Our Programs

We seek to make an investment in each young person to discover and pursue the path that God has laid out for them.

The single most common factor for children who develop resilience is at least one stable and committed relationship with a supportive parent, caregiver or other adult. The combination of supportive relationships, adaptive skill-building and positive experiences is the foundation of resilience. This is why we started Caminando Juntos (Walking Together).

Our mentoring program contributes to the deinstitutionalization of children and adolescents living in residential care. We partner with institutions that work with youth from difficult pasts by providing reliable and secure mentors. The mentoring program helps promote resiliency and reinforces connections with the community as they prepare for a life outside of residential care.

Our mentors are all trained in the Trauma Competent Caregiver Training. Over the course of a year, they have committed to meet two to four times a month with their mentee.

Caminando Juntos Mentoring Program

Trauma has a potentially life-altering impact in every developmental area for a growing child. It deeply impacts a child’s physical, mental, emotional and spiritual development.

The Trauma Competent Caregiver (TCC) course is the foundation of our mentoring program. Training in trauma-informed care and using this as a formative view for providing care can enable caregivers and mentors to help children heal and break the cycle of intergenerational trauma.

We are affiliate trainers with Trauma Free World and use their course as material for our trainings.

Our mentors have shared that they are especially encouraged by this material since it has given them new perspectives and practical skills that they can begin to implement right away in their day-to-day ministry with the kids.