Your experience could help shape someone's future.
HAVII is preparing to support meaningful mentoring relationships between qualified volunteer mentors and eligible young people.
HAVII mentorship positions are voluntary and unpaid.The platform is still in development. Submitting an application doesn't create a mentoring assignment or guarantee acceptance.
What the role will ask of you
Mentors aren't counselors or friends-for-hire. They're consistent, trusted adults who help a young person grow.
Be consistent and encouraging
Offer steady, positive guidance. Showing up reliably matters more than having all the answers.
Support goals and growth
Help a young person shape goals they chose and break them into steps they can take.
Model healthy boundaries
Communicate respectfully, keep appropriate boundaries, and never promise secrecy about safety concerns.
Complete onboarding and safeguarding
Take part in the required screening, training, and safeguarding processes before any match.
Use approved channels only
Communicate only through approved, monitored HAVII channels once the mentorship program launches. No personal numbers, social media, or private meetings.
How we expect the process to work
This is the planned process. Exact steps may change as policies are finalized, and no stage beyond the application is running yet.
- Open now
Apply
Tell us about yourself and why you want to mentor.
- Planned
Review and interview
A staff member reads your application and talks with you.
- Planned
Screening
References and a background check, done through an approved provider.
- Planned
Training
Safeguarding, boundaries, and how HAVII works.
- Planned
Approval
A separate staff decision. Approval doesn't automatically make you an active mentor.
- Not active
Matching
Only when the program launches and leadership approves it.
How we plan to screen every mentor
Every mentor is screened before they could ever be placed with a young person. Applying is the first step, and it isn't approval.
Eligibility
Mentors must be at least 21. All mentorship positions are voluntary and unpaid.
Interview and references
A structured interview with our team, and two references who aren't family.
Background screening
This may include criminal background checks, sex offender registry searches, and child abuse and neglect clearances where they apply. If you're asked to complete screening, you'll authorize it and give your identity details directly to an approved external screening provider, not through this website.
Training and agreements
Safeguarding training, a code of conduct, and a confidentiality agreement.
Approval, then a separate activation
Completing screening doesn't guarantee a mentorship assignment. HAVII is still in development and isn't matching mentors with young people yet.
We'll never ask for your Social Security number, fingerprints, ID images, or criminal history on this website. The screening process is being finalized with legal review and may change.
Be the support you once needed.
The application takes about 15 minutes. We won’t ask for ID, a Social Security number, or background-check details at this stage.