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The six steps — every mentor, every time
38 matches this year. 3 places open.
One young person, one hour a week, for a year. Some pairs meet here at mentor hour, some shoot hoops, some do homework. The coordinator checks in with both of you twice a month at first, then monthly. Next training: Thursday 8 October, 6:30 p.m.
Mentor hour. One table, one hour, here in the homework room, never anywhere else.StepApplication. The form below. Name, contact, when you could meet, and two people who know you.
StepInterview. Forty-five minutes with the mentoring coordinator, here. Why you want to, what you expect, what you would do if a young person told you something hard.
StepTwo references. A short form to each, by email. Not family.
StepBackground check, with your consent. Criminal record, sex-offender registry and child-abuse registry, run by an outside screening service through its own secure form. We keep only “cleared” and the date. Re-screened every three years.
StepTraining. One evening: boundaries, what to report and to whom, what a good first month looks like.
StepMatch. The coordinator proposes a match; the young person and their guardian say yes first. Then a year.
The rulesNever alone behind a closed door. Meetings happen here, in public places, or with the guardian’s written okay. Two adults present at every program. Report, don’t investigate: anything a young person tells you that worries you goes to the coordinator the same day. This is a sample policy written from published mentoring standards; a real program’s rules are set by its board, insurer and state. Nothing here is legal advice.
Application
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Demonstration form: it sends nothing and stores nothing. It shows what a real application checks first.