cultural experiences. Case management is available for students eligible for supportive services. 

Night Spot Program
Empowers youth ages 13-22 to be critical thinkers and community builders while preparing them for life in high school, college, and beyond and encouraging a drug-free future. Offers advocacy services for court-involved youth. Pickup basketball is offered free of charge to youth ages 14-26 living in the Mason Square area. Gender specific youth development groups focusing on prevention and early intervention. 

Clemente College Courses
Up to 30 non-traditional students take courses in the humanities taught by professors from local colleges and universities in order to explore the possibility of entering college. Students can earn up to 6 credits from Bard College. Tuition is free and students receive books, supplies, bus tokens and child care stipends.

Read more about our partnership with Clemente Colleg
e here.

Emergency Food Pantry
Provides emergency food services for individuals and families experiencing food shortage and screens individuals for SNAP benefit eligibility. The program relies on donations from grocery vendors and makes purchases from the Food Bank of Western MA. The MLK Emergency Food Pantry is staffed by a program director and is dependent on over 20 weekly volunteers.

Read more about our Emergency Food Pantry Program here. 

Read more about The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts here.

Mason Square Health Task Force
Coalition driven effort to address the health disparities that exist among the residents of Mason Square and beyond. Engages community residents and professionals to work shoulder to shoulder in developing and implementing prevention and early intervention strategies for good health and has a youth arm that focuses on the issue of tobacco addiction amongst youth. 

Historically Black College Tour Youth Culture & Education Organization
MLKFS works in conjunction with the HBCU, an all-volunteer organization, to facilitate workshops which focus on college admissions process, scholarships, and career pathways leading to an annual tour of Histrionically Black Colleges and Universities. The tour takes over 5-7 days during the Spring Break for Springfield Public Schools. The tour is supported by fees, grants and donations. 

Read more about our 2021 College Tour here. 

Visit the program pages at the top menu for contacts and programs details.

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​​Martin Luther King Jr. Family Services
106 Wilbraham Road
​Springfield, MA 01109 (ADMIN
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(413) 746-3655
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