UMass Donahue Institute

In order to assess the state of youth mentoring in Massachusetts, Mass Mentoring Partnership (MMP) launched an important initiative, entitled Mass Mentoring Counts. Using the 2004 Liberty Mutual Mentoring Initiative (LMMI) study of youth mentoring programs in Massachusetts as the springboard3, MMP engaged the University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute (the Institute) to conduct the 2006 inaugural survey of the state of youth mentoring in Massachusetts. On a bi-annual basis, Mass Mentoring Counts will depict the landscape, trends, and needs of youth mentoring, measure progress, and serve to promote greater and more strategic investment of human and financial capital.