Ensuring a Brighter Future for All of America's Youth
The Corporation will meet the needs of our nation’s youth by:
- Recruiting and supporting mentors for youth (with special attention towards children of incarcerated parents)
- Engaging youth in at-risk and disadvantaged environments in meaningful service experiences
- Developing community volunteering to strengthen positive youth connections with family, schools, and community (including faith-based institutions)
—From the Corporation for National and Community Service Strategic Plan 2006–10
Visit the Corporation's page, Focus Area Two: Ensuring a Brighter Future for All of America's Youth for more information.
Here is a sampling of the resources available to assist you in meeting the Corporation's goals in this focus area:
Effective Practices
- Building strong relationships in mentoring programs
- Mentoring incarcerated youth to reduce recidivism
- Reducing delinquency through service
- Using family clubs to maintain community well being
Online Library Items
- Mentoring in America 2005: A Snapshot of the Current State of Mentoring
- National Agenda for Action: How to Close America's Mentoring Gap
- Volunteers Mentoring Youth: Implications for Closing the Mentoring Gap
National Service-Learning Clearinghouse Resources
Links to Useful Websites
