Youth Futures has been assisting children and families at-risk since 2006, and now is operating in 36 towns and cities throughout Israel’s underserved social and geographic periphery. Youth Futures employs a unique holistic approach, with specially-trained “Mentors” serving as significant adults in the lives of the child and their parents served over a three-year period. The Mentors accompany the families through a process of positive change. Mentors constitute the prime intervention tool and are the key factor for the success of the process. Youth Futures Mentors empower the children, families, schools, and entire community. Youth Futures operates across different sectors in Israeli society, with the aim of providing the children and their families the security, tools, and equal opportunity to realize their individual potentials.
