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As a national advocate and expert resource for mentoring, MENTOR is dedicated to delivering research, policy recommendations, and practical performance tools that mentoring organizations need to effectively serve young people and make mentoring a reality for more of America’s youth.
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For two decades, MENTOR has led the national movement to connect America’s young people with mentoring. MENTOR works in collaboration with a national network of Mentoring Partnerships and more than 4,100 mentoring programs nationwide to connect 15 million kids with a mentor.
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MENTOR strives to close a 15 million mentoring gap, and you can help - find a local mentoring opportunity at www.mentoring.org [use zip code finder on left-hand side], and become a mentor to a kid today! With a commitment of couple of hours a week, you’d make a real difference in someone’s life!
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New Report On Quality Pre-Teen After-School Programs on May 9th, 2008 by  Masha Ageeva-Turovskaya
Recognizing the importance of connecting young people to supportive environments during their critical preteen years, Public/Private Ventures (P/PV) has identified the characteristics of quality prete
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n after-school programs that are linked to positive outcomes. Based on the latest research and experience in the field, P/PV developed the publication, Putting It All Together: Guiding Principles for Quality After-School Programs Serving Preteens, along with a companion Resource Guide that includes links to research and tools to strengthen programs.
Children in early adolescence go through intense physical, emotional, and cognitive changes. Successfully navigating early adolescence depends, in large part, on the availability of safe and engaging activities and supportive relationships with adults. Research shows that behavior patterns established at this stage may endure long into adulthood, yet many preteens have limited access to positive supports and opportunities—such as high-quality after-school programs—that could put them on a path to success.
While a host of factors—including organizational capacity, the needs of the youth served and the resources available—all play a role in determining a program’s ability to achieve its goals, research suggests that the guiding principles in this report are essential for program quality. That quality, in turn, is the foundation for positive results for youth.
Putting It All Together and its companion guide serve as useful tools for after-school providers and others seeking to create positive opportunities for preteen youth.
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