In collaboration with America's Promise and Communities In Schools, the program will harness the talents of volunteer mentors to address the problems of poor school performance and delinquency, and will foster achievement in youth at-risk. This model may be replicated in schools across the National Capital Area. The School-Based Mentoring concept is simple. To provide young people with a supportive adult relationship, which can help them to succeed. The program is designed to serve students identified by school personnel as needing extra guidance and support.
Mentors meet with the same student once a week for an hour during the school day.
The program is funded by the Loudoun United Way Community Service Fund. Through group educational courses, the program addresses critical issues that face youth today such as, teen pregnancy and abstinence education, reproductive health issues, sexually transmitted diseases, peer pressure, and youth violence. The Ramsey Foundation and Big Brothers Big Sisters believes deeply in the importance of higher education and the unique potential and promise of children. The scholarship will underwrite a child's academic studies and result in the successful completion of a bachelors degree from an accredited undergraduate college or university. Scholarships will support a student's college tuition and books.