Mentor

What is a Mentor?

Hope Village mentors help guests overcome the obstacles which contributed to their homelessness, including creating a Secure Living Plan which focuses on food security , employment placement, and health stabilization. To gain access to these resources each household meets weekly with one to two volunteer mentors who support and assist the guest in completing their weekly tasks by providing transportation, guidance in completing applications, making and accompanying them to their appointments, housing searches, securing household items, etc. All mentors are volunteers.

The mentors develop relationships with the guests and provide feedback to the Hope Village Navigator. The mentors also attend the weekly meeting to cultivate communication and consistency in the SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and timely) goal-setting process.