Mentoring and Youth Development

The Role of Mentoring in College Access and Success

Institute for Higher Education Policy, June 2011

Recruiting and Retaining Older African American and Hispanic Boys in After-School Programs: What We Know and What We Still Need to Learn

Tina J. Kauh, Public/Private Ventures, June 2010

Improving Education and Employment for Disadvantaged Young Men: Proven and Promising Strategies (PDF)

Carolyn J. Heinrich,  Harry J. Holzer, National Poverty Center, April 2010

Mentoring and Literacy Guide (PDF)

National Institute for Literacy, September 2009

How to Build a Successful Mentoring Program Using Tools of Effective Practice

Learn and Serve National Service-Learning Clearinghouse, 2008

Service Learning and Mentoring: Effective Pedagogical Strategies

Carole Wells, Christy Grabert, College Student Journal, 2004

Resource Page on Mentoring

National Staff Development Council

Preparing Youth for Employment: Principles and Characteristics of Five Leading United States Youth Development Programs

Glenda Partee, American Youth Policy Forum

Mentoring School-Age Children: Relationship Development in Community-Based and School-Based Programs (PDF)

Carla Herrera, Cynthia L. Sipe, Wendy S. McClanahan, MENTOR, P/PV, April 2000

Finding Fortune in Thirteen Out-of-School-Time Programs

The American Youth Policy Forum

Raising Minority Academic Achievement

Donna Walker, James Sonia Jurich, Steve Estes, American Youth Policy Forum

Raising Academic Achievement: A Study of 20 Successful Programs

American Youth Policy Forum

Some Things That Do Make A Difference For Youth: A Compendium of Evaluations of Youth Programs and Practices

American Youth Policy Forum

Prevention or Pork? A Hard-Headed Look at Youth-Oriented Anti-Crime Programs

American Youth Policy Forum