North Carolina MENTOR was established in 1993 to provide community-based care for at-risk youth in the state. Today, North Carolina MENTOR serves hundreds of at-risk youth and children and adults with developmental disabilities across the state.

North Carolina MENTOR's children’s services include:

• Therapeutic foster care;
• Community support services;
• Case management;
• Outpatient therapy; and
• Day Treatment and special summer camping  programs.

North Carolina MENTOR's services for people with developmental disabilities include:

• Residential supports provided through host homes (AFL homes);
• Home and community supports provided through CAP-MR/DD and Medicaid periodic services funding; and
• Specialized services for persons with multiple developmental disabilties and mental illnesses.

North Carolina MENTOR is a partner of The MENTOR Network, a national network of local human services providers offering an array of quality services to adults and children with developmental disabilities or acquired bran injury and to children and adolescents with emotional, behavioral or medically complex challenges as well as their families. 

North Carolina MENTOR is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF).