Mentoring Services

On Sundays, youth residents in the JDC facility have the opportunity to have one-on-one mentoring sessions with Vincent Kilgore, our peer mentor. During these sessions, youth can connect with Vincent to discuss issues they have in the facility and the community, develop personal empowerment plans to set goals for the resident and establish trusted relationships with the young person.

We seek to connect youth with meaningful resources and wrap-around support while in the JDC facility and to expand those connections as they depart the JDC. To accomplish this mission, we must build strong relationships with the young people in the JDC to ensure they connect with our team when they depart the facility. As such, we spend a significant amount of the time on Sunday getting to know the residents, building trust, discussing pertinent issues they have, and learning how to best advocate for the child. Mentoring will occur at least once per week, with the flexibility to have more based on the need. Residents will receive mentoring services through one-on-one sessions and some group sessions as allowed.

Once residents leave the JDC, they can connect with Elijah to continue their mentoring and wrap-around support. Lastly, we work with the young-persons Probation Officer and serve as a liaison for the youth and Probation Officer. In this capacity, we can advocate for the young person while completing the terms of their probation, provide wrap-around support, and assist the probation officers with staffing and other needs as they arise.