The Care Group Inc

Mentoring: The mentoring program pairs a vetted, trained, caring adult mentor to work one-on-one with a child at risk of failing or dropping out of school. The mentors spend several hours each week working with the children on school performance and attendance, social skills and setting goals to make good choices and succeed in school and in life. Children are aged 6-18 and are referred from schools and other local child serving organizations.

Adult Literacy: Trained volunteer tutors work one-on-one with adults with low-literacy skills on Adult Basic Education or English as second language. They work for a minimum of 90 minutes each week Adults are tested to begin their instruction at the level currently needed and are again tested to ascertain when to move to the next level of instruction. Citizenship instruction as well as GED instruction are also offered as well as computer training from beginner to intermediate levels