www.mentoring.

org MENTOR helps children by providing a public voice, developing and delivering resources to mentoring programs nationwide and promoting quality for mentoring through standards, cutting-edge research and state of the art tools.

http://www.umbmentoring.org/ The Center is guided by several goals:

Help train the next generation of youth mentoring researchers Refine, advance, and create support tools to improve the practice of youth mentoring; Convene leaders to capitalize on research findings and expand the fields intellectual reach

Chronicle.umbmentoring.org Research on all things mentoring and related fields

http://educationnorthwest.org/nmc Since 1998, Education Northwests National Mentoring Center has provided training, technical assistance, research, and consultation to youth mentoring initiatives and programs throughout the United States. We specialize in supporting the design and implementation of large-scale mentoring efforts, focusing on training and other professional development opportunities for program staff. We have produced program manuals, evaluation tools, and other materials to support program implementation.

http://gwired.gwu.edu/hamfish/AboutUs What distinguishes the Institutes work from others is its scientifically-based, cross-survey epidemiology, cross-site evaluation approach and its employment of rigorous techniques to account for biases introduced in individual studies.

Full Program Resources 110-page Program book http://educationnorthwest.org/webfm_send/180 How to Build a Successful Mentoring Program Using the Elements of Effective PracticeTM 2005 - http://www.mentoring.org/downloads/mentoring_413.pdf Policy & Procedure Manual http://educationnorthwest.org/webfm_send/174

Standards, Benchmarks and Enhancements to reference while creating your program http://www.mentoring.org/downloads/mentoring_1222.pdf Checklist - http://www.mentoring.org/downloads/mentoring_1225.pdf Council on Accreditation - http://coastandards.org/standards.php?navView=private&section_id=57

Staff Preparation and Education Research - http://www.mentoring.org/news_and_research/research_and_studies

Mentor Recruitment Mentor Recruitment Resources - http://educationnorthwest.org/resource/361 Register your program to recruit mentors - http://www.mentoring.org/newyork/index.php/look-for-amentor Minority Recruitment - http://www.promoteprevent.org/publications/prevention-briefs/recruiting-andretaining-mentors

Mentor/Mentee Resources Mentor/Mentee Training & Relationship Support Resources Website http://educationnorthwest.org/resource/364 Mentor/Mentee recruitment package: Checklist

Mentor Blog- http://chronicle.umbmentoring.org/category/expert-corner/ Mentor Screening Recommendations: http://www.friendsforyouth.org/files/MIpdfs/MentorScreening_RecommendedSteps.pdf

Training Curriculum Resources Training Foundation - http://gwired.gwu.edu/hamfish/merlincgi/p/downloadFile/d/20697/n/off/other/1/name/trainingpdf/ Training Mentors Intro - http://educationnorthwest.org/webfm_send/229 Building Relationships - http://gwired.gwu.edu/hamfish/merlincgi/p/downloadFile/d/20698/n/off/other/1/name/building_relationshipspdf/ Communication & Trust - http://educationnorthwest.org/webfm_send/230

Staff Development Future Trainings - http://www.mentoring.org/program_resources/training_and_events/

Program Specific Resources School Programs http://gwired.gwu.edu/hamfish/Publications/Guides/ School-based Resources - http://educationnorthwest.org/resource/647 Incorporating Academics - http://educationnorthwest.org/webfm_send/205 Special Populations - http://educationnorthwest.org/resource/652 Mentoring Immigrant & Refugee Youth - http://www.mentoring.org/downloads/mentoring_1197.pdf

Financial Resources Program Sustainability Resources - http://educationnorthwest.org/resource/365 http://gwired.gwu.edu/hamfish/merlincgi/p/downloadFile/d/20703/n/off/other/1/name/sustainabilitypdf/

Program Evaluation Youth Mentoring Evaluation Resources - http://educationnorthwest.org/resource/650

Partnerships State level - http://www.mentoring.org/about_mentor/mentoring_partnerships

Customizable Template for policies and procedures http://gwired.gwu.edu/hamfish/merlincgi/p/downloadFile/d/20702/n/off/other/1/name/policy_TEMPLATEdoc/

Tools http://www.mentoring.org/program_resources/elements_and_toolkits/tool_kit/design/ http://www.mentoring.org/program_resources/elements_and_toolkits/tool_kit/management/ http://www.mentoring.org/program_resources/elements_and_toolkits/operations/ http://www.mentoring.org/program_resources/elements_and_toolkits/tool_kit/eval/

Report on mentoring 2009 Snapshot of Mentoring - http://educationnorthwest.org/webfm_send/237 Federally Funded Programs - https://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL34306.pdf 2006 Social Policy Report - http://www.rhodeslab.org/files/Rhodes2.spr.pdf

Value of Mentoring http://www.mentoring.org/about_mentor/value_of_mentoring/ http://www.kiwaniskids.org/en/Kiwanis_Kids/Serve/Mentoring/Positive_impact_of_mentoring.aspx http://www.childtrends.org/Files/MentoringBrief2002.pdf

Risk Management www.mentoring.org/downloads/mentoring_485.doc http://www.iyi.org/resources/mentor/pdf/Insurance%20Basics%20for%20Mentoring%20Programs.pdf http://www.scribd.com/doc/130555767/Role-of-Risk