Orphan Care Alliance, Life Coaching Program appreciates your interest in said applicant participating in our mentor program. As parent/legal guardian of the above-named youth, this form is intended as a means of informing and gaining your consent for your child/young person to participate in the OCA Life Coaching Mentor Program
By signing below, I give permission to be involved in OCA’s Mentoring Program. I understand that my child/client will be participating in life skill trainings, education, recreation, social and mentor/mentee activities and outings. I understand that my child/client will be spending time with their matched mentor and approve this ongoing “visitation” with their mentor. (OCA screens all mentors through, interviews, references, background checks, and training.)
I also understand that if my child/client does not follow program guidelines that it may jeopardize their participation in the program and may result in termination of the mentoring relationship. I hereby acknowledge that my child/client will be transported by his/her mentor and/or mentor staff while participating in the Life Coaching Program, and that such transportation is voluntary and at his/her own risk. I release Orphan Care Alliance and its staff and volunteers of all liability of injury, death, or other damages that may result from participation in the program, including but not limited to transportation, and hold harmless any Orphan Care Alliance mentor, program staff, or other representatives, both collectively or individually, of any injury, physical or emotional, other than where gross negligence has been determined.