National CARES Mentoring Movement

National CARES is a pioneering, community-mobilization initiative that directly addresses the life-shredding effects of intergenerational Black poverty and lays a blueprint for community recovery. Anchored by a 58 U.S-city affiliate network, we are the nation's recognized leader in the recruitment, training, and engagement of African American mentors, and the only organization in the U.S. providing holistic programming on a national scale to advance Black children, growing up in poverty. Our work provides children and low-income parents with the emotional, social, academic and career-readiness support they must have to become self-sustaining, successful contributors to their family, community and our society. We assist the oft-forgotten Black—and Brown—people we serve in building bridges to the brighter futures they long for.

The MISSION of the National CARES Mentoring Movement is to secure, heal, and transform the lives of impoverished Black children by inspiring, recruiting, and mobilizing masses of caring Black women and men to mentor and nourish them. Our national volunteer affiliate network connects adults to local youth-serving organizations. Our national group-mentoring programs focus on the emotional, social, and academic development of our children and the wellness of the adults who parent, mentor and educate them.