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CONNECTICUT MENTORING PARTNERSHIP

In Connecticut, there are more than 160,000 children (25 percent of Connecticut youth) that have life situations that place them at risk for personal and academic failure.  These situations include poverty, inadequate early childhood experiences and preparation for school, family drug use, violence, involvement in the criminal justice system, and lack of access to needed social and mental health services, among others. 

Children who have ongoing relationships with caring adults are more likely to avoid alcohol or other drugs, stay in school and get good grades, have a better self-image and have better relationships with their families and friends.  Many more mentors, especially men and minorities, are needed.

Since its inception, CMP has:  

  • Created over 300 new mentoring programs
  • Established a state-wide and a specialized male mentor recruitment campaign
  • Created a 1.877.CT.MENTOR referral line
  • Initiated the Mentor Training Institute
  • Established quality standards and formed Regional Mentoring Networks

UPCOMING EVENTS

The Connecticut Mentoring Partnership will host a Regional Roundtable for mentor program coordinators from 10:00 a.m. to noon, Tuesday, May 6 at the Burroughs Community Center, 2740 Fairfield Avenue in Bridgeport, Conn.  The meeting will bring together mentoring program providers to identify and discuss common issues, exchange views and promote common interests in mentoring throughout the state. 

To register, contact Josefina Murray at 860.523.8042, ext. 55.
 


 

MENTORING
For every dollar invested in a high-quality mentoring program using trained community volunteers in Connecticut, $3.28  could be saved in the avoidance of crime, school failure, child abuse, substance and other costly negative outcomes. 

A Children's Stock Portfolio: One Smart Investment - Released April 2007