Walnut Avenue Women's Center 175 Walnut Avenue Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Telephone: 831-426-3062 Fax: 831-426-3070 Website: www.wawc.org Contact: Aleen Raybin E-mail: araybin@wawc.org The mission of the Walnut Avenue Women's Center is to provide support and services so that women, children, and families have the opportunity and skills to thrive. Walnut Avenue has five different departments, the youth department being one of them. The mission of the youth department is to revolutionize the role of youth in society and raise their expectations of respect and safety through role modeling, advocacy, and education. Program Type: Community-based Mentoring focus: Social-emotional support Mentoring ratio: 1:1 mentoring Mentee ages: 11+ Mentee genders: male and female Time commitment: 12 hours per month Length of commitment: 9 months, plus 7 weeks of initial training