The Mentoring Effect: Young People's Perspectives on the Outcomes and Availability of Mentoring

Key Findings:

• First-ever nationally representative survey of young people on mentoring

• At-risk young adults with mentors are 55% more likely to enroll in college

• At-risk young adults with mentors are 78% more likely to give back to their communities

• Mentoring gap: 16 million young people never had an adult mentor while growing up

• Paradox: Youth with more risk factors less likely to have naturally-occurring mentors but more likely to have structured mentors

Commissioned by: MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership

Link: The_Mentoring_Effect_Full_Report.pdf

‍Authors: Civic Enterprises with Hart Research Associates

Photo by Husniati Salma on Unsplash

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