The articles prompted many readers to ask to ask how they could help. Part two of the series continues today. Following are brief descriptions of mentoring programs throughout the Sacramento region. Adults over the age of 18 become mentors to and friends with kids from one-parent families. Adults sign on to spend one to three hours a week with a child, for three months.
Mentors work with at-risk kids of all ages.
Mentors are expected do something with their high-school students once every two weeks. Mentors of all races work with at-risk Southeast Asian kids between the ages of 10 and 14. Mentors give one hour a week, every other week, to the child they pair up. All the kids live on Sacramento's south side. Mentors assist students in grades eight through 12 in the south area and at Palmiter and Mather community schools.