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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
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
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
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
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
Match Support Timeline
This resource tool outlines the various points in the match process, from introduction through closure, to help programs ensure high quality match support. Developed by...
Building Staff Capacity, Implementing Evidence Based Models, Match Closure, Match Support, Program Design & Management
Mentoring Program Assessment
This TCAM tool outlines a process for 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
Partnerships for Mentoring High-Need Youth
High-need youth, such as those involved in the juvenile justice or foster care system, typically face many challenges that mentoring programs cannot address on their own.
Building Staff Capacity, Foster Care, Gang Prevention and Intervention, Juvenile Justice and Re-entry, Partnership/Collaboration Building, Program Sustainability
Staff Development
http://mentoring.org/start_a_program/management/staff_develo...
This web page from MENTOR includes infromation on how to create a professional staff development plan to ensure that staff are supported to do their job, apprised of the...
Building Staff Capacity
Strengthening Mentoring Programs Curriculum, Module 4: Forming and Maintaining Partnerships
http://educationnorthwest.org/webfm_send/225
This module from Education Northwest explores effective stategies for developing and nurturing partnerships that contribute to fulfilling their program mission and goals.
Building Staff Capacity, Partnership/Collaboration Building
The Evolving Role of Youth Workers
http://data.memberclicks.com/site/nae4a/JYD_110603final.pdf
This article from the Journal of Youth Development provides an historical background of youth workers, an understanding of the youth development field and the role of...
Building Staff Capacity
What Mentoring Professionals Need to Know About Risk, Need, and Responsivity in the Juvenile Justice Arena
The Risk-Need-Responsivity model was originally develop
Building Staff Capacity, Gang Prevention and Intervention, Juvenile Justice and Re-entry, Match Support, Program Design & Management
What Mentoring Professionals Need to Know About the Balanced and Restorative Justice Model
The Balanced and Restorative Justice model is a philosophical approach to juvenile justice.
Building Staff Capacity, Gang Prevention and Intervention, Juvenile Justice and Re-entry, Match Support, Program Design & Management