Vulnerable Youth: Federal Mentoring Programs and Issues

Fernandes-Alcantara, Adrienne L.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Youth;    Age and employment;    Labor;    Employment;   

RP-ID  :  RL34306
RP-ID  :  RL34306_2012Jan20

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

Youth mentoring refers to a relationship between youth—particularly those most at risk of experiencing negative outcomes in adolescence and adulthood—and the adults who support and guide them. The origin of the modern youth mentoring concept is credited to the efforts of charity groups that formed during the Progressive era of the early 1900s to provide practical assistance to poor and juvenile justice-involved youth, including help with finding employment. Issues relevant to the federal role in mentoring include the limitations of research on outcomes for mentored youth, the potential need for additional mentors, grantees' challenges in sustaining funding, and the possible discontinuation of federal mentoring funding.