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Mentorship Program – As a child or teenager, did you ever
wish you had someone to mentor you? KAC-DC
and Korean American Family Counseling Center are asking young
professionals and college/graduate students to become big brothers or big sisters to Korean American youth for intellectual and emotional development.
Download the Application
The objectives of the program are:
1. To encourage working professionals and college/graduae students to develop an active interest and participation in the leadership development of the Korean American community. Many mentors are able to develop a relationship with their mentee in their spare time and is a means through which they can realize the importance of continuity between the generations.
2. To encourage youth to partake in community service and civic participation through guidance from their mentors. The mentors selected will be individuals who have a sense of participation within the Korean American community and will thus transmit this sense of duty to their mentees.
3. To provide youth with advice and counsel about their life and career choices. Working professionals and college/graduate students can provide practical experience and networks that would otherwise be unavailable to these students.
Program Structure
KAC-DC’s Mentorship program is an eight month commitment which will commence from the date mentor and mentees are matched.
Interested Mentors and Mentees must submit the Mentorship application. The application process allows KAC to provide the best match for mentors and mentees and to ensure that both parties are committed to participating in the program. All mentor applicants will go through an official criminal background check and child protective service record review.
There is a $35 fee for mentees (per family), which will be used to offset the cost associated with the criminal background check.
KAC-DC will work focus on providing the volunteer mentors and Korean Family Counseling and Research Center and the Korean Community Service Center will focus on providing the middle school and high school mentees.
Each mentorship relationship must be maintained for 8 months in order to promote stability and provide effective mentoring to the mentee. At the end of the eight month mentorship program, both the mentors and mentees will receive a certificate acknowledging a successful completion of the program.
Commitments of a Mentor
o To attend at least one Mentor’s Training Workshop
o To meet mentee in person at least once per month
o To communicate with mentee at least once a week via email or phone
o To provide a monthly report to the Program Coordinator at KAC and KAFCC
Applicants are welcome to submit applications on a rolling basis.
Please email any questions to mentorship[at]kacdc.org
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