Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota

Quality in Action

April 6, 2011

Federal Funding for Mentoring: Past, Present & Future

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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.