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A Home Away From Homelessness Mentoring Program
Fort Mason/Building #9
San Francisco, CA 94123
Telephone: 415-561-4621
Fax: 415-561-5535
Website:
www.homeaway.org
Contact: Alyson Jacks
E-mail: mentor@homeaway.org
At Home Away we believe that every child deserves the opportunity to experience safe and supportive spaces that respect and foster her or his strengths, creativity, and abilities. By joining with homeless and formerly homeless families we help build confidence by providing educational, social, and recreational opportunities.
Program type: Community-based
Mentoring focus: Social-emotional support
Mentoring ratio: 1:1 mentoring
Mentee ages: 6 - 16
Mentee genders: male and female
Time commitment: 10 - 15 hours per month
Length of commitment: 12 months
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of the North Bay
1618 Second Street
San Rafael, CA 94901
Telephone: 415-453-3800 x231
Fax: 415-453-3839
Website:
www.bbbsnorthbay.org
Contact: Katie Ruiz
E-mail: kruiz@bbbsnorthbay.org
The mentoring programs of Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) have a positive impact on the lives of children and families we serve by offering a professionally supported relationship between a caring adult and a child. Big Brothers/Sisters (Bigs) are friends, mentors, and positive role models to the children (Littles) with whom they are matched.
Program Type: Community-based; site-based
Mentoring focus: Social-emotional support
Mentoring ratio: 1:1 mentoring
Mentee ages: 6 - 15
Mentee genders: male and female
Time commitment: weekly contact
Length of commitment: at least 12 months
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Marin Education Fund College Access
781 Lincoln, Suite 140
San Rafael, CA 94901
Telephone: 415-459-4240
Fax: 415-459-0527
Website:
www.MarinEducationFund.org
Contact: Dawn Anderson
E-mail: danderson@marineducationfund.org
Marin Education Fund is a non-profit organization that believes everyone should have a chance at college. Through the generous support of donors, Marin Education Fund provides college access programs, scholarships, and support to students of all ages with demonstrated financial need. Students served by Marin Education Fund are frequently the first generation of their family to go to college.
Program type: Community-based; School-based; Site-based
Mentoring focus: Social-emotional support
Mentoring ratio: 1:1 mentoring
Mentee ages: 15 - 17
Mentee genders: male and female
Time commitment: 2 hours per month
Length of commitment: 12 months
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Centerforce Leaders In Future Environments (LIFE) Project
2955 Kerner Blvd
San Rafael, CA 94901
Telephone: (415) 456-9980, ext. 117
Fax: (415) 456-2146
Website:
www.centerforce.org
Contact: LIFE Project Coordinator
E-mail: LIFEProject@centerforce.org
Leaders in Future Environments (LIFE) Project is a mentoring program that aims to strengthen and promote leadership in youth affected by parental incarceration.
The LIFE Project accomplishes this by providing one-on-one mentoring, group activities every six weeks, and annual retreats that focus on the special needs and unique challenges that our mentees face. All activities are sponsored by the LIFE Project.
Program Type: Community-based
Mentoring focus: Social-emotional support
Mentoring ratio: 1:1 mentoring
Mentee ages: 11 - 18
Mentee genders: male and female
Time commitment: 1 hour per week
Length of commitment: 12 months
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