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On Thursday, the LaGrange-Troup County Chamber of Commerce celebrated ELVTD Youth and Mentoring with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

ELVTD (pronounced “elevated”) mentors Pre-K through 12th grade kids along with their parents to enhance the success of children.

Unlike many mentoring groups, the ELVTD mentors both kids and adults because having good parents means likelier success for youth.

The non-profit meets twice a week on Wednesdays and Thursdays at the LaGrange Memorial Library on Alford Street in LaGrange starting at 5 p.m.

The goal of ELVTD Youth and Mentoring is to reduce socio-economic burdens within communities of at-risk youth. Their efforts help alleviate case management and financial burdens from the local and state juvenile justice departments and fill in the gaps in youth intervention, diversion and mentoring. 

“ELVTD Youth and Mentoring focuses on mentorship, relationship building, parenting support and classes and mental health counseling through evidence-based and trauma-informed curriculum; through these efforts, ELVTD Youth and Mentoring will also provide charitable works and events through free community resources, educational tools, social and life skills, and family-based interventions with emphasis on adults and children,” Dr. Nicholas Griffin said.

ELVTD focuses on five areas for youth: Literacy/Reading Comprehension (Emphasis on early childhood), STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics), Financial Literacy

Mental Health, Mentoring (Individual and Group setting) and Parental Areas of Emphasis

For parents, they work on Parenting Classes, Workforce Development, Financial Literacy, Mental Health and Mentoring (Individual and Group setting).

Regardless of need, ELVTD Youth and Mentoring serves all youth to engage, educate, empower and elevate all individuals. 

For more information on ELVTD Youth and Mentoring, contact Griffin at (706) 756-8539.