Core Standards for Mentoring Programs
The Permanent Fund for the Well Being of Vermont Children, January 2009

Elements of Effective Practice
Third Edition, October 2009

Elements of Effective Practice Toolkit
MENTOR Program Resources

MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership’s SafetyNET Program
In partnership with the FBI, MENTOR is pleased to make nationwide FBI fingerprint-based background checks available to any mentoring program in the country.

Recruitment

Men in MENtoring Toolkit
Recruiting male mentors is one of the biggest challenges programs report.  The majority of mentors have always been female while the majority of youth in need of a mentor have been male. Our friends at Mentor Michigan have created a toolkit specifically for male mentor recruitment.

Start a Mentoring Program

School-based Program Toolkit assembled by the Vermont Mentoring Collaborative.

Toolkit for Program Managers assembled by MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnerships.

A Start-Up Guide by MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnerships.

Program Development Toolkit by The National Mentoring Center.

Volunteer Appreciation

Seeking Nominations for the Second Annual Vermont Mentors! Mentoring Champion Award
January is National Mentoring Month; a time when we celebrate Vermont’s many successful mentoring relationships, especially the adults who take time out of their busy lives to build a caring relationship with a child in their community, the mentoring programs that sustain them, and the partners who make the programs possible.  Nominations due by October 16th, 2009.