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Friends of the Children presents mentoring model, seeks District 25 enrollment ties to Fort Hall
Summary
Gina Judd, director of Friends of the Children, told the Pocatello District board the program uses full-time, professional mentors who commit to children for 12+ years; the Idaho chapter plans limited enrollment (up to 16 children) and is coordinating with Fort Hall partners to serve Native students.
Gina Judd, director of Friends of the Children, presented the nonprofit’s long-term mentoring model to the Pocatello District board during a work session, saying the program pairs highly trained, full‑time mentors with children identified as facing the greatest obstacles. “Our model is professional mentoring,” Judd said, “We are resilient. We are relentless.”
Judd described a structured approach in which each mentor (a “friend”) serves about eight children, spends roughly three to four hours weekly with each child (including classroom time), and commits to youths for as long as 12 years. She emphasized continuity: because mentors are paid staff rather than volunteers, they are less likely to leave when life circumstances change, which the organization says is…
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