KITSAP YOUTH MENTORING CONSORTIUM
Established in April 2002
 "Growing Quality Mentoring Relationships for Kitsap Youth"

 Get involved … make a difference in the life of a young person!

 Kitsap County has a variety of quality mentoring programs that are in need of mentors.  Each  program on this list is a member of the Kitsap Youth Mentoring Consortium and has made a  commitment to provide quality mentoring for young people.  Contact them to ask:  Who is   eligible to act as a mentor? What is the application process like? What is the time  commitment? When can I get started?

 SCHOOL-BASED MENTOR PROGRAMS
 Mentors/mentees meet at a school during the day.

 KATS Mentor Program (Kitsap Alternative Transition School)
 Adults mentor teens at –risk for dropping out of school
 360/337-5557
 Program Information

  PALS Program (Partners in Learning Success)
 Kitsap County employees mentor elementary students in the South Kitsap School District.
 360/443-3530
 Program Information                 Program Application

 Peer Mentor Program
 Poulsbo Junior High students provide academic support for peers.
 360/779-4453

 SAGE Program (Support, Advice, Guidance, Education)
 Suquamish Tribe employees mentor elementary students in the North Kitsap School District
 360/598-4219

 Teen Mentor Program
 High school students mentor elementary students.
 360/337-4878

 
 COMMUNITY-BASED MENTOR PROGRAMS:
 Mentors/mentees can meet in locations away from school and outside of the school   day.

 CHAMPS Program (Churches as Mentoring Partners with Schools)
 Faith-based program matches adults with children/youth in the South Kitsap area.
 253/225-1270   www.champsmentoring.org

 Juvenile Services Mentor Program
 Adults mentor at-risk youth on probation
 360/337-5466 or 360/990-9191
 Program Information

 NAACP Reach for Success Mentor Program
 Adults mentor youth in partnership with schools.
 360/396-4462 or 360/473-0848

 TIME Program (Take the Initiative to Mentor Everyone)
 Adults/teens mentor children from public housing at West Park Community Center
 360/479-8108

 Mentoring Children of Promise  (A Volunteers of America program)
 Adults mentor children/youth who have an incarcerated parent.
 360/536-2369  www.voaww.org/mcp/

 JRA Mentoring Program
 Adults mentor incarcerated/paroled youth.
 253/476-7131  
 Contact:  Hilary Williams   willihm@dshs.wa.gov

 Foster Care to College Mentoring Program
 Educational career mentoring of foster youth (age 16 to 19) who want to go on to post-   secondary schooling.
 253/502-5435
 Contact:  Stephanie Dornes   dornessy@p-c-a.org
 

 For more information about the Kitsap Youth Mentoring Consortium contact: 

Mary Ellen de la Pena at (360) 337- 4878
medelape@co.kitsap.wa.us
Fax (360) 337-7187

This project is also supported (in part) by a grant from the State and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1994, Governor's portion, U.S. Department of Education, and with State Violence Reduction and Drug Enforcement (VRDE) dedicated funds provided to the Department of Community Trade and Economic Development to support the Community Mobilization Program.  Points of view or opinion contained do not necessarily represent the official position of the Department of Community Trade and Economic Development, or the U.S. Department of Education.