About Us
Our Focus...
6 One Foundation is developing a cognitive focus in psychology, centering on a child’s development of conceptual resources, information processing, language learning, and other aspects of brain and cognitive development. 6 One is an agency providing mentoring programs for middle and high school youth in the Washington D.C. area. The program will form partnerships with local school districts and the juvenile court system. 6 One Foundation’s goal is to foster a commitment to young people that will promote pro-social friendships, strong interpersonal skills, and reassert a sense of hope in the future. Only through personal relationships can a sense of individual responsibility be reestablished that will give youth the commitment to follow through on the path to adulthood with a sense of pride and accomplishment.
Founder & CEO...
Anthony P. Barnes, Founder & CEO of the 6 One Foundation. He is currently pursuing a Doctor of Philosophy in Counseling and Psychology with a concentration in Addition from Regent University. He has a Master of Science in Mental Health and Wellness degree from Grand Canyon University, with a Diploma in Psychology, a Diploma in Human Resources, and a Visual Arts degree from Fayetteville State University. The organization was founded in 2008. The nonprofit agency provides mentoring programs for middle and high school youth in the Washington D.C. area. Focusing on cognitive development in psychology, centering on a child’s development of conceptual resources, information processing, language learning, and other aspects of brain and cognitive development. The organization has mentoring programs that will pair youth with mentors for 6 months. During that time the two will participate in weekly planned activities to strengthen the relationship between two and improve the young person’s confidence and hopefulness. Mentors will receive continuous training throughout the year and will participate in monthly meetings to report the young person’s progress.
The mission of 6 One Foundation is to have a commitment of responsibility that creates possibility with all the support:
- Commitment: 6 One Foundation wants to inspire pro-social friendships, strong interpersonal skills, and instill a sense of hope in the future.
- Responsibility: The focus of the 6 One Foundation is to empower youth in establishing goals and following through on commitments.
- Possibility: 6 One Foundation wants to expand the perspective of young people to make them aware of life’s possibilities.
- Support: An individual is dramatically influenced by their support system. 6 One Foundation wants to surround young people in a caring, inclusive learning environment.
6 One Foundation is a program that is in direct response to the growing number of young people that are either falling through the cracks at school or are already entangled with the juvenile court system. Maternal depressive symptoms (MDS) can be conceived as sad mood or loss of pleasure alone with cognitive symptoms. Piaget’s theory of cognitive development tells us how a child forms a mental outlook of the world. He ignored the idea of intelligence as a trait and placed cognitive development as a biological maturation and mixture with the environment. Piaget focuses on the building and development of knowledge. That the experience is vital to learning. Individuals will gain knowledge from going back-and-forth between action and thought.
The goal of the program is to identify youths who are going to have a turbulent transition to adulthood and offer a positive support system to avoid the pitfalls that can derail their lives. The focus is slightly different at each level but the goal remains the same; empower the young person to make positive changes in his/her life.
Development Levels...
6 One Foundation is being established to provide mentoring for at youths in the Washington D.C. area. The program will create mentorships with the D.C. school districts, Medicaid youth recipients, special select individuals, and the juvenile court system. 6 One Foundation matches a caring adult volunteer with a referred youth. 6 One Foundation will setup Six distinct development programs:
- (One-One) Alpha Stage: (Green shirts 1-1) Alpha stage is the beginning program of 6 One Foundation. The At-risk students and their mentors participate in a structured program to welcome all students.
- (Two-One) Bravo Stage: (White shirts 2-1) The program allows each student to be honest with self.
- (Three-One) Gamma Stage: (Black shirts 3-1) The mentoring program will help students to be honest with other.
- (Four-One) Delt Stage: (Yellow shirts 4-1) The focus on amends. Helping move past what has cause the set back or down fall. The building stage of a new and improves person.
- (Five-One) Foxtrot Stage: (Blue shirt 5-1) Creating excellent and helping other without demand.
- (Six-One) LLOD (Last Line Of Development) Stage: (Red shirt 6-1) Learning how to be a leader. Bring others up and building a team of understanding. The final stage to transition out of the program.