Governors Prevention Partnership

RESOURCES

FOR MENTORS
The following information is from Dr. Susan Weinberger's new book Preparing My Mentor For Me. Click on the links below for helpful tips and information on the following areas:

How Do I Know I AM Making Progress With My Mentee?

What Will We Do Each Week?

Setting Goals With Your Mentee

Establishing a New Relationship

Conversation Starters

Developing Trust

Check out the Developmental Assets and try to build these strengths in your mentee.

Unique Strengths, Shared Strengths: Developmental Assets Among Youth of Color

The 40 Developmental Assets for Adolescents

The 40 Developmental Assets for Middle Childhood

The 40 Developmental Assets for Early Childhood

MEDIA TOOLKIT
Publicizing the positive impacts of mentoring on the lives of mentors and mentees alike can inspire others to become mentors themselves. Use the following customizable media tools to increase awareness about the importance of your work through radio, print, television and electronic media.

Media Relations Tips

Suggested Activities for Recruitment

Suggested Q & A

Sample Press Release

Sample Letter to the Editor

Sample Op-Ed

Sample Proclamation
*Check back for updated information and tips.

SPECIALIZED RECRUITMENT

The recruitment tools in The Governor's Prevention Partnership packet will help your program deliver male mentors to the doorsteps of young people who need them. Tools include: Recruiting Male Mentors: A Guide to Best Practices; The Connecticut Mentoring Partnership: Our Mission; Mentoring in Connecticut: The Facts; Suggestions for Connections; and the "He Needs You" Brochure Order Form.

MAN UP: Recruiting & Retaining African-American Male Mentors, a report by David Miller of the Urban League Institute (Baltimore, Md.), aims to engage African-American men in the youth mentoring movement. The report spotlights male perspectives on mentoring and gives recommendations on recruitment, retention and program development.

Recruiting Male Volunteers: A Guide Based on Exploratory Research

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

Public/Private Ventures - School-Based Mentoring: A Closer Look by Carla Herrera, December 2004

Mentoring Immigrant and Refugee Youth Toolkit for Program Coordinators
This toolkit includes skills needed to design, plan, manage, operate and evaluate programming specifically for immigrant youth in your area. Each chapter has a series of "ready-to-use" tools, templates and training exercises.

Improving Corporate Return on Investment through Youth Mentoring brochure is now available! We have limited supplies - please call Josefina Murray at (860) 523.8042 ext. 55 to request your copy today!

Public/Private Ventures Releases New Report: High School Students as Mentors
Findings from this study exemplify the challenges social programs face as they try to serve more youth. When a program model changes--for example, using a different group of volunteers--it is important to consider how the program's impacts might also change, and what program modifications might be needed to ensure continued benefits. Evaluation research, like this study, can provide programs with up-to-date knowledge about how to shape their practices to ensure success in an ever-growing and changing field.

Mentoring Children of Prisoners: Caregiver's Choice
Mentoring programs working with children of incarcerated parents, and caregivers of children (ages 4 to 18 with a parent in federal or state prison) are eligible to apply for $1,000 vouchers for mentoring services.

The Big Brothers Big Sisters School-Based Mentoring Impact Study
Serving almost 870,000 youth nationwide, school-based mentoring is one of the fastest growing forms of mentoring in the U.S. today. This executive summary highlights nine key findings from the full report and outlines several recommendations for policy and practice.