Check back on this page in December 2010, when MMP, in partnership with the Highland Street Foundation and the Massachusetts Service Alliance, will announce the Request for Proposals (RFPs) to host a Highland Street Corps Ambassador of Mentoring for the 2011-2012 program year.

Important dates to consider before applying:
TBA

Ambassadors are full-time AmeriCorps members who are placed at mentoring programs and youth-serving organizations statewide to help build capacity through program development/start-up and support; mentor/mentee training; match support; and mentor/mentee recruitment/marketing. If you're looking to build the quality of your mentoring program in a cost-effective way, hosting an Ambassador may be for you!

Hosting an AmeriCorps Ambassador will provide your organization with the following benefits:

• a dedicated member who'll receive trainings based on the Elements of Effective Practice, to specifically benefit existing mentoring programs or build new mentoring initiatives
• a cost-effective way to help your programs serve more youth and help adults perform a community service
• involving your organization in a larger national service movement and workforce development
• partnership with MMP and youth-serving organizations statewide
• ongoing site partner and member support and TA upon request

The 21 members who made up the 2009-10 program served more than 35,000 hours at youth mentoring programs. They recruited 700 new mentors,  trained more than 600 mentors, mentees and parents, and executed four field-wide projects to benefit the field of mentoring.  Our site partners are raving about their Ambassadors' accomplishments!

"ACCESS was thrilled with our partnership with MMP and the Ambassadors of Mentoring program.  We are experts in college financial aid, not mentoring.  But when we decided we wanted to start a mentoring program to help Boston’s youth stay in college by pairing them with recent college graduates, the Ambassadors of Mentoring program was there to help!  Starting from scratch with any program can be so tough, but the training, support and coaching that MMP provided our entire organization, particularly our Ambassador, was more than we ever could have imagined.  While we started out small, the program was a tremendous success – all 25 of our mentors have enrolled in their second year of college, which far outpaces the national average for young people like them!" Bob Giannino-Racine, Executive Director, ACCESS

For questions about the program, please contact Program Manager Mallory St. Brice, mstbrice@massmentors.org or 617.695.2440.