Mentoring Central is honored to continue our collaboration with the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth (OCCY) to provide high-quality mentoring trainings and services to mentoring programs across Oklahoma.
Connected Scholars Program Positively Impacts College Student Retention and Graduation Rates
Recently published research reported that the Connected Scholars program has significant positive impacts on college student retention and graduation rates.
Mentoring Central Can Help You Craft a Winning Proposal for OJJDP Grants
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has released its funding opportunities for mentoring programs. Mentoring Central is here to help you increase your chances of receiving a grant award to support your program. Below, read more about OJJDP’s open funding opportunities and how Mentoring Central can support you with your application. Read more »
Plan My Ride Found to Effectively Impact Safe Driving Attitudes, Knowledge, and Beliefs
Distracted and impaired driving are two of the leading risk factors for vehicle crashes in the United States, and young people are at particularly high risk for engaging in these unsafe behaviors. iRT developed the Plan My Ride program with the goal of preventing distracted and impaired driving to support young drivers in staying safe on the road.
Mentoring Central Receives Grant to Develop New STEM Mentor Training
Mentoring Central is excited to announce that we have received a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to complete the development a novel mentoring training program for STEM mentors.
A Guide to Establishing Relationships with Mentors as a Mentoring Program Staff Member
Though a mentoring relationship is defined as a partnership between a mentor and a mentee, mentoring program staff understand better than anyone that there is a lot that goes on “behind the scenes” to create strong, long-lasting matches. From recruiting and screening mentors to orchestrating trainings to monitoring match progress to supporting matches and match members, mentoring program staff play an integral part in helping youth gain mentoring experiences that will positively impact them.
Prevent Substance Use and Promote Healthy Decision-Making in Mentees: Incorporating Media Literacy Skill-Building Opportunities in Your Program
Mentoring programs have an important opportunity to maximize the benefits of their program for mentees by helping matches become more media literate. Read more »
Improve Mentee Outcomes by Incorporating Mindfulness in Your Mentoring Program
A recent study found that incorporating mindfulness-based interventions in mentoring programs positively impacted mentees’ behavioral and mental health outcomes, and improved the acceptability of the mentoring program.1 Mindfulness-based interventions aim to teach learners how to be aware of and manage their feelings, thoughts, and behaviors which, in turn, may improve their emotion and behavior regulation abilities and healthy decision-making in the face of stressful, challenging, or risky situations.
MENTOR’s Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring™ (EEPM) is a guidebook for mentoring programs that outlines standards of practice that are proven by research to have positive impacts on mentoring relationships or mentees. By following the standards outlined in the EEPM, mentoring programs can ensure that they are positively impacting the lives of youth and may increase their chances of receiving funding to support their program.
How the EQUIP Evaluation System Can Help You Improve Your Mentoring Program
You probably already know that the small choices your mentoring program makes matter. Your day-to-day mentoring program practices can have tremendous positive or negative impact on the mentees you serve. In addition, the way that you manage your program can influence your chances of receiving funding to support your program. But, how do you know if your program is really excelling and where it falls short? Mentoring Central offers thorough evaluation services to help you assess and improve your program to reach its highest potential.