SILVER LINING MENTORING INC

What they do

SILVER LINING MENTORINGS MISSION is to EMPOWER YOUTH IMPACTED BY FOSTER CARE to THRIVE THROUGH COMMITTED MENTORING RELATIONSHIPS and THE DEVELOPMENT of ESSENTIAL LIFE SKILLS. SLM is THE ONLY MENTORING ORGANIZATION IN MASSACHUSETTS THAT EXCLUSIVELY SERVES YOUTH IN FOSTER CARE. THE YOUNG PEOPLE SERVED BY SLM HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THEIR HOMES DUE to ABUSE AND/OR NEGLECT and FACE FREQUENT CHANGES IN RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS, SCHOOLS, COMMUNITIES, and CAREGIVERS. SLMS VOLUNTEER MENTORS ARE OFTEN THE ONLY ADULTS IN FOSTER YOUTHS LIVES WHO ARE NOT PAID to SPEND TIME WITH THEM. SILVER LINING MENTORING SERVES YOUTH AGES 7 and OLDER THROUGH COMMUNITY BASED MENTORING, A ONE-TO-ONE MENTORING PROGRAM and THROUGH LEARN & EARN, A LIFE-SKILLS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM for YOUNG PEOPLE AGES 14 and OLDER WHO ARE PREPARING to "AGE OUT" of THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM. BOTH PROGRAMS ARE BACKED BY SILVER LININGS TEAM of CLINICALLY TRAINED, MASTERS LEVEL PROGRAM STAFF WHO HAVE POPULATION-SPECIFIC EXPERTISE.