A CAYM certification indicates to families, churches, insurers, and your community that your organization is committed to conducting your work in a way that will safely and effectively strengthen youth, families, and your community. There are three levels of certification to support your youth mentoring ministry.
 

Organizations that complete our online training course will receive CAYM’s Bronze Certification. This certifies that:

• You have engaged with your community in designing a ministry that builds on community strengths and meets the needs of youth and their families.

• You have studied and implemented evidence-based best practices that ensure that your mentoring will be safe, effective, and sustainable.

• You are committed to applying what you have learned in a way that honors God and strengthens his church.

CAYM’s Silver Certification indicates to families, churches, insurers, and your community that your organization has made a deep investment in understanding your community and that your team is committed to conducting your work in a way that will safely and effectively strengthen youth, families, and your community. 

Organizations that complete our online training course will receive CAYM’s Silver Certification. This certifies that: 

• You have met with community stakeholders: youth, families, as well as church and community leaders to design a mentoring program that will connect generations and strengthen the community. 
• You have studied and implemented evidence-based best practices that ensure that your mentoring will be safe, effective, and sustainable.
• You are committed to applying what you have learned in a way that honors God and strengthens his church.

CAYM’s Gold Certification indicates to families, churches, insurers, and your community that your organization has made a deep investment in understanding your community and that your team 
is committed to conducting your work in a way that will safely and effectively strengthen youth, families, and your community.

Organizations that complete our online training course will receive CAYM’s Gold Certification. This certifies that: 

• You have met with community stakeholders: youth, families, as well as church and community leaders to design a mentoring program that will connect generations and strengthen the community. 
• You have studied and implemented evidence-based best practices that ensure that your mentoring will be safe, effective, and sustainable.
• You are committed to applying what you have learned in a way that honors God and strengthens his church. 
• Your ministry has gone through an onsite Quality Assurance review to certify that you are dedicated to protecting and strengthening children and families.