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Senator Escamilla backs TANF funding for long‑term mentorship program for high‑need children
Summary
Friends of the Children Utah requested TANF funding to maintain and expand long‑term professional mentoring that pairs paid, full‑time mentors with high‑need children from kindergarten to high school; presenters cited 32 years of longitudinal national data and local outcomes to justify expansion.
Senator Escamilla and Kelsey Lewis, executive director of Friends of the Children Utah, asked the subcommittee to continue and expand TANF funding for long‑term professional mentorship services that start in kindergarten and continue through high‑school graduation.
Lewis described the program model: paid, full‑time professional mentors who each serve a cohort…
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