Mentoring Children of Prisoners Bibliography
This annotated bibliography for mentoring children of prisoners programs and their volunteers is not exhaustive. Publications and media listed here were produced in 2000 or later. Organizations that offer resources to mentoring programs are mentioned in the appendix of this bibliography.
Table of Contents
Children of Prisoners Background and Issues
The Adolescent Children of Incarcerated Parents: A Developmental Perspective. Authors: J. Eddy and J. Reid. In Prisoners Once Removed. Editors: J. Travis and M. Waul, pp. 233-258. 2003. Available for a fee from the Urban Institute Press.
www.urban.org/books/prisonersLooks at the increased risk for problems in the conduct of adolescents with an incarcerated parent and the types of interventions that might positively affect the young people's behavior.
After Incarceration: Adolescent-Parent Reunification. Author: G. Newby. In The Prevention Researcher, Vol. 3, No. 2 (April 2006): pp. 18-20. Available for a fee from The Prevention Researcher.
www.tpronline.org/articles.cfm?articleID=426A scholarly look at the stresses and trauma that can affect an adolescent who reunifies with a parent who has been in prison.
All Alone in the World: Children of the Incarcerated. Author: N. Bernstein. 2005. Available for a fee from the New Press.
www.thenewpress.com/index.php?option=com_title&task=view_title&metaproductid=1274A journalist explores the issues surrounding children of the incarcerated, including their experiences at the time of the parent's arrest, the laws and policies that can force offenders to forfeit parental rights, and proposals for alternative forms of punishment that take into account the status of prisoners who are also mothers and fathers.
Children of Incarcerated Parents (information packet). Author: Y. Johnson-Peterkin. 2003. Available free from the National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice & Permanency Planning, Hunter College School of Social Work.
www.hunter.cuny.edu/socwork/nrcfcpp/downloads/information_packets/children-of-incarcerated-parents.pdfA general look at the issues surrounding incarcerated parents and their children. Includes demographics, challenges and solutions, model program contact information, a review of policies and legislation, and a list of references.
Children of Incarcerated Parents: A Bill of Rights. Author: San Francisco Partnership for Incarcerated Parents. 2003. Available free from the Northern California Service League.
www.norcalserviceleague.org/billrite.htmDeveloped by a San Francisco coalition of social service providers, representatives of government bodies, advocates, and others who work with or are concerned about children of incarcerated parents and their families. Based on research and interviews with young people, the document describes eight rights, including safety and a lifelong relationship with the incarcerated parent.
The Effects of Parental Incarceration on Children: Perspectives, Promises, and Policies. Authors: R. Parke and K. Clarke-Stewart. In Prisoners Once Removed. Editors: J. Travis and M. Waul, pp. 189-232. 2003. Available for a fee from the Urban Institute Press.
www.urban.org/books/prisonersExamines how a parent's incarceration affects children's well-being and development in the short and long term and during and after the parent's imprisonment. Includes discussions of programs for parents, families, and children.
Families Left Behind: The Hidden Costs of Incarceration and Reentry. Authors: J. Travis, E. Cincotta, and A. Solomon. 2003. Available free from the Urban Institute.
www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/310882_families_left_behind.pdfA look at the impact of a parent's imprisonment on children's development and on family ties. The book discusses the challenges families face when a parent goes to prison and when he or she returns home, and it concludes by examining the role communities and service agencies can play in improving outcomes for released inmates and their families.
Fathers in Prison. Author: National Child Welfare Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice. In Best Practice, Next Practice: Family-Centered Child Welfare, Summer 2002: pp. 30-32. Available free from the National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice & Permanency Planning, Hunter College School of Social Work.
www.hunter.cuny.edu/socwork/nrcfcpp/downloads/newsletter/BPNPSummer02.pdfDescribes the negative impact of a father's incarceration on his children, including poor school performance, juvenile delinquency, substance and alcohol abuse, and future incarceration. The author also discusses policies and programs that can lead to greater involvement of incarcerated fathers in their children's lives.
Impact of Parental Incarceration (pamphlet). Author: A. Adalist-Estrin. 2003. No. 301 in Children of Prisoners Library. Available free from the Family and Corrections Network.
www.fcnetwork.org/cpl/CPL301-ImpactofIncarceration.htmlBrief background on the ways a parent's imprisonment, and the accompanying stigma, can affect children.
In Danger of Falling Through the Cracks: Children of Arrested Parents. Author: M. Neito. 2002. Available free from California Research Bureau.
www.library.ca.gov/crb/02/09/02-009.pdfUsing a survey of California's local police and county sheriff's departments and county child protective services agencies, researchers found evidence that the children of arrested and incarcerated parents in California were in danger of being left in unsafe situations. They also examined promising alternative models of care used by community-based organizations.
Incarcerated Parents and Their Children (special report). Author: C. Mumola. 2000. Available free from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics.
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/iptc.htmUsing data from the 1997 Surveys of Inmates in State and Federal Correctional Facilities, this report presents a demographic picture of inmates with minor children. It estimates the number of parents in State and Federal prisons as well as the number of minor children and households affected by the imprisonment of a parent.
Inquiry: Children of Incarcerated Parents (interview with Dr. Denise Johnston). Author: K. Maier. In Journal of Children & Poverty, Vol. 12, No. 1 (March 2006): pp. 91-105. Available for a fee from Taylor & Francis, Inc.
www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/cjcp/2006/00000012/00000001/art00006In this interview, Dr. Denise Johnston, founding director of the Center for Children of Incarcerated Parents in Eagle Rock, California, discusses children of the incarcerated, including the types of crimes most common among their parents, the socioeconomic background of their families, and the academic, psychological, and developmental problems they may experience. Johnston also identifies programs and initiatives aimed at these children.
Loving Through Bars: Children With Parents in Prison. Author: C. Martone. 2005. Available for a fee from Santa Monica Press.
santamonicapress.com/catalog/lovingbars/index.htmlThrough interviews and prison visits, a public school principal observes the plight of children whose parents have gone to prison.
Prisoners Once Removed: The Impact of Incarceration and Reentry on Children, Families, and Communities. Editors: J. Travis and M. Waul. 2003. Available for a fee from The Urban Institute.
www.urban.org/books/prisonersA series of papers first presented in 2002 at a Department of Health and Human Services conference exploring the effect of incarceration on children, families, and communities.
Responding to Children and Families of Prisoners: A Community Guide (revised edition). Authors: A. Adalist-Estrin and J. Mustin. 2003. Available for a fee from Family & Corrections Network.
www.fcnetwork.org/guide/responding.htmlThe authors describe the serious risks faced by prisoners' families, the protective factors that help them survive, and strategies communities can use to assist these families.
Working With Children and Families Separated by Incarceration: A Handbook for Child Welfare Agencies. Authors: L. Wright and C. Seymour. 2000. Available for a fee from the Child Welfare League of America.
www.cwla.org/pubs/pubdetails.asp?PUBID=7831A guide for child welfare agencies attempting to develop policies and programs responsive to the needs of children with parents in prison. Includes practical suggestions in areas such as child protection, temporary placement in out-of-home care, permanency planning, and family reunification.
Youth With Incarcerated Parents: An Introduction to the Issues. Author: E. Johnson. In The Prevention Researcher, Vol. 3, No. 2 (April 2006): pp. 3-6. Available for a fee from The Prevention Researcher.
www.tpronline.org/issues.cfm?articleID=421An overview of the unique problems facing youth with parents in prison, including the stigma of having an incarcerated parent and the fact that many children and families affected by a parent's incarceration come from already disadvantaged backgrounds.
Mentoring Research and Practice
Building From the Ground Up: Creating Effective Programs To Mentor Children of Prisoners (The Amachi Model). W. Goode and T. Smith. 2005. Available free from Public/Private Ventures.
www.ppv.org/ppv/publications/assets/185_publication.pdf
Describes best practices for planning, developing, and managing a mentoring program for children of prisoners. The guide includes professional procedures, standards, and administrative tools essential to having an effective program.Elements of Effective Practice. Author: MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership. 2003.
Available free from MENTOR.
www.mentoring.org/program_staff/design/elements_of_effective_practice.phpOutlines steps organizations and programs must take to ensure their mentoring efforts are of the highest quality. The authors give advice on program design and planning, management, operations, and evaluation.
Foundations of Successful Youth Mentoring: A Guidebook for Program Development. Authors: M. Garringer, M. Fulop, and V. Rennick. 2003. Available free from the National Mentoring Center, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.
www.nwrel.org/mentoring/foundations.htmlOutlines the program components that mentoring programs should have in place to build strong mentoring relationships and ensure program sustainability. The guidebook is based on the results of the national evaluation of the U.S. Department of Justice's Juvenile Mentoring Program grantees, a comprehensive review of youth mentoring research and literature, and the National Mentoring Center's experience as a technical assistance provider.
Generic Mentoring Program Policy and Procedure Manual. Authors: L. Ballasy, M. Fulop, and D. St. Amour. 2003. Available free from the National Mentoring Center, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.
www.nwrel.org/mentoring/pdf/policy_manual.pdfGuidance for programs in the process of creating a sustainable set of program rules, guidelines, and procedures.
Handbook of Youth Mentoring. Editors: D. DuBois and M. Karcher. 2005. Available for a fee from Sage Publications.
www.sagepub.com/booksProdDesc.nav?prodId=Book226176Scholarly synthesis of current theory, research, and practice in the field of youth mentoring. Topics include mentoring relationships; race, age, and gender; developing and evaluating mentoring programs; recruiting mentors; contexts of mentoring, including faith-based organizations, schools, and afterschool programs; and special populations, including youth with disabilities, pregnant and parenting adolescents, juvenile offenders, and abused and neglected youth.
Making a Difference: An Impact Study of Big Brothers Big Sisters. Authors: J. Tierney and J. Grossman. 2000. Available free from Public/Private Ventures.
www.ppv.org/ppv/publications/assets/111_publication.pdfA reissue of the influential 1995 impact study of Big Brothers Big Sisters mentoring programs. The study of about 1,000 10- to 16-year olds provided evidence that mentoring can have tangible effects on the lives of youth.
Mentoring Children of Prisoners (fact sheet). Author: J. Rhodes. 2005. Available free from MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership. www.mentoring.org/program_staff/research_corner/mentoring_children_of_prisoners.php?pid=3
Overview of the field of mentoring children of prisoners. The fact sheet is part of MENTOR's online Research Corner, a series of summaries of the latest research on mentoring theory, practice, and programs.
Mentoring for Resiliency: Setting Up Programs for Moving Youth From ‘Stressed to Success.' Editors: N. Henderson, B. Benard, N. Sharp-Light, and E. Werner. 2000. Available for a fee from Resiliency in Action.
www.resiliency.com/htm/mentor.htmA practical look at the crucial elements of youth mentoring programs.
National Research Agenda for Youth Mentoring. Authors: J. Rhodes and D. Dubois. 2004. Available free from MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership.
www.mentoring.org/program_staff/files/ResearchAgenda.pdfBased on the findings of participants in the National Research Summit on Mentoring, the authors recommend priority areas for future research and policies that could assist researchers.
Research-Based Mentoring for Children of Prisoners. Author: D. Johnston. 2005. In Family & Corrections Network Report, Issue 39 (February 2005): pp. 13-17. Available from Family & Corrections Network (not available online).
www.fcnetwork.orgA look at how research and current thought on mentoring can inform and improve interventions with children of prisoners.
Stand By Me: The Risks and Rewards of Mentoring Today's Youth. Author: J. Rhodes. 2002. Available for a fee from Harvard University Press.
www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/RHOSTA.htmlThe author describes the potential that exists in mentoring relationships, discloses the ways in which nonparent adults can encourage adolescent development, outlines a model of youth mentoring, and discusses the risks of unsuccessful mentoring relationships.
Strengthening Native Community Commitment Through Mentoring Guidebook. Author: S. Weinberger. 2003. Available free from Mentor Consulting Group.
www.mentorconsultinggroup.com/docs/native_mentoring.pdfGuidance on how to establish mentoring programs suitable for Native American communities. The guide discusses how to start a mentoring program, create an advisory council, assess the need of a mentoring program, identify program resources, set standards and competencies, establish goals and objectives, and evaluate outcomes.
Understanding and Facilitating the Youth Mentoring Movement. Authors: J. Rhodes and D. DuBois. In Social Policy Report, Vol. 20, No. 3 (2006): pp. 1–19. Available free from the Society for Research in Child Development.
www.srcd.org/documents/publications/spr/spr20-3.pdfThe authors review current scientific knowledge of youth mentoring and discuss public policy issues in the field.
President's Mentoring Initiative
Supporting Children of Inmates, Senior Corps Highlights. Author: Corporation for National & Community Service. 2003. Available free from the Corporation for National & Community Service's online resource center.
nationalserviceresources.org/filemanager/download/Support_Children_of_Inmates.pdfState-by-State examples of how Senior Corps grantees have responded to the President's Mentoring Initiative, which aims to provide mentors for children of incarcerated parents.
Mentoring Children of Prisoners Program (fact sheet). Author: Family and Youth Services Bureau. 2006. Available free from the National Clearinghouse on Families & Youth.
http://ncfy.acf.hhs.gov/mcp/about.htmOverview of the Family and Youth Services Bureau's Mentoring Children of Prisoners grant program, authorized by the Promoting Safe and Stable Families Amendments of 2001 (Public Law 107–133).
Profiles of Programs for Children of Prisoners
Amachi: Mentoring Children of Prisoners in Philadelphia. Author: L. Jucovy. 2003. Available free from Public/Private Ventures.
www.ppv.org/ppv/publications/assets/21_publication.pdfDescribes Amachi, a Philadelphia mentoring program for children of prisoners. Facilitated by area churches, the program takes as its motto "People of Faith Mentoring Children of Promise."
Building Dreams for Children of Prisoners. Authors: W. Nelson and W. Phipps. In Reclaiming Children and Youth, Vol. 8, No. 4 (Winter 2000): pp. 239-241. Available for a fee from the International Child and Youth Care Network.
www.cyc-net.org/journals/rcy.htmlProfiles the Dream Academy, a South Carolina program for children of prisoners. The academy uses computerized learning programs to provide life learning and job-related skills. Youth access computer programs and adult mentors in person and online.
Resilience of Girls With Incarcerated Mothers: The Impact of Girl Scouts. In The Prevention Researcher, Vol. 3, No. 2 (April 2006): pp. 11-14. Available for a fee from The Prevention Researcher.
www.tpronline.org/articles.cfm?articleID=424Looks at Girls Scout Troop 1500, an in-prison mother-daughter visitation program at Hilltop Prison, in Gatesville, Texas. The project is one of more than 40 Beyond Bars programs run by the Girl Scouts in the United States.
Serving Incarcerated and Ex-Offender Fathers and Their Families: A Review of the Field. Authors: J. Jeffries, S. Menghraj, and C. Hairston. 2001. Available free from Vera Institute of Justice.
www.vera.org/publication_pdf/fathers.PDFUsing interviews, literature reviews, and site visits, the authors profile 14 programs for incarcerated and ex-offender fathers and their families. Researchers at the Vera Institute of Justice in New York prepared this report for the U.S. Department of Justice and the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.
When Mom or Dad Is Locked Up: Handful of Youth Programs Struggle To Climb Prison Walls. Author: A. Bracken. In Youth Today, Vol. 10, No. 6 (June 2001): pp. 1, 14-17. Available from Youth Today (a fee may be charged).
www.youthtoday.org/youthtoday/pastarticles.htmlExamines the challenges faced by incarcerated parents and their children and profiles programs across the country that strive to address those challenges.
The Mosaic of Faith-Based Mentoring. Author: National Mentoring Center. Special issue of National Mentoring Center Bulletin, Issue 12 (Summer 2003). Available free from the National Mentoring Center, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.
www.nwrel.org/mentoring/pdf/bull12.pdfIn this special newsletter issue, the National Mentoring Center examines the strengths and challenges of faith-based mentoring, highlights successful programs, and describes State efforts to partner with faith-based programs.
People of Faith Mentoring Children of Promise. Author: National Crime Prevention Council. 2004. Available from the National Crime Prevention Council in two formats: as a free PDF or in print for a fee.
www.ncpc.org/publications/text/Volunteering.phpUses Philadelphia's Amachi program as a model to show how faith-based organizations, secular nonprofits, and public organizations can work together to provide caring and trusting relationships for children of prisoners.
Positive Support: Mentoring and Depression Among High-Risk Youth. Author: S. Bauldry. 2006. Available free from Public/Private Ventures.
www.ppv.org/ppv/publications/assets/202_publication.pdfDocuments an evaluation of mentoring programs run by sites participating in the National Faith-Based Initiative for High-Risk Youth (NFBI). The 12-site demonstration took place from 1998 to 2004 and tested the effectiveness of collaborations between local faith-based institutions and juvenile justice and law enforcement organizations. Researchers found that mentoring acted as a barrier against depression for high-risk youth, though they noted that it is less likely to serve as a remedy when youth are already depressed.
Communication Tips for Prisoners and Their Families (pamphlet). Author: A. Adalist-Estrin. 2003. No. 107 in Children of Prisoners Library. Available free from the Family and Corrections Network.
www.fcnetwork.org/cpl/CPL107-CommunicationTips.htmlAdvice on ways incarcerated parents can stay in touch with their families and better communicate with their children.
Incarcerated Parents Manual: Your Legal Rights and Responsibilities. Author: E. Barry. 2001. Available free from Legal Services for Prisoners With Children.
www.prisonerswithchildren.org/pubs/ipm.pdfAnswers many of the legal and practical questions that incarcerated parents have about custody of their children, both during and after the time they are in prison or jail. The booklet is based on California law, but many suggestions may be valuable for parents in other States.
Parenting From Prison. Author: J. Reilly. 2002. Available free from University of Nevada Cooperative Extension.
www.unce.unr.edu/publications/FS01/FS0157.pdfIdeas incarcerated parents can use to connect with their children. Activities are organized by the age of the child.
Asset-Building Ideas for Mentors (handout). Author: Search Institute. From Toolkit for Integrating Developmental Assets in Your Congregation. 2005. Available free from Search Institute.
www.search-institute.org/congregations/thriventpartnership/toolkit/H26.A-B%20Ideas%20for%20Mentors.pdfActivities mentors can do with youth to build "assets," the positive experiences and qualities essential to raising successful young people.
Common Stress Points (pamphlet). Author: A. Adalist-Estrin. 2003. No. 303 in Children of Prisoners Library. Available free from the Family and Corrections Network.
www.fcnetwork.org/cpl/CPL303-CommonStressPoints.htmlLooks at the emotional ups and downs children go through during the various stages of a parent's arrest and incarceration.
Mentor Guide for People Working With Children of Promise. Author: National Crime Prevention Council. 2004. Available at for a fee from National Crime Prevention Council.
mcgruffstore.org/meguforpewow.htmlStrategies for mentoring 7- to 11-year-olds who have a parent in prison. The guide describes each stage of the mentoring relationship and looks at issues common to children of prisoners.
Mentoring Answer Book. Author: C. Kapperich. 2002. Available for a fee from Big Brothers Big Sisters of McHenry County in McHenry, Illinois.
www.mentoringanswerbook.comResponds to mentors' frequently asked questions and concerns on topics including health and nutrition, activities mentors and children can do together, depression and other mental health issues, and the level to which mentors should be involved in mentees' lives.
Providing Support to Adolescent Children With Incarcerated Parents. Author: A. Adalist-Estrin. In The Prevention Researcher, Vol. 3, No. 2 (April 2006): pp. 7-10. Available for a fee from The Prevention Researcher.
www.tpronline.org/articles.cfm?articleID=423Explores the effects of parental incarceration on adolescents and provides effective ways to respond to and support them.
What Do Children of Prisoners and Their Caregivers Need? (pamphlet). Author: A. Adalist-Estrin. 2003. No. 203 in Children of Prisoners Library. Available free from the Family and Corrections Network.
www.fcnetwork.org/cpl/CPL203-WhatDoChildren.htmlBrief overview of the types of support needed by children of prisoners and by the people who take care of them while a parent is incarcerated.
Books and Activities for Children and Youth
An Inmate's Daughter. Author: J. Walker. 2006. Available for a fee from Raven Publishing, Inc.
www.ravenpublishing.net/An_Inmates_Daughter.htmFictional story of a 13-year-old girl's struggle to fit in at school after her mother is sent to prison.
McGruff and Scruff's Stories and Activities for Children of Promise. Author: National Crime Prevention Council. 2004. Available for a fee from National Crime Prevention Council.
mcgruffstore.org/mcandscstand.htmlStories about children with a parent in prison and coping activities children can try with their mentors.
My Mentor and Me: The High School Years. 36 Activities and Strategies for Mentors and Mentees to Do Together During the High School Years. Author: S. Weinberger. 2001. Available for a fee from Connecticut Mentoring Partnership.
www.preventionworksct.org/publications.htmlWeek-by-week activities for mentors and older youth.
My Mentor and Me: The High School Years. 36 Activities and Strategies for Mentors and Mentees to Do Together During the Middle School Years. Author: S. Weinberger. 2001. Available for a fee from Connecticut Mentoring Partnership.
www.preventionworksct.org/publications.htmlWeek-by-week activities for mentors and middle school youth.
My Mentor and Me: 36 Weekly Activities for Mentors and Mentees to Do Together During the Elementary School Years. Author: S. Weinberger. 2001. Available for a fee from Connecticut Mentoring Partnership.
www.preventionworksct.org/publications.htmlWeek-by-week activities for mentors and elementary school children.
Visiting Day. Author: J. Woodson. 2002. Available for a fee from Scholastic.
content.scholastic.com/browse/book.jsp?id=2940This picture book tells the story of a little girl and her grandmother who take the long bus ride to visit the girl's father.
Wish You Were Here: Teens Write About Parents in Prison. Editor: K. Hefner. 2007. Available for a fee from Youth Communication.
www.youthcomm.org/miva/merchant.mvIn their own words, foster youth describe the emotional impact of having a parent in prison.
When a Parent Goes to Jail: A Comprehensive Guide for Counseling Children of Incarcerated Parents. Authors: R. Yaffe and L. Hoade. 2000. Available for a fee from Rayve Productions.
rayveproductions.com/counseling?b=1An illustrated overview of what happens when a child's parent goes to jail, from the arrest to the conflicting emotions the child may experience. The book is aimed at 10- to 14-year-olds and can be used with individual children or small groups.
What's Working? Tools for Evaluating Your Mentoring Program. Author: R. Saito. 2001. Available for a fee from Search Institute.
www.search-institute.org/catalog/product.php?productid=16214&cat=253&page=3A guide to assessing a mentoring program's goals and progress. The book includes surveys, focus group questions, and interview protocols that program managers can use to gather information from mentors, mentees, parents, and teachers or other adults.
Troop 1500: Girl Scouts Beyond Bars. Authors: E. Spiro and K. Bernstein. 2005. Available for a fee from Women Make Movies.
www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c659.shtmlFilmmakers spent several years following Girl Scout Troop 1500, whose members were daughters of inmates at Hilltop Prison in Gatesville, Texas. The resulting documentary looks at the girls' lives, their relationships with their mothers, and the effects of the Girls Scouts Beyond Bars intervention program.
Visiting Day. Author: Reading Rainbow. No date. Available for a fee from GPN Educational Media.
gpn.unl.edu/rainbow/video_product_template.asp?catalog%5Fname=GPN&category%5Fname=Reading+Rainbow&product%5Fid=126%2E0146VThis episode of Reading Rainbow includes a reading of Visiting Day, a picture book about a young girl and her grandmother visiting the girl's father in prison. Viewers are also introduced to a real-life family on visiting day.
Appendix: Resource Organizations
Center for Children of Incarcerated Parents
www.e-ccip.orgProduces documentation on and develops model services for children of criminal offenders and their families. The center maintains a collection of more than 3,500 print and audiovisual materials relating to families in the criminal justice system.
Family & Corrections Network
www.fcnetwork.orgInformation about and for families of prisoners. The network's Web site includes a series of fact sheets on working with children of prisoners, a list of books related to families of the incarcerated, and a State-by-State directory of programs for prisoners and their families. The network publishes its member newsletter, FCN Report, three times a year.
FASTEN
www.fastennetwork.orgThe Faith and Service Technical Education Network, or FASTEN, offers information and networking opportunities to faith-based human service organizations and their collaborators. FASTEN's Web site includes resources on mentoring and on working with prisoners and their families.
MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership
www.mentoring.org
Information about mentoring and support for mentoring programs. The partnership's Web site includes program planning tools and overviews of research on various topics related to mentoring.Mentoring Resource Center
www.edmentoring.org/publications.htmlProvides the U.S. Department of Education's mentoring program grantees with training, technical assistance, publications, research, and consultation. Funded by the Department's Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, the center is a collaborative effort between EMT Associates and the National Mentoring Center. The resource center's online publications are available to anyone.
National Mentoring Center
www.nwrel.org/mentoring
Provides training and technical assistance to mentoring programs. Funded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and run by the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, the center sponsors in-person and online training events, oversees a mentoring listserv and a lending library, and produces practical publications for mentoring programs.Public/Private Ventures
www.ppv.orgWorks to improve the effectiveness of social policies, programs, and community initiatives, especially as they affect youth and young adults. The organization has conducted substantial research on mentoring and its potential to help at-risk young people.