One-on-One Mentoring

• Complete an application that includes employment information & at least four references who are contacted for background information.

• All applicants must complete fingerprint, background, driving record & sexual offender registry checks.

• Participate in an interview with program staff and a board member.

• Once approved, mentors undergo a three-hour training program.

• At the conclusion of the training program, mentors can choose a youth with whom they believe they have  some common interests.

• The mentor is then told the full name of the youth.

• The youth's parents/guardians are contacted to approve a meeting with the mentor and the youth.

• The mentor, the youth, a school representative, and a program representative meet to discuss forming a mentoring relationship.

• At the conclusion of the meeting, the mentor and the program representative leave.  The school representative and the youth then discuss whether the youth feels comfortable with the mentor.

• Upon the youth's approval, the mentor and a program representative meet with the parents to discuss the boundaries and responsibilities of the mentoring relationship.

• Upon a successful parent meeting, the mentor and the youth begin their mentoring relationship.

​SPARK Facilitators 

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• Complete an application that includes employment information and at least four references who are contacted for background information.

• Facilitators are fingerprinted.

• The program checks driving records and sex offender registries.

• Once approved, the facilitator undergo a three-hour training program.

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