{"id":1545,"date":"2025-10-14T01:01:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T01:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/1545\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T01:01:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T01:01:06","slug":"central-texas-nonprofit-seeks-mentors-for-47-students-in-need-of-guidance-and-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/1545\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Texas nonprofit seeks mentors for 47 students in need of guidance and support"},"content":{"rendered":"

AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Central Texas nonprofit Seedling <\/a>says 47 local students are waiting to be matched with mentors, with the highest need in South Austin (Austin ISD) and Kyle (Hays CISD).<\/p>\n

The organization supports children who have a parent in jail or prison, a circumstance that can increase the risk of academic and behavioral challenges and often carries stigma.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen a child loses a parent to incarceration, they lose possibly the most significant person in their life,\u201d Seedling notes in its outreach.<\/p>\n

ALSO | From homeless to hope: Salvation Army Austin helps mother rebuild her life after prison<\/a><\/p>\n

Mentors meet students once a week at school, typically during lunch, for about 30 minutes while school is in session.<\/p>\n

To recruit new volunteers, Seedling will host virtual information sessions:<\/p>\n

Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, at 12 p.m.Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, at 12 p.m.Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, at 12 p.m.<\/p>\n

Prospective mentors can register for an info session by clicking here<\/a> and contacting Erica Flores with questions at eflores@seedlingmentors.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Central Texas nonprofit Seedling says 47 local students are waiting to be matched with mentors,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1546,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,2143,2141,2145,2140,2097,2144,1049,2142],"class_list":["post-1545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-central-texas","tag-guidance","tag-incarceration","tag-mentors","tag-nonprofit","tag-seedling","tag-students","tag-support"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}