TIME for Me

TIME for Me or Trauma-Informed Mentoring for Excellence is a Program at Ryves Youth Center, where girls and boys, ages 8-17, are matched with approved Catholic Charities volunteer mentors.
 
The mentor-mentee relationship is exercised in weekly meetings averaging four or more hours per month. All in-person meetings take place at Ryves Youth Center. Research shows mentoring to be a positive experience in a youth’s life and decreases the incidence of delinquency. Thanks to a prestigious grant from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), TIME for Me at Ryves Youth Center fosters one-on-one relationships on-site for one hour a week for 12 months.