Want to Foster or Adopt? Join Our Massachusetts Approaches to Partnership in Parenting Training Beginning October 2022!
Are you ready to offer a safe, nurturing, loving home to a youth in foster care? Then you should join our upcoming Massachusetts Approaches to Partnership in Parenting (MAPP) training series this fall!
MAPP training is a required 30-hour course for anyone in Massachusetts who is interested in becoming an adoptive parent, a foster parent, or a mentor family through our Weekend Family Connections Program. If you would like to enroll, get in touch with us today! We can be reached by email at familyservices@bridgeshomeward.org or by calling (617) 876-4210 and asking to speak with a member of the Family Services team. We will guide you through the process step by step.
Space is limited! Applications are accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis. Please get in touch today!
Training Schedule
Saturday, October 1, 9 AM to 12 PM
Wednesday, October 5, 5:30 to 8:30 PM
Wednesday, October 12, 5:30 to 8:30 PM
Saturday, October 15, 9 AM to 12 PM
Wednesday, October 19, 5:30 to 8:30 PM
Wednesday, October 26, 5:30 to 8:30 PM
Saturday, November 5, 9 AM to 12 PM
Wednesday, November 9, 5:30 to 8:30 PM
Wednesday, November 16, 5:30 to 8:30 PM
Saturday, November 19, 9 AM to 12 PM
This training will be conducted virtually. Access to Zoom and an internet connection are required.
MAPP training consists of 10, 3-hour modules. Participants are required to attend 9 of the 10 modules. Both members of a couple must attend training together.
Participants are enrolled in MAPP training after they have completed an application and the pre-screening process, which includes background record checks and a physical standards/safety check of the home.