Massachusetts Family TIES is a parent organization funded by the state Department of Public Health to provide information, referrals, and parent to parent matching to families who have children with special health care needs or disabilities.

Massachusetts Family Voices and the Family-to-Family Health Information Center, at the Federation is a chapter of a national network of families and friends speaking on behalf of children with special health care needs. Building capacity for family partnerships with managed care organizations is a project to build the capacity of the Mass Family Voices network in supporting partnership activities between managed care organizations and parents around improved access to services and supports for families of children with special health care needs.

MassCARE (DPH) works to develop community-based medical and social services for children with HIV infection and their families.