JICHEKI mentorship: coaching that travels

JICHEKI began as a four-day classroom training. Two years on, the data is clear: trained competency fades without structured follow-up coaching. The 2026 design pairs every trained JICHEKI provider with a mentor for two structured visits per year.

Forty-eight mentor pairs were formed in 2026 across the six councils, with 240 mentorship visits completed by mid-year.

Competency retention assessments at twelve months post-training averaged 91 percent for mentored providers, compared with a previously measured 68 percent for unmentored providers.

The disclosure rate of intimate partner violence at JICHEKI-supported contacts has held steady at 17 to 19 percent — the early gains have not been lost.

Mentors are themselves senior JICHEKI practitioners with at least eighteen months of supervised practice. The mentor role is paid, time-bonded, and supervised — a quiet but essential cadre on which the model depends.