You can learn more about Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) by

clicking here.

There are many ways to get involved at Team Up! Click here for more information on how to become a mentor, volunteer, provide a meal, donate, or become a sponsor!

Mentors and students meet during the Spring and Fall school semesters on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.

Mentoring nights are focused on fostering relationships between our

students and their mentors. We do so by checking in with our students'

feelings, reviewing our social contract (rules that the students have set for

the semester), reading to improve literacy, working through life skills

curriculum, playing games, and closing out the night by having dinner

together.

Our funding is diverse, coming from grants, monthly donors, and events

such as our Magic Makers Gala and Storybook 5K. Additionally, we are

able to raise support by renting out our space for community events and hosting community trainings on trauma and resilience 

Our goal is to facilitate generational change by providing empowerment,

education, mentoring, and wellness services. In addition to mentoring, we

assign each family to a case manager who schedules medical

appointments, enrolls families in counseling, assists with special

education and tutoring services, and transports students to appointments.

Team Up works with the whole family. Our Family Life Director, Aydee

Bailey, empowers our Team Up parents by helping them find sustainable jobs, connecting them to community resources, leading parenting groups

to support overall health and wellness, and much more!

Most referrals to our program are by existing clients. We also have

referrals through local community partners like DFCS and the school

system.

As mandated reporters, there are times that we do work with the Division

of Family & Child Services.

Our students typically stay with Team Up for 12 years. Our average

student joins the program between age 3 and 8 and stays until they

graduate from high school.

We do! We have a Teen Leadership Academy for middle and high school

students and an Elementary Program for students age 3-10.

Team Up is not a residential program. We work with students and their

families to foster resiliency through mentoring programs a couple times a

week and additional case management services.

Because of our holistic approach to serving our students and families, our

current capacity is working with clients in Walton County at this time.

Team Up was started in 2006 by our Founder and Executive Director,

Anna Blount. You can lean more about Team Up’s history by clicking here