Great Life Mentoring

Variety of Behavioral Health Settings

A mentoring intervention in which volunteer adults from the community are matched with youth receiving outpatient mental health care for a period of 1 year of more. The primary goal of the program is to provide one-on-one support and companionship as a supplement to outpatient mental health services. The program is provided to youth, ages 7 to 18, who are referred from mental and behavioral health providers in the county in which the program is situated. Youth referred to the program are from low-income families, and all have a mental health diagnosis. 

Focus Population
Children, Adolescents
Target Problems or Risk Factors
Alcohol, Delinquency/Criminal Behavior, Drug Problems, General Risk, Mental Health Problems
Level of Intervention
Selective, Indicated
Settings in Which Program Can Be Delivered
Community
Latinos in Participant Samples
Yes - Minimal (≤15%)
Type of Program
Generic
Registry
Crime Solutions
Strength of Evidentiary Support
1-Star (⭐) Crime Solutions
Cost of the Program
Not Available
Availability of the program in Spanish and/or Portuguese
No
Registry URL
https://crimesolutions.ojp.gov/ratedprograms/646
Contact Information
Director:
Elizabeth Higley
Program Director, Great Life Mentoring
Columbia River Mental Health Services
6926 NE Fourth Plain Blvd. Vancouver WA 98661
Phone: 360.993.3184
E-mail: ElizabethH@CRMHS.ORG

Researcher:
David DuBois Professor
Institute for Health Research & Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago
1747 W. Roosevelt Rd. Chicago IL 60608
Phone: 312.413.9806
E-mail: dldubois@uic.edu
Website
https://greatlifementoring.com