AMBASSADORS BEGIN

In 2021, Fathers’ UpLift received grants from the Trefler Foundation, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health which in part were utilized to fund the initial piloting of a new program within our coaching department which we termed the “Ambassador” Program.

The Ambassador Program was intended to be a foray into the utilization of community health workers, enabling members of our local communities to identify needs and distribute resources accordingly, in addition to providing a companion-oriented relationship for men that experience re-entry postincarceration. That program has been a massive success for Fathers’ UpLift, those we serve, and the Ambassadors themselves those we serve, and the Ambassadors themselves. Working part-time, with an average caseload of five families, our Ambassadors serve as an extension of Fathers’ UpLift’s Coaching presence in the everyday lives of those we serve.

Today, Fathers’ UpLift has seven active Ambassadors who have together served dozens of members of our community. We are excited to be steadily growing this new critical component of our services.

Read more about our Ambassador programming, including the testimonies of two of our Ambassadors, under the Coaching portion of our report.