Massachusetts Service Alliance Mentoring Initiative Grantees
Adoption and Foster Care Mentoring, Inc.
Big Brother Big Sister of Berkshire County, Inc.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Franklin County, Inc.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hampden County, Inc.
Big Sister Association of Greater Boston, Inc.
Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston
Center for Human Development
Centro Presente
City of New Bedford – Department of Human Services
Family Service Association of Greater Fall River, Inc.
Friends of Children, Inc.
Girls Incorporated of Holyoke
The Hyde Square Task Force, Inc.
John Andrew Mazie Memorial Foundation
Lowell Association for the Blind
Partners for Youth with Disabilities
Sociedad Latina
Southcoast Mentoring Initiative for Learning, Educ. & Service (SMILES)
Stonehill College
Strong Women Strong Girls, Inc.
YWCA Malden
Adoption and Foster Care Mentoring, Inc.
Contact Person: Melissa Chu
Program Address: 727 Atlantic Ave, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02111
T: 617.224.1301 F: 617.451.1025
Email Address: melissa@afcmentoring.net
AFC provides mentoring to seven to fourteen-year old foster and adopted youth, and others from out-of-birth home backgrounds. The AFC Mentors one-to-one program matches adults with youth in foster care, adoption or similar situations. Matches meet for at least eight hours per month for at least a year. With a grant, AFC will develop 15 new one-to-one matches in the Boston area.
Big Brother Big Sister of Berkshire County, Inc.
Contact Person: Ray Ross
Program Address: 292 North Street, Pittsfield, MA01201
T: 413.443.9471 F: 413.443.6791
Email Address: bbbs@rnetworx.com
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Berkshire county is a community based mentoring program located in Berkshire County. The Program proposes to make 17 matches. Free and low cost community accesses activities include nature hikes, riding bikes, museum visits, baking, enjoying new food, board games, etc.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Franklin County, Inc.
Contact Person: Kay Johnson
Program Address: 116 Federal Street, Greenfield, MA 01301
T: 413.772.0915 F: 413.772.0911
Email Address: kjohnson@bbbs-fc.org
BBBBSFC will provide one-to- one mentoring relationships to children and youth in the poorest county in Massachusetts; Franklin County and the North Quabbin Region. 20 at risk youth are expected to be matched, some from the existing wait list and others will be newly referred. The main activity of the program will be to recruit, assess, train and support the new mentors and mentees.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hampden County, Inc.
Contact Person: Elizabeth T. Russell
Program Address: 101 State Street, Suite 601, Springfield, MA 01103
T: 413.781.4730 F: 413.733.2257
Email Address: brussell@bigbrothers-sisters.org
BBBSHC proposes to match 45 mentees from inner-city, low income Springfield youth living in single-parent homes. The goal of the program is to prevent drug and alcohol abuse, prevent other types of juvenile crimes, increase school attendance and academic perfromance, and to help mentees create sronger self-esteem and a greater awareness of opportunities and resources available to them in the community.
Big Sister Association of Greater Boston, Inc.
Contact Person: Judy Neufeld
Program Address: 161 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, MA 02115
T: 617.230.8060 F: 617.236.8075
Email Address: jneufeld@bigsister.org
Big Sister Association of Greater Boston Community-based Mentoring program is proposing 326 matches between women and girls ages 7 to 15 in the Greater Boston area.Big Sisters support Little Sisters through issues affecting them from depression and family problems to eating disorders and sexual pressure.
Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston
Contact: Leah Reich
Address: 50 Congress Street, Suite 730, Boston, MA 02109
P: 617994-4735 F: 617-994-4701
Email Address:
Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston is proposing to design, develop and deliver a site-based mentoring program which will serve 25 youth with a 1:1 relationship with a caring adult. Matches will meet at clubs in Boston for at least 1.5 hours each week. The program will be built to support academic progress among Club members who are struggling in school and who exhibit signs of needing an additional caring consistent adult presence in their life.
Center for Human Development
Contact Person: Renee Moss
Program Address: Bangs Community Center, 70 Boltwood Walk, Amherst, MA 01002
T: 413.253.2591 F: 617.253.0124
Email Address: rmoss@chd.org
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hampshire County (BBBS/HC), a program of The Center for Human Development will create 25 new community-based matches. The program will match young people, ages 6 to 16, in need of an adult friend and mentor in one-on-one matches in the Hampshire County. The mentors will serve to enhance the personal development of youth.
Centro Presente
Contact Person: Wil Renderos
Program Address: 17 Innerbelt Road, Somerville, MA 02143
T: 617.629.4731 F: 617.629.4731
Email Address: wrenderos@cpresente.org
Centro Presente’s youth program, Pintamos Nuestro Mundo/We Paint Our World (PNM) serves at-risk immigrant Latino youth between the ages of 11 and 18. PNM is the only program dedicated to Latino Youth in Somerville. PNM aims to engage youth in positive art-oriented activities, promote leadership development and offer a safe place where youth can develop their true potential in a culturally relevant environment. The program proposes to create site-based mentoring that includes group mentoring sessions and one-on-one mentoring. Both components will offer 6 hours of mentoring per month. The program proposes to create 42 matches.
City of New Bedford – Department of Human Services
Contact Person: Lisa B. Tavares
Program Address: 360 Coggeshall Street, New Bedford, MA 02746
T: 508.979.1580 F: 508.991.6233
Email Address: nbppyouth@aol.com
The City of New Bedford through a cooperative agreement with the New Bedford Prevention Partnership (the partnership) provides one-on-one mentoring. The Partnership acts as a facilitator for a variety of after school programs and along with the City, the schools, the faith community and business sector, created SMILES (Southcoast Mentoring Initiative for Learning Education and Service). SMILES increases mentoring awareness and opportunities cultivating a movement towards mentoring citywide. SMILES propose to create 40 matches in the New Bedford area.
Family Service Association of Greater Fall River, Inc.
Contact Person: Michael Currin
Program Address: 101 Rock Street, Fall River, MA 02720
T: 508.677.3822, ext 3560 F: 508.676.3699
Email Address: mjcurrin@frfsa.org
Big Friends Little Friends (BFLF) is a mentoring program that was started by Family Service Association of Greater Fall River, Inc. BFLF’s provides one-on-one mentoring relationships between adults and children (7-18) from the Greater Fall River Area. BFLF proposes to create 26 new matches. Mentees come from low-income households and the majority live in a single-parent household.
Friends of Children, Inc.
Contact Person: Jane Lyons
Program Address: 320 Riverside Drive, Northampton, MA 01062
T: 413.586.0011 F: 413.584.7833
Email Address: foc38@verizon.net
Friends of Children propose funding to expand the number of youth served by its mentoring program, the Adolescent Advocacy Mentoring Project (AAMP). AAMP serves at-risk foster youth in Franklin and Hampshire counties of Western Massachusetts. AAMP proposes to make 12 new matches between the ages of 14 to 17 in the long-term care of the state’s Department of Social Services.
Girls Incorporated of Holyoke
Contact Person: Sarah Dunton
Program Address: P.O Box 6812, Holyoke, MA 01041
T: 413.533.0796, ext 201 F: 413.532.6454
Email Address: sdunton.holyoke@girls-inc.org
The M2ATCH (Mentors & Mentees are Together Connecting in Holyoke) Program at Girls Incorporated of Holyoke will create 1:1 or 2:1 matches for girls, ages 6-18. There will be a 6-11 year old cohort of 15 matches and 1 12-18 year old cohort of 15 matches. Matches will meet a minimum of 6 hours a month for at least 8 months. The goals of M2ATCH are for mentees to have increased confidence, life skills and positive behaviors.
The Hyde Square Task Force, Inc.
Contact Person: Yi-Chin Chen
Program Address: P.O Box 1871, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
T: 617.524.8303 ext. 303 F: 617.524.2747
Email Address: yichin@hydesquare.org
The Nuestros Jovenes en Accion mentoring Program will provide mentors for predominantly Latino and African-American Boston Public School students in Jamaica Plain/Roxbury. The program proposes to create 60 new one-on-one matches between high school students and adults. The mentors will meet with the students for at least 8 hours per month for 9 months in a site-based program at the central office of the Hyde Square Tack Force in Jamaica Plain. The program objectives are: to increase the academic achievement of students; to convince the youth that they are potential college students and to develop strategies to create individual paths to college; to develop positive, rewarding relationships between youth and adults; and to engage each match pair in a civic engagement activity.
John Andrew Mazie Memorial Foundation
Contact Person: Lauren Kracoff
Program Address: 1502 Wisteria Way, Wayland, MA 01778
T: 508-358-0765 F: 508.358.9766
Email Address: maziedir@gmail.com
The John Andrew Mazie Foundation recruits and trains volunteers to mentor Framingham High School students so the teens can take control of their lives, set and achieve goals, prepare for college or other post-secondary educational training, and experience success. The program will identify and recruit 40 sophomores from low-income and, currently, 87% minority students.
Lowell Association for the Blind
Contact Person: Christie Cleaver
Program Address: 169 Merrimack Street, 2nd Floor, Lowell, MA 01852
T: 978.454.5704 F: 978.458.5563
Email Address: ccleaver@lowellassociationfortheblind.org
Lowell Association for the Blind (LAB) is a community-based organization dedicated to working for the blind and visually impaired in the Greater Lowell/Merrimack Valley area. The Visually Impaired Partners (VIP) will match 10 youth with blind and visually impaired adults from the LAB program and referrals from the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind. VIP is a site-based program, meeting one Saturday per month and includes activities in the office as well as in the community.
Partners for Youth with Disabilities
Contact Person: Alex Freeman
Program Address: 95 Berkely Street, Suite 109. Boston, MA 02116
T: 617.556.4075 F: 617.556.4074
Email Address: afreeman@pyd.org
Partners for Youth with Disabilities, Inc. (PYD), located in Boston, is committed to empowering young people with disabilities to reach their full potential for personal development. PYD’s mentoring program offers one-to-one meetings to help matches develop their relationships. The goal of the program is to provide an opportunity for youth to experience real-life, disability-specific challenges under adults who have overcome these challenges. PYD intends to create an additional 15 matches. Mentees will be youth ages 6 to 18 with a wide range of disabilities matched with mentors over the age of 18 with similar disabilities.
Sociedad Latina
Contact Person: Dinanyili Paulino-Rodriguez
Program Address: 1530 Tremont Street. Roxbury, MA 02120
T: 617.442.4299 F: 617.442.4087
Email Address: dini@sociedadlatina.org
Viva La Cultura program is based in arts exploration as a means to link your Latina women with their cultural backgrounds. Mentees meet individually with their mentors each month to participate in fun activities and to work on projects. Together, matches prepare for and lead a discussion among all the matches during the monthly group meetings. The proposed number of new matches is 30 Latina girls ages 10-14 from Mission Hill and the Greater Boston area.
Southcoast Mentoring Initiative for Learning, Educ. & Service (SMILES)
Contact Person: James Mathes
Program Address: One Sovereign Place, New Bedford, MA 02740
P: 508-999-9300 F: 508-999-9309
SMILES- Fall River is creating mentor/mentee relationships for at-risk youth. The program serves as a site-based skill development program meeting once per week for two hours during the school year. The mentees will be ages 8-10 and work on a curriculum with their mentee that is broken into blocks concentrating on different topics, such as cooking, manners and nutrition. Specific workshops will help to enhance self-esteem, teach respect and build leadership skills.
Stonehill College
Contact Person: Professor Carole Calo
Program Address: Dept. of Fine Arts , Stonehill College, 320 Washington Street, Easton, MA 02357
T: 508.565.1168 F: 508.565.1565
Email Address: ccalo@stonehill.edu
The Arts Outreach: mentoring Through Photography and Visual Arts is a program directed towards 5th and 6th grade high-risk children in Brockton. The program offers college courses where Stonehill students experience mentoring younger elementary school students through art. The proposed project will serve 20 new matches. The Program’s goal is to help children overcome their negative environmental factors by providing positive role models through arts mentorship.
Strong Women Strong Girls, Inc.
Contact Person: Julia Garcia
Program Address: 727 Atlantic Avenue, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02111
T: 617.224.1304
Email Address: jgarcia@swsg.org
Strong Women, Strong Girls (SWSG) utilizes a group mentoring model that pairs 2-3 college age mentors with small groups of elementary school girls (approximately 10 girls per group, but fewer in some groups). In the 2008-2009 program year, Strong Women, Strong Girls will engage 300 elementary school girls throughout Greater Boston and will engage 100 college age women as mentors. SWSG’s mission is to utilize lessons learned from strong women throughout history to encourage young girls to become strong women themselves.
YWCA Malden
Contact Person: Peg Crowe
Program Address: 54 Washington Street. Malden, MA 02148
Phone/Fax Numbers: T: 781.322.3760 F: 781.324.3444
Email Address: pcrowe@ywcamalden.org
The YWCA Malden will match 11 mentors with groups of 3 youth from its site-based Youth Enrichment Program and its school-based Enrichment Program reaching a total of 33 youth. The matches will meet as a group for 2 hours a week. Through its years of providing support and guidance to youth through informal mentoring relationships, the agency has witnessed how an adult mentor can change the level and lethality of a youth’s risk behaviours.
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