Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota
Quality in Action
April 6, 2011
Federal Funding for Mentoring: Past, Present & Future
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April Riordan, Director of Training and Community Partnerships
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Alicia Freeman, AmeriCorps Promise Fellow
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Overview
Federal Funding Historical Context Sources Current Status of Federal
Funding Considerations for Future
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Elements of Effective Practice
Develop a financial plan
Develop a program budget
Determine the amount of funding needed to start and sustain the program
Identify and secure a diversified funding stream needed to start and sustain the program
Determine the amount of time each funding source can be expected to provide resources
Establish internal controls and auditing requirements
Establish a system for managing program finances.
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Why Support Sustained Federal Funding
Without increased funding, mentoring organizations will never be able to recruit, train, and support all of the mentors necessary to bridge the mentoring gap.
In a survey conducted of 1000 mentoring programs across the country, 78.8% admitted that fundraising is very or somewhat difficult for their program, and 53.8% of programs are concerned that they will have to shrink in size or end their operations due to lack of funding.
Existing federal grant programs for mentoring competitively fund the highest quality applicants that demonstrate sound and effective mentoring plans and practices, and provide flexible grant funding to best address local needs. This funding promotes local control and rewards high quality and effectiveness
Invest in the Future of America's Children: Support Funding for Mentoring
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Joellen Gonder-Spacek
Executive Director, Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota
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Historical Context
Mentoring for Success Act-$50M
Mentoring for Children of Prisoners Program-$50M
President Bush requested $450M over 3 years
Depart. Of Education and Dept. of Health & Human Services
Secured $50M each for Mentoring for Success & Children of Prisoners
President Bush proposed elimination of Mentoring for Success funding and reduction in Mentoring of Children of Prisoners
Congress preserved $100M for Mentoring for Success & Children of Prisoners
Obama proposes elimination of Mentoring for Success funding based on controversial school based mentoring study
Obama preserves Children of Prisoners funding for $50M
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Forms of Federal Funding
Contracts-between federal, state, & local gov’t and private or public agencies require provision of specified services & performance standards
Formula or block grants-usually administered by states or localities & offers flexibility for program goals & needs
Discretionary or project grants-fund targeted program activities from preventing juvenile delinquency to providing education enrichment. Competitive grant process and administered by federal agencies.
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Sources of Federal Funding
for Mentoring
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Current State of Federal Funding
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Current State of Federal Funding
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Current State of Federal Funding
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Recommendations for Future Redesign of Public Funding
1. Federal agencies invest only in evidence based best practices for youth mentoring
2. Scientifically based resource tool to track mentor program outcomes
3. Federal mentoring council representing all federal agencies investing in youth mentoring to establish progressive research agenda and common outcomes
4. Creation of regional hubs or intermediaries to conduct research, disseminate funding, & provide TA and training best practices
5. Expand deployment of AmeriCorp, SeniorCorp, and VISTA’s to support mentoring program quality & capacity
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ResourcesAdvocate for Mentoring In this section, you can learn about critical public policy issues facing mentoring and contact your members of Congress Contacting Your Legislators Legislative Process
Other Issues In addition to efforts to increase funding for mentoring and streamline the criminal background check system, MENTOR works on other issues that can benefit mentoring or raise its profile No Child Left Behind Mentoring For All Act Mentors for Foster Care Youth House Mentoring Supports Form Caucus
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Resources
Established in 1991, Dare Mighty Things is a consulting and training firm with offices in VA, NH and NY. DMT partners include government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and institutions who are charged with, or take on the responsibility for, delivering support services to underserved or at-risk populations within our society.
Find valuable and practical research in areas such as mentoring, nonprofit capacity building, and family systems support. In the Arena (ITA) is a virtual community where practitioners can interact with others who also design, develop, launch and maintain programs to benefit the needs of national, international and local communities.
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Resources
We improve the quality of life in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and in the 23 sovereign tribal nations that share the same geography by strengthening organizational, community, and individual leadership.
Learn more about the Bush Fellowship Program.
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Resources
The Humphrey School of Public Affairs inspires, educates, and supports innovative leaders to advance the common good in a diverse world.
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Resources
• Resources – Program Sustainability
The Center for the Advancement of Mentoring (TCAM) provides training and technical assistance to the national and local mentoring program grantees of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) of the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Resources
Finding Resources to Support Mentoring Programs and Services for Youth outlines three strategies to finance and sustain mentoring programs and services for youth and illustrates these options through state and community examples. Created by The Finance Project.
Fundraising Fundamentals for Mentoring Programs interactive, problem-solving workshop designed to give you the skills, techniques and knowledge you need to sustain your mentoring program into the future. Written by Barbara E. Webster and produced by The EMT Group for the California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs.
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Other Resources
This presentation & others www.slideshare.net/traininginstitute
MPM Training www.mpmn.org/traininginstitute
Web sites & PDFs www.delicious.com/traininginstitute
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Next Quality in Action Webinar
May 4 - Mentor Program Evaluation This month's webinar will feature tips for mentoring program evaluation and a live demo of the Oregon Mentors Evaluation Instrument Toolkit, a collection of downloadable evaluation instruments, surveys, scales, and questionnaires designed to provide youth mentoring programs with increased access to reliable evaluation tools. Panelists include Mike Garringer, Resource Advisor/Web Designer with the National Mentoring Center and Celeste Janssen, Program Manager with
Oregon Mentors.