Substance Abuse Prevention

The Mentoring Collaborative Grant

This grant funds mentoring services for at-risk youth ages 11-18 in Appanoose and Lee Counties. Funded programs will provide services through a community-based or school-based mentoring structure. Programs will follow the "Elements of Effective Practice" established by the National Mentoring Partnership.

Objective:

• To reduce youth substance abuse and crime rates through mentoring relationships
• To create or expand quality youth programs in Appanoose and Lee Counties
• To connect at-risk youth to caring adult mentors from a variety of backgrounds
• To promote use of "Elements of Effective Practice" by youth mentoring programs

Current funding period:

RFP 2010-2012 with annual contracts and two mentoring programs currently receive this funding

Information for contractors:

• IDPH Mentoring Definitions  
• Elements of Effective Practice  

Database Builder information:

• Database Builder Expectations  
• FY11 Parental Consent Form  
• Guidelines for Survey Administration  
• The Mentoring Collaborative Survey Instrument  
• Tracking Form Instructions  
• Tracking Form  
• Race/Ethnicity Explanation  
• Instructions for Accessing Raw Data  

For more information:

• Julie Hibben at (515)725-7895