February 1, 2004
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Program Result
From 1998 to 2002, project staff at the Center for Health Communication at the Harvard School of Public Health mounted a national media campaign—the Harvard Mentoring Project—to recruit large numbers of qualified mentors to build supportive relationships with at-risk youth.
June 1, 2004
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Program Result
The California Mentor Foundation worked to hire additional staff and build its communications and research capabilities.
December 1, 2002
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Program Result
The National Mentoring Partnership Incorporated developed and implemented a project designed to discourage high-risk urban youth from engaging in health-damaging behavior and to encourage them to pursue activities geared toward a productive future.
July 1, 2000
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Program Result
Starting in January 1997, the National Council on the Aging, Washington, implemented the first initiative in the country to match older adults with young people in a pregnancy prevention project.
January 1, 2008
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Book
This chapter examines the research on mentoring and Foundation-funded programs that encourage it.
National Program
Program to support a three-city demonstration project designed to connect at-risk urban youth with responsible adults in activities after school.
January 25, 2013
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Program Result
Experience Corps engages older volunteers to tutor - with a focus on reading - and mentor low-income kindergarten through third-grade students. It expanded and became an independent nonprofit organization.
July 30, 2012
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Program Result
Project L/EARN is an intensive, paid 10-week summer internship in health-focused research for diverse undergraduates underrepresented in the field. It includes instruction, a research project, and one-on-one faculty mentoring.
November 21, 2010
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Story
With support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Project L/EARN is providing opportunities, promoting research and increasing diversity in health research and policy.
October 8, 2010
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Program Result
The Brotherhood/Sister Sol delivered a comprehensive array of services designed to promote the health and stability of young Black and Latino males in the Harlem neighborhoods of New York City.