Mentoring
In Focus: Tribal Youth Initiatives
TECHBeat, January 2019
1:1 Mentoring of Adolescents With Mental Health Needs
School-Based One-on-One Mentoring K-8
Ten-Year Follow-Up on the RCT Study of Mentoring in the Learning Environment (SMILE): Effects of the Communities in Schools Mentoring Program on Crime and Educational Persistence
Strengthening Connections
Youth mentoring relies on the power of human connections. Maintaining those connections in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic may be challenging, but it is an important and worthwhile effort. As President Trump said, “Mentors serve not only as role models for young people but also as an inspiration to dream big and pursue any goal—regardless of circumstance.”
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency...
In Focus: Mentoring Youth
OJJDP News @ a Glance, January/February 2020
A Typology of School-based Mentoring Relationship Quality: Implications for Recruiting and Retaining Volunteer Mentors
Mentoring Program Enhancements Supporting Effective Mentoring of Children of Incarcerated Parents
Supporting Mentoring Relationships of Youth in Foster Care: Do Program Practices Predict Match Length?
Mentoring in Juvenile Treatment Drug Courts: Strategies and Tips
San Antonio-based mentoring program exemplifies DOJ’s commitment to American youth
In San Antonio, Texas, local mentoring efforts are making a difference, thanks to the Mentoring for Youth Initiative of Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Texas. The initiative strengthens local mentorship through collaboration with other local mentor-based programs to reduce delinquency, drug abuse, truancy and other high-risk behaviors.
The Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Matt Dummermuth visited...
'Bigs in Blue' Shows the Power of Mentoring
As a police officer in the gang unit of the Dallas, Texas, Police Department, Christy Chamberlain sees young people caught in the grip of delinquency nearly every day. She has encountered juveniles as young as 12 who are involved in all types of crime. Even murder. One who stands out in her memory is a middle schooler who repeatedly broke into cars. Then one day...
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