Mentor Training Course
Each Mentor will need to complete the Mentor Training Course before being paired with a mentee family.
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What’s Your Plan?
July 2023 Mentee Newsletter Everything that becomes significant requires a plan, a draft, a forethought. Can you imagine a home being built without planning the layout, taking measurements, choosing the materials, or creating schematics to map electrical and plumbing? Much effort and investment in time and thought is required to bring about the construction of a home. To do otherwise would be disastrous. No one can slap together a home without a plan,…
Articles
Explore articles in the following categories to help meet the specific needs of your families.
The despised “B” word…BUDGET
The reason we didn’t budget our money varied from being lazy to not wanting to be controlled. I, on one hand, didn’t want to put in the extra time to track the expenditures. My wife, on the other hand, didn’t want to live within certain restrictions for things she wanted to buy.
Experiencing Financial Abuse
“The devastating impact of financial abuse lasts longer than other areas of harm from an abusive relationship,” says Shannon Thomas, a licensed clinical social worker and certified clinical trauma professional who has conducted extensive research on financial abuse. “It undermines the survivor’s ability to navigate through life in every way.”
Clean and Organized
Our environment and what surrounds us plays a vital role in our way of thinking and acting. If we spend time in a cluttered mess, we tend to think more cluttered and find it challenging to motivate ourselves to make better decisions.
Recognizing Financial Pitfalls
Often times the choices we make and our spending habits cost us far more than a few bucks here and a few bucks there. It’s pretty simple, money has a magical power to grow and compound if you leave it alone.
Drug Abuse and Addiction
Do you or someone you know have a drug problem? Explore the warning signs and symptoms and learn how substance abuse problems develop.
Conflict Resolution Skills
Whatever the cause of disagreements and disputes, by learning these skills, you can keep your personal and professional relationships strong and growing.
Reporting
Mentors are encouraged to submit a monthly and yearly report on their assigned families.