WHO IS ACCREDITED?

Private Organization Accreditation
HeartShare assist individuals with developmental disabilities through education, day, residential and recreation programs, case management, and health services, and provides foster care/adoption services, counseling, after school and energy assistance programs, and programs for people with HIV/AIDS.
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VOLUNTEER TESTIMONIAL
Nicole Deprez-Garrity, M.Ed.
Volunteer Roles: Endorser, Lead Endorser
Nicole Deprez-Garrity is a lead After School Endorser based in Germany.
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Purpose
Individuals participating in Mentoring Services develop supportive, positive relationships that contribute to the achievement of personal, social, and educational growth.
MS 2: Access to Services
Matched relationships are available to children, youth, and adults who can benefit from additional support and friendship.
Table of Evidence
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MS 2.01
The organization provides mentors to children, youth, and/or adults who can benefit from:
- a role model whose support can help them develop a positive self-image, new behaviors, and coping skills;
- peer or intergenerational support to help them face identified life challenges or accomplish developmental tasks; and/or
- companionship.
Interpretation: Organizations serving individuals with behavioral health needs, such as substance use or mental health conditions, often utilize peers as mentors to enhance service delivery outcomes and increase the likelihood that the service recipient will meet their individualized goals and objectives.
Interpretation: Organizations serving victims of human trafficking have utilized the survivor mentor model to stabilize and support victims of trafficking. This model employs an adult survivor of trafficking as a mentor to a newly identified victim who has recently exited their exploitative situation. By establishing a trusting relationship for traumatized victims, these programs provide a valuable tool to aid in their recovery and reintegration through empowerment and a sense of acceptance. Mentoring is often one piece within a continuum of services offered to victims of trafficking to meet their health and safety needs. Programs may also use mentors who are not survivors of human trafficking to work with sex or labor trafficking victims.Research Note: Victims of human trafficking are in need of a comprehensive array of services, including mentoring services. Increasingly, first responders, including law enforcement and social service providers, are being trained to seek support services for human trafficking victims rather than prosecuting them for criminal activities they may have engaged in while being trafficked, such as prostitution, theft, undocumented status, and wage/hour violations. Recognizing that these individuals are victims rather than criminals is a paradigm shift still under way in our society. This paradigm shift is critical as trafficking victims are eligible for services and protections under federal and some state laws that may not be provided to them otherwise.
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MS 2.02
To sustain the program, the organization:
- makes an effort to recruit mentors from the community through advertisements, flyers, and word-of-mouth; and
- partners with community providers, businesses, and institutions to increase awareness of the program and identify potential mentors.
NA The program only uses paid program staff as mentors.