Domestic violence awareness radio interview with WE LEAP CEO

DID YOU KNOW 

Pregnant adolescents ( ages 13-17) have an elevated risk of violence from their partners when compared with pregnant adults ( ages 18+) 

• An estimated 5.4%-37.6% of all adolescent girls experience physical violence while pregnant or during the year preceding delivery.
• 50-75% of women abused before pregnancy are abused during pregnancy.
• Homicide is the leading cause of death among pregnant women in the United States. 

The Mommy Mentoring Academy will provide healthy relationship training, and life skill support for first-time pregnant teens aged 13-24. 

Mommy Mentoring Academy 

 Monday Nights Weekly (Ages 18-24)

Thursday Nights Weekly (Ages 13-17)

  This program exposes youth and young adults to a positive role model  

ƒ Helps to focus mentees on their future and on setting academic and career goals 

 ƒ Exposes mentees to new experiences and people from diverse cultural, socio-economic, and  professional backgrounds 

 ƒ Provides mentees with attention and a concerned friend  

ƒ Encourages emotional and social growth  

ƒ Fosters increased confidence and self-esteem 

 Referrals to the Mommy Mentoring Academy will come from self-referral community partners, schools, and health care providers and health departments.   

  THE ROLE OF A MOMMY MENTOR 

The young people of today must cope with far more personal and social pressures than any other previous generation of youth. Early intervention through a structured mentor relationship may be able to give young people the tools and support they need to deal effectively with these pressures.  Understanding the many social, psychological, and physical demands that the youth face is extremely important for any individual about to undertake the task of being a mommy mentor.  

  Mentors’ roles fall into five categories: 

 ƒ Providing prenatal and postpartum educational pregnancy mentoring support 

 ƒ Providing academic help and tutoring  

ƒ Providing career exploration assistance  

ƒ Providing emotional support 

 ƒ Providing social experiences  

 Mommy mentors must be willing to meet twice a week with their mentees with one of those meetings being an in person cohort group mentoring held weekly. Mentors must complete mandatory training and be able to pass a level 2 background check. Click the link below to become a mentor.