How is a mentor matched with a child?
It begins with an application process for both the mentor and the mentee. Once both applications have been processed, the coordinator looks at the interests, location, ethnicity and preferences of the child and the mentor. When the coordinator thinks s/he has found a good match, the prospective mentor will be contacted with some generic information about the child. If there is interest in proceeding, you are interested, the coordinator then contacts the caregiver and provides some generic information about the prospective mentor. If everyone is in agreement that this could be a good match, an initial meeting is set for the caregiver, child, coordinator and prospective mentor to discuss the program and “break the ice”. Once a match contract is signed, the mentor is free to set up an independent meeting with the new mentee.
