Mentor Resources and Events

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Sacramento Mentoring Partnership

The mission of the Sacramento Mentoring Partnership (SMP) is to improve the lives of children by sharing and promoting mentoring best practices through trainings, technical assistance and networking opportunities to mentoring program staff in the Sacramento Region

Meetings: 2nd Tuesday of each month
at the Serna Center - 5735 47th AvenueSacramento, CA  95824

Sacramento Mentoring Professionals, the next SMP meeting will be Tuesday December 9, 9:00-10:30 am in the Kentucky Room at the Serna Center.  Topic of discussion: National Mentoring Month!

Contact info:
Sacramento Mentoring Partnership
(916) 576-3300 ext.326
greatersac@gmail.com
partnership@sacramentoring.org
5625 Stockton Boulevard
Sacramento CA 95824

Join the Network Peer-to-Peer Mentoring Program

The California Afterschool Network is seeking to match experienced after school site supervisors in each region with site supervisors who have less than two years experience in a year-long mentoring relationship intended to increase program quality.
Click here for more details

10th Anniversary Mentoring Conference: The First Decade of Innovation and Excellence

January 29 and 30, 2009

Mentoring 101: Core Principles and Practices* will be offered again as a pre-conference full-day course on Thursday, January 29th and more workshops on Recommended Best Practices will be offered on Friday, January 30th.

Conference brochure and online registration is available for the Conference http://ent.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=242074692&u=2563295

Guest Contributors Stephanie Inyama and Stacey Savelle, who presented *Mentoring 101* at this annual conference, *Mentoring Youth: Defining the Difference It Makes* in January 2008, say it best: "If you are aware of other programs unfamiliar with Recommended Best Practices, be a friend and pass on the information. It is the responsibility of *all* mentoring professionals to ensure we support and become resources to each other. As the ultimate goals of mentoring are *child safety* and *lasting connections*, we are obligated to our youth to ensure mentoring is a safe haven even for those not in our own programs. As presenters, we have discovered there are many who mistakenly believe their programs are safe, have proper structure, and provide sufficient monitoring and support to program participants. Remember, *you don't know what you don't know...*"

Check out *Connections Conference Brief" October 2008 edition <http://ent.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=242074692&u=2563294
to read what these two expert mentoring consultants recommend all programs have as their foundation. When Stephanie and Stacey presented *Mentoring 101 this past January, they received an average rating of 3.9 out of 4.0!

Here's what attendees had to say:

   - "Excellent presenters! Very knowledgeable, supportive, passionate and
   willing to answer questions and provide resources."

   - "Very practical, held my attention throughout the day using a variety
   of strategies; presenters had a wealth of information and experience,
   enthusiasm, real integrity, etc.!"

Contact info@mentoringinstitute.org or 650-559-0200 with any questions you may have.

Additional Opportunities:

Guide to Federal Resources for Youth Development
The America’s Promise Alliance in conjunction with Civic Enterprises has produced the Guide to Federal Resources for Youth Development. The Guide contains detailed information on over 100 federal funding sources available to communities. The funding sources are categorized into five areas: Caring Adults; (2) Safe Places; (3) A Healthy Start and Future; (4) Effective Education/Marketable skills; and, (5) Opportunities to Serve. Program description, grantee eligibility and contact information is provided for each funding opportunity. For more information and to view the guide, click here.

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