Youth Mentorship
Prevenative and Reactive Programming
Our youth mentorship programs offer both one-on-one and group support for young people across Pierce County.
Inside detention centers – mentors provide hope and encouragement through chapel services, small groups, and classes that build life skills and character. These relationships often continue as youth transition back into their communities, offering guidance and consistency when it’s needed most.
Outside the system – we walk with youth placed at risk and those connected to probation or community supervision. Through preventative and restorative mentorship, we help them navigate peer pressure, relationships, and major life choices, equipping them with confidence, accountability, and a vision for their future.
Inside Detention Centers
Multiple times each week, dedicated volunteers enter Remann Hall to build relationships through conversation, games, guidance, and genuine care. Once a month, we visit Green Hill School to reconnect with youth we first met in detention, continuing relationships that remind them they’re not forgotten.
Outside the System
Beyond detention, mentors walk alongside youth navigating life in their communities, those placed at risk or connected to probation. Through one-on-one and group mentoring, we help youth build confidence, strengthen relationships, and develop life skills that lead to lasting change. Whether meeting at school, in a coffee shop, or during a check-in call, mentors provide steady support and guidance as young people take steps toward a healthier, more hopeful future.
Where Hope Finds a Way
Imagine being sixteen and facing time in juvenile detention. You wait for release, knowing that what’s waiting outside: friends, family, and familiar pressures that might pull you right back. How do you start again?
For more than 30 years, Tacoma YFC has been showing up inside Remann Hall, connecting with youth through small group discussions, mentoring, and listening relationships built on trust and respect. Once a month, our team visits Green Hill School to reconnect with youth we first met in detention, continuing the relationships that remind them they’re not alone.
Through our Mentor One80 program, we also walk with young people navigating life outside the system, those placed at risk or transitioning back into their communities. Together, we focus on building confidence, healthy relationships, and life skills that help youth create a new direction for their future.
Our mentorship approach is both preventative and restorative, offering one-on-one and group relationships that meet youth where they are, in detention centers, on school campuses, through probation, and in group homes and shelters. Mentors provide consistent support, guidance, and hope as youth navigate peer pressure, life challenges, and new growth opportunities.
Stories of Transformation
Transformation From the Inside
Recently the juvenile court parole officers have been reaching out for myself and our team of volunteers to provide one on one mentoring to a
Girls Asked. We Showed Up.
The girls noticed. For weeks they watched the boys head into their mentorship groups at Gates High School, two weekly gatherings led by staff member
More Than Just a Day of Service
At Gates High School, Serve Day is more than a school activity. It is a chance for students to step into something bigger than themselves,