Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about PfC...
What is Partners for Community (PfC)?
PfC is a non-profit, management services organization -- a human services MSO group that helps community-based non-profits operate more efficiently.
PfC performs administrative functions for its non-profit affiliates and for other non-profits that might lack resources for such functions on their own.
PfC management services include: fiscal, human resources, information & technology systems, program space & procurement and organizational development. By managing these functions through a central office, PfC enables human service non-profits to devote more time, energy and resources to actually running social programs and serving more people in need.Along with its five, non-profit, member affiliates (see below) PfC is the largest human services MSO in Western New England.
PfC can be reached by:
Address: 1628-1640 Main Street, Springfield, MA 01103
Phone: 413 272- 2200
Fax: 413 731- 5399
Email: webmaster@partnersforcommunity.org
Who are the "partners?"PfC has five non-profit affiliate agencies that operate social programs across CT, MA, NH and Dutchess County, NY. The partners include:
Brightwood Development Corporation
CareerPoint
Corporation for Justice Management
Corporation for Public Management
New England Farm Workers' Council
Brightwood Development Corp. (BDC) provides affordable housing, minority employment and inner-city neighborhood improvement programs in Springfield's largely Hispanic North End.
What do they do?CareerPoint is one of two Hampden County, MA "one-stop" career centers, offering employment and workforce development services for job seekers and employers.
Corporation for Justice Management (CJM) operates a variety of community-based, alternative incarceration and rehabilitation corrections programs in MA, CT and NY.Corporation for Public Management (CPM) operates a variety of social programs for low-income people in MA, CT and NY. It specializes in employment for low-income groups, programs for developmentally disabled and adult literacy/citizenship training for refugees.
New England Farm Workers' Council (NEFWC) runs employment and family assistance programs for migrant and seasonal farm workers, their families and other low-income groups in CT, MA and NH.
How do I contact them?
Brightwood Development Corporation
2345 Main Street, Springfield, MA
413 734-2144CareerPoint
850 High Street, Holyoke, MA
413 532-4900Corporation for Justice Management
1628-1640 Main Street, Springfield, MA
413 272-2200
Corporation for Public Management
1628-1640 Main Street, Springfield, MA
413 272-2200
New England Farm Workers' Council
1628-1640 Main Street, Springfield, MA
413 272-2200
PfC
Partners for Community