Ensuring a Brighter Future for All of America's Youth
The Corporation will meet the needs of our nation’s youth by:
- Recruiting and supporting mentors for youth (with special attention towards children of incarcerated parents)
- Engaging youth in at-risk and disadvantaged environments in meaningful service experiences
- Developing community volunteering to strengthen positive youth connections with family, schools, and community (including faith-based institutions)
—From the Corporation for National and Community Service Strategic Plan 2006–10
Visit the Corporation's page, Focus Area Two: Ensuring a Brighter Future for All of America's Youth for more information.
Here is a sampling of the resources available to assist you in meeting the Corporation's goals in this focus area:
Online Publications
- Mentoring in America 2005: A Snapshot of the Current State of Mentoring (PDF) by MENTOR
- The National Agenda for Action: How to Close America's Mentoring Gap by MENTOR
- Volunteers Mentoring Youth: Implications for Closing the Mentoring Gap, a new report from the Corporation
Effective Practices
- Building strong relationships in mentoring programs
- Mentoring incarcerated youth to reduce recidivism
- Reducing delinquency through service
- Using family clubs to maintain community well being
Lending Library Resources
- Foundations of Successful Youth Mentoring: A Guidebook for Program Development
- Group Mentoring: A Study of Mentoring Groups in Three Programs
- Promise and Challenge of Mentoring High-Risk Youth: Findings from the National Faith-Based Initiative
- Stand by Me: The Risks and Rewards of Mentoring Today's Youth
National Service-Learning Clearinghouse Resources
- At-Risk Youth, Juvenile Justice, Violence Prevention, Youth Courts and Service-Learning: Selected Resources
- Hot Topic: At-Risk Youth
Links to Useful Websites