RESOURCES FOR PROGRAMS

FOR PROGRAMS

Writing a grant? Building a business case? Designing a training? Need to learn more about mentoring competency? Explore these links to resources for Youth Development, Mentoring Impact, Mentoring Best Practices, and more!

YOUTH DEVELOPMENT

LGBTQ

Mentoring Tactics: Mentoring Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Youth

LGBTQ+ Supplement to Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring

UNDERSERVED YOUTH

Defining Youth at Risk

The Role of Risk: Mentoring Experiences and Outcomes for Youth with Varying Risk Profiles

Do Youth Mentoring Programs Change the Perspectives and Improve the life opportunities of at risk youth?

Supporting Young People in the Wake of Violence and Trauma

Positive Support: Mentoring and Depression Among High-Risk Youth

Youth Initiated Mentoring: Investigating a new approach to working with vulnerable adolescents

Guide to Mentoring Boys and Young Men of Color-MBK and MENTOR

The Need for Mentoring Youth with Disabilities

Youth Development

MENTORING IMPACT

Mentoring: A Promising Strategy for Youth Development

The Value in Mentoring our Youth

Evaluation of the DYCD YMI Cornerstone Mentoring

Mentoring: At the Crossroads for Education, Business and Community

DROPOUT RATES

Graduation Rates in New York State hits a new high 79.4%

CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM

What is Chronic Absence

Preventing Missed Opportunity: Taking Collective Action to Confront Chronic Absence

RISK BEHAVIORS

The Use of Mentoring Programs to Improve Energy Balance Behaviors in High Risk Children

Mentoring Impact

Mentoring Best Practices

MENTORING BEST PRACTICES

RECRUITMENT

The Importance of effective recruitment and selection

SCREENING

Screening mentors, you may have to say no

TRAINING

Readiness Matter – The importance and Impact of Mentor Training

MATCHING

Matching by Race and Gender in Mentoring Relationships: Keeping Our Eyes on the Prize

Validating a Mentoring Relationship Quality Scale: Does Match Strength Predict Match Length?

The Influence of same versus cross-gender matching in formal youth mentoring programs

MANAGEMENT

“Mentoring Up”: Learning to Manage Your Mentoring Relationships

Managing Mentoring Challenges (Tip sheet)

RETENTION

More Than Saying "Thank You": Comprehension Approaches to Mentor Retention

Top 8 Ways to Show Volunteer Appreciation

MATCH CLOSURE

"They always come, and they never say goodbye" Understanding Healthy Closure in Youth Mentoring

Additiona Resources

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Developing Youth Through a Growth Mindset

Closing the Academic Achievement Gap for African American Boys

Invisible Students Bridging the Widest Achievement Gaps

Closing the Opportunity Gap: Driving School Success

Mentors: How to Maximize Mentoring Success

Mentoring Millennials

What The Best Mentors Do

MENTORING YOUTH WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED TRAUMA

A New Lens for Mentoring: Trauma Informed Care