Ascentria Care Alliance
Tara Hong, LCSW, currently serves as the Foster Care Program Coordinator at Ascentria Care Alliance since September 2023. With extensive experience in the field, Tara has held the role of Director of Communications at ARISE Youth Ministries since January 2018 and previously worked as a Foster Care Resource Specialist at the Northeast Center for Youth and Families from December 2021 to August 2023. Prior clinical experience includes serving as a Clinician at The Edinburg Center and completing two internships in clinical social work at Bradley Hospital and The Learning Community Charter School. Tara holds a Master of Social Work degree from Smith College and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brandeis University, where studies focused on Education, Psychology, and Anthropology.
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Ascentria Care Alliance
Our Mission: We are called to strengthen communities by empowering people to respond to life’s challenges. Our Vision: We envision thriving communities where everyone has the opportunity to achieve their full potential regardless of background or disadvantage. Together with our partners, we inspire people to help one another reach beyond their current circumstances and realize new possibilities. Our Values: Faith in Action: Courage, Compassion and Integrity As one of the largest community service organizations in New England, Ascentria Care Alliance empowers people of all backgrounds to rise together and reach beyond life’s challenges. With 60 locations throughout Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maine and Connecticut, we use an innovative human-centered care model to help individuals and families move forward and thrive – physically, intellectually, socially, spiritually and economically. Our Services Children and Family Services - Adoption services - Foster Care - Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Foster Care - Young Parent Living Program Good News Garage In-Home Care Language Bank Mental Health and Disability Services Services for New Americans Services of Older Adults Ascentria Client Center in Worcester Through productive collaborations and partnerships, we create measurable, positive impact that enriches our communities. Inspired by our faith-based heritage and guided by compassion, courage and integrity, we envision a world in which everyone can realize their fullest potential and share with others in need. To learn more, please visit us at www.ascentria.org.