North Star Mentoring of Erie County Independent Living Program helps young people with a history of
foster care and/or out of home placement to make permanent connections with positive adult role models.
Do you know the facts?
- Mentored young people are 46% less likely to get involved with drugs (source BBBS)
- 59% improved their grades (source Career Beginnings)
- 86% went to higher education (source Proctor & Gamble)
- 80% of youth involved in the juvenile detention system who received a mentor did not return to that system (source Prison Fellowship)
- Positive outcomes for young people in mentoring relationships are directly correlated with the length of the relationship, as time makes it stronger (source BBBS)
About Us:
Just by being surrounded by caring adults, young people are able to thrive in all areas of their lives. North Star Mentoring of Erie County Independent Living Program recognizes that a caring adult who spends just a few hours a month with a youth makes a difference in that youth’s daily life.