Smith County Mentorship Program
About Us
We are a 501c3 Non- Profit Organization founded in 2021. We started out in 2016 as a volunteer support resource to families in Smith County Juvenile Court System. In 2018 we received a grant funded opportunity from Smith County General Sessions Court to develop the Smith County Mentorship Program . We currently offer services to or operate in partnerships with the Smith County Sheriffs Office, Smith County Juvenile Courts System, Smith County Schools System, TN Department of Children's Services, The Travis Manion Foundation, DFI- Digital Futures Initiatives, District Attorney's Office and Local Churches. All our Mentors are Heart Savers CPR Certified, Background Checked, Drug Tested, Fingerprinted,Reference Checked, Intensely Interviewed, and trained. We always Mentor in non familial pairs, as a 2 Mentor to 1 Mentee ratio or 2 Mentor to small group setting with safety and accountability in mind.
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Smith County Mentor Program
ButtonSuccess Principles- This part of the Mentor Program focuses on training our young adults to develop the keys to successful living.
Focused Principles and Skills -
- Accountability, Responsability, Ownership
- Setting and Respecting Boundaries
- Assertive Communication
- Healthy Coping Skills Development
- Conflict Resolution Skills Development
- Goal Based Decision Making
- Self-Discipline-Commitment to ones self
- DISC personality profile assessment
- Priority Based Goal Setting
- Honesty
- Integrity
- Resiliency / Anti Bullying
- Time Management
- Job Placement Assistance for teens
- Just For Parents- ABC's of Parenting- Accountability,Boundaries, Communication and Conflict
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Character Does Matter Program
ButtonTMF- Character Does Matter Program - Is designed to develop character and leadership skills in young adults.
- Grounded in the evidence-based field of Positive Psychology, this program uses a strengths-based approach to develop character traits in the next generation through a combination of informal discussions and activity-based learning.
- In Partnership with the VIA Institute on Character
- Travis Manion Foundation has over 130,00 active mentors and has impacted over 400,000 students nation wide. Character Does Matter operates in School Districts all over the country.
- TMF empowers communities, Veterans, and families of the Fallen to develop Character in future generations.
- All our Mentors are TMF trained
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Digital Futures Initiative
ButtonCourses Include:
- Digital Citizenship-The importance of being emotionally intelligent, having self-value over online perfection comparisons,
- Healthy Relationships-Get teens to cultivate healthy relationships while focusing on kindness. Bullying, harassment and dating abuse are also covered.
- Substance Use- describes the impact drugs have on a child’s life & how drug industries target children. Teaches students to manage their feelings without relying on drugs.
- Distracted Driving- Teach students the dangers of distracted driving & how to focus when behind the wheel.
- Parents Academy- Built to help busy parents understand the role technology plays in their kids’ lives— and what apps to look for, safety and security measures and other things smart families can do to keep their children safe online.
Digital Future Initiative Is a program you can trust. All of its trainings are available to the public at no cost. It is a part of NASRO's advanced School Resource Officer Training- It is evidence based and has been developed by SRO's , teachers, parents and other professionals. It is present in schools sytems in every state of America.
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Johnny Ray Brown
SCMP Director
Johnny Ray has been a Youth Minister in our community for over 20 years at Carthage Full Gospel Church. He and his wife, Rebecca, reside in Carthage with their eight boys. He is also a school bus driver, I.T. sub-contractor and has helped develop and lead the Mentor Program. He has taken countless hours of training over the years from Trust Based Relationship Intervention from the Purvis Institute, He is a facilitator of TN Building Strong Brains, He is a Travis Manion Foundation trained mentor, He is a trained facilitator for Digital Futures Initiative Program, and TN Shield of Care Suicide Prevention to name a few. He had mentors himself as a young adult who helped make a difference in his life. It’s his hope to pass that on and pay it forward.
Samantha Lee
Lead Facilitator
Samantha has helped lead the mentorship program for the last two and a half years. Samantha has also had training in Trust Based Relationship Intervention from the Purvis Institute, Building Strong Brains, the Travis Manion foundation, and is currently working on being a facilitator for Digital Futures Initiative and TN Shield of Care Suicide Prevention Training. Samantha says that she truly feels like if she had been met with a close mentor, it would’ve made a world of difference in her high-school and young adult life.
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