Team Up FAQ

Your guide to Frequently Asked Questions.

Trauma

  • What are ACEs and how can I identify trauma in students?

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

    clicking here.

Mentoring

  • How can I get involved at Team Up?

    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!

  • How often does mentoring happen?

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


  • What happens on a typical Team Up night?

    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.

Funding

Other Services

  • What else does Team Up do outside of mentoring?

    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.

  • Do you work with families or just kids?

    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!

Referral

  • How are clients referred to Team Up?

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

    referrals through local community partners like DFCS and the school

    system.


  • Do you work with DFCS?

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

    of Family & Child Services.


Organizational Structure

  • How long do kids stay in the program?

    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.

  • Do you work with teens, too?

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

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

  • Do kids live on site?

    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.

  • Which counties do you serve?

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

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

  • How did Team Up start?

    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