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Mentoring Technical Assistance and Training

"The greatest need of young people today is not another program,
but another caring, loving human being."

-Norm Brown, President, Kellogg Foundation

The Governor's Mentoring Partnership (GMP) Recommended Best Practices for Mentor Programs assist mentoring programs in providing quality programs and safe environments for youth. The Governor's Mentoring Partnership recommends that mentoring programs implement the following program components:

A statement of purpose and a long range plan
A recruitment plan for both mentors and mentees
An orientation for mentors and mentees
Eligibility screening for mentors and mentees
A readiness and training curriculum for all mentors and mentees
A comprehensive matching strategy
A comprehensive monitoring process
A support, recognition, and retention component
Closure protocol
An evaluation process

Please contact the Governor's Mentoring Partnership at (916) 324-9469 for more information about the Recommend Best Practices for Mentor Programs.

Click here to download the Governor's Mentoring Partnership Recommended Best Practices for Mentor Programs.

The Mentoring Technical Assistance Project provides free technical assistance (TA) and training to community and school-based organizations throughout California to build and strengthen their mentoring programs and to enable children and youth to benefit from the best mentoring practices available. Project goals are to:

Promote state-of-the-art mentoring strategies and programs throughout the state using the framework of the Recommended Best Practices for Mentor Programs;
Strengthen local mentoring efforts;
Increase communication between local mentoring programs; and
Improve local programs' mentoring skills and technology.

There are five different types of service provided by this project:

Free customized trainings and technical assistance
Mentoring technical assistance to help strengthen community mentoring efforts
Free Mentoring Workshops By Request
Trains program staff in state-of-the-art mentoring practices
Free Mentoring Regional Training Symposiums
Provides project directors the opportunity to explore emerging issues and research findings in the field of mentoring and to share experiences and resources with colleagues
Free Online Mentoring Expert
Enables programs to access online mentoring technical assistance.
Free egroup available. To find out more or join California Mentoring Programs Connect (CMPC) egroup, click on the following link http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/CARS_CMPC/.

Who is eligible?

Any California group currently involved or planning to become involved in youth (18 years of age and under) mentoring is eligible to request customized technical assistance. Preference will be given to those programs that have no or limited resources for TA services, although other organizations will be served as resources allow. Participation in the Mentoring Plus Series Workshops and Regional Symposiums is open to anyone who is interested. Space is limited; however, and pre-registration is required.

The CARS contact person for the Mentoring Technical Assistance project is Erika Urbani.