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Mentoring Resources from MENTOR and other organizations working to make mentoring available to youths worldwide.

Collaboration

Strengthening Sustaining Relationships Between Schools and Youth Development Organizations (PDF). Sponsored by National Collaboration for Youth, Coalition for Community Schools, and Institute for Educational Leadership.

The Community Toolbox, University of Kansas

Using CDBG to Support Community-Based Youth Programs (PDF). Published by The Finance Project, January 2008.

Evaluation

2002 National Mentoring Poll, MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership

An Evaluation Study of Mentoring Programs in Connecticut, The Governor's Prevention Partnership

Articles on Volunteer Program Evaluation and Assessment, Energize, Inc.

Basic Guide to Program Evaluation, Management Library

Crossing the Tracks: Building Relationships Across Socioeconomic Differences (PDF). Author: Barbara E. Webster. Published by The EMT Group, 2000.

Data Collection for Program Evaluation, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs): What Are They, And Why Are They Important? (PDF). Published by The Atlantic Philanthropies, February 2008.

Measuring the Quality of Mentor Youth Relationships (PDF). Author: Public/Private Ventures. Published by Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, August 2002.

Mentor Group - Time to Evaluate, The Mentoring Group

Mentoring in America 2005: A Snapshot of the Current State of Mentoring, National Mentoring Poll, MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership

National Cross-Site Evaluation of High-Risk Youth Programs, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Online Evaluation Resource Library, Online Evaluation Resource Library

Outcome Measurement in Nonprofit Organizations (PDF). Authors: Elaine Morley, Elisa Vinson, Harry P. Hatry. Published by Independent Sector and The Urban Institute, 2001.

Quasi-Experimental Evaluations (PDF). Published by The Atlantic Philanthropies, January 2008.

Random Assignment Evaluation Studies (PDF). Published by The Atlantic Philanthropies, January 2008.

The America Learns Network, America Learns

Volunteer Program Evaluation Series, Volunteer Program Evaluations Series

Finances (General)

FAQs on Nonprofit Accounting, idealist.org

FAQs on Nonprofit Audits, idealist.org

FAQs on Nonprofit Budget & Finance, idealist.org

Managing Your Organization's Finances, Management Sciences For Health

State Filings for Nonprofits, USA.gov

What's Involved in Financial Managment? idealist.org

Fundraising

A Guide to Federal Sources for Out-of-School Time and Community School Initiatives, The Finance Project

Compass Point Resource Directory, CompassPoint Nonprofit Services

Council on Foundations, Council on Foundations

Don Griesmann's Grant Opportunities, Charity Channel, LLC.

Finding Resources to Support Mentoring Programs and Services for Youth (PDF). Published by The Finance Project, January 2008.

Funding for Grassroots, Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training

Fund-Raising Forum Library, Tony Poderis

Grants and Funding: Raising Money through Volunteer Labor, Energize, Inc.

Grants and Funding: TGCI, The Grantsmanship Center

Grants for Nonprofits--Children and Youth, Michigan State University Libaries

Grants Web, SRA International

Show us the Money! Fundraising for Mentoring Programs (PDF). Author: Barbara E. Webster. Published by The EMT Group.

Sustainability Planning and Resource Development for Youth Mentoring Programs (PDF). Published by The Hamilton Fish Institute on School and Community Violence and The National Mentoring Center at Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory; Revised September 2007.

The Foundation Center

Useful Web links for Grant Writers, Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries

Writing a Mentoring Proposal, The Mentoring Group

Youth Development Funding Resources, National Collaboration for Youth

Youth Service America Awards and Grants, Youth Service America

Marketing

Marketing for the Recruitment of Mentors: A Guide to Finding and Attracting Volunteers (PDF). Author: Linda Ballasy. Published by Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, November 2004.

Matching

Creating and Sustaining a Winning Match (PDF). Authors: Dustianne North and Jerry Sherk. Published by The EMT Group.

Mentoring and Diversity, The Mentoring Group

Same Race and Cross Race Matching (PDF). Author: Public/Private Ventures. Published by Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, May 2002.

Match Activities

A Year's Worth of Mentoring Activities, North Carolina Commission on Volunteerism & Community Service

Activity Ideas For Online Mentors And Mentees, The University of Texas at Austin

College Tool Kit, Connect for Kids

Cyberbullying Prevention Tools, Mind OH!

Mentoring Resource Center FACT SHEET: Engaging Matches in Volunteer Service (PDF). Published by U.S. Department of Education Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, January 2008.

Match Closure

Avoiding Early Match Termination (PDF). Published by The EMT Group, July 2007.

Mentoring Relationships: Seven Tips For Coming To Closure, Leadership Development Services, LLC.

Match Support and Supervision

Providing Summertime Contact in School-Based Mentoring Programs, Corporation for National & Community Service.

Supporting Mentors. (PDF). Author: Public/Private Ventures. Published by Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, June 2001.

Policies and Procedures

Generic Mentoring Program Policy and Procedure Manual (PDF). Published by The Hamilton Fish Institute on School and Community Violence and The National Mentoring Center at Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory; Revised September 2007. (Download the Customizable Template in Word format.)

How to Develop an Operations Manual for your Mentoring Program (PDF). Author: Jerry Sherk. Published by The EMT Group.

Recruitment

Beyond Recruitment: An Online Workshop About Recruitment & Maintaining Volunteers, Beyond Recruitment

Changing Work Patterns, Energize, Inc.

Decide Needed Roles and Set Recruitment Goals, Energize, Inc.

Effective Mentor Recruitment: Getting Organized, Getting Results (PDF).Michael Garringer. Published by Mentoring Resource Center in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools.

Finding Daytime Volunteers, Energize, Inc.

Making the Most of Volunteers (PDF). Authors: Jean Baldwin Grossman and Kathryn Furano. Published by Public/Private Ventures, July 2002

Marketing for the Recruitment of Mentors: A Guide to Finding and Attracting Volunteers (PDF). Author: Linda Ballasy. Published by Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, November 2004.

Mentor Recruitment Postcards, U.S. Department of Education Mentoring Resource Center

Mobile Volunteers, Energize, Inc.

Online Volunteer Resources, ServiceLeader.org

Recruiting Male Volunteers: A Basic Guide on Exploratory Research (PDF). Author: Stephanie T. Blackman. Published by Corporation for National Service, July 1999.

Recruitment Insights (PDF). Author: Public/Private Ventures. February 2001.

Recruitment Maxims, Energize, Inc.

Recruitment Tips for a Mentoring Program, University of Minnesota

Targeted Mentoring Recruitment (PDF). A Manual.

The Virtual Volunteering Guidebook, ServiceLeader.org

Volunteer Recruitment Campaigns, National CASA Association

Volunteer Recruitment: Tips from the Field, ServiceLeader.org

Your Circle of Resources, Energize, Inc.

Research

Mentoring, Policy and Politics (PDF). Author: Gary Walker. Published by Public/Private Ventures, October 2007.

Research Corner, MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership.

Research in Action Series, MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership.

Resources and Studies, MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership.

Risk Management

Helping Nonprofits through Difficult Times, Insurance Journal

Mentoring Essentials: Risk Management for Mentoring Programs (PDF). Authors: Dustianne North & Jerry Sherk. Published by The EMT Group, June 2002.

Nonprofit Risk Management Center Publications, Nonprofit Risk Management Center

Risk Management Brief: Federal Law Protects Nonprofit Volunteers, Energize, Inc.

Risk Management: Risk Management FAQs from Alliance for Nonprofit Management, Alliance for Nonprofit Management

Understanding the Volunteer Protection Act, Public Entity Risk Institute

Volunteer Protection Act of 1997, Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York

Volunteer Risk Management Tutorial, Nonprofit Risk Management Center

Volunteering Is Inherently Risky, Energize, Inc.

Screening/Background Checks

Barriers to Preventing Abuse, Energize, Inc.

Checking Criminal Histories: Considerations Before You Begin, Nonprofit Risk Management Center

Child Sexual Abuse Risk Exposure Matrix (PDF). Published by National Collaboration for Youth.

National Sex Offender Registry Search Engine, Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website

SAFE (Screening Applicants for Effectiveness), Friends for Youth

SafetyNET Background Check Service, MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership.

Screening Volunteers (PDF). A Manual.

The U.S. Department of Education Mentoring Program's Guide to Screening and Background Checks (PDF). Authors: Barbara Oliver and Patti MacRae. Published by Mentoring Resource Center in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, rev. September 2006.

Volunteer Screening Excerpt from "Running a Safe and Effective Mentoring Program" (PDF). Authors: Elsy Arévalo and Rebecca Cooper. Published by Friends for Youth Mentoring Institute, 2002.

Staff Development

Basic Management Skills, Gerard M Blair, The University of Edinburgh.

Human Resources: Managing and Developing Your Most Important Asset, Management Sciences For Health.

One Step Further: Volunteer Services and Agency-wide Education by Susan J. Ellis, Energize, Inc.

Recognition and Reward for Youth Development Workers (PDF). Published by National Youth Development Learning Network, July 2006.

WINGS Listen Lab, WINGS for kids.

Starting A Program

Foundations of Successful Youth Mentoring: A Guidebook for Program Development (PDF). Published by The Hamilton Fish Institute on School and Community Violence and The National Mentoring Center at Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, September 2007.

Guide For Building a Sustainable Mentoring Program (PDF). Authors: Patti MacRae and Dennis Wakeland. Published by the Mentoring Resource Center, 2006.

Mentoring Program Development: a Start-up Toolkit (PDF). Author: Mark Fulop. Published by National Mentoring Center, 2003.

Starting a Mentoring Program (PDF). Authors: Dustianne North, Jerry Sherk, and Judy Strother. Published by The EMT Group.

The Elements of Effective Practice, 2nd Edition, 2003, MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership

The Elements of Effective Practice ToolKit, 2005, MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership

Yes, You Can: A Guide for Establishing Mentoring Programs to Prepare Youth for College (PDF). Author: Andrew Lauland. Published by U.S. Department of Education, October 1998.

Training

Building Relationships: A Guide for New Mentors (PDF). Published by The Hamilton Fish Institute on School and Community Violence and The National Mentoring Center at Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, September 2007.

Designing and Customizing Mentor Training (PDF). Author: Elsy Arévalo. Published by Center for Applied Research Solutions, Inc. for the California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs, June 2004.

EMT Online University

Evaluation Management Training -- The Youth Development Approach: Looking for What's Right With Adolescents (PDF). Published by The EMT Group, 1998.

Foster Youth Mentorship Training for Program Managers (PDF). Authors: Dustianne North and Brenda Ingram. Published by The EMT Group.

Guide to Help Prepare Participants for Mentoring (PDF). Authors: Amy Cannata, Michael Garringer, Judy Taylor, and Elsy Arvalo. Published by Mentoring Resource Center in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, 2006.

Guide to Mentoring for Parents and Guardians: Customizable Word Template | How to Use the Template. Authors: Patti MacRae and Michael Garringer. Published by U.S. Department of Education, Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, 2006.

Learn to Mentor Toolkit (PDF). Published by MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership.

Mentor Guide for People Working With Children of Promise, McGruff Bookshelf

Mentor Trainer's Manual, MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership

Orient and Train Mentors, Serviceleader.org

Preparing Parents for the Mentoring Journey, Corporation for National & Community Service

The Cyberbullying Toolkit for Tutors and Mentors, America Learns

Training New Mentees: A Manual For Preparing Youth in Mentoring Programs (PDF). Author: Judy Strother Taylor. Published by National Mentoring Center, 2003.

Training New Mentors (PDF). Published by The Hamilton Fish Institute on School and Community Violence and The National Mentoring Center at Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, September 2007.

Questions Frequently Asked by Mentors, The Mentoring Group

Volunteer Recognition and Retention

askNCVO - Volunteer Management, NCVO

National Volunteer Week Ideas! Energize, Inc.

Online Discussion Groups and E-Mail Lists for Volunteer Managers, Serviceleader.org

Recruitment and Retention,VolunteerToday.com

Technology and Volunteer Management, Energize, Inc.

The Volunteer Application Form, Energize, Inc.

Volunteer Recognition, Energize, Inc.

Volunteer Supervision and Evaluation, National CASA Association

Youth Development Resources

A Framework for Resource Development Planning: Building a Sustainable Mentoring Program (PDF). Published by Mentoring Resource Center, February 2007.

HandsOnScotland: A Toolkit of helpful responses to encourage children and young people's emotional wellbeing by HeadsUpScotland.

Making a Difference in the Lives of Youth, National Youth Development Information Center

Mentoring Resource Center FACT SHEET: Gender-Specific Approaches to Mentoring (PDF). Published by U.S. Department of Education Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, June 2007.

Understanding the Youth Development Model (PDF). Published by Mentoring Resource Center, January 2007.

Special Youth Populations

Mentoring Gang Members (PDF). Published by The EMT Group.

The Pew Commission on Children in Foster Care

Children of Incarcerated Parents

Amachi in Brief, P/PV (PDF). Author: Chelsea Farley. Published by Public/Private Ventures, February 2004.

Amachi: Mentoring Children of Prisoners in Philadelphia, P/PV (PDF). Published by Public/Private Ventures, June 2003.

Building from the Ground Up: Creating Effective Programs to Mentor Children of Prisoners (PDF). Published by Public/Private Ventures, July 2005.

Family & Corrections Network National Resource Center on Children and Families of the Incarcerated

Mentoring Children of Prisoners Bibliography, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Mentoring Children of Prisoners: Caregiver's Choice, MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership.

Mentoring Formerly Incarcerated Adults: Insights From the Ready4Work Reentry Initiative (PDF). Authors: ShawnBauldry, Danijela Korom Djakovic, Laurie Kotloff, Wendy S. McClanahan, and Jennifer McMaken. Published by Public/Private Ventures, January 2009.

Supporting Families With Incarcerated Parents: Strengthening Families (PDF). Published by Family Strengthening Policy Center (FSPC), National Human Services Assembly.

Foster Children

AFC Mentoring / Adoption and Foster Care Mentoring

Foster Youth Mentorship Training for Program Managers (PDF). Authors: Dustianne North and Brenda Ingram. Published by The EMT Group.

Gay/Lesbian/Bi-Sexual/Questioning Youth

Mentoring Sexual Minority Youth (PDF). Author: Linda Jucovy. Published by Public/Private Ventures, December 2000.

Immigrant and Refugee Youth

Mentoring Immigrant and Refugee Youth Resources Using the Elements of Effective Practice ™ Tool Kit (PDF). Published by MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership.

Mentoring Immigrant and Refugee Youth: A Toolkit for Program Coordinators (PDF). Published by MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership.

Pregnant and Parenting Teens

Youth Development and Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention, ETR Associates

Youths with Disabilities

Best Practice Guide, Partners for Youth with Disabilities (PDF). Published by Partners for Youth with Disabilities, Inc., September 2005.

Paving the Way to Work: A Guide to Career-Focused Mentoring, National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability