Provides adult companionship, guidance, and/or role models for youth. Mentors and mentees make plans together based on their own interests. Activities may include: - Arts and crafts - Movies - Attending ball games - Playing sports - Picnics in the park Also hosts quarterly events the mentors and mentees may RSVP to attend.

Creates and supports one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth. Children can participate in the mentoring program through a school or community partner referral or through parent inquiry.

Offers parental mentoring for families in crisis. Provides support by offering information about parenting. Also advocates for the families for resources for the children.

The Torch Club is a chartered, small-group leadership and service club for boys and girls ages 11 to 18. The Club staff meet the special character development needs of younger adolescents at a critical stage in their lives.

Passport to Manhood teaches responsibility to boys ages 11 to 14 with sessions focusing on a specific aspect of character and manhood through highly interactive activities.

Mercy Home matches up adult volunteers with an at-risk child for one-on-one mentorship activities, such as field trips and free or low-cost activities that help underprivileged children venture outside of their neighborhood and experience new things.

God Squad, Inc. offers WE CARE, an initiative that offers instruction and activities in performing arts, visual art, creative writing, violence prevention, mentoring, and entrepreneurship.

Chicago Police Department offers the Explorers program which provides individuals interested in pursuing a career in law enforcement the opportunity to obtain valuable work experience in a law enforcement environment.

The Torch Club is a chartered, small-group leadership and service club for boys and girls ages 11 to 18. The Club staff meet the special character development needs of younger adolescents at a critical stage in their lives.

Priscy's Production Outreach Program Reach Back and Pull Them Back Again program provides companionship, guidance, and/or role models for young adult populations.

A Knock at Midnight provides opportunities that enable, empower, and encourage youth to achieve positive growth and development, improve expectations and capacities for future success, and avoid and/or reduce risk-taking behavior.

Young Women Warriors is a free, year-round mentorship program that connects young women of color to older, female professionals of color who can guide young women through their high school and early college careers. YWW serves young women from ages 12-22 of all races and ethnicities. Pairing the mentees to successful leaders and role models in the community, YWW works to help the young women succeed academically and professionally. Through the group mentoring program, the mentors and mentees meet twice a month from September to June for workshops and activities that encompass topics such as higher education, career growth, financial literacy, public speaking, voting, female health, self-defense and safety, and self-confidence.

The Parent Mentor program helps fill persistent equity gaps by recruiting and training parents to volunteer in classrooms. The program helps fill persistent equity gaps in Black and Latino families by recruiting and training parents to volunteer in classrooms in the Waukegan School District for two hours a day mentoring young children.

Provides mentoring for youth in a one-on-one setting most days throughout the year. The purpose of “one-to-ones” is for the teen to develop a positive relationship with an adult who genuinely cares about him or her and who can provide personal support in dealing with life’s pressures. Surveys show that youth who experienced stronger levels of developmental relationships with mentors also had 26% higher social and emotional competence scores.

Big Brothers Big Sisters creates and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth. There are two basic programs: - Community-Based Mentoring: The traditional Big Brothers Big Sisters relationship, focusing on one-on-one time spent with the volunteer and the young person doing things they enjoy, spending a few hours a several times a month filled with shared interests and activities. - School-Based Mentoring: Volunteers offer children individualized time and attention on a consistent basis, with the venue being the child's school rather than the community. Teachers identify those children who can most benefit from an extra caring adult in their lives. Volunteers and children meet regularly during the school year - typically each week, utilizing the resources available within the school.

Matches at-risk youth with adult role models for one-on-one mentoring. Provides an opportunity for personal growth through mentorship and structured activities. Also provides caseworker to monitor the growth of each individual match. All adult mentors are screened and trained.

Link Mentoring Program - guidance, support and encouragement for youth from adult mentors.

Provides a 6 month program that mentors young adults to succeed through education, life skills training, career pathways and environmental stewardship. Offers a bi-weekly stipends that increase when members reach their educational and personal development milestones. Also offers: - GED/high school diploma program - Industry-recognized certifications - OSHA-10 - NCCER (National Center for Construction Education and Research) - CompTIA (IT Fundamentals, A+, Network+, Security+) - Life Skills - Leadership Development - Service to the community - Workforce/Career readiness - Resume-building - Interview skills - Placement - Internships/Apprenticeships - Employment - Post-secondary education

Provides mentorship and support for individuals who experienced human trafficking and exploitation. A comprehensive assessment will be completed to determine a plan for each individual to help move towards their life goals.

Offers court-ordered classes for traffic violators, DUI offenders, volunteer opportunities, and divorcing parents with minor children. These programs include: - The National Safety Council’s Defensive Driving Courses: Promotes awareness and safe driving practices - Live Victim Impact Panel: For individuals charged with DUI, Reckless Driving, or other serious traffic offenses - Family Parenting: Discuss the effects of divorce on minor children and how to minimize the effects - Substance Awareness Module: This four-hour course provides an educational approach to drug and alcohol abuse - Behavioral Choice Module: This four-hour course is designed to provide juveniles and adults strategies to look at their behavior and how to make better choices in the future - Probation Support Program: Volunteers provide support to departments within the Court and assist various departments and personnel with Lake County Probation, including Adult and Juvenile.

Free, one-to-one emotional support from a professionally trained Mentor with similar lived experience to anyone impacted by breast cancer, anywhere, at any stage. All services are virtual (phone or online) and are available anytime from diagnosis, through treatment, and into survivorship.

Creates and supports one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth. Children can participate in the mentoring program through a school or community partner referral or through parent inquiry.

Big Brothers Big Sisters creates and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth. There are two basic programs: - Community-Based Mentoring: The traditional Big Brothers Big Sisters relationship, focusing on one-on-one time spent with the volunteer and the young person doing things they enjoy, spending a few hours a several times a month filled with shared interests and activities. - School-Based Mentoring: Volunteers offer children individualized time and attention on a consistent basis, with the venue being the child's school rather than the community. Teachers identify those children who can most benefit from an extra caring adult in their lives. Volunteers and children meet regularly during the school year - typically each week, utilizing the resources available within the school.

Links homeless families with a social worker and a church-based "neighboring group." The neighboring group actively participates in the family's life, has monthly activities with the family, a monthly Bridge of Hope night, and makes weekly phone calls. They commit to the support for up to two years. The church-based mentoring groups are made up of volunteers from local churches and then matched to the mothers in the Bridge to Hope program.

Peer to Peer Mentoring program matches people with disabilities together to share experiences and develop a friendship while navigating through challenges one might face.