Building Futures Mentoring Program

Season
ongoing

Description

 

Building Futures is a therapeutic 1-to-1 mentoring program serving at-risk youth ages 6-18 in the Bay Area.

With the recent tragedies in Marin there has never been a greater need to help support our youth. You can be an agent of change in your own community!

Building Futures helps youth ages 6-18 develop tools to cope with issues such as low self-esteem, family and peer conflicts, academic underachievement and decision-making skills through a positive adult-child relationship.

Highly trained mentors meet with mentees once each week to discuss issues occurring in the youth's life while engaging in enriching activities in the community. A key feature of the program is the inclusion of parents in the mentoring process, from matching their child to an appropriate mentor, to setting goals for the mentoring relationship. Youth are referred from schools, counselors, parents and other YMCA programs.

Click HERE to visit our main Building Futures website. Or check us out on YouTube.

Skills and Requirements

  • Desire to work with at-risk youth
  • No prior felony convictions or DUI’s
  • Must be at least 23 years old

Location:

  • Marin and Novato YMCA locations
  • Activities in the community

Time Commitment
Paraprofessional training, 1-3 hours each week with child (flexible – scheduled by mentor and child), 1 year commitment, (optional) Once/month mentor support group meeting with program coordinator

Location(s)

  • Marin
  • Novato

Contact Information

Diba Ataie, Building Futures Coordinator
415-446-2118
dataie@ymcasf.org

Application Instructions

Contact Diba Ataie at dataie@ymcasf.org or 415-446-2118 for program info, training dates and mentor/mentee applications.