
November 14, 2018
The Source Weekly: Giving Kids a Consistent Caring Adult Throughout Their Lives
You might have heard of volunteer programs that place a positive adult with a child in need of extra support. Friends of the Children–Central Oregon builds on that model—but does it by enlisting Friends who earn a full-time salary for their mentorship.
Founded in Portland, Ore., in 1993 by Duncan Campbell, a Portland-area man
who himself experienced a host of adverse childhood experiences, Friends
of the Children's model is based on research showing that kids who have
at least one consistent, caring adult in their lives are more likely to
overcome childhood experiences such as homelessness, neglect, parental
incarceration, drug and alcohol abuse in their homes, poverty and
domestic violence.