Jermaine Myrie succeeds outgoing CEO David Shapiro on April 24.
MENTOR is committed to using research to improve the quality and quantity of mentoring programs for youth across the nation. The Research...
Mentoring is a clear path to positive outcomes for young people and employees alike. Research shows that when employers support youth mentoring,...
One of the strongest elements of our diversion agreements was a structured community service program. The most successful programs treated juvenile referrals...
Just weeks into his second prison stay — serving a 23-month sentence for charges including gun possession and attempted murder — Dedric...
Hannah Weitzman is almost 10 and the only kid with hearing loss in her neighborhood in Chappaqua, New York. When her family...
What makes mentoring programs effective? And what makes some programs more effective than others? These questions have existed for years in youth...
Social distancing has disrupted social services of all kinds, but nowhere are the changes felt more strongly than in youth organizations that...
Olympic medalist Ibtihaj Muhammad would not be where she is today were it not for her mentor, also an Olympic medalist in...
Born to a prostitute with a drug problem, April (a pseudonym for her privacy) was removed from her home about two decades...
The National Mentoring Resource Center recently published this comprehensive review of the most effective mentoring practices for the prevention and reduction of...
It’s pretty to believe that if one only puts in the time, he can save a wayward child. It doesn’t always work...
GRANT FOCUS: Child/Youth Victims, Victim Support, Sex Trafficking, Mentoring, Mental Health, Safety | Amount: Up to $450,000 | Deadline: July 29, 2019
Instead of teaching students the content we think they should know, what if students chose the content based on their passions and...
Timely, accurate and clear communication is the lifeblood of a quality, functional and durable internship. However, there is more to this than...
The Tulsa Girls’ Math Circle is just one of several University of Tulsa’s community engagement programs that reach out to youth. The...
Wynter Parham, 29, is surrounded by teens in the kitchen at the Boys and Girls Club as she takes everyone’s cupcakes out...
Many people don't like teenage fosters because by the time they are a certain age, they become "unruly" and "know it alls."...
When kids first step into the big 10-person canoes at Canoemobile, some are panic-stricken. Julie Storck has seen kids cry in fear....