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The following links have been compiled by the staff of the Mentoring Partnership of Southwestern PA to assist you in the planning, designing and growing of your new or existing mentoring programs. Where possible we ask that you, when using the materials, please acknowledge the Mentoring Partnership’s website as your source; and of course please feel free to contact our staff for further assistance for all of your program needs.

MENTOR, our national office, is widely acknowledged as the nation's premier advocate and resource for the expansion of mentoring initiatives nationwide. As such, MENTOR works with a strong network of State and Local Mentoring Partnerships to leverage resources and provide the support and tools that mentoring organizations need to effectively serve young people in their communities.

Elements of Effective Practice Toolkit
- How to Build a Successful Mentoring Program Using the Elements of Effective Practice, is the latest and perhaps most important work in years to advance quality mentoring. This comprehensive tool kit includes tools, templates and advice for implementing and adhering to the Elements of Effective Practice that will help to ensure quality mentoring.

Mentor Minute ~ Communiqué is a monthly communiqué provided as a service to more than 160 of our partners and programs. Distributed electronically, this communiqué was developed to enable our staff to provide up-to-date information about the state of mentoring locally, reminders of upcoming events, and ongoing professional development opportunities.

MENTORING Matters Newsletter – as service to our member agencies, community partners and donors we produce a quarterly newsletter that provides myriad of information about mentoring locally and nationally.

Spring Summer 2008 Edition
July 2006 Edition
April 2006 Edition
December 2005 Edition

Mentor Training Guide (Registration Required) – as a service to our new and existing member agencies, the Mentoring Partnership of Southwestern PA provides training for hundreds of mentors and mentees each year. In support of that we have designed a Mentor Guide for use as curriculum during trainings, and later as a reference guide for the program, and its mentors and mentees.