Our Mentorship Programs

Peer-to-Peer Mentorship

Middle school mentees are matched with a High School mentor. These peer-to-peer matches meet virtually once per week to work on academic assignments and build relationship skills.

Community-Based Adult to Youth Mentorship

Middle or High school mentees meet weekly with their adult mentor to develop social & emotional skills, work on academic achievement and learn about workforce readiness. Evidence-based curriculum is utilized, including activities from the Search Institute, lesson guides from SMARTS Executive Functioning program and Bring Your ‘A’ Game. Matches meet in the community and participate in different events and activities. Matches are together for one year from date of matching with the option of continuing the relationship.

 Workforce Mentorship

Precious Mentor’s Workforce Mentorship program matches Precious Perks Participants with Professionals in the workforce! These matches explore and maneuver work and career opportunities and help prepare for entrance into the professional world. Activities for these matches include interview practice, resume writing, workplace tours and more! Mentors and mentees are together for one year from the date of matching with opportunities for continuation.

Step 1: Attend A Precious Child’s Volunteer Orientation – Get to know A Precious Child and our organization. Here you will learn more about all of our programs, specifically our Precious Mentor Program. Sign up for orientation here!

Step 2: Initial Interview – Once you attend orientation and are ready to continue with becoming a mentor, you will set up an initial phone interview with Precious Mentor staff so you can get to know the program and staff more. If you are still interested after this call, staff will send you an application link to apply.

Step 3: Apply – When you receive your application link, you will fill it out and submit it for staff approval.

Step 4: Background and Fingerprint Check – Once your application is received, you will receive information regarding a background and fingerprint check. We ask that you complete the background check form and schedule your fingerprint check for as soon as possible.

Step 5: Approval and Training – Once your background check, fingerprint check and references come back clean; we will let you know you have been selected to be a mentor! You will be expected to attend training at A Precious Child before the matching process starts.

Step 6: Matching – After you complete training, we will start looking to match you with a mentee based on your application and interview.  Once we find a mentee, we will be in touch with you to confirm the match. We will then set up a match meeting with the mentee and their parent/guardian.

Step 7: Support – Precious Mentor staff will check-in with you every other week for your first few months then move to monthly check-ins! A Precious Child staff is there to offer support when needed and provide guidance.