Providing wholistic Orphans Family Services and mentoring programs for Adults and youth in the Greater Texas Farmers Branch area.
The Gabriel Foundation
A Nonprofit agency providing wholistic Orphans Family Services and mentoring programs for Adults and youth in the Greater Texas Farmers Branch area. The program will form partnerships with local school districts , business , churches and the juvenile court system.
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• Youth and Adults orphans are matched with a caring adult volunteer who is trained to focus on social skills, job placements, family services and positive reinforcement, trust-building, and the achievement of goals, by engaging youth in one-on-one outing and group adventures in the community.
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• Ongoing training will continue with mentors on individual case management throughout the year. In addition, will have monthly mentor support meetings.
The Gabriel Foundation the mentoring EMPOWERMENT programs pair a youth and adult with mentors for 12 months. During that time the two will participate in weekly planned activities to strengthen the orphan’s relationship between the two and improve the young person's confidence and hopefulness. Mentors will receive continuous training throughout the year and will participate in monthly meeting to report the person's progress. Over time, we will create a learning environment that will bean invaluable resource to people, aspiring mentors and the community at large.
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The EMPOWERMENT Mentoring programs will focus primarily on school Orphans youths, churches adults, college students. It is projected that within three years, 50% of the system's students will be in middle school. This age group is particularly problematic and a perfect time for mentoring to be effective. Over time, the Agency will create a learning environment that will be an invaluable resource to orphans young people.
The Gabriel Foundation is being established to provide mentoring for at risk adults and youth in the Greater Texas area. The program will create partnerships with the local school districts and the Family Planning systems.The Foundation will match a caring adult volunteer with a referred youth. We will setup four distinct mentoring programs:
Trailblazers
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Trailblazers is the central program of Youth. At risk middle and High school students and their mentors participate in a structured program of support.
Turnaround
Turnaround focuses on Families in communities who need wholistic services as college preparation, life skills, job interview skills, resume writing, computer skills, leadership team building skills.
Higher Ground
Higher Ground engages involved in the families in services such as Family services will also include , drug alcohol intervention programs, Energy assistance , Housing assistance programs for the lower income underprivileged citizens.
Lunch Friends
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Lunch Friends works with youth and adults focus to lower the jobless rate of unemployment and increase job skills.
The Mission of The Gabriel Foundation is the pursuit of the following principles FOR YOUTH Orphans in communities.
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• Commitment: The foundation wants to inspire pro-social friendships, strong interpersonal skills, and instill a sense of hope in the future with orphan youth and adults.
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• Responsibility: The focus is to empower youth and adults’ orphans establishing goals and following through on commitments.
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• Possibility: We wants to expand the perspective of young people and adults to make them aware of life's possibilities.
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• Support: An individual is dramatically influenced by their support system. The foundation wants to surround young people and adults in a caring, inclusive learning environment.
Keys to Success
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• Establish a strong network of support with the school systems , churches and the juvenile court system.
• Launch a series of fundraising activities that will successfully fund the expanding program.
• Establish an effective training program for mentors that will increase their ability to be successful communicators.
• Establish an effective monitoring system to protect both the youth and the mentor.