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REACH & RISE helps Bay Area youth ages 6-18 develop tools to cope with issues such as low self-esteem, family and peer conflicts, academic underachievement and decision-making skills through a positive adult-child relationship. Volunteer mentors meet with mentees once each week to support them with challenges occurring in their lives while engaging in enriching community activities. Mentors don’t need any special skills, just a desire to make a difference!
WHY WAS REACH & RISE CREATED?
WHAT TYPE OF YOUTH DOES THE PROGRAM SERVE?
HOW ARE YOUNG PEOPLE REFERRED TO THE PROGRAM?
All referrals to the REACH & RISE go through an application process and an initial telephone and face-to-face screening with the Program Coordinator. This process helps determine whether or not each child is appropriate for the program. Those children assessed to have mental health problems not appropriate for our program will be referred elsewhere. The types of issues not likely to be handled by our mentors include: acute depression, homicidal or suicidal behavior, drug/alcohol dependence and violent behavior.
WHO ARE REACH & RISE MENTORS?