Communities for People Merges With Special Adoptions and Family Services
OPEN MINDS The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry News Communities for People Inc., a non-profit child welfare lead agency in Massachusetts, merged with Special Adoptions and Family Services (SAFS) in January 1998. According to Joe Leavey, executive director of Communities for People Inc., the organization began operating together under a management agreement and took over the operation and management of SAFS in July of 1997. SAFS specialized in the permanent placement of special needs children (severely emotionally disturbed, medical disabilities, adolescents, and other children with special needs of any kind). In looking for a partner to . . .