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America’s
most isolated and at-risk children are the estimated 7.3 million
children who have one or both parents under some form of state or
federal supervision.
Without
effective intervention, 70 percent of these children will likely
follow their parent’s path into jail or prison. The MODEL_PC
mentoring program was developed to provide them with a different
path - by establishing the consistent presence of loving, caring
people of faith.
MODEL-PC
mentors meet weekly with a child who has been carefully matched with
them; they often live and worship in the same neighborhoods as the
children.
MODEL-PC’s
hope is that one-to-one mentoring by caring adults will
significantly improve the life opportunities of the children.
Studies have clearly demonstrated that the Big Brother Big Sister (BBBS)
mentoring model has positive effects - and now through MODEL-PC, the
strengths of mentoring and congregational volunteers are brought
together.
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