A statewide, grassroots coalition of individuals with disabilities and/or chronic illnesses and their families in Massachusetts. We are a statewide, grassroots coalition of individuals with disabilities and/or chronic illnesses and their families in Massachusetts. The mission of MassFamilies is to provide sustained advocacy and leadership training in pursuit of high quality, individualized community support and service options, including family support, for people with disabilities and their families. Members of MassFamilies have written and passed legislation to create statewide policy and practice for individual and family support. We are a statewide, grassroots coalition of individuals with disabilities and/or chronic illnesses and their families. We believe that supports for individuals and families can be more flexible and better designed to respond to the actual needs people have. We are actively organizing families and individuals to use the power of our numbers to effect positive change.