The Mentoring program is intensive and pairs each program participant (son) with a male mentor (surrogate father). The Family Foundation Fund (“FFF”) was established in 1993 to address the issues of the fatherless and today has ten boys participating in its program. Approximately 70% of African-American homes do not have fathers present. Statistically this means these boys are at a disproportionate risk for teen suicide, dropping out of school, chemical abuse, prison and behavioral problems.

The FFF has had tremendous success in avoiding these problems and getting the boys on track for successful lives. The FFF indentifies boys from single parent homes during or just prior to their early teens. These boys enter a disciplined program that nurtures them toward Christian manhood.

The key components of the program include education in a private Christian school, guidance by the FFF staff, and mentoring from surrogate father who will have a long-term relationship with the boy and take an active interest in his life. As a result of their involvement with the program the boys, almost without exception, do not have the problems that would have been present and upon graduation go on to higher education or full-time employment. It is the goal of the FFF that these young men will break the cycle of fathers abandoning their children and all the difficulties that this causes. We are trying to produce husbands and fathers who love the Lord, cherish their wives and children and know the value of hard work and responsibility.