Locate A CARES Mentor-Recruitment Affiliate
CARES Mentor-Recruitment Affiliates are networks of individuals across the country who work together to recruit caring, committed adults to mentor our vulnerable young.
Our CARES Mentor-Recruitment Affiliates are the heart of our Movement. To join a CARES Affiliate in your area, call the National CARES office at 212-920-7750 and get connected.
CARES AFFILIATES THROUGHOUT THE NATION
Local CARES Mentor-Recruitment Affiliates are operating in the following areas.
ALABAMA
Birmingham CARES
Montgomery CARES
ARKANSAS
Little Rock CARES*
Pine Bluff CARES
CALIFORNIA
Antelope Valley CARES
Los Angeles CARES
Oakland Bay Area CARES
Sacramento CARES
San Diego CARES
FLORIDA
Greater Orlando CARES
Northwest Florida CARES
South Florida CARES – Ft. Lauderdale
South Florida CARES –Miami Dade County
South Florida CARES – West Palm Beach
GEORGIA
Atlanta CARES
ILLINOIS
Waukegan – North Chicago CARES
Windy City CARES
LOUISIANA
NOLA (New Orleans) CARES*
MARYLAND
Baltimore CARES
MICHIGAN
Detroit CARES
MINNESOTA
Minneapolis CARES
MISSOURI
Kansas City Metro CARES
St. Louis CARES*
St. Louis Metro East CARES
NEBRASKA
Omaha CARES
NEW JERSEY
Greater Newark CARES
NEW YORK
Brooklyn CARES
Harlem CARES
Queens NYC CARES
NORTH CAROLINA
Charlotte CARES
Triad Region CARES – Greensboro
Triad Region CARES – High Point
Triad Region CARES – Winston-Salem
OHIO
Greater Cleveland CARES*
Southwest Ohio CARES – Cincinnati
Southwest Ohio CARES – Dayton
Southwest Ohio CARES - Middletown
PENNSYLVANIA
Pittsburgh CARES
Southeast Pennsylvania CARES – Philadelphia
Southeast Pennsylvania CARES – Montgomery County
SOUTH CAROLINA
Columbia S.C. CARES*
TENNESSEE
Memphis CARES
TEXAS
DFW (Dallas-Ft. Worth) CARES
Houston CARES*
San Antonio CARES
WASHINGTON
Seattle CARES
WASHINGTON, DC
National Capital Area CARES
You can invest in the life of a young person by becoming a mentor today. Take the first step by reaching out to one of our mentor recruitment affiliates.
If you do not see an affiliate in your area or if you have additional questions, contact La’Chaun D. Vire, Affiliate Relations Manager at lvire@caresmentoring.org or 202-341-2788.
Additionally, National CARES Mentoring Movement has partnered with MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership to connect people nationwide with opportunities to mentor in their communities. If there is no local recruitment affiliate near you, contact MENTOR by clicking here.
MENTOR is also the largest free online registry of mentoring organizations in the nation. If you know of a mentoring organization in your area that is working effectively with our children but is not registered, please encourage the director to contact www.mentoring.org/register.