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Community Based Program - Adult volunteers are matched*
with school age children. Volunteers serve as friends, mentors and
role models for 8-9 hours per month for a minimum of one year.
* Cross-Gender Matching is a variation of the Traditional Program in which adult, female volunteers can be matched with boys between the ages of 5-8. School-Based Mentoring - Adult volunteers are matched with elementary or middle school students for the duration of a school year. All contact between match participants is made on school grounds only. This requires a commitment of 45-60 minutes a week. First Mentors Program - This program unites college students with children in a need of a caring friend. Mercer University and Fort Valley State University students currently participate in this program. Big Buddy Program - This program utilizes High School "Bigs" by matching with "Littles" at nearby Elementary Schools for the duration of a school year. As in the School-Based Mentoring Program, all contact between match participants is made on school grounds only and requires a commitment of 45-60 minutes a week. R.E.A.C.H. Program - (Raising Education Achievement of Children in Houston County) is a program in collaboration with Robins Air Force Base. Base personnel serve as mentors for children in Houston County Schools. Mentoring Children of Promise – Adult mentors are matched with children who have at least one parent incarcerated in a state or federal facility. Research shows that, without a positive intervention such as mentoring in their lives, 70% of these children will end up in prison themselves. This is usually a community based match and the volunteer typically spends 2-3 hours a week with a child outside of the school setting.
Mentoring Children of Hispanic Heritage – This program matches a child of Hispanic heritage with an adult mentor within the school based program. Hispanic volunteers are especially needed for this program. Truancy Intervention and Prevention Program – Mentors work with children who are at risk of truancy or delinquency, starting in the school based program and eventually transitioning into the community based program. Children who are matched with a mentor are 80% more likely to attend school. Baldwin High - Students from Baldwin High School meet with children at Blandy Hills Elementary School. The Mentor Project of Baldwin – Big Brothers Big Sisters has teamed up with the Milledgeville Chamber of Commerce and Baldwin High School to provide mentors from the community to help high school students at Baldwin High School.
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