ANGOLA â January is National Mentoring Month, and a new program in Steuben County is seeking volunteers willing to become mentors to vulnerable youth.
Links Mentoring is an adult-child mentorship program overseen by the Steuben County Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative office. As one of the leading juvenile justice system reform efforts nationwide, JDAI seeks to use community-based alternative programs to support vulnerable youth.
The Links Mentoring program will aim to do the same, by pairing adult residents of Steuben County with at-risk youth who are in need of mentorship, said Kathy Armstrong, Steuben Countyâs JDAI coordinator.
âThese kids just really need positive and consistent adult role models in their lives,â she said.