Dakota Boys & Girls Ranch
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Transition to Community Mentoring Program

The Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch Transition to Community Mentoring Program was supported by Grant No. 2005-JL-FX-0035, awarded by the Office of Civil Rights, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice.

The federal funding for the mentoring program ended March 31, 2009. The Ranch is taking this opportunity to re-vision the program and is looking forward to formally presenting it to the community by summer 2009. It will involve both DBGR's staff and community members in an after-care program that embraces each child's unique needs.
 

For just a moment, I would like you all to step back in time to when you were a youth. Was there an individual in your life who influenced, supported, or taught you or maybe people in the community who are embraced strongly in your mind because of their influence? As an adult we should be able to look back and think of many individuals who had a great weight on the decisions we made, the way we treated others, or perhaps the way we carried ourselves through life. When we really put some thought into it as you get older you are still influenced by the same individuals in addition to the people who began mentoring you later in life? Consider how your life and your community are different today because of all those individuals.

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