Partners for Community

Vital statistics 

  Agency mission

Based in Springfield Massachusetts, Partners for Community (PfC) provides management services and social program oversight for six, non-profit, human service agencies -- all affiliates of PfC -- and for other social service groups. The organization operates as an "administrative umbrella" for its member agencies.

The affiliated non-profits and the primary services they provide are:

   Corporation for Justice Management (CJM) -- progressive, community-based, criminal justice programs providing non-institutional, alternative incarceration for adults, alternative correction and rehabilitation for youth and treatment and outreach for persons with special needs. The assurance of public safety is at the forefront of each and every program offered.


     Corporation for Public  Management (CPM)-- employment, welfare to work, developmental disability support, inner-city youth development, US citizenship and adult literacy services for low-income populations.

    New England Farm Workers' Council (NEFWC)-- employment and family assistance programs, including fuel assistance, voucher day care, homelessness prevention and migrant farm worker and  low-income group employment and training services.

    Brightwood Development Corporation (BDC)-- community development corporation (CDC) serving low-income persons and small businesses, many minority-owned, in Springfield MA North End neighborhood.

    CareerPoint -- Hampden County MA career center offering "one-stop" employment services for individual job-seekers and area employers.

    New England Partners in Faith (NEPIF) -- providing sustainable development and capacity-building to small faith-based organizations.  Funding for theses services comes from the U.S. Department of Labor and Health and Human Services.

PfC's administrative services include:

• Fiscal -- budgeting, money management, accounting, financial reporting, negotiating lines of credit.
  
  
• Human Resources -- personnel policies, employee benefits, staff recruitment, training and development.
  
  
• Information and Technology -- office systems, telecommunications, internet-based learning, communications, program databases and reports.
  
  
• Program Space and Procurement --
  identifying program space, lease negotiations, bulk purchasing of office/program equipment and supplies.
  
  
• Organizational Development -- agency mission, organizational structure, strategic alliance building, proposal writing, program design, management training.
  

PfC consolidates and delivers these functions in a cost-efficient manner to enable its affiliates to maximize their social services to the community.


Populations served

PfC's non-profit affiliates serve publics in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire Rhode Island and Dutchess County, New York.  While their specific social missions differ, PfC agencies are linked by the common goal of providing high quality services that promote lives of dignity and independence for all who utilize PfC programs.

PfC at a glance

	The formation of PfC in 2000 as a 501(c) 3 tax exempt non-profit -- and the strong growth of its administrative capacities to date -- is helping pave the way for greater efficiency in the delivery of human services throughout the region.
	Operates a large and long-standing welfare-to-work job placement program in Massachusetts.
	Operates a variety of community-based corrections programs in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York -- part of these states’ programs for reducing prison overcrowding and recidivism.
	Well-known as a successful provider of residential, vocational and rehabilitative support programs for CT’s developmentally disabled population.
	Operates a New England-wide employment and family assistance program for migrant and seasonal farm workers, their families and inner-city youth.
	Provides an on-line Advanced Learning System that allows PfC affiliates' program participants to prepare for GED / diplomas at their own pace and provides learning supports in both traditional and non-traditional study environments.

Board of Directors
(As of July, 2006)

Heriberto Flores  Chairman/ President / CEO Partners for Community Springfield, MA	Dorothy Lortie Lortie Realty Springfield, MA
John Motto Treasure / Clerk South Windsor, CT	Hon. Sidney M. Cooley Partner Cooley, Shrair P.C. Springfield, MA
Gerardo Zayas Community Activist	Joseph Green Metropolitan District Commission Hartford, CT

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