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A mentor is a trusted adult
friend with a long-term, consistent commitment to provide guidance
and support to a youth.
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We Believe: Every child deserves
a responsible and concerned adult who will provide guidance and
support, help set and accomplish goals, and act as a positive role
model.
Our Mission: To provide positive
role models and guidance to youth in our community.
Our Vision: Through positive
relationships, these youths will overcome the difficulties they face
to become successful and productive adults.
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How to Become a
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- Find out more about being a mentor by calling our office or
checking out Frequently Asked
Questions
- Fill out an application.
Click here for the
Application. All prospective mentors are required
to complete and sign a Kinship Partners mentor application. This
application can be printed, completed and then mailed to our
office. (This is a PDF file. You need Adobe
Reader to open this file.)
- Fill out a background check release form.
Click here for the Form. All
prospective mentors are required to sign a Bureau of Criminal
Apprehension check. This is a release that gives information on
a candidate’s criminal history, arrests, criminal charges or
convictions. In addition all adults residing in the prospective
mentors home are required to sign a Bureau of Criminal
Apprehension check. This form will need to be notarized. Please include
this form when mailing your application. (This is a PDF file.
You need Adobe Reader to open this file.)
- Schedule an interview.
After Kinship Partners receives the
application form, we will send reference letters to those you
listed on the application. When the references are returned to us,
we will contact you for an interview. The interview is an
opportunity for our staff to get to know the prospective mentor
better, which assists them in the matching process. It is also
an opportunity for the candidate to ask questions and discuss
the type of child they would like to mentor.
- The fun begins!
Once all the procedures are complete and the
candidate has been accepted as a mentor through Kinship
Partners, our staff will contact you with information about
children to consider mentoring. If the mentor is interested in
being placed with one of those children, the parent/guardian of
the child is contacted. The parent/guardian has final approval
of all prospective mentors. The initial introduction can take
place in the child's home or at the Kinship Partners office,
with the mentor, child, parent/guardian and Kinship Partners
program coordinator all present for the first meeting. After the
match is made, staff will have ongoing phone contact with the
child and parent/guardian as well as the volunteer. Both parties
are encouraged to call their Kinship Partners program
coordinator if any concerns arise during the course of the
relationship.
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