Youth Mentoring Day
Building a Mentoring Movement: Strengthening Systems, Expanding Opportunities
Held annually, Youth Mentoring Day is a unique opportunity to convene nearly 350 legislators, youth-serving programs, and young people from across the Commonwealth at the Massachusetts State House to highlight and celebrate the importance of mentoring relationships. Attendees learn how investing in youth can help students succeed in academics and the workplace while strengthening our communities. They also have an opportunity to meet with their state representatives and state senators to advocate for increased funding for mentoring programs across the state, resulting in more mentoring opportunities.
Youth Mentoring Day brings together young people, mentoring and youth-serving programs, state legislators and policy makers, and other stakeholders to advocate for increased state investment in mentoring programs across Massachusetts. MMP’s Youth Leadership Council members are essential in planning our successful Youth Mentoring Day, connecting their peers with members of the legislation to support mentoring and youth mental health.
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Youth Mentoring Day 2026 will be held on April 1st!
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Building a Mentoring Movement:
Strengthening Systems, Expanding Opportunities
Youth Mentoring Day is organized by mentoring Advocates to help constituents across the Commonwealth understand the importance of expanding Statewide investment in quality, evidence-based youth mentoring. Participants will be able to demonstrate how mentoring has improved countless lives for the better and is an innovative strategy to engage youth that yields positive outcomes in education, mental health, and workforce opportunities, and to demonstrate what it means to mentor with purpose truly.
Initially created in FY99, the Mentor Matching Grant line item is the only state investment solely dedicated to expanding quality mentoring across MA. This money is awarded in collaboration with DESE through a competitive RFP process and community review administered by the Mass Mentoring Partnership. Funded programs are supported with training and capacity building, based on the latest research and effective practices, and must meet high levels of quality to ensure that outcomes are maximized.
Additionally, you can read about the impact of the MMG funding in our final and mid-year reports.