Volunteer Center of Southern Arizona: The Mentoring Partnership aims to improve the lives of youth through quality mentoring relationships and support. We are not a direct service mentoring program, but work to connect volunteers with programs in their area.
State Mentoring Partnerships
The backbone of mentoring's infrastructure is a growing network of state Mentoring Partnerships that MENTOR has helped to build and support.
State Mentoring Partnerships serve a unique role as a clearinghouse for information and resources, providing the critical link between MENTOR's national efforts and the local organizations that foster quality mentoring relationships. Each of these state Mentoring Partnerships works with a wide range of programs within their state to:
Increase the number of young people with mentors in the state; Increase resources in the state dedicated to mentoring;
Promote quality standards for mentoring programs; and
Expand mentoring programming and opportunities tailored to the needs and circumstances of young people.
By focusing on problem-solving, state Mentoring Partnerships have developed solid, field-tested solutions to some of the mentoring movement's greatest challenges.
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