RECRUITMENT

    WE NEED YOU!!
    The 4C Coalition is working closely with Reclaiming Futures in this new approach to helping teenagers caught in the cycle of drugs, alcohol and crime. This five-year initiative of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, promotes new opportunities and standards of care in juvenile justice by bringing mentors and communities together to improve pro-social activities and to help our young people in trouble with the law. For additional information on the initiative go to www.reclaimingfutures.org

    The 4C Coalition Mentoring Program

    The 4C Mentoring Program provides trained, committed mentors to youth, ages 13 to 17, involved in the King Country Juvenile Justice system. The youth we serve come from Seattle neighborhoods with the highest concentration of working poor: Central District, Rainier Valley, Rainier Beach, Beacon Hill, West Seattle, and Skyway. Their issues include substance abuse, emotional/ mental despair, crime, and poverty.
    Some youth seem too entrenched to reach. But word has gotten around about the positive outcomes of mentoring this population, and the demand for mentors is growing. We currently have 55 youth, mostly boys (disproportionately African American), on the wait list for a mentor.
    We match mentors by interests, compatibility, and gender. Some youth are more open when also matched with mentors who look more familiar, and we have a particular need for more African American male mentors.
    The 4C Coalition formed in 1999 in response to the high number of youth
    that “fall through the cracks,” become truant, or drop out. Often, family support is lacking. The adults in charge may be overextended, disengaged, absent, or emotionally or mentally incapable of giving proper guidance.
    The mission of our mentoring program is to provide youth a healthy and productive mentoring relationship, more opportunities for success, and resources for mentees and their families.
    Research shows that mentoring is the most effective component of a program for reclaiming juveniles at risk of long-term incarceration, before it’s too late.
    Mentors commit to one year. They receive research-based training along with regular scheduled support, as well as support on call. Many mentor/mentee relationships continue well beyond one year. Our mentors commonly say that mentoring is one of the most rewarding experiences  they’ve ever had.


    Mentoring Works!
    The 4C Coalition Reclaiming Futures Mentor Program is a recruiting mentors for a segment of the population that has been and remains ignored. The 4C Coalition and King County Superior Court Reclaiming Futures need you to help a young person struggling through the juvenile justice court system.

    The 4C Coalition Mentor Program recruits, trains and retains mentors for juveniles (14 to 19) transitioning from the King County Superior Court juvenile justice system.