The Family Tree, a Baltimore-based nonprofit and national leader in child abuse prevention, will become an affiliate of LifeBridge Health as of Dec. 31 and will work in coordination with the health system’s Center for Hope.
“We are excited to join the LifeBridge Health family and complement Center for Hope’s nationally accredited child advocacy center,” said Patricia Cronin, executive director of The Family Tree for more than two decades. “The Family Tree becomes a sister organization to LifeBridge Health’s Center for Hope, which advances hope, healing and resilience for those impacted by trauma, abuse and violence. With our combined talent, we will create a Center of Excellence, a multi-disciplinary approach to support informed professional practice, deploy effective prevention and intervention strategies that break the patterns of violence, and support families and children well-being across the life cycle.”
The Family Tree will remain at its location at 2108 N. Charles Street and its co-location of services in Prince George’s County.
Said the organization’s board president, Tom Peltier: “The creation of a Center of Excellence has long been a vision of The Family Tree supporters. Such a Center will transform Maryland’s response to child maltreatment, and we are thrilled that LifeBridge Health shares The Family Tree’s vision.”
For more than a half-century, The Family Tree has provided parenting education and support to families committed to breaking the cycle of child abuse and strengthening their families. By joining LifeBridge Health, The Family Tree will utilize the health system’s resources and public health community to expand its family strengthening programming statewide.
“LifeBridge Health and The Family Tree share a mission to care for families in our community, so having this team join our organization is a natural fit,” says Neil Meltzer, president and CEO of LifeBridge Health. “Together, we will use one cohesive voice to prevent child maltreatment.”
Said Adam Rosenberg, executive director of Center for Hope and vice president for Violence Prevention and Intervention at LifeBridge Health: “The Family Tree and LifeBridge Health’s Center for Hope together provides a full spectrum of services from training community and professionals, to providing child abuse prevention programs that build strong families, responding when abuse occurs, healing from trauma, and working throughout adulthood and community. We look forward to working with The Family Tree in this vital mission to support children and families.”
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