Mentoring Initiative
L4L offers a host of judgement-free, hands-on mentoring solutions to meet every participant’s needs.
Social Mentoring: Social mentoring to provide support, guidance, and exposure to positive influences and community resources
Clinical Mentoring: Clinical mentoring for individuals who require a skillspecific mentor to overcome the barriers they’re facing
Parent Mentoring: Parent mentoring for parents or legal guardians who are responsible for a child in need or who are actively involved in the family reunification process
Transitional Youth Mentoring: Transitional youth mentoring that assists with the shift from adolescence to adulthood
Participant Profile: Participants are children, youth, parents, or legal guardians who receive a referral from service agencies, child welfare, or self-referrals.
This is a fee-for-service program.
Breakdown of Services: Our Mentoring Initiative team works diligently with participants to provide the following services.
- Guidance at home and within the community
- Building positive parental skills through hands-on-work
- Support with finding educational/vocational opportunities
- Assistance with gaining access to mental health services
- Building positive social, competency, and relationship skills
- Exposure to new activities and environments
Service Locations: State-wide and All Lead4Life Locations
Baltimore Lead4Life Headquarters
Baltimore County Service Area
2501 Fait Avenue,
Baltimore, MD 21224
Phone: (240) 499-8949
M-Th: 9am-5pm; F: 9am-3pm
Frederick Lead4Life Location
Frederick County Service Area
22 S Market Street,
Frederick, MD 21701
Phone: (240) 499-8949
M-Th: 9am-5pm; F: 9am-3pm
Glen Burnie Lead4Life Location
Anne Arundel County Service Area
7310 Ritchie Highway,
Suite 304
Glen Burnie, MD 21061
Phone: (240) 499-8949
M-Th: 9am-5pm; F: 9am-3pm
Silver Spring Lead4Life Location
Montgomery County Service Area
10770 Columbia Pike,
Silver Spring, MD 20901
Phone: (240) 499-8949
M-Th: 9am-5pm; F: 9am-3pm; Sat: 9am-Noon
Salisbury Lead4Life Location
Wicomico County Service Area
100 Clemwood Street,
Salisbury, MD 21804
Phone: (443) 978-7864
M-Th: 9am-5pm; F: 9am-3pm; Sat: 9am-Noon
Visit the Contact page for a list of Lead4Life Locations.
Apply for this program, or make a referral.
If you, your child, a family member, or someone you know is seeking guidance to overcome a hardship, please contact us. We are here to provide patience, kindness, and direction to meet participants directly where they are in their lives.
This program requires download and submission of one of the PDFs below (linked in button). After completion, email it to the specified party on the form.
If you are making a referral, or are interested in applying but have questions, just fill out the form below and we will get back to you soon.
A few examples of how we’ve helped others…
- Assisted Sally (adult) to learn to read, she completed her first survey, it took her 34 minutes and 43 seconds to answer 12 questions: but she did it by herself!
- Assisted Lisa with money for food so she can eat while in the hospital with her baby.
- Assisted Sam with purchasing a car title in order to keep her family vehicle.
- Purchased bus card and linens for Catie who lost all of her belongs after being evicted, she now has a room to rent and a job at a local restaurant.
- Sue began therapy again.
- Elijah is now attending Zoom virtual family meetings where language was once a barrier.
- Elizabeth passed her driver’s test, obtained her learner’s permit, and is currently enrolled in driving classes.
- Janie has enrolled in graduate school to finish her degree.
- Assisted Ranisha with moving into an apartment and getting furniture delivered so she can have overnight visits with her children.
- Sally started trial visits with her children.
- Mary realized she has a serious alcohol dependency issue and put herself in a 28-day program. She was offered a job in the kitchen at the sober rehab house. She was able to continue to do Zoom visits with her baby during her rehab.
- Mike started GED classes.
- Wendy got a job.
- Terry is consistent with keeping appointments.
- Amelia is learning how to read and got approved for housing.
- Assisted Jenna with purchasing a stroller so she can take walks with her baby during her outside supervised visits.
- Cindy was awarded unsupervised visits with her child. We provided assistance with a car seat and stroller so she can visit her baby.