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Destiny Mentors

 

 

Mentor services provides in and out of home education, behavioral interventions, training and crisis management services to children and adolescents with moderate to severe emotional disturbances, mental retardation, or substance abuse and their families.  Includes the provision of crisis intervention, behavioral interventions, participation in treatment planning, outreach service provider linkage, monitoring, advocacy, daily living support, respite, independent living skills, vocational instruction, medication monitoring, supportive counseling and positive role modeling.  This service is funded by Hampton and Newport News CSA.  Medicaid funding is not applicable to mentor services.   Youth must be approved for funding through the Family and Assessment Planning Team (FAPT) process.

It is our responsibility as trained professionals, but more importantly human beings to help each other overcome obstacles. Inevitably we all need a mentor at certain times in life.

Mentors meet with mentees between ages (4-21) at least three hours weekly face to face to work on goals and objectives established by the mentee, his/her family, and the mentor. Mentees are usually mentored between three months to one year. Mentees receive assistance with anger management issues, peer relationship building, rules and boundaries, academic achievement, social and life skill education.

Virginia Youth Need Mentors

 

Statistics show that over 150,000 young people in Virginia could benefit from spending time with a caring adult mentor.  There is an overwhelming need for mentors in Virginia. Many youth are one mistake away from ruining their life.

 

Virginia Statistics for People Under Age 18 Are*:

  • 1 out of 10 live in high-poverty neighborhood s
  • 1 out of 5 teens between ages 16-19 are not enrolled in school
  • 1 out of 16 children receive TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families)
  • 1 out of 26 babies are born to teen parents
Without mentors for our youth we face higher crime, pregnancy,

Without mentors for our youth we face higher crime, pregnancy, drop out, truancy, and incarceration rates.  

*Information taken from Virginia Mentoring Partnership website: http://www.vamentoring.org

Do you know someone who will benefit from having a mentor? 

 Please complete and submit this short preliminary screeining. A representative from Destiny's House will contact you within 72 hours.

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