The document provides an overview of mentoring high-risk youth in juvenile justice settings. It discusses six juvenile justice settings - juvenile detention, corrections, probation, delinquency court, youth court, and dependency court. The objectives are to understand each setting, the advantages and challenges of mentoring within each, and promising practices for referral and mentoring.
Presented May 17, 2012 - Part of 2012 Collaborative Mentoring Webinar Series
Education Northwest/National Mentoring Center, Friends For Youth, Indiana Mentoring Partnership, Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota, Mentor Michigan, Mobius Mentors, Oregon Mentors and other partners are working together in 2012 to deliver this free monthly webinar series for mentoring professionals.
For updates about upcoming webinars, join and follow the Collaborative Mentoring Series discussion area on the Mentoring Forums at http://mentoringforums.educationnorthwest.org/forum/26.
Presented August 16, 2012 - Part of 2012 Collaborative Mentoring Webinar Series
Education Northwest/National Mentoring Center, Friends For Youth, Indiana Mentoring Partnership, Kansas Mentors, Mass Mentoring Partnership, Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota, Mentor Michigan, Mobius Mentors, Oregon Mentors and other partners are working together in 2012 to deliver this free monthly webinar series for mentoring professionals.
For updates about upcoming webinars, join and follow the Mentoring Forums at http://mentoringforums.educationnorthwest.org.
Presented May 17, 2012 - Part of 2012 Collaborative Mentoring Webinar Series
Education Northwest/National Mentoring Center, Friends For Youth, Indiana Mentoring Partnership, Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota, Mentor Michigan, Mobius Mentors, Oregon Mentors and other partners are working together in 2012 to deliver this free monthly webinar series for mentoring professionals.
For updates about upcoming webinars, join and follow the Collaborative Mentoring Series discussion area on the Mentoring Forums at http://mentoringforums.educationnorthwest.org/forum/26.
Presented August 16, 2012 - Part of 2012 Collaborative Mentoring Webinar Series
Education Northwest/National Mentoring Center, Friends For Youth, Indiana Mentoring Partnership, Kansas Mentors, Mass Mentoring Partnership, Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota, Mentor Michigan, Mobius Mentors, Oregon Mentors and other partners are working together in 2012 to deliver this free monthly webinar series for mentoring professionals.
For updates about upcoming webinars, join and follow the Mentoring Forums at http://mentoringforums.educationnorthwest.org.
Creating Learning Opportunities through Collaborative Service for Students wi...Iowa Campus Compact
Colleges and universities actively recruit students of all abilities, yet often they are not successful in integrating them. This workshop will provide strategies on how to include students with intellectual and complex learning disabilities in service-learning opportunities, where they are not the recipient of the service, but rather actively engaged participants.
Karen Roth
President
Partnerships in Education and Service
Northfi eld, IL
Carol Burns
Director
Bethesda College of Concordia University
Gabby Schmidt
Student
UW-Eau Claire
Mike Huggins
Eau Claire Clear Vision
UW-Eau Claire Honors
Kate Zilla
Associate Professor, Special Education
National Louis University
Iowa Campus Compact implemented its new student-focused program, the Civic Ambassador Network, as a way to engage students in IACC programs while also providing them with professional development opportunities and project assistance. The Civic Ambassador Network will begin its second year this fall.
Monique Ellefson
VISTA Leader
Iowa Campus Compact
Research In Action webinar series, hosted by Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota. Fostering Close and Effective Relationships in Youth Mentoring Programs - featuring Jean Rhodes, Ph.D. - May 13, 2009
A presentation given at one of the National Youth Agency's regional events on the Governments new ten year youth strategy, "Aiming High for Young People".
Presented September 20, 2012 - Part of 2012 Collaborative Mentoring Webinar Series Education Northwest/National Mentoring Center, Friends For Youth, Indiana Mentoring Partnership, Kansas Mentors, Mass Mentoring Partnership, Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota, Mentoring Partnership of Southwest Pennsylvania, Mentor Michigan, Mobius Mentors, Oregon Mentors and other partners are working together in 2012 to deliver this free monthly webinar series for mentoring professionals. For updates about upcoming webinars, join and follow the Mentoring Forums at http://mentoringforums.educationnorthwest.org.
Celebrate Afterschool Partnerships with the 18th Annual “Lights On Afterschool!”NCIL - STAR_Net
Libraries and afterschool programs make great partners. Every October, the afterschool field celebrates the important role these programs have in the lives of children, families, and communities. This year, on October 26, we want to make the celebration bigger and better than ever. Library-afterschool partnerships are an official theme of this year’s event—and we want to highlight the many ways libraries and afterschool programs are pairing up to provide engaging learning opportunities and critical supports to children and families across the country. Join us for this webinar to learn more about Lights On Afterschool, and how your library can participate.
Youth Participation in Development - Summary Presentationyouthindevelopment
A summary presentation prepared for the UN International Year of Youth by Restless Development sharing information and case studies from the 'Youth Participation in Development Guide' which is available at http://www.ygproject.org
Guatemala Literacy Project: A Successful 20-Year PartnershipRotary International
For 20 years, Rotarians have partnered with the nonprofit
Cooperative for Education to improve education access and
quality in rural Guatemala. Discover this partnership’s keys
to success and longevity, its formula for sustainability, and
its long-term impact on opportunities for youth in primarily
indigenous communities. Leave with a template for
replicating this approach, and provide teacher training and
support, textbooks, and technology in another community.
Build Stronger Connections with Your School Community Using Online ToolsBlackbaud
There is perhaps no greater predictor of a school’s ability to effectively support its students than the level and quality of its communications — among staff, students, administration, alumni, the community and, very importantly, families. Even in a world where communications is happening all the time and all around us (via always-on smartphones, tablets, and the like), it can be challenging for schools to develop a clear channel through which they can engage all stakeholders in a meaningful and relevant way.
Web-based platforms such as Blackbaud’s Online Campus CommunityTM are helping educational institutions create open channels of communication hooked into back-end databases, delivering purposeful, meaningful communications to students and their families.
The schools interviewed for this white paper widely and strongly laud Online Campus Community for its highly customizable interface, which enables them to tailor their messaging and promote their brand, mission and value proposition to existing families and alumni, as well as to families of prospective students. This has helped educational institutions develop and maintain strong relationships with their students’ families, and to create new opportunities and efficiencies for fundraising efforts.
No one tool can take the place of a concerted and comprehensive methodology for effectively working with an educational institution’s many stakeholders, but tools such as Online Campus Community that serve as a robust communications hub can ease, focus, and amplify schools’ efforts.
http://www.blackbaud.com/k-12
On Wednesday, March 14, 2012 Ohio Campus Compact led a full day pre-conference workshop on service-learning as part of the 5th Annual International Conflict-Resolution Education Conference which took place in Middleburg Heights, Ohio. This presentation introduced basic concepts of service-learning.
This Webinar was presented on Tuesday, February 15, 2011, as part of the free monthly series from Friends for Youth's Mentoring Institute with Special Presenter John Stirling, M.D.
Clinicians caring for victims of early abuse or neglect are often puzzled at their inability to respond to a more consistent and caring environment, including mentoring. This presentation synthesizes concepts from developmental neurobiology, attachment theory, and family ecology to help participants understand the obstacles faced in leaving abuse behind, and to suggest paths to more effective therapy. Mentoring is an important component in treatment and there will be a special focus on understanding the Big Picture regarding early trauma, including the physiologic response to stresses, learned helplessness, and intrauterine drug exposure, to show how these children and youth react differently and need special handling.
Creating Learning Opportunities through Collaborative Service for Students wi...Iowa Campus Compact
Colleges and universities actively recruit students of all abilities, yet often they are not successful in integrating them. This workshop will provide strategies on how to include students with intellectual and complex learning disabilities in service-learning opportunities, where they are not the recipient of the service, but rather actively engaged participants.
Karen Roth
President
Partnerships in Education and Service
Northfi eld, IL
Carol Burns
Director
Bethesda College of Concordia University
Gabby Schmidt
Student
UW-Eau Claire
Mike Huggins
Eau Claire Clear Vision
UW-Eau Claire Honors
Kate Zilla
Associate Professor, Special Education
National Louis University
Iowa Campus Compact implemented its new student-focused program, the Civic Ambassador Network, as a way to engage students in IACC programs while also providing them with professional development opportunities and project assistance. The Civic Ambassador Network will begin its second year this fall.
Monique Ellefson
VISTA Leader
Iowa Campus Compact
Research In Action webinar series, hosted by Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota. Fostering Close and Effective Relationships in Youth Mentoring Programs - featuring Jean Rhodes, Ph.D. - May 13, 2009
A presentation given at one of the National Youth Agency's regional events on the Governments new ten year youth strategy, "Aiming High for Young People".
Presented September 20, 2012 - Part of 2012 Collaborative Mentoring Webinar Series Education Northwest/National Mentoring Center, Friends For Youth, Indiana Mentoring Partnership, Kansas Mentors, Mass Mentoring Partnership, Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota, Mentoring Partnership of Southwest Pennsylvania, Mentor Michigan, Mobius Mentors, Oregon Mentors and other partners are working together in 2012 to deliver this free monthly webinar series for mentoring professionals. For updates about upcoming webinars, join and follow the Mentoring Forums at http://mentoringforums.educationnorthwest.org.
Celebrate Afterschool Partnerships with the 18th Annual “Lights On Afterschool!”NCIL - STAR_Net
Libraries and afterschool programs make great partners. Every October, the afterschool field celebrates the important role these programs have in the lives of children, families, and communities. This year, on October 26, we want to make the celebration bigger and better than ever. Library-afterschool partnerships are an official theme of this year’s event—and we want to highlight the many ways libraries and afterschool programs are pairing up to provide engaging learning opportunities and critical supports to children and families across the country. Join us for this webinar to learn more about Lights On Afterschool, and how your library can participate.
Youth Participation in Development - Summary Presentationyouthindevelopment
A summary presentation prepared for the UN International Year of Youth by Restless Development sharing information and case studies from the 'Youth Participation in Development Guide' which is available at http://www.ygproject.org
Guatemala Literacy Project: A Successful 20-Year PartnershipRotary International
For 20 years, Rotarians have partnered with the nonprofit
Cooperative for Education to improve education access and
quality in rural Guatemala. Discover this partnership’s keys
to success and longevity, its formula for sustainability, and
its long-term impact on opportunities for youth in primarily
indigenous communities. Leave with a template for
replicating this approach, and provide teacher training and
support, textbooks, and technology in another community.
Build Stronger Connections with Your School Community Using Online ToolsBlackbaud
There is perhaps no greater predictor of a school’s ability to effectively support its students than the level and quality of its communications — among staff, students, administration, alumni, the community and, very importantly, families. Even in a world where communications is happening all the time and all around us (via always-on smartphones, tablets, and the like), it can be challenging for schools to develop a clear channel through which they can engage all stakeholders in a meaningful and relevant way.
Web-based platforms such as Blackbaud’s Online Campus CommunityTM are helping educational institutions create open channels of communication hooked into back-end databases, delivering purposeful, meaningful communications to students and their families.
The schools interviewed for this white paper widely and strongly laud Online Campus Community for its highly customizable interface, which enables them to tailor their messaging and promote their brand, mission and value proposition to existing families and alumni, as well as to families of prospective students. This has helped educational institutions develop and maintain strong relationships with their students’ families, and to create new opportunities and efficiencies for fundraising efforts.
No one tool can take the place of a concerted and comprehensive methodology for effectively working with an educational institution’s many stakeholders, but tools such as Online Campus Community that serve as a robust communications hub can ease, focus, and amplify schools’ efforts.
http://www.blackbaud.com/k-12
On Wednesday, March 14, 2012 Ohio Campus Compact led a full day pre-conference workshop on service-learning as part of the 5th Annual International Conflict-Resolution Education Conference which took place in Middleburg Heights, Ohio. This presentation introduced basic concepts of service-learning.
This Webinar was presented on Tuesday, February 15, 2011, as part of the free monthly series from Friends for Youth's Mentoring Institute with Special Presenter John Stirling, M.D.
Clinicians caring for victims of early abuse or neglect are often puzzled at their inability to respond to a more consistent and caring environment, including mentoring. This presentation synthesizes concepts from developmental neurobiology, attachment theory, and family ecology to help participants understand the obstacles faced in leaving abuse behind, and to suggest paths to more effective therapy. Mentoring is an important component in treatment and there will be a special focus on understanding the Big Picture regarding early trauma, including the physiologic response to stresses, learned helplessness, and intrauterine drug exposure, to show how these children and youth react differently and need special handling.
This handout is from the presentation, Coming Together Across Cultures: Intentional Relationship Building, delivered on Tuesday, July 26, 2011, as part of the free monthly webinar series from Friends for Youth's Mentoring Institute.
This handout is connected to the Mentoring Program Evaluation & Goals webinar from Monday, May 16, 2011, as part of the free monthly webinar series from Friends for Youth's Mentoring Institute.
This handout is connected to the Mentoring Program Evaluation & Goals webinar from Monday, May 16, 2011, as part of the free monthly webinar series from Friends for Youth's Mentoring Institute.
This webinar, as part of the free monthly series from Friends for Youth, takes a look at several ways mentoring can serve as an effective intervention in youth substance abuse prevention efforts – directly because of the mentor’s impact and also through a program’s participation in collaborative activities with other prevention-focused entities. Looking at San Mateo County’s prevention efforts, where Friends for Youth is an ongoing partner, you’ll learn about effective primary prevention, the importance of collaborative efforts, and see examples of youth-led activities. Friends for Youth will share results from their ongoing mentee evaluation, specifically at how mentoring affects ATOD use and abuse, along with a working theory about why. This webinar will also feature an overview of several toolkits developed specifically as resources for mentors to guide conversations and we’ll hear about some of the strategies mentors can use when meeting with their mentees.
This special webinar features Sara Randazzo, Manager of Community Wellness Initiative from San Mateo’s Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center; Sarah Kremer, Program Director of Friends for Youth’s Mentoring Institute; and staff from The Governor’s Prevention Partnership in Connecticut, Catherine LeVasseur, Program Manager of our Statewide Wellness Initiative (Underage Drinking and Substance Abuse Prevention).
This Webinar was presented as the first in a series exploring issues important to youth mentoring programs on August 17, 2010. Social media and networking offer numerous ways to professionally engage with youth, serving both program needs and youth adaptability. However, technology can also bring up questions about safety, boundaries, and appropriateness. Social Media and Mentoring: Policies, Gaps, and Boundaries explores social media and networking options and provides space for dialogue to explore safety and ethical considerations.
Hosted by Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota on October 30, 2012.
The Mentoring Best Practices Research Project, funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), is being conducted in collaboration with Global Youth Justice and the National Partnership for Juvenile Services.
Susana Martinez, LICSW - The Promotor Pathway: An Innovative Client Managemen...youth_nex
Susana Martinez, LICSW - Latin American Youth Center (LAYC)
Part of the Youth-Nex Conference: Youth of Color Matter: Reducing Inequalities Through Positive Youth Development #YoCM15
Quality In Action webinar series hosted by Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota. August 4, 2010, 12-1:30pm CST. Going Beyond the Background Check: Incorporating SAFE Practices in Volunteer Programs Features Sarah Kremer of Friends For Youth.
This presentation was featured in a webinar that explored evidence-based approaches to engage youth and young adults from foster care in the prevention of unintended or untimely pregnancies. The webinar also highlighted effective supports for young people in care as parents as they tend to their own developmental needs.
No matter what type of client your Drug Court is serving, case management is one of the keystones to success. The learning objectives for this session are:
* Learn best practices in the filed of case management
* Learn how to best serve specific case management needs
Disproportionality Presentation to BOS and FCPSFairfax County
On Tuesday, Sept. 18, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors and the Fairfax County School Board were presented with findings from an institutional analysis looking at disproportinate minority contact in the county's juvenile justice system. The study, completed by the Center for the Study of Social Policy under contract by Fairfax County, found that while both county government and public schools have already made great efforts to address the issue of disproportionality, there are still gaps that should continue to be addressed.
This webinar was developed by Child Trends for the Office of
Adolescent Health (OAH) as a technical assistance product for use with OAH grant programs.
This presentation was part of the Community Educators Symposium hosted by Friends for Youth featuring Dr. Patricia Moore Harbour of the Kettering Foundation and Becky Cooper of Friends for Youth, Inc.
Learning from Mistakes: Strengthening Youth Safety with Research-Based Screen...Friends for Youth, Inc.
The past several months has seen multiple reports of respected and trusted adults accused of inappropriate sexual contact with children and youth. Friends for Youth has also seen an increase in the numbers of inquiries about our resource, SAFE (Screening Applicants for Effectiveness): Guidelines to Prevent Child Molestation in Mentoring and Youth-Serving Organizations) that many program staff use in screening and assessing their volunteers. This webinar takes a closer look at Red Flags during the application and monitoring process – and how to use recommended tools to your advantage to uncover more information. This presentation will cover qualities and characteristics of perpetrators of child sexual abuse that we’ve learned from research on convicted child molesters and from our own 30+ year history of providing safe and effective mentors to vulnerable youth.
Program Director Sarah Kremer is joined by Executive Director Becky Cooper, who co-authored our resource and first began looking into how to assess volunteers even before background checks were available.
This goal setting activity example is from the Blue Ribbon Mentor Advocate Program and can also be accessed here: http://superstars.americalearns.net/2006/06/june-2006-syndee-kraus-go-to-for.html
This goal setting activity example is from the Blue Ribbon Mentor Advocate Program and can also be accessed here: http://superstars.americalearns.net/2006/06/june-2006-syndee-kraus-go-to-for.html
As program staff, how many times have you heard a mentor say, “I don’t know what to do with my mentee” or “My mentee just doesn’t want to work on academics”? Probably more often than you’d like! In this month’s webinar, part of the free series from Friends for Youth's Mentoring Institute, we review the latest research on how activities between mentors and mentees positively and negatively impact the relationship, discuss the purpose of activities in building the relationship, and focus on one particular activity through a variety of formats. Additionally, participants were invited to share ideas of activities appropriate for a range of mentees.
Goal setting, an important aspect within both instrumental and developmental approaches, was examined through two specific examples used by mentoring programs: Targeting Goals activities contained in the Mentoring Journal from Friends for Youth and the online Goal Setting tool available through the AmericaLearns platform from Blue Ribbon Advocate-Mentor Program. Each program discussed when and how they introduce these tools to maximize the relationship and further its development.
This webinar featured Graig Meyer, Program Coordinator from the Blue Ribbon Mentor-Advocate Program in Chapel Hill, NC with Sarah Kremer from Friends for Youth both sharing expertise on supporting mentors in brainstorming effective activities.
Photovoice Project Findings and Recommendations - Mentoring as ATOD PreventionFriends for Youth, Inc.
This presentation provides more information about the Photovoice Project referenced in the October 2011 free monthly webinar, Mentoring Impacts on Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Prevention Efforts.
This webinar was presented on Tuesday, September 20, 2011, as part of the free monthly series from Friends for Youth's Mentoring Institute.
Combining presentation and interaction to address some of the challenges unique to rural mentoring programs, this webinar provides tips and strategies for dealing with recruiting in sparsely populated areas, confidentiality, transportation issues, high-risk activities like four-wheeling and hunting, sustainability, and other areas.
We’re pleased to be featuring two presenters from the January 2011 Friends for Youth conference, Kathryn Eustis and Dena Valin. Kathryn Eustis is the founding director of the Calaveras Youth Mentoring Program in the Sierra Foothills and Dena Valin, Ed.D., is Executive Director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nevada County, both serving rural areas in Northern California.
Finding warm bodies to meet your recruitment goals may be a relatively easy task. But finding the right mentors can be very difficult. Developing an effective recruitment strategy takes creativity, flexibility, innovation, and a good amount of brunt work. This month's webinar will focus on several key practices recommended in the field, including marketing tools, messaging, analyzing data, the importance of partnerships, and the establishment of a sound recruitment plan. Friends for Youth's Mentoring Institute Program Director Sarah Kremer and Recruitment Specialist Jonathan Cowgill will also share some best practices and our own program's recruitment experiences.
Join us as we navigate what works and what doesn't work as you start your fall mentor recruitment campaigns!
Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota Tools for Mentoring Adolescents #7: Influe...Friends for Youth, Inc.
This handout is from the presentation, Coming Together Across Cultures: Intentional Relationship Building, delivered on Tuesday, July 26, 2011, as part of the free monthly webinar series from Friends for Youth's Mentoring Institute.
This handout is from the presentation, Coming Together Across Cultures: Intentional Relationship Building, delivered on Tuesday, July 26, 2011, as part of the free monthly webinar series from Friends for Youth's Mentoring Institute.
1. Mentoring High-Risk
Youth in Juvenile
Justice Settings
Welcome to the
California Mentoring Partnership,
Northern California Training!
Trainers: Sarah Kremer and Roger Jarjoura, Ph.D.
4. Learning Objectives
Participants will gain an understanding of:
• Six juvenile justice settings
• The advantages and challenges of offering
mentoring services within each setting
• Promising practices mentoring within or in
partnership with each setting with a focus on
the referral stage
7. Juvenile Detention
Secure facilities that provide
for the short-term,
temporary, safe custody
of juveniles alleged to have
committed a delinquent
act/offense
8. Juvenile Corrections
Secure, residential facilities that
provide for the long-term,
safe custody of juveniles
adjudicated on felony or multiple
misdemeanor offenses. These
facilities typically are considered
to be high security.
10. Juvenile Probation
Community-based
corrections program where
probation officers supervise and
monitor youth under court
jurisdiction, ensuring they comply
with all court orders. Probation
officer provides direction, guidance,
rehabilitation.
11. Delinquency Court
Delinquency Courts have
jurisdiction over juveniles,
juvenile delinquents, status offenders
and children and youth in need of
supervision. The Delinquency Court is
most commonly associated with the
Juvenile Justice System and juveniles
who have committed a crime, status
offense and/or violation.
12. Youth Court/ Teen Court
Diversion programs in which peers
sentence juveniles for minor crimes,
offenses and/or violations. These
programs are administered locally
by law enforcement agencies, probation
departments, delinquency courts,
schools and local nonprofit
organizations.
13. Dependency Court
The Dependency Court is most
commonly associated with foster
care, abuse and neglect
issues involving children and
youth younger than 18.
15. Project Overview
The Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is
a leader in recognizing that well-
designed and well-implemented
mentoring can have a tremendous,
positive impact on a youth's life
chances in particular, “high-risk”
youth.
16. Project Overview
OJJDP funded Researching the Referral
Stage of Youth Mentoring in Six Juvenile
Justice Settings:
• Juvenile Corrections
• Juvenile Detention
• Juvenile Probation
• Delinquency Court
• Youth/Teen Court
• Dependency Court
17. Project Overview
This exploratory research is designed
to inform the mentoring referral
process for delivery of mentoring
services to “high-risk” youth for the
purpose of reducing delinquent
behavior, alcohol and drug abuse,
truancy, and other problem behaviors.
18. Partner
Research Team
Organizations
J. Mitchell Miller,
MENTOR
Ph.D.
Global Youth Justice Holly V. Miller, Ph.D.
National Partnership
J.C. Barnes, Ph.D.
for Juvenile Services
19. Research Questions
• What are the best practices in identifying and
referring youth to mentoring programs across
distinct juvenile justice settings?
• What is the capacity of the mentoring
community to support the youth identified for
mentoring from six juvenile justice settings?
• What intermediate outcomes are achieved by
mentoring throughout the settings?
20. Qualitative Data
Site visits
Interviews with staff and
administrators
Questionnaires
21. Quantitative Data: Survey Sample
Program
respondents
hailed from a
All 50 United
The survey variety of
States were
netted a large community
represented by
sample size (N types ranging
the survey
= 1,197) from urban,
respondents
suburban, rural,
and tribal
communities.
23. Juvenile Detention
While mentoring is not used as a
diversion from adjudication per se,
it is, in many instances, viewed as
one component of a holistic
approach to delinquency prevention
and intervention.
24. Conceptual Model of the “Typical”
Referral Process
• Identification phase
Step • Sources of identification: law enforcement or juvenile probation, family, social worker
1
• Court appearance
Step • Types of court: youth, family, dependency, delinquency
2
• Eligibility assessment by court
Step3 • Judge or other governing body assess youth for eligibility in mentor program
Step • Referral to mentor program by court
4
• Referral received by mentor program
Step • Eligibility determination and assessment by mentor program
5
Step • Potential mentor identified
6
Step • Match made between mentor and mentee
7
25. Who refers youth in JJ settings?
Probation officers
Judges
Magistrates
Social Workers and Case Managers
Public Defenders
Administrative Office of the Courts
Police Officers
Court Clerks
Public Defenders
School Officials and Administrators
26. Key Findings: National Survey
• Juvenile justice settings use
60% mentoring
• Mentoring programs serve youth
40% from juvenile justice
• Mentoring programs use
80% individually based mentoring
Positive • More likely when programs
utilized Elements of Effective
Outcomes Practice for Mentoring
27. Key Findings: National Survey
Risk Assessment Prior to Referral De
Majority of juvenile justice settings reported
between 76 to 100% of youth are charged with a
crime prior to being referred to a mentoring
program
Relatedly, the majority of juvenile justice settings
reported always assessing youth for their level
of risk prior to making a referral to mentoring
program.
28. Key Findings: National Survey and Site Visits
Top Reasons for Match Failure
Serious mental
Youth or family
health issues on
refusal or lack of
the part of the
support
youth
Lack of suitable
adult mentors
29. Key Findings: Site Visits
Staff meetings
Mentoring juvenile justice youth is
more successful when mentoring
program staff are involved in
regular probation or other staff
meetings.
30. Key Findings: Site Visits
Voluntary
participation
Youth have a greater degree
of commitment to the
mentoring experience when
participation is voluntary.
31. Key Findings: Site Visits
Knowledge
about Juvenile
Justice System
Mentor/staff should have a
background understanding of the
Juvenile Justice System.
32. Key Findings: Site Visits
Close
working
partnerships
Probation officers and other juvenile
justice staff working in close
partnership with mentoring program
staff is key to successes.
33. Definition of Embedded Programs
A program that is housed
inside a juvenile justice
setting either:
• developed by the juvenile
justice setting or
• implemented by an outside
mentoring program
34. Key Findings: Site Visits
Reported Advantages of Embedded Mentoring Programs
Greater access to information about
youth’s needs
More seamless referral process
Greater success in matching and shorter
waiting lists
More understood and valued by juvenile
justice staff
Better able to track youth’s long term
outcomes
35. Specialized Programs
Mentoring programs with a
specific and/or sole purpose of
serving youth from a specific JJ
setting have an advantageous
level of knowledge, skill and ability
in providing effective mentoring
services for a wide range of high-
risk youth involved in JJ settings.
37. Lunch Discussion Questions
1.Why do mentoring programs want to work
with youth involved with juvenile
probation?
2.Why do those who work in juvenile justice
settings want youth involved with
mentoring programs and mentors?
3.Which of our youth are best suited for
mentoring?
38. Small Groups
How are youth from this
What best practices must
setting identified and
we adopt in our
referred to mentoring
community in order to
programs in our
serve youth from this
community? What works
juvenile justice setting?
well? What has not?
What are the pros and
cons of mentoring for
youth involved in this
setting?
42. Resources: Setting Profiles
Overview of content:
• Definition of Setting
• Youth Served
• Frequently Asked Questions
• What's Working
• Example of Promising
Strategies
• Challenges and Action Steps
• Terms and Definitions
• Resources
43.
44. Resources: MOU’s
Overview of content:
• Definitions
• Tips and Strategies for Writing
MOU’s
• Policy and Programmatic
Discussion Points
• Training and Technical Assistance
Resources
45. What is an MOU?
Document that
Provides a
describes a common
framework for
understanding of a
partnership
working relationship
MOU
Outlines a
Not a binding
commitment
contract
between parties
50. Additional Resources
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention – Mentoring Resources
Juvenile Detention
http://www.ojjdp.gov/programs/mentoring.html
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention – Model Program
Guide/Mentoring
http://www.ojjdp.gov/mpg/progTypesMentoring.aspx
Global Youth Justice Website – Mentoring High Risk Youth Resources
http://www.globalyouthjustice.org/Mentoring.html
National Partnership for Juvenile Services – Mentoring High Risk Youth Resources
http://www.npjs.org/
MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership
http://www.mentoring.org/