State Fund helps support the future of California’s youth through our Mentoring Program. Research indicates that children and young adults who participate in mentoring programs experience numerous positive benefits. Our Mentoring Program activities pair caring State Fund mentors with local youth. The relationship exposes the children to important messages and examples that can help them understand the importance of making good choices in life. Through the program, young people are encouraged to set and achieve goals that can lead to success in school, at home, and in their future plans.
State Fund’s Mentoring Program encompasses individual projects as well as larger efforts that engage employees from our offices throughout California. It’s a rewarding experience for both the State Fund mentors and the youths whose lives they help develop.
Every year, State Fund offices devote a day to host local middle and high-school students for Groundhog Job Shadow Day. Individual students “shadow” a State Fund mentor throughout the course of a normal workday and get a firsthand perspective of how skills learned in school are essential in the office. Groundhog Job Shadow Day provides the “shadow” students with numerous benefits:
By establishing a correspondence relationship between State Fund employees and local students, the Mentor Pen Pal Program pays dividends in self-expression, role modeling, and skill development. Under the program, State Fund employees and students correspond regularly by written letter at intervals throughout the school year. At the end of the school year, the students are invited to the office to meet their Mentor Pen Pal. This type of mentoring presents the students with several opportunities:
