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A Framework for Supporting and Strengthening OJJDP Mentoring Programs
Mentoring has a long history and exists in many cultures and commun
Building Staff Capacity, Cultural and Linguistic Competence, Implementing Evidence Based Models, Program Design & Management, Program Outcomes
Above the Influence Activities Toolkit
http://www.theantidrug.com/resources/pdfs/ATI_InfluenceProje...
This resource from the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign is designed to help youth group leaders develop strategies and tactics to address issues of influence, peer...
Match Support, Mentor Training, Program Design & Management
Assessment for Mentoring Programs Integrated into a Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative
This TCAM tool outlines a process for Safe Schools/Healthy Students mentoring programs to assess implementation and identify priorities for building program capacity.
Building Staff Capacity, Cultural and Linguistic Competence, Evaluation, Implementing Evidence Based Models, Match Closure, Match Support, Mentee Training, Mentor Recruitment and Screening, Mentor Training, Partnership/Collaboration Building, Program Design & Management, Program Outcomes, Program Sustainability, Youth recruitment
Asset Mapping Action Plan
One of the most important parts of asset mapping is to make sure that there is follow up and accountability with potential partners. The Asset Mapping Action Plan allows you...
Partnership/Collaboration Building, Program Design & Management, Program Sustainability
Best Practices for Mentoring Programs
http://www.emt.org/userfiles/BestPractices.pdf
In an effort to build on the knowledge of what works in mentoring programs, The Evaluation, Management and Training (EMT) Group interviewed 50 mentor program managers throughout...
Building Staff Capacity, Program Design & Management
Bringing Closure to Mentoring Relationships
All mentor-mentee relationships come to an end. How can mentoring program staff support mentor-mentee relationships so that they are more likely to end as scheduled, and end...
Building Staff Capacity, Match Closure, Match Support, Program Design & Management
Creating a Menu of Options for Partners
This sample menu of options identifies ways partners can support you, and what you can offer in return. Having a Menu of Options both for your partners, as well as for your...
Program Design & Management, Program Sustainability
Diversity and Inclusion in Youth Development: What We Can Learn from Marginalized Young People
http://data.memberclicks.com/site/nae4a/JYD_110603final.pdf
The authors offer key insights as well as strategies relevant for diversity and inclusion for youth development programs.
Cultural and Linguistic Competence, Program Design & Management
Effective Strategies for Providing Quality Youth Mentoring in Schools and Communities: Generic Mentoring Program Policy and Procedure Manual
http://educationnorthwest.org/webfm_send/174
This resource, from Education Northwest, is one part of a series designed to give practitioners tools and ideas that they can use to build quality mentoring programs.
Match Closure, Match Support, Mentee Training, Mentor Recruitment and Screening, Mentor Training, Program Design & Management
Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring Overview Webinar
http://www.mentoring.org/ext/EEP_Webinars/2010-03-08_EEP_Web...
This webinar provided an overview of the third edition of MENTOR's Elements of Effective Practice, highlighting the research and studies that underpin the benchmarks. Featured...
Program Design & Management
Elements of Effective Practice, 3rd Edition
http://www.mentoring.org/find_resources/elements_of_effectiv...
This publication from MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership outlines six evidence-based standards addressing mentor and mentee recruitment; screening; training; matching;...
Program Design & Management
Engaging Parents and Caregivers in Mentoring Programs
Everyone benefits when mentoring programs engage mentees’ parents and caregivers—youth, mentors, and the program as a whole.
Building Staff Capacity, Cultural and Linguistic Competence, Match Support, Program Design & Management
Evaluating Mentoring Programs
http://www.issuelab.org/resource/evaluating_mentoring_progra...
This methodological brief from Public/Private Ventures is designed to provide both program operators and researchers with practical advice about how to assess a program's...
Evaluation, Program Design & Management, Program Outcomes
Evidence-based Practice: Branded Program vs. Local Programs
Research findings continue to affirm the effectiveness and positive impact of “evidence-based programs” (EBPs).
Implementing Evidence Based Models, Program Design & Management
Find Youth Info Web site
http://www.findyouthinfo.gov
A group of 12 federal departments and agencies have unveiled a new Web site, FindYouthInfo.gov, to help community organizations find resources and tools to support youth efforts....
Grant Management, Program Design & Management
Going the Distance: A Guide to Building Lasting Relationships in Mentoring Programs
http://educationnorthwest.org/webfm_send/166
Going the Distance is designed to help mentoring program coordinators design the systems, activities, and services that will give your matches the support they need to thrive long...
Match Support, Program Design & Management
Group Mentoring: A Study of Mentoring Groups in Three Programs
http://www.issuelab.org/resource/group_mentoring_a_study_of_...
Public/Private Ventures, in collaboration with The National Mentoring Partnership, has made a preliminary examination of three innovative group mentoring programs and has drawn on...
Program Design & Management
Identifying Your Resource & Partnership Needs
This form helps programs determine and prioritize partnership and resource needs.
Partnership/Collaboration Building, Program Design & Management, Program Sustainability
Instructions for Asset Mapping Exercise
This document provides instructions on how to facilitate an Asset Mapping Activity with your staff, board, and volunteers to identify community resources and partners.
Partnership/Collaboration Building, Program Design & Management
Key Learnings from Mentoring Research and Implications for Practice
Key Learnings from Mentoring Research and Implications for Practice examines 11 critical questions that have been explored by leading researchers, with the goal of offerin
Building Staff Capacity, Cultural and Linguistic Competence, Evaluation, Foster Care, Gang Prevention and Intervention, Implementing Evidence Based Models, Juvenile Justice and Re-entry, Match Support, Mentor Recruitment and Screening, Mentor Training, Program Design & Management, Program Outcomes, Program Sustainability, Youth recruitment