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National Mentoring Resource Center

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Launched in January 2014, the National Mentoring Resource Center (NMRC) is a comprehensive and reliable resource for mentoring tools, program and training materials, and access to no-cost TTA to provide youth mentoring practitioners with support in more deeply incorporating evidence-based practices to support positive youth outcomes.

Provider Organization

MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership, Inc.
Award Details

Services

The NMRC website features quality resources for the youth mentoring field including model, population, program, and practice reviews; program and training guides and materials; and a practitioner blog which provides more access to insights and information to strengthen mentoring programs. The NMRC also provides no-cost TA to mentoring programs, to assist them in improving the quality and effectiveness of their programs using evidence-based practices.

Audience

  • Child Protection and Advocacy Professionals
  • Faith-Based Organizations
  • Juvenile Justice Specialists
  • Mentoring Professionals
  • Nonprofit Organizations
  • School Personnel
  • Substance Use Professionals
  • Tribal Community
  • Youth Services Professionals

Eligibility

Applicants must have developed or want to develop a youth mentoring program. 
The majority of the youth served in this mentoring program must be under the age of 18. The applicant cannot be a collaboration of mentoring programs.
Mentoring programs receiving TA cannot be a for-profit that will receive monetary compensation for the information, resources, and/or services the NMRC TA provider provides. Trainings delivered directly to a program's service users (mentors, etc.) must have an element of TA involved, e.g., as a train the trainer to the program staff so they can train their own mentors/mentees.

Research to Practice

  • Data
  • Evaluation
  • Evidence-based Practices
  • Information
  • Performance Measures

Website

https://ww.nationalmentoringresourcecenter.org

The NMRC website features quality resources for the youth mentoring field including model, population, program, and practice reviews; program and training guides and materials; and a practitioner blog which provides more access to insights and information to strengthen mentoring programs. The NMRC also provides no-cost technical assistance to mentoring programs, to assist them in improving the quality and effectiveness of their programs using evidence-based practices.

Mel English (They/Them)
Senior Program Manager
[email protected]
617–798–4212

  • Alcohol and Substance Use
  • Delinquency Prevention 
  • Family Engagement
  • Foster Youth
  • Match Closure
  • Matching
  • Mental Health
  • Mentor/Mentee Recruitment
  • Mentor/Mentee Screening 
  • Mentor/Mentee Training
  • Monitoring and Support
  • Program Design, Planning and Partnership Development
  • Program Evaluation
  • Program Management
  • Program Operations
  • Positive Youth Development
  • School Programs/School Safety
  • Tribal Youth
  • Youth Advocacy
  • Youth Involvement

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Date Published: October 14, 2020