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YOUTH MENTORING
CALL TO ACTION!
SUPPORT and/or DONATE TO OUR
"PROUD2MENTOR 2023"
CAMPAIGN
SUPPORT and/or DONATE TO OUR
"PROUD2MENTOR 2023"
CAMPAIGN
More than one in three young people - an estimated 16 million - never had an adult mentor of any kind (structured or "naturally occurring") while they were growing up.
B.C.G. believes "Every child deserves a positive role model"
B.C.G. believes "Every child deserves a positive role model"
Mission
To exposed at-risk youth, ages 11-18, who lack vital resources to successful career exploration options.
Who Are We?
Blu Collar Group, Inc. is a charitable 501(c)3 nonprofit organization providing mentorship, character and career development services to young people in local schools and surrounding communities in the Kansas City area.
Comprised of a brave group of local Kansas City professionals who believe that our vision to increase community engagement WILL lead to long-term positive outcomes in the Kansas City area.. We are youth, and youth are US!
Comprised of a brave group of local Kansas City professionals who believe that our vision to increase community engagement WILL lead to long-term positive outcomes in the Kansas City area.. We are youth, and youth are US!
Project H.Y.P.E.
"Helping Youth Prepare for Excellence!"
The central program of Blu Collar Group, PROJECT H.Y.P.E. is our custom-designed pilot Mentoring Program that focus primarily on youth Character and Career Development for middle and high school students. Virtual matches will meet at least once-twice a week during school via portal. All matches will meet in the participating school’s designated room with students using their computers to log into the portal. Matches may meet during school, and before or after lunch. Teachers, administrators and counselors help lead the selection process, as they know the students best. Special guests and motivational speakers Community volunteers are invited to sign-up to mentor with the students and share relatable experiences.
PROJECT H.Y.P.E. offers aspiring mentors a chance to build a relationship by offering guidance, support, and encouragement to help the young adult's positive and healthy development over a period of time.
Blu Collar Group strives to provide underserved children and teens the social and educational opportunities to connect with a structured quality mentorship program where mentoring relationships are safe, effective and enduring. “We believe if you can offer them a continuous, genuine, supportive adult that offers guidance and encouragement, you can change their lives!”
Program participants may receive a range of services from the following areas:
To participate in this program, a young person must meet one of the following requirements:
1) Deficiency in basic literacy and numeracy skills; 2) Disconnectedness or at-risk of disconnection from school; 3) disability; 4) low-income family; 5) past, present, or chronic homelessness; 6) foster care or transition out of foster care; 7) pregnancy or parenting; 8) criminal record; 9) court involvement; 10) gang related; 11) substance abuse 12) requires additional assistance to complete education or secure and hold employment; 13) consistent behavior issues
Participating schools, organizations, and parents are responsible for identifying mentees. Teachers and counselors will lead the selection process, as they best know the students and their situations.
Our responsibility is to provide meaningful learning, support and work experiences for upcoming generations designed to:
PROJECT H.Y.P.E. offers aspiring mentors a chance to build a relationship by offering guidance, support, and encouragement to help the young adult's positive and healthy development over a period of time.
Blu Collar Group strives to provide underserved children and teens the social and educational opportunities to connect with a structured quality mentorship program where mentoring relationships are safe, effective and enduring. “We believe if you can offer them a continuous, genuine, supportive adult that offers guidance and encouragement, you can change their lives!”
Program participants may receive a range of services from the following areas:
- Mentoring
- Tutoring
- Character & Leadership
- Financial Literacy
- Network building
To participate in this program, a young person must meet one of the following requirements:
1) Deficiency in basic literacy and numeracy skills; 2) Disconnectedness or at-risk of disconnection from school; 3) disability; 4) low-income family; 5) past, present, or chronic homelessness; 6) foster care or transition out of foster care; 7) pregnancy or parenting; 8) criminal record; 9) court involvement; 10) gang related; 11) substance abuse 12) requires additional assistance to complete education or secure and hold employment; 13) consistent behavior issues
Participating schools, organizations, and parents are responsible for identifying mentees. Teachers and counselors will lead the selection process, as they best know the students and their situations.
- Priority given to students who express reasoned interest in working with a mentor.
- Additionally, those students who want a mentor and are currently lacking a similar relationship are given priority.
- Students who have expressed goals of higher education and career aspirations.
Our responsibility is to provide meaningful learning, support and work experiences for upcoming generations designed to:
- Encourage youth to join our program; enroll into school (if applicable)
- Develop academic persistence, workplace skills, and career goals
- Enable youth to gain valuable transferable job skills through hands-on training
- Reduce risky and irregular behaviors such as criminal activity, drug use, teenage pregnancy, disconnecting from school, and youth violence
- Reduce isolation for youth and increase their self-awareness, resilience, hopefulness, and the ability to cope with traumatic experiences
Services We Offer
- Customized Mentoring Program - BCG offers a professional support, counseling and advice service for youth and young adults ages 11-18. In addition, hype and interactive project guidance, life skills training, survival skills, career planning, service learning and problem solving units to explore.
- Program Development
- Youth Mentoring
- Adult Life Coaching
The Issues
#1: (Lack of positive mentors)
An estimated 16 million Kids ages 8-18 in local urban communities are not getting the outlets, structure, or oversight the need to thrive and excel. During the day, after-school and when idle youth are falling through the cracks, not living up to their potential, wasting their talents, and unfortunately some are losing their lives. The short comings in the education system creates hardships for students, i.e., "The School-to-Prison Pipeline". Local schools are being affected by poor attendance and low performance scores. This is a huge and scary issue that many want a solution and would pay to have this issue resolved.
#2 (Disengaged youth)
In the U.S., the number of disengaged youth (those who are not actively engaged in school or the workforce) between the ages 16-24 is currently at least 6.7 million. Several root factors are transforming a social issue into a economic cost to cultures, the government and society as a whole.
Let's be honest kids are bored with traditional learning, so we offer a spin on education! Our solution, a HYPE Mentorship Program, to strategically increase Character and Career developments by influencing new and current assets, while preserving creative control to elect effective and operational strategies to reform traditional education.
An estimated 16 million Kids ages 8-18 in local urban communities are not getting the outlets, structure, or oversight the need to thrive and excel. During the day, after-school and when idle youth are falling through the cracks, not living up to their potential, wasting their talents, and unfortunately some are losing their lives. The short comings in the education system creates hardships for students, i.e., "The School-to-Prison Pipeline". Local schools are being affected by poor attendance and low performance scores. This is a huge and scary issue that many want a solution and would pay to have this issue resolved.
#2 (Disengaged youth)
In the U.S., the number of disengaged youth (those who are not actively engaged in school or the workforce) between the ages 16-24 is currently at least 6.7 million. Several root factors are transforming a social issue into a economic cost to cultures, the government and society as a whole.
- Disengaged youth comprise 17 percent of individuals aged 16-24 and represent a total social burden of $4.745 trillion.
- $65.8 billion, estimated loss in potential earnings of the U.S. disengaged youth population per year.
- $306,906, lifetime cost of a high school dropout to the government.
- Effective investment can reduce the societal and governmental burden of disengaged youth. Currently, the total burden on taxpayers over the lifetime of one 16-year-old disengaged youth is $258,240.
Let's be honest kids are bored with traditional learning, so we offer a spin on education! Our solution, a HYPE Mentorship Program, to strategically increase Character and Career developments by influencing new and current assets, while preserving creative control to elect effective and operational strategies to reform traditional education.