Foundations of Successful Youth Mentoring: A Guidebook for Program Development

This guidebook highlights the promising practices employed by successful youth mentoring programs. It includes a helpful “checklist of program progress” and a listing of essential readings for those engaged in youth mentoring. The guidebook discusses how strong agency capacity, proven program design, effective community partnerships, sustainable resource development strategies, and “doable” evaluation systems are the key elements for a successful youth mentoring initiative.