Contact CLM Staff
CLM staff is available to assist you with your membership benefits, issues with your programs, advocacy and policy questions, and more.
Office
617-695-1991
72-74 East Dedham Street, Boston MA 02118
Rachel Gwaltney
Executive Director
Cell: 410-961-7912
Shayna Parker
Operations & Public Policy Specialist
Cell: 508-202-5986
Camila Nakandakari
Communications & Policy Specialist
Member Meetings
CLM hosts eight member meetings a year for members that includes a guest speaker, updates and requests from state agencies, developments with CLM's legislative and budget advocacy, as well as an CLM member updates and business.
These typically occur on the fourth Monday of the month from 10am-12pm.
Next Meeting Date:
September 19th, 2022 from 10am-12pm
Guest Speaker: Secretary Marylou Sudders
Issues Forums
CLM has migrated its COVID forums into a month member forum to address both COVID and other topical issues for our members.
New Updates: July & August meetings are in the process of being cancelled.
Next Meeting: September 9th at 8:30am
Task Forces & Coalitions
Please click on the "task forces" and "coalitions" tab for more information on our task forces & coalitions.
CLM has five active task forces & coalitions: adoption, family resource centers, family preservation, intensive foster care, and transition age youth.
Receive CLM Bulletins, Action Alerts, & Member Newsletters
All member organization staff are eligible to sign up for CLM's member communications. To sign up for our members only listserv, please contact Camila@childrensleague.org or yourself up using the link below.
Copies of all member communications will be provided in the "General News" section of the member portal.
Post your jobs, trainings, events, or community updates
Amplify your organizational outreach through our growing communications network, providing an avenue to highlight jobs, events, trainings, and news to a wider audience.
These posts will be shared on our website, our newsletters, and our social media.
Member Spotlight
CLM member organizations can be featured on the "members spotlight" section of our website. CLM will be developing criteria for members about what type of items can be featured in the spotlight section and their duration.
However in the meantime, members can anticipate that we'll generally accept organizational updates (new staff, rebranding, mergers, etc.) or programmatic milestones (new programs, grants, data, research, milestones, etc) for the spotlight section of our website.
Contact Camila@childrensleague.org for more information about being featured in our member spotlight.
Discounts- 25% Off Accreditation
If you are applying or renewing for accreditation through Social Current, CLM members are eligible for a 25% discount.
This can be applied by checking off that your organization is eligible for this discount through the National Organization for State Associations for Children (NOSAC) on your application. Our member status with NOSAC makes all CLM members eligible for this discount.
Verification of your membership status will be requested upon Social Current’s receipt of your application.