Mentoring for Success SFUSD School Health Programs Department 1515 Quintara St San Francisco, CA 94116 Telephone: 415-242-2615 ext. 3078 Fax: 414-242-2618 Website: www.healthiersf.org Contact: Erin Farrell E-mail: farrelle@sfusd.edu Mentoring For Success is a school-based mentoring program designed to build student assets. The program creates high-quality mentoring relationships that result in 1) sustained relationships, improvements in academic performance, and decreased absenteeism and 2) enhanced school environment, promotion of pro-social norms, and reduced high risk behavior. Program Type: School-based Mentoring focus: Social-emotional support; tutoring/academic; career development; sports/recreation Mentoring ratio: 1:1 mentoring Mentee ages: 11 - 14 Mentee genders: male and female Time commitment: minimum 1 hour per week Length of commitment: minimum 12 months	Be A Mentor, Inc. 1260 B Street, Suite 375 Hayward, CA 94541 Telephone: 510 795-6488 ext. 175 Fax: 510 795-6498 Website: www.beamentor.org Contact: Meilan Liu E-mail: mliu@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
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: Dolores Santa Cruz E-mail: dsantacruz@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	First Exposures SF Camerawork 657 Mission Street, 2nd Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 Telephone: 415-512-2020 x107 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
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)	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: Leah Cerri E-mail: leah@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
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	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: Alison Tanzer, LIFE Project Coordinator E-mail: Atanzer@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
Spark 3543 18th St, #28 San Francisco, CA 94110 Telephone: 415-626-5470 Fax: 415-354-8491 Website: www.sparkprogram.org Contact: Nathalie Wade E-mail: nwade@sparkprogram.org Spark is a youth empowerment program engaging students with apprenticeships, interactive field trips, and personal development. Spark's mission is to inspire middle-school youth to pursue their interests, create bonds with their communities, and develop a lifelong interest in learning. We are always looking for volunteer mentors to work with students as Apprentice Teachers, opening their workplace to students who dream of working in their profession. Spark is offered as both a full-day summer program and a twice-weekly after-school program for middle-school youth in Redwood City and San Francisco. Program type: Community-based Mentoring focus: Career development Mentoring ratio: 1:1 mentoring Mentee ages: 12 - 13 (7th and 8th grades) Mentee genders: male and female Time commitment: 2 hours per week in fall and spring; 6 hours per week in summer Length of commitment: 4 weeks in summer; 10 weeks in fall and spring	Community-Based Therapeutic Mentoring Instituto Familiar de la Raza 2919 Mission Street San Francisco, CA 94110 Telephone: 415-229-0500 Fax: 415-647-0740 Website: www.ifrsf.org Contact: Tina E-mail: cbtm@ifrsf.org The mission of Instituto Familiar de la Raza, Inc. (IFR) is to promote and enhance the health and well-being of Chicanos/Latinos and multicultural/multiracial youth. That mission is realized through a continuum of mental health, HIV-related and social services including health promotion and prevention, early intervention, case management, therapeutic mentoring, family support, comprehensive behavioral health services, and cultural/spiritual activities and practices. Program Type: Community-based, Paid position Mentoring focus: Social-emotional support Mentoring ratio: 1:1 mentoring, Group mentoring Mentee ages: 5 - 18 Mentee genders: male and female Time commitment: minimum 8 hours per week Length of commitment: minimum 12 months
The SMART Program 1345 Mission St San Francisco, CA 94103 Telephone: 415-865-5400 Fax: 415-865-0505 Website: www.theSMARTprogram.org Contact: Erin Gevertz E-mail: erin@thesmartprogram.org SMART (Schools, Mentoring and Resource Team) is an educational non-profit organization that works with private middle schools in San Francisco to provide a three year scholarship (6th through 8th grade) to motivated students who cannot otherwise afford the opportunities and resources of a private school education. SMART is looking for Volunteer Mentors to provide social-emotional support for students in the transition from public elementary to private middle school. Volunteer Tutors are also needed to offer academic support once or twice a week from 5:30pm-7pm, Monday thru Thursday. Program Type: Community-based, School-based, Site-based Mentoring focus: Social-emotional support; Tutoring/academic Mentoring ratio: 1:1 mentoring Mentee ages: 10 - 14 Mentee genders: male and female Time commitment: minimum 2 hours per week Length of commitment: minimum 12 months	Youth Justice Institute Inside Mentoring Program 375 Woodside Ave. W2 San Francisco, CA 94127 Telephone: 415-753-7625 Fax: 415-753-7859 Website: www.yjinstitute.org Contact: Kaina T. Walker E-mail: Kaina@yjinstitute.org We believe every young person has the right to dignity, humanity and justice. The mission of the Youth Justice Institute (YJI) is to effectively address the needs of system-involved youth so they transition into healthy adults. The Inside Mentoring Program is part of Youth Justice Institute services provided to youth detained at San Francisco Juvenile Justice Center. Mentors visit with clients two times per week offering support, guidance, education and assistance to youth in detention. Youth are selected based on need, including lack of family support, severity of case and other special circumstances. Program Type: Community-based; Site-based Mentoring focus: Social-emotional support; Tutoring/academic; Career development Mentoring ratio: 1:1 mentoring Mentee ages: 11 - 24 Mentee genders: male and female Time commitment: minimum 4 hours per week Length of commitment: 1 semester, approximately 4 months