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Positive youth development research has long demonstrated that youth benefit from close, caring relationships with adults who serve as positive role models. Today, 8.5 million youth continue to lack supportive, sustained relationships with caring adults. Mentoring - which matches youth with responsible, caring mentors, usually adults - has been growing in popularity as both a prevention and intervention strategy over the past decades.
Mentoring provides youth with mentors who can develop an emotional bond with the mentee, have greater experience than the mentee, and can provide support, guidance, and opportunities to help youth succeed in life and meet their goals. Mentoring relationships can be formal or informal with substantial variation, but the essential components include creating caring, empathetic, consistent, and long-lasting relationships, often with some combination of role modeling, teaching, and advising.
Source: youth.gov
Foundation and philanthropic support for mentoring programs from around the Web.
Foundation: Community Foundation of Western North Carolina
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Western North Carolina will get $2,000 to help with its mentoring program, while the Black Mountain Counseling Center will get $5,000 to provide mental health services to...more
The University of Pennsylvania is giving $100,000 each to six students who plan to use their knowledge of science, technology, engineering, and math to make a positive difference in the...more
The University of Kentucky is looking for a director of philanthropy to lead its major gift fundraising efforts, the Lexington Herald-Leader reports. The ideal candidate has a bachelor's degree...more
"By bringing together brilliant minds across fields, we may be able to invent new ways forward." So says Jeff Bezos in announcing the Bezos Earth Fund's $100 million AI for Climate and Nature...more
Foundation: Community Foundation of Broward
Ten nonprofit organizations in South Florida are getting a total of $300,000 in grants thanks to a new fund meant to fight discrimination in the LGBTQ community. The Our Fund Foundation and the...more
They came up with an idea, they pitched it to a panel of celebrity judges, and now they're all headed back to London's City Hall on May 8 for the grand final of the Mayor's Entrepreneur...more
"Every day, in every community across Ireland, we see people stepping up with innovative solutions to tackle social and environmental problems," Tim Griffiths, CEO of Social Entrepreneurs Ireland,...more
"We're truly honored that our efforts have assisted the local Hispanic community to such an extent to earn this prestigious award." So says Carma Lacy, executive director of RevHubOC, a social...more
Foundation: Winona Community Foundation
The Benedictine Foundation of Winona, Minn., has given $57,601 to 10 local nonprofits. Among the recipients: Big Brothers Big Sisters of the 7 Rivers Region: $2,500 to expand the youth mentoring...more
"I need to stand out here and fight for these babies who have different special education intellectual needs," says Katrina McCoy-Scott of her 24-year-old son, who has autism. That's why the...more
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