Just a few of the benefits of membership to YOUR Association

Your Association Newsletter

• Filled with up to date information you will use every day!

Your Association Website

• Massachusetts Funeral Directors Association Web Site – www.massfda.org
• Your Firm listed in our membership directory for clients looking to find a funeral directory in their area
• Includes a comprehensive Grief and Bereavement resource library developed by internationally noted author, educator and grief counselor Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D., C.T.
• Links to other sites include: NFDA, The Massachusetts State Board of Funeral Directing and Embalming

Special Bulletins mailed directly to you

• Highlighting legislative, regulatory or other changes that you need to know about fast!
• E-Mail Notification
• Fax Broadcasting

High Quality Continuing Education Programs to Select from:

• Sharpen your skills, hear experts discuss the latest trends and network with colleagues who share your concerns when you attend sessions devoted to funeral service issues.
  Some of the offerings include:
• Convention with Exhibit or Summer Meeting
• Free exhibit passes for you and your staff§ District/Regional Meetings
• OSHA Training
• Annual Embalmers Seminar
• Travel Programs
• CEU Certification
• Maintenance of your CEU files

We have a Full Time, Experienced Staff To Assist You

• We'll help you interpret and comply with any law or regulation affecting funeral service.

Participation offers networking opportunities with representatives of more than 500 other Massachusetts Funeral Home Establishments

• Free Classified Advertising for Products or Services you need to sell
• We are proud of our State Legislative Monitoring
  
• We're the single, most important voice of funeral service in our Commonwealth
• Legislative Reports & Calls to Action
• Active Grassroots Legislative Network

We maintain a State Regulatory Network on your behalf:

• Transitional Assistance
• Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
• Division of Medical Assistance
• Department of Revenue
• Office of the Attorney General
• Office of the Secretary of State

Federal Legislative Monitoring in conjunction with NFDA

• We offer you Guidance with Compliance of Federal Trade Commission issues
• You have access to our Information Central Resource Library
• If we don't have the information you're looking for, we'll help you find it!

You have Unlimited Use of our Extensive Tape Library

• Use for personal enrichment or staff training

Need a document? Ask about our Forms prepared by the nation's leading legal funeral service experts

We're a resource for local Mortuary Science Schools!

We're Your Liaison with Affiliated Organizations:

• Board of Registration of Funeral Directing and Embalming
• Massachusetts Cemetery Association
• Massachusetts Monument Dealers Association, the
• Massachusetts Medical Society
• the Hospice Federation of Massachusetts
• the Massachusetts Nurses Association and many others.

We're Your Liaison with Industry Affiliates:

• State affiliate of the National Funeral Director Association. A Massachusetts representative serves on the NFDA Policy Board assuring your voice on National issues.
• We keep a close liaison with the Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont Funeral Directors Associations
• other industry groups including the Selected Independent Funeral Homes, Order of the Golden Rule, the Cremation Association of North American, the Academy of Professional Funeral Service Practice and others.

We offer constant Public Relations Outreach to benefit our profession:

• Media Spokesperson Program
• Statewide Speakers Bureau
• "Be Cautious" Program
• Caregivers/Clergy Programming
• "Protect Yourself" Program in conjunction with the Office of the Attorney General
• "Massachusetts Memorial Tree" program in conjunction with the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs

We Reach Out to Care Giving Groups

• The Compassionate Friends, the Samaritans, the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Center, the Good Grief Program, the New England Organ Bank and many others.

We sponsor an Annual Recognition Program to Honor Your Anniversary of Licensure and Business Operation

We offer you Legal and Regulatory Assistance

• FTC Compliant Forms
• Preneed Forms
• Approved "Preneed Buyers Guide"

There's Human Resource Assistance

• Staff available to assist with Human Resource questions
• Guide to Massachusetts Employment Laws - Updated Annually!
• Free Help Wanted Classified Ads, including a MEMBERS ONLY return box service
• Annual OSHA Training at a discounted rate
• Special Employee Membership Category that you can offer as a benefit of employment
• Maintenance of your staff CEU information

We Offer You an Opportunity to be a Leader in Funeral Service

• Committee Service
• Participants in the Federal D-Mort Disaster Program
• Organ Procurement Advisory Team
• Program Committee
• OCME Liaison Committee
• Indigent Services Update Task Force
• Death Records Review Task Force
• Board of Directors and Officers

We're a source for public information about funerals, death, dying, bereavement

• Brochures, books and other publications
• We're a referral resource for the Office of the Secretary of State
• Consumer Hotline and the Attorney General's Office
• Elder Affairs Information Service

Opportunities for Networking at Social Events!

• Events at locations such as Boston's Symphony Hall, the 406 Club at Fenway Park, the Odyssey, the Basketball Hall of Fame and the Ocean Edge Resort, etc.