Adult to Youth Mentors Serves At-Risk Youth
Launched in March 2010, our A2Y Mentors program is a partnership with the Placer County Office of Education (PCOE), and is part of a comprehensive system of support for at-risk youth in Placer County. The “upstream” intervention and prevention approach is meant to help these youth re-engage in school and their natural community support systems. We also assign a portion of our mentors to former foster youth (up to age 22) who have aged-out of the child welfare system without familial support. Our goal is to help these youth/young adults transition into life as successful and independent adults – a goal that often eludes former foster youth.



