January is National Mentoring Month and Grant County is fortunate to have many programs in place to offer opportunities for children and adults to learn and share with others.
January is National Mentoring Month
Mentoring, defined as a relationship between an experienced person and a less-experienced person for the purpose of benefiting the one with less experience, has been practiced for many years in business and training. Currently Grant County has several important programs in place for students including Project Leadership for high school students and Kids Hope at Frances Slocum Elementary and Allen Elementary.
Radiant Health offers home visitation and case management programs that carry a significant mentoring factor. Healthy Families has a home visitor to meet with new parents in the home to show and share parenting information for healthy child development, safety and health. Families with a child birth to three years may be eligible for the program.
Family Preservation also offers in-home education and support for families with older children to provide nurturing and growth with an emphasis on parent-child responsibility and accountability.
Baby and Me is also offered to young, single mothers who want to learn from other mothers who offer support and advice.
Relationships between a therapist and his/her client are often described by clients as mentoring as they have learned habits and activities to overcome the situation that brought them to the agency.
It is important to remember that mentoring doesn’t have to involve a weekly commitment with an organized group. As referenced in The 40 Developmental Assets, something as easy as smiling, speaking to, or showing kindness to a child can make a difference.
People learn what they live.
