PARENTS & YOUTH
Success is Achievable
Through the Maze has created a system to help youth increase their resilience. This program helps youth reach goals, seek out supports, and empowers them to achieve success! The weekly curriculum is supported by a mentor who personalizes the program for each individual. Participants will receive mentoring specific to their needs in addition to our research-based curriculum. All services are provided in the most convenient way possible--text messaging. Let us mentor you to success one text at a time!
UNLIMITED
Personalized Mentoring
Curriculum-Based Nudges
Unlimited SMS Messages
8 am - 8 pm Live Support, 5 Days a Week
Access to Progress Reports
Parent Companion Program
Sign Up Process
Parents
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Sign up on the website
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Complete the Parent Questionnaire & Permission Form
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Those utilizing the Parent Companion Program will be contacted via text message to start the program
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Parents will receive weekly curriculum based texts with the purpose of encouraging their youth
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You can text back; it's a real person!
Youth
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Sign up on the website
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Complete the Youth questionnaire
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Fill out the 7 C's test
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Youth will be contacted via text message to start the program
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Youth will receive weekly curriculum based texts & personalized texts from their mentor
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You can text back; it's a real person!
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You will be asked to take the 7 C's test every three months to measure your progress
Some Things You Should Know
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Your Navigator WON'T know your phone numbers, email addresses, or address
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Your Navigator WILL know your names, information on the entry questionnaire (hobbies, etc.), and your youth's 7 C's scores so they know the best way to mentor your youth
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Navigators are available Monday - Friday, 8 am - 8 pm
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Media messages are not allowed on our software
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We care about your safety and are obligated to report any dangerous/harmful behaviors
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Administration monitors interactions between Navigators and participants
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Navigators have been professionally trained and background checked
Students With Resilience Mentoring
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52% less likely than their peers to skip a day of school and 37% less likely to skip a class. (Public/Private Ventures Study of Big Brothers Big Sisters)
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81% more likely to participate regularly in sports or extracurricular activities than those who do not. (The Mentoring Effect, 2014)
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Strongest benefit from mentoring, and most consistent across risk groups, was a reduction in depressive symptoms — particularly noteworthy given that almost one in four youth reported worrisome levels of these symptoms at baseline. (The Role of Risk, 2013)
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55% more likely to be enrolled in college than those who did not have a mentor. (The Mentoring Effect, 2014)
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46% less likely than their peers to start using illegal drugs and 27% less likely to start drinking. (Public/Private Ventures study of Big Brothers Big Sisters)