Wellspring House Releases FY2025 Impact Report: Strengthening Futures Report Highlights Growth, Innovation, and Measurable Impact Across the North Shore 

For Immediate Release (April 30, 2026) GLOUCESTER, MA – – WELLSPRING HOUSE has released its 2025 Impact Report, Strengthening Futures: A Year of Growth, Innovation, and Impact, highlighting significant outcomes across housing stability, education, digital literacy, job training, and career advising for families and adults across the North Shore. The report comes as the gap between wages and the cost of living continues to widen across Eastern Massachusetts, and as the need for clear, supported pathways to credentials, career advancement, and long-term financial security has never been greater. 

In FY2025, Wellspring served more than 2,000 individuals and families across 20 cities and towns, with an emphasis on Lynn, Salem, Peabody, Beverly, and Gloucester, with more than 580 receiving intensive, individualized support tailored to their goals. 

Among the year’s key outcomes: 

  • 95% of families engaged in intensive homelessness prevention case management for a year or more remained stably housed at the 12-month mark. 
  • Wellspring’s Healthcare Office Support Training program achieved an 89% graduation rate, the highest in a decade, with 85% of graduates securing new employment with higher wages within nine months. 
  • At Gloucester High School, Wellspring advisors supported 78 seniors, 85% of whom developed viable post-graduation plans. New last year, we expanded into Career and Vocational Technical Education programs across carpentry, electrical, automotive, and advanced manufacturing tracks. 
  • In education and career pathways, 100 adults took the High School Equivalency Test (HiSET) through our testing center, 135 adults enrolled in English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) education, and Wellspring launched a structured, three-level Digital Literacy program; distributing 111 computers and 70 hotspots at no cost and partnering with Metro North Workforce Board for dual-language digital instruction. 

“Strengthening Futures isn’t just this year’s theme – it’s what Wellspring makes possible every day. When rising housing costs, growing financial pressure, and deepening uncertainty define daily life for so many, we stayed focused on what matters most: providing the skills, credentials, and sustained support that help people move from crisis to stability and from stability to opportunity. Behind every number in this report is a person whose trajectory has changed,” said Melissa Dimond, President and Executive Director of Wellspring House. 

As healthcare employers across Massachusetts continue to face significant staffing pressures, Wellspring’s Healthcare Office Support Training program is helping connect North Shore residents to real career pathways in one of the region’s most in-demand sectors. Graduates have secured positions across a broad range of local employers, from community health centers to major hospital networks. 

These results reflect the urgency of the moment. A family of four in Massachusetts needs to earn more than $121,000 a year to meet basic needs, one of the highest thresholds in the nation. A parent working full-time earning the state minimum wage would need to work more than 100 hours a week, nearly three full-time jobs, just to afford a modest two-bedroom apartment. While raising children, barriers compound: Massachusetts has the second-highest childcare costs in the country, averaging $21,000 a year for infant care, more than two-thirds of a full-time minimum wage salary. Against this backdrop, Wellspring’s integrated model – combining job training and credentials with the personalized coaching to navigate real-world obstacles – is designed to make the difference between dropping out and getting ahead. 

The report also highlights individuals whose lives were changed through sustained, integrated support. Among them are Sandra, who stabilized her housing and now works in a hospital operating room while pursuing her RN degree; Marlon, who more than doubled his hourly wage through years of ESOL and digital literacy training; and Amy, who completed HOST with a 3.9 GPA and secured a new healthcare career, and a home of her own, within two months of graduating. 

Wellspring House’s mission is to inspire families and adults on the North Shore to achieve employment and financial security through stable housing, education, job training, and career readiness. The outcomes in this report are made possible by donors, partners, and advocates who believe that financial security should be within reach for every North Shore resident and who help make it possible.  

To read the full FY2025 Impact Report, click here.