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Mentoring Opportunities for Youth Initiative

Mentoring

The Mentoring Special Feature provides access to federal and federally-funded publications and online resources related to mentoring youth.

School-Based One-on-One Mentoring K-8

Date Published
April 2020
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored

Strengthening Connections

Mentoring Youth During a Pandemic

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...

Synthesis of OJJDP-sponsored Mentoring Research

Date Published
September 2018
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Evaluation, Program/Project Description
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored