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New Circle Mentoring Awarded Grant from VT Children’s Trust Foundation

Safer Society’s New Circle Mentoring program is pleased to have been awarded a three-year grant from the Vermont Children’s Trust Foundation totaling $25,725! With this grant, New Circle Mentoring will …

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New Circle Mentoring program for at-risk youth seeks mentors, donations for growing need

By LEE J. KAHRSThe Reporter BRANDON – In a world where advocates are hard to find and harder to keep, where the most vulnerable are keen for guidance and support, …

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As More Mothers Fill Prisons, Children Suffer ‘A Primal Wound’

Since 1980, the number of incarcerated women in the U.S. has grown by more than 750%—at a rate twice that of men. And as the prison population has risen, so, …

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SSF02: A Conversation with the New Circle Mentoring Program Clinical Director Dottie Neuberger

Dottie has six decades of experience as a high school, middle school, and elementary school counselor (through the Counseling Service of Addison County) and a community activist in Addison County.  …

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Celebrating National Mentoring Month – A Note from our Program Director

To help spread awareness of mentoring, January has been recognized as “National Mentoring Month” by the United States Senate. On January 23rd, mentoring organizations from across Vermont gathered together at …

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Safer Society Receives Grant from Vermont Community Foundation to Support New Circle Mentoring

Safer Society Foundation recently received a $3,000 grant from the Vermont Community Foundation’s Spark! Connecting Community grant program. This grant will go toward expanding Safer Society’s New Circle Mentoring Program …

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SSF01: A Conversation with Director Erika Linskey about the New Circle Mentoring Program

Erika Linskey earned her Master’s Degree in Educational Psychology from the University of Colorado, taught elementary school in Colorado, and has maintained a life-long career in teaching and child advocacy. …

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MENTOR Vermont Grant for New Circle Mentoring

The Safer Society Foundation is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a $4,000 grant from MENTOR Vermont (formerly known as Mobius, Vermont’s Mentoring Partnership), which will help continue …

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America’s Other Family Separation Crisis

The fact that the U.S. has more incarcerated people per capita than any other nation on Earth has become a key political issue. About eight years, ago that rate finally …

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An Innovative Approach to Mentoring High-Risk Children—A Safer Society Foundation Webinar

On September 26, 2018, Mary Falcon, Safer Society’s Executive Director, and Erika Linskey, Director of Safer Society’s New Circle Mentoring Program, presented a live one-hour webinar sponsored by the Global …

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