Bridges Homeward
Robert Gittens possesses extensive leadership experience across various organizations, including serving as Executive Director at Bridges Homeward and Cambridge Family and Children's Service. Gittens also held the position of Chairman for the Massachusetts Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee and Vice President at Northeastern University. Additionally, Gittens has experience as Cabinet Secretary at the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services, reflecting a strong background in management and public service.
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Bridges Homeward
At Bridges Homeward, we advocate for children, teens, and families. We help the people we serve develop healthy, permanent relationships and make sure they are living in stable, safe, and loving homes. As a result, they can build the resilience and power they need to advocate for themselves. For us, permanency is not distinct from anything we do. It is everything we do. Today, Bridges Homeward operates five different programs, each with its own permanency-focused services. We don’t offer quick fixes; we take a much more in-depth and personalized approach. Sometimes, permanency in our work means making sure a child can remain with their biological family; sometimes it means ensuring someone with a developmental disability can live with family instead of having to move to an institutional setting; and sometimes it means finding a child in foster care a forever family. Our list of success stories is over 145 years long.