"I want to show people that it doesn't matter where you come from, but if you have someone to help you, you can really achieve anything you want."
That was one of the testimonies Thursday at the Massachusetts State House in support of the state's mentoring program, which aims to help at-risk youth, reports 22News.
The Mass Mentoring Partnership is asking state lawmakers to approve $1.8 million in funding for its 2025 budget, which would increase the number of mentor matches and reduce the number of youth on a wait list, per CBS Boston.
" mentorship is an important intervention that can help fill that gap," says the program's executive director.
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