"Unless commitment is made,
there are only promises and hopes...
but no plans."
-Peter Drucker

"The significant problems we face cannot be solved
at the same level of thinking we were at
when we created them."
-Albert Einstein

• WHO ARE WE?
• WHAT ARE WE DOING?

   

ADAPT program serves incarcerated youth residing at Hillcrest Juvenile Hall. It is a partnership between Each One Reach One Organization (EORO), Hillcrest (HJH), and Notre Dame de Namur University (NDNU).
Mentors from NDNU and the community devote one evening a week helping a select group of young people dream a better future and develop a detailed plan for achieving these goals. The mentors support the dream by introducing the young people to training and job opportunities, scholarships, and a variety of community resources.  Because many of these young people lack credentials, the mentors tutor them to pass the GED (General Education Diploma) or CHSEE (California High School Exit) exam, depending on their current status in school.
The mentor acts as a conduit between the incarcerated young person and the real world, procuring whatever information and resources he might need to fully develop their plan towards accomplishing his dreams.
This is the first after-school program of its kind ever to be developed in the Bay Area.

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• Monday Night Sessions are held from 6pm-8pm at Hillcrest Juvenile Hall where the NDNU and community mentors work one-on-one with the young people.



• Mentors have homework based on what was developed during the sessions. Their continual responsibilities are to gather information from the outside world based on the dreams and goals which the young person has for his life, and then to bring those materials to the mentoring sessions, where the two will use this information to help the young person construct a tangible and practical plan to achieve his dreams.The mentor is expected to creatively prepare outside material based on their student's academic needs to bolster the information and direction provided by the established workbook materials.



• Students have homework based on the material which was given to them by their mentor; they are expected to review the materials and take steps towards achieving their goals. They are also expected to complete whatever academic homework the mentor has assigned to them to progress towards taking the GED or CAHSEE tests.

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