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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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Be A Mentor, Inc.
4588 Peralta Blvd., Suite 17
Fremont, CA 94536
Telephone: 510 795-6488 ext. 6175
Fax: 510 795-6498
Website:
www.beamentor.org
Contact: Kathy Morrison
E-mail: kmorrison@beamentor.org
The mission of Be A Mentor is to cause at-risk youth to understand the relationship between choices and consequences on their quest to becoming productive citizens through the help of community volunteer mentors.
Program Type: Community-based
Mentoring focus: Social-emotional support; tutoring/academic; career development; sports/recreation
Mentoring ratio: 1:1 mentoring
Mentee ages: 7 - 12
Mentee genders: male and female
Time commitment: minimum 4 hours per month
Length of commitment: minimum 12 months
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area
731 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
Telephone: 925-918-2657
Fax: 415-495-5704
Website:
www.bbbsba.org
Contact: Dawn Kruger
E-mail: dkruger@bbbsba.org
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area helps build responsible, independent children and youth by matching each with a supportive and caring adult role model. Our mission is to help children reach their potential through professionally supported, one-to-one relationships that provide measurable impact.
Program Type: Community-based; school-based, site-based
Mentoring focus: Social-emotional support
Mentoring ratio: 1:1 mentoring
Mentee ages: 6 - 18
Mentee genders: male and female
Time commitment: 4 - 12 hours per month
Length of commitment: 12 months
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First Exposures
SF Camerawork
657 Mission Street, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
Telephone: 415-374-6657
Fax: 415-512-7109
Website:
www.sfcamerawork.org
Contact: Erik Auerbach
E-mail: firstexposures@sfcamerawork.org
We are a weekly Saturday photography mentoring program for at-risk youth, pairing each youth one-on-one with an adult volunteer mentor in order to learn photography. Youth: Creative young people, ages 11-18, whose backgrounds may include former homelessness or current low-income living situations. Volunteers: Mentors come to us from many different professions, but all mentors share a background in black and white photography and a commitment to youth and education.
Program type: Community-based; site-based
Mentoring focus: Social-emotional support; Career development
Mentoring ratio: 1:1 mentoring
Mentee ages: 11 - 18
Mentee genders: male and female
Time commitment: 5 hours per week
Length of commitment: 12 months
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On the Mark Mentoring, San Francisco
Jewish Family and Children's Services
1710 Scott Street
San Francisco, CA 94115
Telephone: 415-359-2463
Fax: 415-449-2488
Website:
www.jfcs.org
Contact: Taylor Epstein
E-mail: TaylorE@jfcs.org
Jewish Family and Children's Services exists to provide professional and volunteer services for the purposes of developing, restoring, and maintaining the competency of families and individuals of all ages. On the Mark is a free, non-sectarian program of Parents Place, Jewish Family and Children's Services serving youth 8-18 years of age who would benefit from a supportive relationship with a volunteer adult or mature teen mentor.
Program type: Community-based; Site-based
Mentoring focus: Social-emotional support; Tutoring/academic; Career development
Mentoring ratio: 1:1 mentoring
Mentee ages: 8 - 18
Mentee genders: male and female
Time commitment: minimum 1 hour per week
Length of commitment: academic school year or 6 months (whichever is longer)
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San Francisco Court Appointed Special Advocate Program
100 Bush Street, Suite 650
San Francisco, CA 94104
Telephone: 415-398-8001
Fax: 415-398-8068
Website:
www.sfcasa.org
Contact: Kelley Mullin
E-mail: Kelley@sfcasa.org
The San Francisco Court Appointed Special Advocate Program (SFCASA) serves children who have been victims of abuse, neglect, or abandonment and placed under the jurisdiction of the San Francisco Juvenile Dependency Court. SFCASA recruits, screens, trains, and supervises volunteers from San Francisco's diverse communities to become both advocates and mentors for court-dependent children.
Program type: Community-based
Mentoring focus: Advocacy; Social-emotional support
Mentoring ratio: 1:1 mentoring
Mentee ages: 0 - 18
Mentee genders: male and female
Length of commitment: 18 months
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Seven Tepees Youth Program
3177 17th Street
San Francisco, CA 94134
Telephone: 415-522-1550
Fax: 415-522-1551
Website:
www.7tepees.org
Contact: Loris Lipski
E-mail: llipski@7tepees.org
Seven Tepees Youth Program is dedicated to impacting the lives of promising inner-city youth. Our mission is to work with urban youth entrusted to our care to foster the skills they need to make lifelong positive choices and create their own opportunities for success.
Program type: Site-based
Mentoring focus: Social-emotional support
Mentoring ratio: 1:1 mentoring
Mentee ages: 11 - 18
Mentee genders: male and female
Time commitment: 2 hours per week
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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Asian American Recovery Services Stay Safe Mentoring
1115 Mission Road
South San Francisco, CA 94080
Telephone: 650-243 - 4850
Fax: 650-243-4851
Website:
www.aars-inc.org
Contact: Alan David
E-mail: a_david@aars-inc.org
Asian American Recovery Services, Inc. aims to decrease the incidence and impact of substance abuse in the Asian and Pacific Islander communities of the San Francisco Bay Area. To accomplish this goal, Asian American Recovery Services, Inc. develops and provides innovative outreach, treatment, prevention, and research services for its target populations. Because there are multiple causes and effects of substance abuse, Asian American Recovery Services, Inc. also engages in ancillary activities to meet its goal.
Program Type: Community-based; school-based; site-based
Mentoring focus: Social-emotional support; tutoring/academic
Mentoring ratio: 1:1 mentoring
Mentee ages: 11 - 14
Mentee genders: male and female
Time commitment: 3 - 5 hours per week
Length of commitment: 12 months - 3 years
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YWCA of San Francisco & Marin Come Into the Sun
271 Austin Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
Telephone: 415-775-6502
Fax: 415-775-3925
Website:
www.ywcasf-marin.org
Contact: Hilary Bettinelli-Olpin
E-mail: hilary@ywcasf-marin.org
Founded in 1878, YWCA San Francisco & Marin is San Francisco's first gender based organization working towards the elimination of racism and the empowerment of women. We work for peace, justice, dignity, and equality through service, action, advocacy, and leadership development. The Come Into The Sun Program's mission is to assist young women to develop to their fullest potential as strong and independent women, and in that process, to connect with the positive forces within their particular communities whenever possible, by providing highly trained staff, mentors, therapists, and tutors who are mindful of their special needs and concerns.
Program type: Community-based
Mentoring focus: Social-emotional support; Tutoring/academic
Mentoring ratio: 1:1 mentoring
Mentee ages: 13-18
Mentee genders: female
Time commitment: 4 hours per month minimum
Length of commitment: 4 months minimum
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