Community-based organizations play a central role in Mass ParentCorps — from referring participants to supporting their leadership journey.
Mass ParentCorps is a partnership between community-based organizations, parent leaders, and academic partners. CBOs are not just a referral source — they are essential co-designers of the pathway.
Organizations identify parent leaders in their programs who meet eligibility requirements and refer them through the agency referral process.
Sponsoring organizations verify that referred participants have completed 60 hours of leadership experience and 8 hours of approved training.
Organizations host and support participants' Applied Learning Projects — practical projects connected to real community work.
A key goal of Mass ParentCorps is helping organizations build pathways to hire parent leaders into paid staff roles.
Participants must be referred by a sponsoring community-based organization.
Confirm the parent leader has 60+ hours of leadership experience, 8+ hours of training, a HS diploma/GED, and English proficiency.
Review the Agency Referral & Screening Guide for full requirements and the referral form. Contact us at mpc@massparentcorps.org to request the guide.
Complete the referral form and submit it on behalf of your candidate before the application deadline.
Stay connected as their sponsoring organization — support their Applied Learning Project and help build their pathway to a paid role.
EEC and DESE participated in the initial design phase of Mass ParentCorps.
We welcome conversations with community-based organizations, educators, researchers, and government partners interested in the initiative.